AmessagefromManitobaPremier,GregSelinger
Manitobahasalong,richhistoryofadvancinghumanrights.
NellieMcClung,thenotedCanadianfeminist,authorandsocialactivist,
wasthedrivingforcebehindManitobabecomingthefirstprovincetoextend
womentherighttovoteandrunforpublicoffice.
Winnipeg'sgeneralstrikeof1919resultedinlabourreformsthatformedthe
foundationoffundamentalrightsforallworkersacrossCanada.
Andthroughoutourhistory,Manitobanshavebeenattheforefrontof
protectingminoritylanguagerights.
ThistraditionofstandingupforwhatisrightandembracingtoleranceanddiversityiswhyManitoba
remainsatopdestinationforimmigrantsfromallovertheworld.
Ourgovernmentisproudtoensurepeopleofallbackgrounds,orientations,creedsandabilitieshave
thesameopportunitiesthatsomanyhavefoundfortheirfamilieshere.
Today,webeginanewchapterasweopenthedoorstotheCanadianMuseumforHumanRights.
It'sachapterstartedbythelatevisionaryIsraelAsper,butwillultimatelybewrittenbythemillions
ofpeoplewhowillwalkthroughthesedoorsandbeinspiredtofighthateandoppressionintheirown
communities,hereinCanadaandacrosstheglobe.
Iamproudtowelcomeyouonthishistoricoccasion.
GregSelinger
Manitobawelcomes
theworld.
Maria aragon perforMed at We day at
MtS Centre laSt fall. the loCal Singing
SenSation WaS alSo invited to Sing at the
CMhr'S offiCial opening on friday.
photo by barry panaS.
Malala Yousafzai and Free the Children
founder Craig Kielburger are among the many
defenders of human rights whose stories are
told at the CMHR.
