.
THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE 
SAYS HE WANTS TO BETTER 
UNDERSTAND THE CONDITION FLICKS 
BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW.
PUTIN SAYS CONDITIONS HAVE 
DETERIORATED SINCE DONALD TRUMP 
TOOK OFFICE.
>> ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, IT 
IS DISAPOINTING BECAUSE I'VE 
LET THE PRESIDENT DOWN.
>> Suhana: THE WHITE HOUSE 
PRESS SECRETARY SAYS HE REGRETS 
THE COMMENTS HE MADE ABOUT 
HITLER YESTERDAY, WHILE TALKING 
ABOUT THE WAR IN SYRIA.
SEAN SPICER IMPLIED THE NAZI 
LEADER NEVER USED POISON GAS ON 
HIS OWN PEOPLE.
WE EAR WAITING TO GO LIVE THIS 
HOUR TO OTTAWA FOR A SPECIAL 
CEREMONY RECOGNIZING MALALA 
YOUSUFZAI.
SHE IS GOING TO BE GIVEN 
HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE FOYER 
OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, THE 
STAGE IS SET FOR THAT WELCOMING 
PARTY.
MALALA YOUSUFZAI WILL ALSO 
ADDRESS PARLIAMENT TODAY.
THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO DO 
SO.
MICHAEL SERAPIO IS WORKING ON 
THE STORY.
FOR THOSE WHO WANT A REFRESHER 
ON MALALA'S COURAGEOUS STORY, 
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE IT TO US, 
MIKE ?AEL
>> Reporter: THAT IS AN 
IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE HERE.
SHE IS GETING THIS RARE 
HONORED, BEING NAMED A CITIZEN 
OF THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT LIVING 
IN THIS COUNTRY.
BUT MALALA REALLY IS AN 
INTERNATIONAL HERO AND SHE WAS 
A PERSON WE DIDN'T REALLY HEAR 
OF UNTIL 2012.
JUST FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN MALALA 
WAS ESSENTIALLY TARGETED BY THE 
TALIBAN AND SHOT IN THE HEAD 
AND SINGLED OUT FOR HER VOCAL'S 
SUPPORT OF A GIRL'S RIGHT TO AN 
EDUCATION.
IT WAS HER DIARY ON THE BBC 
URDU WEBSITE THAT GAVE HER 
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION AND 
BECAME POPULAR WHILE UNDERGOING 
SURGERY AND RECOVERY IN THE UNK.
-- IN THE U.K.
SHE CO-WROTE AN INTERNATIONAL 
BEST SELLER CALLED "I AM 
MALALA" AND BECAME THE YOUNGEST 
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, AN 
HONOR FOLLOWED UP ON MONDAY 
WHEN YOUSUFZAI BECAME THE 
YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO BE 
NAMED A U.N. MESSENGER OF PEACE.
TO QUOTE HER, BECAUSE YOU 
REMEMBER IN HER ADDRESS TO THE 
U.N., THAT QUOTE WHERE SHE SAID 
IF THE TALIBAN WAS TRYING TO 
SILENCE HER, THEY FAILED.
SHE REMAINS UNSILENCED AND NOW 
MILLIONS OF VOICES AROUND THE 
WORLD ARE RAISED UP ALL FOR THE 
RIGHT OF A YOUNG GIRL TO GET AN 
EDUCATION, SUHANA.
>> Suhana: HOW ARE GIRLS AROUND 
THE WORLD, MICHAEL, BENEFITING 
FROM MALALA'S WORK?
>> Reporter: BEYOND BEING THIS 
INCREDIBLE ROLE MODEL, WHICH IS 
WHAT SHE CONTINUES TO BE TO SO 
MANY PEOPLE, THERE'S BEEN A 
NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN 
OUT AROUND THE WORLD TO 
ENCOURAGE YOUNG GIRLS TO PURSUE 
THEIR EDUCATION.
THEY'RE CERTAINLY IS ONE HERE 
IN CANADA, FOR EXAMPLE, AT 
KING'S COLLEGE IN HALIFAX.
THERE'S ALSO ONE BY THE MALALA 
YOUSUFZAI FOUNDATION ITSELF AND 
IT GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG 
GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD SO THAT 
THEY CAN BECOME LEADERS IN 
THEIR COMMUNITY.
INTERESTING THE IMPACT OF THAT 
FELT WELL BEYOND THE BORDERS OF 
THE U.K. WHERE THEY NOW LIVE 
AND ALSO IN HER HOME COUNTRY OF 
PAKISTAN.
TAKE A LISTEN TO ONE RECIPIENT 
WHO TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 
OF, IN A COUNTRY LIKE PAKISTAN, 
TO GATE BUY IN FROM THE FATHERS 
SO THAT YOUNG GIRLS MAY GET 
THEIR EDUCATION AND STAND ON 
THEIR OWN.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> USUALLY THERE ARE LOTS OF 
PLACES WHERE THERE IS MALE 
DOMINANCE.
SO, THOSE PLACES, WHEN THE MEN 
MAKE THE WISE SDOITION EDUCATE 
THEIR GIRLS, TO EDUCATE THEIR 
DAUGHTERS, THEY CAN MAKE A BIG 
CHANGE IN SOCIETY.
>> Reporter: A BIG DMAING 
SOCIETY.
WE SHOULD NOTE THIS RARE HONOR 
OF GETTING THIS HONORARY 
CITIZENSHIP, SHE IS TONIGHT 
SIXTH TO DO SO.
AHEAD OF HER IS THE DALAI LAMA, 
THE AGA KHAN, NELSON MANDELA 
AND RAOUL WALLENBERG AND AUNG 
SAN SUU KYI SO SHE STANDS IN 
GOOD COMPANY.
>> Suhana: WE HAD A REPORT 
EARLIER FROM WASHINGTON ON THE 
ATTEMPTS BY THE U.S. AND RUSSIA 
TO WORK OUT A NEW RELATIONSHIP.
THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, AS 
YOU KNOW, IS IN MOSCOW RIGHT 
NOW.
WE WERE WONDERING WHETHER 
VLADAMIR PUTIN WAS GOING TO 
MEET WITH HIM.
IN FACT, HE IS MEETING WITH THE 
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT.
THE RUSSIANS HAVE EXPECTED GOOD 
RELATIONS AFTER THE ELECTION OF 
DONALD TRUMP AND THEN SYRIA, 
YOU MIGHT SAY, GOT IN THE WAY.
CHARLES MAYNES HAS MORE FROM 
MOSCOW.
>> Reporter: I THINK THEY'RE 
QUITE SURPRISED BY THIS SHIFT 
FROM THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE ON 
THE ISSUE OF ASSAD IN 
PARTICULAR.
IF YOU RECALL, CANDIDATE TRUMP 
AND EVEN IN THE EARLY DAYS OF 
HE PRESIDENCY, DONALD TRUMP 
REALLY EXPRESSED NO INTEREST IN 
THE FUTURE OF ASAD AND THE FATE 
OF ASSAD.
HE WAS INTERESTED IN TEAMING 
WITH RUSSIA, PERHAPSS IN SOME 
SORT OF GLOBAL COALITION TO 
DESTROY THE ISLAMIC STATE.
MR. TRUMP STATED THE PRIMARY 
GOAL, WHAT HE SAYS IS IN THE 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL INTEREST.
OF COURSE, THIS HAS ALL BEEN A 
BIT -- THIS IDEA OF GRAND 
BARGAIN WITH RUSSIA HAS BEEN A 
LITTLE BIT HAMPERED BY THE -- 
TO PUT IT MILDLY, HAMPERED BY 
THE ELECTION SCANDAL.
THIS IDEA THAT RUSSIA SOMEHOW 
MEDDLED IN THE ELECTION TO GET 
DONALD TRUMP ELECTED.
WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF HIS WHITE 
HOUSE STAFF MAKE VERY 
AGGRESSIVE STATEMENTS TOWARD 
THE RUSSIANS WHICH HAS NOT BEEN 
HANDLED WELD AGAINST MOSCOW.
AND OBVIOUSLY THESE MISSILE 
STRIKES THAT TRUMP CARRIED OUT 
AGAINST ASSAD LAST WEEK.
THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT CALLED IT 
AN ACT OF AGGRESSION.
TODAY WE HEARD FROM THE FOREIGN 
MINISTER AS THE FOREIGN 
MINISTER HAS TILLERSON AND 
FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV MET IN 
MOSCOW.
WE HEARD FROM FOREIGN MINISTER 
LAVROV.
HE MADE QUITE CONCILIATORY 
REMARKS BUT ALSO WITH A LITTLE 
BIT OF A BARB.
LET'S LISTEN TO THAT CLIP.
>> WE HAVE REITERATED MULTIPLE 
TIMES THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR A 
CONSTRUCTIVE, EQUAL FOOTING AND 
GOOD DIALOGUE WITH 
CONSIDERATION FOR OUR 
LEGITIMATE INTERESTS.
>> Suhana: HOW IS THAT MESSAGE 
BEING ANALYZED THERE?
>> MR. TILLERSON CAME HERE 
SAYING THIS WAS MOSCOW'S CHOICE.
WHETHER THEY WERE WITH THE WEST 
OR WHETHER WITH THE ASSAD 
REGIME.
THIS IS, OF COURSE, RUSSIA'S 
ALLY.
I THINK RUSSIA'S ALSO SOMEWHAT 
SURPRISED AND TAKEN ABACK BY 
COMMENTS FROM MR. TILLERSON 
AHEAD OF THIS MEETING THAT 
ESSENTIALLY THAT THE DAYS OF 
THE ASSAD REGIME WERE NUMBERED.
