Nobel Winner: Yousafzai and Parliament

nobel winner: I know where I stand, Yousafzai said during a moving speech to a joint session of Parliament that was punctuated frequently by thunderous standing ovations, according to Brandon Sun. Related Items ArticlesA Quick Sketch of Nobel winner and honorary Canadian Malala Yousafzai Text of Malala Yousafzai's speech Wednesday to a joint session of Parliament If you stand with me, I ask you to seize every opportunity for girls' education over the next year. Yousafzai used her newfound membership in the Canadian family and towering presence on Parliament Hill to apply a little friendly pressure, calling on the country to go beyond honorifics and take a global lead in ensuring more girls can go to school. The 19-year-old called on Canada to make girls' education the centrepiece of its work as host of the G7 next year something that would bring full circle the process of how the Pakistani activist became Canada's sixth honorary citizen. Malala is an international symbol of perseverance for not only girls and women but for all of us, she embodies what it means to be Canadian, Harper said in a statement Wednesday. The accolade was originally to be conferred by former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper, whose inner circle thought honouring Yousafzai would be a logical offshoot of their government's focus on women and girls' health when Canada last led the G7. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.