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Mother's Day

2026-05-08 Sitting 120 Showing 1–1 of 1

Members made heartfelt statements honoring Mother's Day and its origins in anti-war activism by women in the 1800s. No actual legislative business was conducted.

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Elizabeth May

Green 11:00 a.m.

“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later. That's sad. I don't like that. I think war is bad.”

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Mr. Speaker, Mother's Day was not invented by Hallmark Cards. In the late 1800s,there was an annual mother's day for peace. It was started by mothers and women who were sick of seeing the ravages of war after the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. They started an annual day to call for an end to war. In 2026, let us think of the mothers of Ukraine, whose children are being stolen by Putin to erase their culture. Let us think of the mothers of Palestine, whose grief is unending. Let us think of our indigenous mothers, whose daughters are still missing and murdered. Let us think of the mothers of Russia, whose children are being stolen by Putin for an illegal war. This Mother's Day, whether it is for mothers in Israel or in Sudan, we know that Mother's Day is all about love, but let us take a moment and let Mother's Day be a cry for peace.

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