PUTIN SEES THIS AS REASON FOR 
REGIME CHANGE.
I THINK THEY'RE INSULTED BY THE 
COMMENTS BY MR. TILLERSON THAT 
RUSSIA HAD BEEN DUPED BY ASSAD 
AND THEY HAVEN'T ABLE TO HAVE 
ASSAD GIVE UP HIS CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS.
ALL OF THIS WILL MAKE IT MORE 
DIFFICULT FOR THE TWO SIDES TO 
BRIDGE THEIR DIFFERENCES.
>> Suhana: INTEREST RATES MAY 
RISE SOONER THAN EXPECTED.
JEANNIE LEE IS HERE WITH ALL 
THE DETAILS.
SOONER, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: NOT RIGHT THIS 
MINUTE.
NOT TODAY.
AND NOT FOR MONTHS, SUHANA.
AS EXPECTED, THE BANK OF CANADA 
LEFT ITS KEY OVERNIGHT RATE 
ALONE AT 0.5%.
WHERE IT HAS BEEN FOR 21 MONTHS 
NOW.
YOU REMEMBER THE BANK TRIMMED 
INTEREST RATES TWICE AFTER THE 
COLLAPSE OF OIL PRICES IN 2014.
AND IT'S KEPT BORROWING COSTS 
SUPER LOW JUST TO GET THE 
ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK IN TERMS 
OF A RECOVERY.
IN FACT, THE BANK THINKS THAT 
THAT IS NOW HAPPENING.
IT'S BUMPED UP ITS GROWTH 
FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR, 2017, 
TO 2.6%.
IT WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE WE 
WOULD GET 2.1% GROWTH THIS YEAR.
SO THAT IS A BIG BUMP-UP.
IT IS SIGNALING THAT THINGS 
COULD BE IN SHAPE FAR RATE HIKE 
SOONER THAN IT MIGHT HAVE MOVED.
AND THAT WILL BE NEXT YEAR.
A LOT OF ECONOMISTS WERE 
THINKING THE NEXT RATE HIKE 
WILL HAPPEN IN LATE 2019.
NOW THIS COULD BE A SIGNAL THAT 
IT WILL HAPPEN, SAY, IN THE 
SPRING OF 2018.
MEANING A YEAR FROM NOW.
SO, AGAIN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BORROWED MONEY ON THEIR BOOKS, 
YOU KNOW, ARE GETTING ANOTHER 
WARNING THAT THEY HAVE TIME TO 
KIND OF SKHIP AWAY AT THAT 
PRINCIPLE THAT THEY OWE SO THAT 
WHEN RATES GO UP, IT WILL BE 
LESS ONEROUS AND THAT IS THE 
REACTION WE'RE GETTING TODAY.
>> Suhana: WHAT IS THE REACTION 
ON THE MARKETS WITH THE 
CANADIAN DOLLAR?
>> WE'RE CERTAINLY SEEING A 
BUMP UP THERE AS INVESTORS 
REACT TO THIS EARLY WARNING 
THAT INTEREST RATES IN CANADA 
MAY RISE A FEW MONTHS EARLIER 
THAN FIRST PREDICTED.
SO, THE CANADIAN DOLLAR AT 
75.34 CENTS U.S.
UP .3 CENTS.
NOW THE WEST TEXAS OIL PRICE, 
THAT IS THE U.S. BENCHMARK AT 
$53.30.
HOLDING STEADY RIGHT THERE.
GOLD AT A FIVE-MONTHS HIGH AT 
$1280.40.
SOME WORRIES ABOUT GEOPOLITICAL 
UNCERTAINTIES STILL PULLING OUT 
THE PRICE OF GOLD.
THAT SAFE HAVEN INVESTMENT.
HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT STOCKS.
MODERATE LOSSES ALL ACROSS THE 
BOARD.
>> Suhana: THANK YOU, JEANNIE.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> Suhana: WE ARE GETTING 
CLOSER TO A LIVE EVENT.
MALALA YOUSUFZAI ARRIVING AT 
PARLIAMENT HILL.
SHE IS GOING TO BE HONORED 
TODAY.
SHE WILL BECOME AN HONORARY 
CANADIAN CITIZEN.
YOU CAN SEE OUR PRIME MINISTER 
STANDING THERE WAITING AS PART 
OF THE WELCOME COMMITTEE.
YOUSUFZAI IS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD.
SHE IS GOING TO ADDRESS A JOINT 
SESSION OF PARLIAMENT AS WELL 
IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
WE'RE GOING TO CARRY IT LIVES 
FOR YOU RIGHT HERE ON CBC NEWS 
NETWORK.WA.
AND WHAT A SURPRISE FOR THE 
KIDS TO HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE 
WORLD FIGURE, HUMAN RIGHTS 
ACTIVIST, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN 
THEIR SCHOOL ANSWERING SOME OF 
THEIR QUESTIONS.
SO, JUSTIN TRUDEAU TAKING HER 
NOW TO THAT GUEST BOOK THERE IN 
CONFEDERATION HALL.
SHE IS, AS YOU KNOW, A CHAMPION 
OF GIRLS' EDUCATION.
SHE IS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD AND 
THERE SHE IS SIGNING IN.
THIS WILL BE THE NEXT HONORARY 
CANADIAN CITIZEN.
ONLY THE SIXTH TO RECEIVE SUCH 
AN HONOR BY OUR COUNTRY'S 
PARLIAMENT.
SHE IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE 
SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
SO, A JOINT SESSION OF 
PARLIAMENT AS WELL.
THAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN 
ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR AN 
INTRODUCTION FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER.
NOW THE HOUSE, OF COURSE, 
UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED GRANTING 
MALALA HONORARY CITIZENSHIP.
THIS WAS BACK IN 2014.
IT WAS UNDER THE PREVIOUS 
GOVERNMENT, THE CONSERVATIVE 
GOVERNMENT.
THERE WAS A CEREMONY THAT WAS 
SCHEDULED IN THAT YEAR TO 
HAPPEN IN TORONTO.
BUT THEN, OF COURSE, THE 
UNEXPECTED HAPPENED WITH THE 
PARLIAMENT HILL SHOOTINGS.
AS YOU KNOW, A GUNMAN SHOT AND 
KILLED RESERVIST NATHAN CIRILLO 
BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2011 AT THE 
NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL.
THAT PUT THIS EVENT OFF.
IT IS UNFOLDING TODAY, RIGHT 
NOW.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MALALA 
SAID, SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 
VISIT AGO GREAT NATION OF 
HEROES.
FOR MANY IN THIS WELCOMING 
LINE, SHE IS THE HERO.
SHE IS THE INSPIRATION THAT HAS 
LED MANY YOUNG PEOPLE TO TAKE 
ACTION FOR EQUALITY AND 
EDUCATION HERE IN CANADA.
I SPOKE WITH ONE OF THOSE YOUNG 
WOMEN AT AN OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL 
EARLIER TODAY.
SHE IS GOING TO BE IN THE 
GALLERY LISTENING TO THIS JOINT 
ADDRESS IN PARLIAMENT BY THIS 
YOUNG MALALA YOUSUFZAI.
A YOUNG 19 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW.
SHE WAS ONLY 15 WHEN SHE WAS 
SHOT IN THE HEAD BY A MASKED 
GUNMAN.
SHE WAS BORN IN PAKISTAN AND 
SHE BECAME A CO-RECIPIENT IN 
2014 OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO EVER 
EARN THAT DISTINCTION.
AND SHE WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED 
AS A U.N. MESSENGER OF PEACE BY 
THE UNITED NATIONS 
SECRETARY-GENERAL.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST HONOR GIVEN 
BY THAT WORLD BODY.
AND TODAY SHE GETS ANOTHER 
HONOR.
SO, THE ACCOLADES JUST KEEP 
GOING.
MEETING THERE WITH GREEN PARTY 
LEADER ELIZABETH MAY.
BUT THE ACCOLADES, AS I SAY, 
KEEP BUILDING.
BECAUSE TODAY SHE BECOMES 
NUMBER SIX ONLY, EVER, HONORARY 
CANADIAN CITIZEN.
AND QUITE THE LIST THERE.
THE AGA KHAN IN 2010, AUNG SANG 
SU KYI, DALAI LAMA AND NELSON 
MANDELA AND IN 1985, 
POSTHUMOUSLY FOR A SWEDISH 
DIPLOMAT RAOUL WALLENBERG FOR 
HIS ACTIONS DURING THE 
HOLOCAUST.
AND NOW MALALA YOUSUFZAI WILL 
BE ADDED TO THAT LIST, NUMBER 
SIX 2017.
ON THIS DAY IN APRIL, SHE WILL 
BECOME AN HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZEN AND THE YOUNGEST PERSON 
TO BE GIVEN THE GREAT PRIVILEGE 
OF ADDRESSING THE PARLIAMENT OF 
CANADA.
SHE WILL GOC  -- SHE WILL GO 
INTO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WITH 
THE PRIME MINISTER.
THERE WILL BE MORE HANDSHAKES 
WITH THE MEET, AND GREETING.
WE HAVE THAT COVERED FOR YOU.
IN THE LIBRARY -- IS THIS WHERE 
WE ARE?
EVAN DYER HAS ALSO BEEN 
WATCHING AND HE CAN JOIN ME AS 
WELL.
