Statement

From the Prime Minister's Web Site (http://www.pm.gc.ca/)

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STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER HARPER ON THE RETIREMENT OF SENATOR PAT CARNEY

October 11, 2007
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Honourable Pat Carney, the long-serving former Member of Parliament and Senator, that she is retiring from the Senate:

"On behalf of the Government of Canada, I would like to thank Pat Carney for her 25 years of service to our country. She has been a passionate voice for British Columbia, first as a Member of Parliament, a Cabinet Minister and as a Senator.

Pat has been a strong voice for women's rights in Canada and aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities in her native British Columbia.

She was elected as the Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre in 1980, the first woman to serve as a Conservative MP from British Columbia, and was re-elected in 1984. Summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1990, Pat is the second longest serving member of the Conservative Caucus.

Once again, I thank Pat for all her hard work on behalf of her constituents and her country."

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