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Jean Augustine

Jean Augustine

Former Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada

Jun 15, 2026

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But your legacy is bigger than that, and I want to know about some highlights when you were in Parliament.
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I was in a place built by men to do men's work.
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I was the first black woman to walk into that place.
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No black woman had walked there and left breadcrumbs for me to follow.
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So I had to find my own way.
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First of all, I had to see and understand what this responsibility was.
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I had knocked at thousands and thousands of doors in Etobicoke Lakeshore.
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Tell us about the Jean Augustine Center for Young Women's Empowerment.

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