WHY DON'T YOU PICK UP AS TO 
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
>> Reporter: WE'RE LOOKING AT 
THE LIBRARIES OF THE HOUSES OF 
PARLIAMENT.
AFTER SIGNING THAT BOOK IN THE 
ROTUNDA AND MEETING WITH THE 
SPEAKERS OF THE TWO HOUSES, THE 
ACTING SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, SHE 
HAD TO MOVE ON AND MEET THE 
PARTY LEADERS IN THE HOUSE AND 
SENATE AND A FEW OTHER PEOPLE 
LIKE THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CRITIC 
OF THE N.D.P..
AND NOW SHE'S IN THE LIBRARY.
THIS IS WHERE SHE IS ACTUALLY 
GOING TO GET HER CERTIFICATE OF 
HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP 
BEFORE GOING INTO THE CHAMBER 
OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, BEHIND 
ME, WHERE SHE'LL GIVE HER 
SPEECH.
ALREADY THEY PUT SEATS ON THE 
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 
TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE SENATORS 
BECAUSE THIS IS A JOINT SESSION 
THAT IS GOING TO LISTEN TO 
MALALA SPEAK.
AS WE SAW, I THINK THE LA *LS 
OCCASION WE SAW A JOINT SESSION 
HERE LISTENING TO A FOREIGN 
DIGNITARY WOULD HAVE BEEN 
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON HIS 
LAST VISIT TO OTTAWA.
>> Suhana: EVAN, YOU CAN SEE 
JUST STANDING BEHIND MALALA 
YOUSUFZAI, WE HAVE OTHER YOUNG 
PEOPLE.
THERE IS A CHOIR THERE.
THEY HAVE TO BE JUST, YOU KNOW, 
PINCHING THEMSELVES TO BE PART 
OF THIS CEREMONY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Reporter: YES.
OBVIOUSLY MALALA'S MESSAGE IS 
PRIMARILY AIMED AT YOUNG PEOPLE 
AND PRIMARILY ABOUT EDUCATION 
AND THAT IS WHAT HER OWN LIFE 
STORY IS SO MUCH ABOUT AND WE 
SAW A PRETTY INTERESTING SCENE 
THIS MORNING AT A HIGH SCHOOL 
IN OTTAWA.
RIDGEMONT HIGH, WHICH HAD HER 
IN TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS AT A 
MORNING ASSEMBLY AND PERHAPS 
THE NICEST PART OF THAT WAS 
THAT THEY CHOSE TO SURPRISE THE 
STUDENTS.
THE STUDENTS ARRIVED AT SCHOOL 
THIS MORNING WITHOUT KNOWING 
THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A DAY 
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER DAYS AND 
THEY WERE USHERED INTO AN 
ASSEMBLY AND THERE THEY WERE 
FIRST ADDRESSED BY TWO CABINET 
MINISTERS, MARYAM MONSEF AND 
MARIE-CLAUDE BIBEAU AND THEY 
THEN INTRODUCED SOPHIE GREGOIRE 
TRUDEAU WHO WAS PROBABLY 
ANOTHER PERSON THEY WEREN'T 
EXPECTING TO SEE AT THEIR 
SCHOOL THIS MORNING AND SHE 
THEN INTRODUCED MALALA WHO 
SPOKE TO THEM FOR QUITE A WHILE 
THIS MORNING AND GAVE THEM A 
TALK ABOUT HER UP BRINGING AND 
THE SWAT VALLEY, ABOUT HER 
MISSION, THE IMPORTANCE OF 
EDUCATION.
AND HAD QUITE A GOOD QUESTION 
AND ANSWER SESSION WITH SOME OF 
THOSE STUDENTS.
THE ONES WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW 
HERE IN THE LIBRARY, AS YOU 
MENTIONED A CHOIR.
AND ONCE THE SPEECHES ARE DONE, 
WE'RE LOOKING AT AHMED HUSSAN 
SPEAKING, CABINET MINISTER.
ONCE THAT IS DONE, WE'LL HEAR A 
LITTLE BIT OF SING AND AFTER 
THAT, THE CEREMONY WILL MOVE 
OVER TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
>> Suhana: WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT 
AND LISTEN IN LIVE AS WELL, 
EVAN, AS THIS UNFOLDS IN THE 
LIBRARY.
>> YOU'VE BECOME AN IMPORTANT 
FIGURE IN THE CRITICAL 
INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR THE 
RIGHTS OF GIRLS TO EDUCATION 
AND AGAINST THIS OPPRESSION OF 
THE RIGHTS OF YOUTH.
CANADIANS ARE DELIGHTED THAT 
YOU'VE ACCEPTED THE HONOR OF 
NOT ONLY BECOMING OUR SIXTH 
EVER HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZEN, 
BUT ALSO THE YOUNGEST EVER 
HONORARY CITIZEN OF THIS 
COUNTRY.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D 
LIKE TO INVITE THE RIGHT 
HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN 
TRUDEAU TO PRESENT THE 
CERTIFICATE TO OUR 
DISTINGUISHED, HONORARY 
CANADIAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Suhana: CANADA HAS ITS 
NEWEST CITIZEN.
AN HONORARY ROLE, DEFINITELY.
BUT AN HONOR FOR MALALA 
YOUSUFZAI.
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Prime Minister Trudeau:s 
MERCI, PATRICK.
THANK YOU ALL FOR GATHERING 
HOOER TO MARK THIS HISTORIC 
OCCASION.
TODAY WE PROUDLY BESTOW 
HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP 
ON MALALA YOUSUFZAI, A YOUNG 
WOMAN FROM PAKISTAN WHO HAS 
DONE TREMENDOUS THINGS FOR THE 
PEOPLE OF HER COUNTRY AND FOR 
THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
MALALA, YOUR STORY IS AN 
INSPIRATION TO US ALL.
THE VIOLENCE YOU SURVIVED AT 
THE HANDS OF THE TALIBAN DIDN'T 
DETER YOU AS IT WOULD HAVE FOR 
SO MANY OTHERS.
RATHER, YOU STOOD EVEN STRONGER 
IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION, YOUR 
PASSION FOR JUSTICE ONLY 
INTENSIFIED.
WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE U.N. IN 
2013, YOU SAID WE REALIZE THE 
IMPORTANCE OF LIGHT WHEN WE SEE 
DARKNESS.
WE REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF 
OUR VOICE WHEN WE ARE SILENCED.
MALALA YOUSUFZAI, FOR BRAVELY 
LENDING YOUR VOICE TO SO MANY, 
WE THANK YOU.
AND FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, WE 
ARE ALL PROUD TO CALL YOU 
CANADIAN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU WILL NOW 
PRESENT TO MALALA THE CANADIAN 
PEACE TOWER FLAG.
[APPLAUSE]
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, 
HERE IS THE OTTAWA REGIONAL 
YOUTH CHOIR.
♪ O CANADA ♪
♪ OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND ♪
♪ TRUE PATRIOT LOVE ♪
♪ IN ALL THY SONS COMMAND ♪
♪ CAR TON BRAS SAIT PORTER ♪
♪ IL SAIT PORTER LA CROIX! ♪
♪ TON HISTOIRE EST UNE ♪
♪ DES PLUS BRILLANTS EXPLOITS ♪
♪ ET TA VALEUR, DE FOI ♪
♪ GOD KEEP OUR LAND GLORIOUS ♪
♪ AND FREE ♪
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD ♪
♪ FOR THEE ♪
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD ♪
♪ FOR THEE ♪
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
AS THE FATHER OF A 1-YEAR-OLD 
GIRL I LOOK FORWARD TO ONE DAY 
BRAGGING TO HER THAT I WAS ONCE 
ABLE TO SAY THE WORDS "MALALA, 
IT WOULD BE AN HONOR FOR YOU TO 
COME TO THE PODIUM FOR A FEW 
WORDS."
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO PRIME 
MINISTER TRUDEAU, PEOPLE OF 
CANADA, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE 
HONOR.
I'M HONORED TO BE GIVEN THIS 
HONOR OF THE HONORARY 
CITIZENSHIP OF CANADA AND I 
ACCEPT IT AS PROUD CITIZEN OF 
PAKISTAN AND AS A PROUD PASHTUN.
AND IT IS NOT JUST HONORARY 
CITIZENSHIP OF CANADA, BUT IT 
IS ALSO BEING CANADA'S FRIEND 
AND I WARMLY ACCEPT IT AND I 
WANT TO THANK CANADA FOR 
EXPRESSION FOR GIRLS EDGE KA, 
FOR EXPRESSION FOR HUMANITY, 
FOR REFUGEES AND FOR STANDING 
UP FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND FOR 
PEACE AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO 
BE HERE TO MEET YOU ALL AND YOU 
ARE A TRUE EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD 
OF WHAT IT MEANS TO STAND UP 
FOR HUMANITY AND I'M HOPEFUL 
THAT YOU WILL INSPIRE MANY MORE 
COUNTRIES AND MANY MORE LEADERS 
TO FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS AND 
I'M HOPEFUL THAT, TOGETHER 
THROUGH OUR WORK, WE CAN ENSURE 
THAT EVERY GIRL CAN GET QUALITY 
EDUCATION.
THAT IS MY MISSION.
AND I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL WILL 
JOIN ME IN THIS CAUSE.
ONCE AGAIN, I'M REALLY THANKFUL 
AND THIS IS AN HONOR AND A 
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE PRIME 
MINISTER TRUDEAU BECAUSE 
EVERYONE WAS EXCITED.
[LAUGHTER]
ESPECIALLY ALL THE PEOPLE 
SINGING, LIKE IN THE U.K. AND 
THE U.S.
THEY SAY "ARE YOU MEETING 
TRUDEAU" AND I SHAKE HIS HAND.
SO YEAH, I'VE DONE IT.
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S FINALLY DONE.
[LAUGHTER]
SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT TRUDEAU 
IS AN AMAZING PERSON AND AN 
INSPIRATION AND A PERSON WHO'S 
STANDING UP WITHOUT ANY FEAR 
FOR FEMININISM, FOR WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS, FOR EQUALITY, AND WHO'S 
STANDING UP AMONG A TIME AND 
DURING A TIME WHERE THE WORLD 
IS HOPELESS, THE PRIME MINISTER 
IS COMING FORWARD AND SPEAKING 
OUT FOR REFUGEES AND WOMEN.
SO, HE IS A TRUE EXAMPLE AND 
I'M SURE THAT OTHER WORLD 
LEADERS WILL LEARN FROM HIM.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
I FEEL LIKE THIS LIBRARY MIGHT 
BE MISSING ONE BOOK.
MALALA, WOULD YOU DO THIS 
BUILDING THE HONOR OF 
PRESENTING YOUR BOOK TO OUR 
PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARIAN?
[APPLAUSE]
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
THIS CONCLUDES OUR CEREMONY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE PRIME 
MINISTER AND MALALA TO MAKE 
THEIR WAY TO THE ADDRESS.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Suhana: JUST THE FIRST PART 
OF A VERY BUSY MORNING FOR THIS 
19-YEAR-OLD FIRE CRACKER, 
MALALA YOUSUFZAI.
SHE HAS JUST BEEN MADE, AND 
ACCEPTED, THE HIGH HONOR OF 
BECOMING AN HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZEN.
SHE SAID I WANT TO THANK CANADA 
FOR STANDING UP FOR WOMEN'S 
RIGHTS AND FOR PEACE.
SHE WENT ON TO SAY I ACCEPT IT 
AS A PROUD CITIZEN OF PAKISTAN.
AND ALSO WHAT CAUSED THE CROWD 
THERE IN THE LIBRARY TO GIGGLE 
A LITTLE, SHE SAID, VERY 
HUMBLY, THAT IN THE U.K. WHERE 
SHE HAD FLOWN IN FROM, THAT 
PEOPLE THERE WHEN SHE TALKED TO 
THEM ABOUT RECEIVING THIS HONOR 
IN CANADA, THEY WERE VERY 
EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE 
WOULD BE MEETING OUR PRIME 
MINISTER AND SHE SAID NOW THEY 
WERE ASKING ME WOULD I MEET 
JUSTIN TRUDEAU, WOULD I SHAKE 
HIS HAND?
AND SHE SAID I SHOOK HIS HAND, 
YES, I'VE DONE IT AND THERE WAS 
QUITE A GIGGLE THERE IN THE 
LIBRARY.
AGAIN, FRIENDING HER BOOK "I AM 
MALALA" TO THE PARLIAMENTARY 
LIBRARIAN.
SO, NOW ALL OF THESE 
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WILL BE 
MOVING INTO THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS AND PARLIAMENTARIANS, 
ETC.
AND MALALA WILL BE ADDRESSING A 
JOINT SESSION OF THE PARLIAMENT.
ALSO IN THE GALLERY, THERE ARE 
SOME GREAT YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE 
WAITING EAGERLY FOR THOSE WORDS.
EVAN DYER HAS BEEN WATCHING ALL 
OF THIS UNFOLD.
HE IS IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL.
AS THEY PREPARE THE HOUSE, 
EVAN, FOR THIS ADDRESS TO 
PARLIAMENT, WHO IS UP IN THE 
GALLERY?
>> Reporter: THE PUBLIC GALLERY 
IS PRETTY FULL.
IT IS FULL OF SOME HIGH SCHOOL 
KIDS THERE.
ACTUALLY MY DAUGHTER MADE HER 
WAY OVER HERE AND I CAN TELL 
YOU SHE WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE 
MALALA I'M NOT SURE SHE EVEN 
NOTICED JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
BUT SHE IS UP THERE IN THE 
GALLERY WITH A PRETTY FULL 
HOUSE.
THE FLOOR OF THE PARLIAMENT 
BUILDING -- RATHER OF THE 
CHAMBER OF COMMONS IS ALSO FULL 
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN FILLED WITH 
TEMPORARY SEATING TO 
ACCOMMODATE SENATORS AND A FEW 
OTHER GUESTS AS WELL.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE A 
PRETTY FULL HOUSE IN THERE, TOO.
I SHOULD MENTION ON AN 
INTERESTING NOTE, ACTUALLY, 
THAT THE MINISTER OF 
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION WHO 
WAS, OF COURSE, ON HAND FOR 
THIS -- WHAT IS A CITIZENSHIP 
CEREMONY, OF A KIND --
[CLANGING]
WAS A FORMER REFUGEE AS IS 
MALALA AND SHE WAS DISPLACED 
FROM HER HOME IN THE SWAT 
VALLEY BACK IN 2010 WHEN THE 
PAKISTAN ARMY CAME TO FREE IT 
FROM THE TALIBAN.
THEY HAD BEEN UNDER TALIBAN 
OCCUPATION FOR QUITE A WHILE.
SHE'S HAD SOME ?AOERNTION  -- 
EXPERIENCE IN WHAT IT MEANS TO 
BE A REFUGEE AND THERE SHE WAS 
RECEIVING HER CANADIANSHIP FROM 
A MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP WHO'S 
HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
>> Suhana: YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS ONE ON A LONG LIST OF 
THIS IS ONE ON A LONG LIST OF
ACCOLADES THAT MALALA YOUSUFZAI 
HAS RECEIVED.
WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THEM.
>> Reporter: SHE RECEIVED A 
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AND THE 
HONORARY CITIZENSHIP IN 2014 
AND THAT CEREMONY WAS POSTPONED 
BECAUSE OF THE SHOOTING HERE ON 
PARLIAMENT HILL, OCCURING THE 
SAME DAY.
MALALA WAS SCHEDULED TO GET HER 
CITIZENSHIP IN TORONTO FROM 
STEPHEN HARPER.
NOT HERE IN THE HOUSES OF 
PARLIAMENT.
OF COURSE, THAT DAY, AS 
EVERYONE CAN RECALL, WAS A 
MAJOR SCARE, A LOT OF SECURITY.
EVERYTHING WAS LOCKED DOWN.
NOT ONLY HERE IN OTTAWA AND 
THAT FUNCTION HAD TO BE CANEDS.
BUT SHE'S ALSO BECOME, IN 
ADDITIONS TO A NOBEL PEACE 
PRIZE WINNER, THE U.N.'S 
YOUNGEST EVER AMBASSADOR.
>> Suhana: THANK YOU, EVAN.
YOU ARE WATCHING THIS UNFOLD ON 
CBC NEWS NETWORK.
WE'RE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT.
MALALA YOUSUFZAI IS GETTING A 
ROCK STAR WELCOME ON PARLIAMENT 
HILL.
THIS HOUR, THE NOBEL PEACE 
PRIZE CO-WINNER WILL ADDRESS 
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
SHE IS NOW AN HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZEN.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
I'M SUHANA MEHARCHAND.
THIS IS CBC NEWS NETWORK.
>> WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY 
THESE DIFFERENCES EXIST AND 
WHAT THE PROSPECTS FOR 
NARROWING THOSE DIFFERENCES MAY 
BE.
>> Suhana: REX TILLERSON 
CONTINUES HIS NEGOTIATIONS WITH 
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER.
THE U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE 
SAYS HE WANTS TO BETTER 
UNDERSTAND THE CONFLICTS 
BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND MOSCOW.
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADAMIR 
PUTIN SAYS HE MAY STILL MEET 
TILLERSON LATER ON.
>> ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, IT 
IS DISAPOINTING BECAUSE I'VE 
LET THE PRESIDENT DOWN.
>> Suhana: SEAN SPICER SAYS HIS 
GAFFE ABOUT HITLER IS 
INEXCUSABLE.
WHILE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 
WAR IN SYRIA YESTERDAY, THE 
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY 
IMPLIED THE NAZI LEADER NEVER 
USED POISON GAS ON HIS OWN 
PEOPLE.
SPICER HAS BEEN GETTING SLAMMED 
FOR MINIMIZING HITLER'S CRIMES.
AND THE CFL COMMISSIONER IS 
STEPPING DOWN.
THE LEAGUE ANNOUNCED IT HAS 
AGREED TO PART WAYS WITH 
JEFFERY ORRIDGE IN.
MARS OF 2015, HE BECAME THE 
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO HEAD 
UP A MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN 
SPORTS LEAGUE.
TAKING YOU LIVE.
THIS IS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE HUSTLE AND 
BUSTLE AS THEY'RE ALL PREPARING 
FOR QUITE AN EXTRAORDINARY 
EVENT.
JUST MOMENTS AGO, 19-YEAR-OLD 
MALALA YOUSUFZAI WAS -- BECAME 
THE RECIPIENT OF AN HONORARY 
CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP WHICH SHE 
SUMABLY ACCEPTED AND THANKED 
CANADA FOR STANDING UP FOR 
WOMEN'S RIGHTS, FOR STANDING UP 
FOR REFUGEES, FOR STANDING UP 
FOR PEACE.
THEN SHE MADE HER WAY INTO THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS WHERE SHE IS 
GOING TO BE ANOTHER, IF YOU 
WILL, FEATHER IN HER CAP AND 
THAT IS THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO 
EVER ADDRESS THE HOUSE OF 
COMMONS.
SHE WILL BE SPEAKING BEFORE 
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND 
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
SO, A JOINT SESSION OF 
PARLIAMENT.
SHE ARRIVED JUST ABOUT 30 
MINUTES AGO WITH HER MOM AND 
HER DAD.
SHE WAS GREETED BY PRIME 
MINISTER TRUDEAU.
SIGNED A GUEST BOOK IN THE 
ROTUNDA AND THEN SHE RECEIVED 
HER HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZENSHIP AND WAS ALSO A 
RECIPIENT OF THE PEACE TOWER 
FLAG PRESENTED TO HER AS WELL.
AND SHE PRESENTED HER BOOK "I 
AM MALALA" TO THE PARLIAMENTARY 
LIBRARIAN, WHICH IS WHERE THAT 
EVENT UNFOLDED.
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 
PREPARATIONS IN THE HOUSE.
EVAN DYER IS WATCHING ALL OF 
THIS.
HE JOINS ME LIVE FROM OUR 
NATION'S CAPITAL.
I BET YOU COULD FEEL THE BUZZ 
IN THE AIR THERE, EVAN.
>> Reporter: IT IS GOING ON 
RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE, THROUGH 
THESE DOORS.
YES, IT IS A VERY FULL HOUSE.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE FILING IN FOR 
QUITE A WHILE.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO SEE TOO 
MANY EMPTY SEATS IN TODAY.
THE ORDER OF APPEARANCE WILL BE 
A PRESENTATION BY PRIME 
MINISTER TRUDEAU.
HE'LL MAKE BRIEF REMARKS AND 
THEN EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM 
MALALA AGAIN AND THIS WILL BE 
HER MAIN ADDRESS.
THOSE SORT OF OFF THE CUFF 
REMARKS THAT SHE MADE WHEN SHE 
RECEIVED HER CITIZENSHIP 
DOCUMENT.
WE'RE JUST SORT OF AN IMPROMPTU 
SPEECH SHE GAVE THERE IN THE 
LIBRARY.
HER MAIN SPEECH WILL BE HERE 
AND WILL PROBABLY RUN 20 TO 25 
MINUTES AND THEN THERE WILL BE 
SOME COMMENTS, TOO, FROM THE 
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE FOLLOWED 
BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
AT THAT POINT, THE HOUSE WILL 
RISE.
BUT MALALA WON'T BE DONE HERE 
IN PARLIAMENT.
SHE IS GOING TO HAVE A MEET, 
AND PHOTO OP WITH THE PRIME 
MINISTER AND HIS OFFICE JUST 
UPSTAIRS FROM HERE.
AND SHE WILL ALSO MEET WITH THE 
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, RONA 
AMBROSE AND THAT IS PARTLY 
BECAUSE RONA AMBROSE HAD A LOT 
TO DO WITH TODAY'S CEREMONY.
OF COURSE, AS WE WERE SAYING 
THIS WAS SOMETHING ORIGINALLY 
PLANNED BACK IN 2014 UNDER THE 
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT AND RONA 
AMBROSE, A MINISTER IN THE 
HARPER GOVERNMENT, HAD A BIG 
ROLE IN INVITING MALALA HERE 
AND INVITING HER TO BECOME AN 
HONORARY CITIZEN.
>> Suhana: EVAN, WHAT WE'RE 
SEEING ON THE SCREENS RIGHT NOW 
ARE POLITICIAN AND THEY'RE NOT 
KIDS.
BUT MALALA IS ABOUT YOUNG 
PEOPLE.
SHE IS ABOUT INSPIRING YOUNG 
PEOPLE NOT ONLY TO HELP OTHERS 
BUT TO HELP THEMSELVES, TO 
FULFILL THEIR POTENTIAL TONIGHT.
GO TO SCHOOL AND CONTINUE THEIR 
EDUCATION.
THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE 
LISTENING THERE LIVE IN THE 
HOUSE.
ARE THERE SNOT
>> Reporter: THERE ARE.
THERE WERE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE 
ROTUNDA WAITING FOR HER TO COME 
THROUGH.
SHE STOPPED AND QUITE A FEW 
WERE TAKING PICTURES WITH THEIR 
PHONES BUT SHE SHAKED A FEW 
HANDS AS WELL.
AND, OF COURSE, SHE WAS AT A 
SCHOOL EARLIER TODAY.
WE ALSO KNOW THERE WERE SOME 
SCHOOL KIDS UP IN THE PUBLIC 
GALLERY AT THE FAR END OF THE 
HOUSE.
PERHAPS IN THAT SHOT, WE CAN 
SEE SOME OF THEM RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS, I BELIEVE, THE PUBLIC 
GALLERY THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT 
THERE OR IT MAY BE THE OTHER 
END.
IN ANY CASE, ALL OF THE 
GALLERIES ARE FULL TODAY AS 
THEY ARE ON THESE OCCASIONS 
WHICH DON'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE WHO ADDRESSED JOINT 
SESSION OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE 
IS ONLY HALF A DOZEN.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE 
BECOME HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZENS IS THE SAME NUMBER.
THIS IS NOT COMMON EVENT.
AND THAT GROUP IN WHICH SHE NOW 
FINDS HERSELF, THE HONORARY 
CANADIAN CITIZENS OF WHICH SHE 
IS NUMBER SIX, WHO ARE SOME OF 
THE OTHERS?
>> Reporter: THEY INCLUDE THE 
AGA KHAN, HE WAS THE LAST ONE 
TO BE GIVEN AN HONORARY IT 
CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THREE 
YEARS AGO.
PRIOR TO HIM, WE SAW NELSON 
MANDELA BECOME AN HONORARY 
CANADIAN CITIZEN, I BELIEVE.
AND ONE HAS BEEN AWARDED 
POSTHUMOUSLY, WHICH WAS THE 
SWEDISH DIPLOMAT RAOUL 
WALLENBERG WHO SAVE SOD MANY 
JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST AS A 
DIPLOMAT IN HUNGARY.
AND WE BELIEVE HE WAS ABDUCTED 
BY THE K.G.B. 
BUT CANADA WENT ON TO MAKE HIM 
A CANADIAN CITIZEN MANY YEARS 
LATER.
IT IS NOT AN HONOR THAT IS 
AWARDED A LOT.
WHEN IT IS, THEY REALLY DO TEND 
TO PULL OUT THE STOPS HERE ON 
PARLIAMENT HILL.
>> Suhana: WE JUST SAW HER MOM 
AND DAD AND THEY, OF COURSE, 
ARRIVED ON PARLIAMENT HILL WITH 
MALALA AND I INTERVIEWED HER 
FATHER.
AGAIN, A VERY HUMBLE MANMENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS DAUGHTER 
WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH, SHE SAYS 
HE AND HER MOM HAVE BEEN IN HER 
CORNER AND SUPPORTING THESE 
DECISIONS THAT SHE IS MAKING AS 
A YOUNG WOMAN.
HER MOM WAS WEARING A BLUE 
HIJAB.
WE SAW MALALA EARLIER WITH AN 
ORANGE HIJAB ON AND ACCEPTING 
THAT HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZENSHIP.
I WANT TO TAKE OUR VIEWERS BACK 
BECAUSE IT IS A RARE MOMENT, 
EVAN.
NUMBER SIX ONLY.
AND YOU WENT THROUGH THE OTHERS 
WHO ARE HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZENS.
IT UNFOLDED IN THE LIBRARY.
AND PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU GAVE 
HER -- THERE IS HER MOM WAVING 
RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE.
HER DAD IN THE CENTER OF THE 
SCREEN TALKING THERE.
WE'LL STICK WITH THIS, I 
SUPPOSE.
WE WON'T GO OVER THAT FOOTAGE 
OF MALALA RECEIVING THE 
HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP.
IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, WE 
ARE GIVING YOU THIS LIVE LOOK 
INSIDE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
BECAUSE IT IS A VERY HISTORIC 
DAY.
THE YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO 
ADDRESS CANADA'S HOUSE OF 
PARLIAMENT WILL DO SO TODAY.
HERE SHE IS RECEIVING THAT 
HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP.
[APPLAUSE]
19-YEAR-OLD MALALA YOUSUFZAI, 
BORN IN PAKISTAN.
A CO-RECIPIENT IN 2014 OF THE 
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
WHEN SHE WAS 15, I'M SURE YOU 
KNOW THIS STORY, SHE WAS SHOT 
IN THE HEAD BY A MASKED GUNMAN.
SHE PERSEVERED IN HER 
DETERMINATION TO INSPIRE YOUNG 
WOMEN TO GO TO SCHOOL AND SHE 
CONTINUES TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN THE 
UNITED KINGDOM.
AND THERE SHE IS RECEIVING THE 
PEACE TOWER FLAG FROM THE PRIME 
MINISTER, BEING SERENADED BY 
YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR NATION'S 
CAPITAL THERE IN THE CHOIR.
ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU 
CAN SEE THE LIVE SHOT OF THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
THAT IS GETTING UNDER WAY TOER 
THAT ADDRESS FROM MALALA 
YOUSUFZAI.
WE'RE HEARING IT WILL BE ABOUT 
15 MINUTES.
AS EVAN DYER, MY COLLEAGUE IN 
OTTAWA HAD MENTIONED, THERE 
WILL BE AN INTRODUCTION FROM 
THE PRIME MINISTER TO THIS 
INCREDIBLY INSPIRING YOUNG 
WOMAN.
IN THE GALLERY, WE HAVE YOUNG 
PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS IN THE AREA 
WHO ARE THERE TO LISTEN EARLIER 
TODAY.
I INVIEWED ONE OF THEM.
I'LL GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO EMMA 
BOYES WHO IS ATTENDING AN 
OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL.
SOPHIE -- THE PRIME MINISTER'S 
WIFE ARRIVING.
MALALA YOUSUFZAI IN THE MIDDLE 
AND FLANKED ON THE OTHER SIDE 
BY OUR PRIME MINISTER IN THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
LET'S GIVE THIS A MOMENT AND 
LISTEN IN TO THE APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
IT WAS A UNANIMOUS DECISION 
BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2014 TO 
ENSURE MALALA WAS A RESIP 
YENLTSZ OF AN HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZENSHIP AND TODAY WE'RE 
SEEING THE FRUITION OF THAT.
I WAS, OF COURSE, THE FORMER 
GOVERNMENT UNDER STEPHEN 
HARPER, WHICH THAT CAME TO BE 
AND BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS THAT 
HAPPENED IN OCTOBER WITH THE 
PARLIAMENT HILL SHOOTINGS, THAT 
WAS PUSHED BACK.
TODAY, WE'RE SEEING IT BECOME A 
REALITY.
MALALA YOUSUFZAI IS NOW 
CANADA'S CITIZEN.
WE WILL CALL HER OUR OWN.
IT IS HONORARY.
NONETHELESS, SHE SAID I HUMBLY 
ACCEPT IT EARLIER IN AN EVENT 
IN THE PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY.
FLANKED BY SOPHIE GREGOIRE, THE 
PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE AND 
JUSTIN TRUDEAU ON HER LEFT.
THE APPLAUSE CONTINUES WITH A 
STANDING OVATION IN THE HOUSE 
OF COMMONS.
SHE IS ABOUT TO ADDRESS THEM.
HER MOM AND DAD JOIN HER AS 
WELL ON THIS VISIT TO CANADA.
[APPLAUSE LIGHTENS]
>> [SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> THE RIGHT HONORABLE PRIME 
MINISTER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
HONORED GUESTS, 
PARLIAMENTARIANS, COLLEAGUES 
AND FRIENDS.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE 
TODAY TO HOST ONE OF THE NEWEST 
AND POSSIBLY BRAVEST CITIZENS 
OF CANADA, MALALA YOUSUFZAI.
[APPLAUSE]
MALALA, IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO 
WELCOME YOU TO OUR HOUSE AND 
NOW THAT YOU ARE AN HONORARY 
CANADIAN, I HOPE YOU'LL 
CONSIDER THIS YOUR HOUSE, TOO.
WELCOME.
MALALA'S STORY IS ONE WE KNOW 
WELL.
IT IS BOTH EXCEPTIONAL AND 
FAMILIAR.
OUT OF THIS WORLD AND, SADLY, 
COMMON PLACE.
YEARS AGO WE HEARD ALL ABOUT 
THIS BOLD, BRAVE GIRL FROM SWAT 
VALLEY WHO STOOD UP TO THE 
TALIBAN.
A WHIP SMART POLITICALLY 
ENGAGED 12-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS 
INSPIRING OTHER KIDS TO RAISE 
THEIR VOICES AND LEAD BY 
EXAMPLE.
A GIRL WHOSE GREATEST WANT IN 
LIFE WAS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
A GIRL WHO REFUSED TO BE 
SILENCED.
WITH HOPE, WE STOOD IN AWE OF 
HER.
AND IN HORROR, WE WATCHED AS 
COWARDS TRIED TO TAKE HER LIFE.
AND STILL, AS THE WORLD PRAYED 
WHILE SHE RECOVERED, WE WERE 
REMINDED THAT A BULLET IS NO 
MATCH FOR AN IDEA.
[APPLAUSE]
THAT IN THE FACE OF EVIL, WHAT 
IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS GOOD WILL 
ALWAYS PREVAIL.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: MALALA, YOU 
SAID THAT YOU WISH NOD ILL ON 
THE MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL YOU.
IN SO DOING, YOU SHOWED 
ENORMOUS GOODNESS AND GOODNESS 
IS SOMETHING CANADIANS 
SOMETIMES RECOGNIZE IN 
THEMSELVES.
JUST A FEW MONTHSING A, WE 
WITNESSED A TERRORIST ATTACK 
AGAINST A MOSQUE IN QUEBEC CITY.
THIS SENSELESS ACT OF VIOLENCE 
LEFT SIX INNOCENT PEOPLE DEAD.
HUSBANDS, FATHERS AND SONS.
AND YET EVEN AFTER THIS CRIME, 
CANADIANS REMAINED UNITED.
WE DIDN'T TURN AGAINST EACH 
OTHER.
WE DIDN'T DIVIDE INTO FACTIONS.
WE DIDN'T GIVE IN TO HATRED OR 
FEAR.
WE TOOK THE SAME POSITIVE 
APPROACH THAT WE ALWAYS 
ENDEAVOR TO TAKE AS CANADIANS.
WE SHOWED THE WORLD THAT WE 
WOULD NOT MEET VIOLENCE WITH 
VIOLENCE.
BUT THAT WE WOULD MEET FEAR AND 
HATRED WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION.
MALALA, YOU ARE A MODEL OF 
KINDNESS.
THROUGH YOUR WORDS AS WELL AS 
YOUR ACTIONS.
AND THEN SOMETHING THAT 
RESONATES, NOT ONLY WITH 
CANADIANS BUT WITH THE REST OF 
THE WORLD AS WELL.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
YOURS A STORY OF AN ORDINARY 
GIRL DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
AN EVERYDAY HERO.
A TRAIL BLAZER AND A TEENAGER.
A RENEGADE AND A READER.
A FEARLESS ADVOCATE AND A GIRL 
WHO WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO 
SEE MORE KIDS IN CLASSROOMS.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE 
IMPOSSIBLY HUMBLE.
WE CANADIANS ARE ALL ABOUT THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN YOU ACCEPTED THE NOBEL 
PEACE PRIZE, YOU SAID I TELL MY 
STORY NOT BECAUSE IT IS UNIQUE, 
BUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT.
AABLE 
-- AND THEN HOW SPOKE AT THE 
U.N., YOU SAID I RAISE UP MY 
VOICE NOT SO THAT I CAN SHOUT, 
BUT SO THOSE WITHOUT A VOICE 
CAN BE HEARD.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS 
THE TRUE EMBODIMENT OF 
LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.
WE SHOULD ALL WISH TO SERVE SO 
HONORABLY IN OUR OWN LIFETIMES.
MALALA, YOU HAVE GIVEN LIGHT TO 
BOYS AND GIRLS MIRED IN 
DARKNESS AND YOU HAVE 
CHALLENGED WOMEN AND MEN OF ALL 
BACKGROUNDS TO BE BETTER SO 
THAT WE MAY DO BETTER.
AND ONE AREA WE MUST ALL DO 
BETTER IS IN EDUCATING OUR 
YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE KNOW THAT ONLY THROUGH 
EDUCATION CAN WE ACHIEVE TRUE 
PEACE.
I SAY THAT NOT ONLY AS A 
HUSBAND, FATHER AND COMMUNITY 
MEMBER, I FIRST AND FOREMOST 
SAY THAT AS A TEACHER.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO TEACH 
SOME REALLY GREAT KIDS IN B.C. 
FOR FIVE YEARS.
THEY TAUGD ME THAT GOING TO 
SCHOOL IS MORE THAN JUST 
LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO READ AND 
WRITE.
IT'S ABOUT CHALLENGING YOUR 
WORLD VIEW.
IT IS AN INNOVATION.
AND IT IS ABOUT SOLVING 
PROBLEMS BY WORKING TOGETHER.
EDUCATION HAS THE POWER TO 
CHANGE THE WORLD.
IT CAN END POVERTY, FIGHT 
CLIMATE CHANGE, PREVENT WARS.
BUT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE 
PROGRESS, WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE 
SURE THAT ALL CHILDREN, GIRLS 
AS WELL AS BOYS, GET TO GO TO 
SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE]
I COULDN'T IMAGINE A WORLD 
WHERE MY SONS, XAVIER AND 
HADRIAN, COULD ENJOY THE GIFT 
OF LEARNING BUT MY DAUGHTER, 
ELLA GRACE, COULD NOT.
SHE, LIKE SO MANY OTHER LITTLE 
GIRLS, LOVES TO LEARN AND SHE'D 
BE DEVASTATED IF SHE HAD THAT 
RIGHT TAKEN FROM HER.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
>> Interpreter: IT IS NO SECRET 
THAT WOMEN AND GIRLS HAVE 
ALWAYS HAD TO FIGHT.
AND STILL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR 
THINGS THAT MEN OFTEN TAKE FOR 
GRANTED.
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
THE RIGHT TO SERVE ONE'S 
COUNTRY.
THE RIGHT TO EQUAL PAY.
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHEN TO 
START A FAMILY.
UNFORTUNATELY IF I WERE TO 
FINISH THIS LIST, IT WOULD TAKE 
ME ALL DAY.
AND YET ANY SOCIETY, IF IT IS 
TO SUCCEED, REQUIRES THE FULL 
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND 
GIRLS AND THAT STARTS ALWAYS 
WITH EDUCATION.
HERE IN CANADA, WE ENSURE THAT 
OUR CHILDREN HAVE THE SKILLS 
THEY NEED TO HAVE A FULFILLING 
LIFE IN THIS EVER-CHANGING 
WORLD.
AS MINISTER FOR YOUTH, AND AS A 
FATHER OF YOUNG CHILDREN, 
EDUCATION IS A PRIORITY FOR ME.
LAST MONTH, WE ANNOUNCED 
FUNDING FOR A NEW PROGRAM THAT 
WILL HELP TEACH CHILDREN THE 
BASICS OF CODING AS WELL AS 
DIGITAL SKILLS.
WE ARE HELPING MORE TEENAGERS 
FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES 
FINISH THEIR SECONDARY STUDIES.
WE ARE INVESTING IN PROGRAMS 
THAT ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO 
TAKE AN INTEREST IN SCIENCE, 
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 
MATHEMATICS.
BOYS AND GIRLS.
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: AND 
BUILDING AND REPAIRING SCHOOLS 
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY 
INDIGENOUS STUDENTS LIVING ON 
RESERVE RECEIVE A GOOD 
EDUCATION.
FOR TOO LONG, THESE CHILDREN 
HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED.
THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WE 
MUST DO MORE.
FOR THE SAKE OF GIRLS AND BOYS 
AROUND THE WORLD, FOR THE SAKE 
OF OUR FUTURE, THE TIME TO ACT 
IS NOW.
MY FRIENDS, WE KNOW THAT 
PROGRESS IS A AN IDEA ROOTED IN 
CONVICTION, BROUGHT TO LIFE BY 
THE RIGHT WORDS, AND DRIVEN 
INTO ACTION WITH COURAGE.
WE CALL ON OUR BROTHERS AND 
SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD TO 
SPEAK BOLDLY AND WITHOUT FEAR.
KNOWING IN THEIR HEARTS THAT 
THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT 
TIME CAN MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN.
MALALA, YOU CHOSE HOPE.
YOU CHOSE DIGNITY.
YOU CHOSE DETERMINATION.
AND CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD 
THANK YOU FOR IT.
TODAY IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IN 
THIS CHAMBER, WE HONOR YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
>> Prime Minister Trudeau: 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DEAR 
FRIENDS, IT IS MY GREAT 
PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A 
CHAMPION FOR EDUCATION AND A 
FEARLESS NEW CANADIAN, MALALA 
YOUSUFZAI!
[APPLAUSE]
>> IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST 
MERCIFUL, THE MOST BENEFICIENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
BONJOUR.
[SPEAKING PASHTUN]
MR. PRIME MINISTER, MADAME 
TRUDEAU, SOPHIE --
[LAUGHTER]
MR. SPEAKER, MEMBERS OF THE 
HOUSE, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE, 
MEX OF THE SENATE, MY PARENTS --
[APPLAUSE]
AND, FINALLY, THE PEOPLE OF 
CANADA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WARM 
WELCOME TO YOUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS MY FIRST TRIP TO CANADA.
BUT NOT MY FIRST ATTEMPT.
ON THE 22ND OF OCTOBER, 2014, 
MY FATHER AND I LANDED AT THE 
TORONTO AIRPORT.
EXCITED FOR A FIRST VISIT TO A 
WONDERFUL COUNTRY.
SOON WE LEARNED THAT A MAN HAD 
ATTACKED PARLIAMENT HILL.
KILLING A CANADIAN SOLDIER, 
WOUND, OTHERS, AND THREATENING 
LEADERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS IN 
THE BUILDING WHERE I STAND 
TODAY.
CANADIAN SECURITY OFFICIALS AND 
PROFESSIONALS ADVISED US TO 
RESCHEDULE.
WITH SORROW IN OUR HEARTS, WE 
HEADED BACK TO ENGLAND, 
PROMISING TO RETURN TO CANADA 
ONE DAY.
THE MAN WHO ATTACKED PARLIAMENT 
HILL CALLED HIMSELF A MUSLIM.
BUT HE DID NOT SHARE MY FAITH.
HE DID NOT SHARE THE FAITH OF 
1.5 BILLION MUSLIMS LIVING IN 
PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.
[APPLAUSE]
SORRY, I'M SHORT SIGHTED.
I COULDN'T READ SOME OF THE 
WORDS.
[LAUGHTER]
NOW I CAN READ MY SPEECH.
BACK TO MY POINT THAT THE MAN 
WHO ATTACKED PARLIAMENT HILL 
CALLED HA *IMS MUSLIM.
BUT HE DID NOT SHARE MY FAITH.
HE DID NOT SHARE THE FAITH OF 
1.5 BILLION MUSLIMS LIVING IN 
PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.
HE DID NOT SHARE OUR ISLAM A 
RELIGION OF LEARNING, 
COMPASSION AND MERCY.
I AM A MUSLIM AND I BELIEVE 
THAT IF YOU PICK UP A GUN IN 
THE NAME OF ISLAM, AND KILL AN 
INNOCENT PERSON, YOU ARE NOT 
MUSLIM ANYMORE.
YOU AND THE PERSON WHO ATTACKED 
PARLIAMENT HILL AND ALL THESE 
TERRORISTS DO NOT SHARE MY 
FAITH.
[APPLAUSE]
INSTEAD -- 
INSTEAD, HE SHARED THE HATRED 
OF THE MAN WHO ATTACKED QUEBEC 
CITY NOFK JANUARY, KILLING SIX 
PEOPLE WHILE THEY WERE AT 
PRAYER.
THE SAME HATRED AS THE MAN WHO 
KILLED CIVILIANS AND POLICE 
OFFICERS IN LONDON THREE WEEKS 
AGO.
THE SAME HATRED AS THE MAN WHO 
KILLED 132 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN 
PAKISTAN ARMY PUBLIC SDMAOL 
PESHAWAR.
THE SAME HATRED AS THE MEN WHO 
SHOT ME AND MY TWO SCHOOL 
FRIENDS.
THESE MEN HELPED TRY TO DIVIDE 
US AND DESTROY OUR DEMOCRACIES, 
OUR FREEDOM OF RELIGION, OUR 
RIGHT TO GO TO SCHOOL.
BUT WE, AND YOU, REFUSE TO BE 
DIVIDED.
CANADIANS, WHEREVER YOU WERE 
BORN, HOWEVER YOU WORSHIP, 
STAND TOGETHER.
AND NOTHING PROVED THIS MORE 
THAN YOUR EXCITEMENT TO 
REFUGEES.
AROUND THE WORLD, WE HAVE HEARD 
ABOUT CANADA'S HEROES.
WE HEARD ABOUT THE MEMBERS OF 
THE FIRST UNITED CHURCH HERE IN 
OTTAWA.
A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE FAMILY 
HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD.
A LITTLE GIRL NAMED MALIYA.
THE CHURCH DECIDED TO RAISE 
MORE MONEY TO BRING ABRAHAM'S 
BROTHER AND FAMILY TO CANADA.
SO MALIYA COULD GROW UP WITH 
HER COUSINS.
WE HEARD ABOUT JORGE SALAZAR IN 
VANCOUVER WHO CAME TO CANADA AS 
A CHILD REFUGEE.
FLEEING VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA.
AS A YOUNG ADULT, HE IS 
YOUNGING WITH TODAY'S CHILDREN 
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, 
HELPING THEM ADAPT WITH A NEW 
CULTURE AND COUNTRY.
AND I'M VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE 
THAT FARHEAD MOHAMMAD A REFUGEE 
WHO FLED UGANDA AND CAME TO 
CANADA AS A CHILD IS A NEW 
C.E.O., A CANADIAN WILL NOW 
LEAD THE FIGHT FOR GIRL'S 
EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD.
[APPLAUSE]
MANY PEOPLE FROM MY OWN COUNTRY 
OF PAKISTAN HAVE FOUND A 
PROMISED LAND IN CANADA.
LIKE THE REFUGEES IN CANADA, 
AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD, I 
HAVE SEEN FEAR AND EXPERIENCED 
TIMES WHEN I DID NOT KNOW IF I 
WAS SAFE OR NOT.
I REMEMBER HOW HE MOM USED TO 
PUT A LETTER AT THE BACK OF HER 
HOUSE SO THAT IF ANYTHING 
HAPPENED WE COULD ESCAPE.
I STILL REMEMBER THAT I WOULD 
READ A QURANIC VERSE EVERY 
NIGHT TO PROTECT OUR FAMILY AND 
AS MANY PEOPLE AS I COULD.
I WENT TO SCHOOL THINKING THAT 
SOMEONE WOULD STOP ME AND HARM 
ME.
I WOULD HIDE MY BOOKS UNDER MY 
SCARF.
THE SOUND OF BOMBS WOULD MAKE 
ME UP AT NIGHT.
EVERY MORNING I WOULD HEAR THE 
NEWS THAT MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN KILLED.
I SAW MEN WITH BIG GUNS IN THE 
STREETS.
THERE'S MORE PEACE NOW IN MY 
HOME OF PAKISTAN, BUT FAMILIES 
LIKE MINE PALESTINE TO 
VENEZUELA, SOMALIA TO IRAQ TO 
CONGO ARE FORCED TO FLEE THEIR 
HOMES BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE.
SO YOUR MOTTO AND YOUR STAND, 
WELCOME TO CANADA, IS MORE THAN 
A HEADLINE OR A HASHTAG.
IT IS THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY 
THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US 
WOULD YEARN FOR IF OUR FAMILY 
WAS IN CRISIS.
I PRAY THAT YOU CONTINUE TO 
OPEN YOUR HOMES AND YOUR HEARTS 
TO THE WORLD'S MOST DEFENSELESS 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND I 
HOPE YOUR NEIGHBORS WILL FOLLOW 
YOUR EXAMPLE.
[APPLAUSE]
I'M HUMBLED TO ACCEPT HONORARY 
CITIZENSHIP OF YOUR COUNTRY.
WHILE I WILL ALWAYS BE A PROUD 
PASHTUN AND A PROUD CITIZEN OF 
PAKISTAN, I AM GRATEFUL TO BE 
AN HONORARY MEMBER OF YOUR 
NATION OF HEROES, THOUGH I 
STILL REQUIRE A VISA.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT THAT IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION.
[APPLAUSE]
I WAS ALSO VERY HAPPY TO MEET 
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU THIS 
MORNING.
I'M AMAZED BY HIS EMBRACE OF 
REFUGEES, HIS COMMITMENT TO 
APOINTING CANADA'S FIRST 
GENDER-BALANCED CABINET AND HIS 
DEAD DIAGNOSIS KEEPING WOMEN 
AND GIRLS AT THE CENTER OF YOUR 
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
WE HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT 
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU, BUT ONE 
THING HAS SURPRISED ME.
PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT 
HOW YOUNG HE IS.
THEY SAY THAT HE IS THE SECOND 
YOUNGEST PRIME MINISTER IN 
CANADIAN HISTORY.
HE DOES YOGA.
HE HAS TATOOS.
[LAUGHTER]
AND A LOT MORE.
[LAUGHTER]
AND WHILE I WAS COMING HERE, 
EVERYONE WAS TELLING ME LIKE 
SHAKE PRIME MINISTER'S HAND 
AND, LIKE, LET US KNOW HOW HE 
LOOKS IN REALITY.
[LAUGHTER]
AND PEOPLE WERE JUST SO EXCITED 
ABOUT MEETING TRUDEAU.
I THINK -- I DON'T THINK ANYONE 
CARRIED ABOUT THE CANADIAN 
HONORARY CITIZENSHIP.
[LAUGHTER]
WHILE IT MAY BE TRUE THAT PRIME 
MINISTER TRUDEAU IS YOUNG AND 
HE IS YOUNG HEAD OF GOVERNMENT, 
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL SOMETHING 
TO THE CHILDREN OF CANADA THAT 
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AS OLD AS 
A VERY YOUNG PRIME MINISTER 
TRUDEAU TO BE A LEADER.
[APPLAUSE]
I'M STILL ON PAGE SEVEN SO I 
HAVE A LOT LEFT SO IF YOU DO A 
STANDING OVATION AGAIN, YOU MAY 
GET TIRED.
[LAUGHTER]
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 
LOT LEFT.
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE MY STORY 
THAT I WANTED TO TELL THE 
CHILDREN OF CANADA THAT WHEN I 
WAS LITTLE, I USED TO WAIT TO 
BE AN ADULT TO LEAD.
BUT I HAVE LEARNED THAT EVEN A 
CHILD'S VOICE CAN BE HEARD 
ACROSS THE WORLD.
AND TO THE YOUNG WOMEN OF 
CANADA, I WANT TO SAY STEP 
FORWARD, RAISE YOUR VOICES AND 
THE NEXT TIME I VISIT I HOPE TO 
SEE MORE OF YOU FILLING THESE 
SEATS.
[APPLAUSE]
AND TO THE MEN OF CANADA, BE 
PROUD FEMININISTS.
AND HELP WOMEN GET EQUAL 
OPPORTUNITIES AS MEN.
AND TO THE LEADERS OF CANADA 
TODAY IN THIS ROOM.
THOUGH YOU HAVE DIFFERENT 
POLITICS AND POLICIES AND 
PRIORITIES, I KNOW EACH ONE OF 
YOU IS TRYING TO RESPOND TO 
SOME OF OUR WORLD'S MOST 
PRESSING PROBLEMS.
I HAVE TRAVELED THE WORLD AND 
MET MANY PEOPLE, IN MANY 
COUNTRIES.
I HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE AND 
I HAVE SEEN MANY PROBLEMS THAT 
WE'RE FACING TODAY -- WAR, 
ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, CLIMATE 
CHANGE AND HEALTH CRISES.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE 
ANSWER IS GIRLS.
SECONDARY EDUCATION CAN 
TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES, 
COUNTRIES AND OUR WORLD.
AND HERE'S WHAT THE STATISTICS 
SAY.
I'M SAYING IT FOR THOSE WHO 
STILL DON'T ACCEPT EDUCATION AS 
IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE SOME, BUT I HOPE THEY 
WILL HEAR THAT IF ALL GIRLS 
WENT TO SCHOOL FOR 12 YEARS, 
LOWER AND MIDDLE-INCOME 
COUNTRIES COULD ADD $29 BILLION 
PER YEAR TO THEIR ECONOMIES.
EDUCATED GIRLS ARE LESS LIKELY 
TO MARRY YOUNG AND CONTRACT 
H.I.V. AND MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 
HEALTHY AND EDUCATED CHILDREN 
AND THE WORKING INSTITUTION 
CALLED SECONDARY INSTITUTION 
FOR GIRLS IS THE MOST COST 
EFFECTIVE AND BEST INVESTMENT 
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.
WHEN A COUNTRY GIVES ALL OF ITS 
CHILDREN SECONDARY EDUCATION, 
THEY CUT THE RISK OF WAR IN 
HALF.
EDUCATION IS VITAL FOR THE 
SECURITY OF THE WORLD.
BECAUSE EXTREMISM GROWS 
ALONGSIDE INEQUALITY IN PLACES 
WHERE PEOPLE FEEL THEY HAVE NO 
OPPORTUNITY NO, VOICE, NO HELP.
-- NO HOPE.
WHEN WOMEN ARE EDUCATED, THERE 
ARE MORE JOBS FOR EVERYONE.
WHEN MOTHERS CAN KEEP THEIR 
CHILDREN ALIVE AND SEND THEM TO 
SCHOOL, THERE IS HOPE.
BUT AROUND THE WORLD, 130 
MILLION GIRLS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL 
TODAY.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THE 
STUDIES AND THEY MAY NOT KNOW 
THE STATISTIC, BUT THEY 
UNDERSTAND THAT EDUCATION IS 
THE ONLY PATH TO A BRIGHTER 
FUTURE AND THEY'RE FIGHTING TO 
GO TO SCHOOL.
LAST SUMMER, ON A TRIP TO 
KENYA, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE 
BRAVEST GIRL I HAVE EVER MET.
AT AGE 13, HER FAMILY FLED 
SOMALIA AND CAME TO THE WORLD'S 
LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP.
SHE HAD NEVER BEEN INSIDE A 
CLASSROOM.
BUT SHE WORKED HARD TO CATCH UP 
AND IN A FEW YEARS, GRADUATED 
PRIMARY SCHOOL.
AT 18, RAMA WAS INTRODUCED IN 
SECONDARY SCHOOL WHEN HER 
PARENTS DECIDED TO MOVE BACK TO 
SOMALIA.
THEY PROMISED SHE COULD 
CONTINUE HER EDUCATION.
BUT WHEN HER FAMILY TURNED TO 
SOMALIA, THERE WERE NO SCHOOLS 
FOR HER TO ATTEND.
HER FATHER SAID HER EDUCATION 
WAS FINISHED.
AND SHE WOULD SOON MARRY A MAN 
IN HIS 50s.
A MAN SHE DID NOT KNOW.
SHE REMEMBERED A FRIEND FROM A 
REFUGEE CAMP WHO HAD WON A 
SCHOLARSHIP AT A UNIVERSITY IN 
CANADA.
SHE BORROWED A NEIGHBOR'S 
INTERNET AND CONTACTED HIM 
THROUGH Facebook.
OVER THE INTERNET, THE 
UNIVERSITY STUDENT IN CANADA 
SENT HER $70.
AT NIGHT, RAMA SNUCK OUT OF HER 
HOUSE, WROTE A BUS TICKET AND 
SET OUT ON AN EIGHT-DAY-LONG 
TRIP BACK TO THE REFUGEE CAMP, 
THE ONLY PLACE SHE KNEW SHE 
COULD GO TO SCHOOL.
OUR NATION PROMISED EVERY GIRL 
SHE WOULD GO TO SCHOOL FOR 12 
YEARS.
WE PROMISED THAT DONOR 
COUNTRIES AND DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES WOULD WORK TOGETHER 
TO MAKE THIS DREAM A REALITY 
FOR THE POOREST GIRLS IN THE 
WORLD.
I KNOW THAT POLITICIANS CANNOT 
KEEP EVERY PROMISE THEY MAKE 
BUT THIS IS THE ONE YOU MUST 
HONOR.
WORLD LEADERS CAN NO LONGER 
EXPECT GIRLS LIKE RAMA TO FIGHT 
THIS BATTLE ALONE.
WE CAN IMPROVE THE AIR WE 
BREATHE OR LOSE ANOTHER 
GENERATION OF GIRLS.
I STAND WITH GIRLS AS SOMEONE 
WHO KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO 
FLEE YOUR HOME AND WONDER IF 
YOU WILL EVER BE ABLE TO GO 
BACK TO SCHOOL.
I STAND WITH GIRLS AS SOMEONE 
WHO KNOWS HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE 
THE RIGHT OF EDUCATION TAKEN 
AWAY AND YOUR DREAMS THREATENED.
I KNOW WHERE I STAND.
IF YOU STAND WITH ME, I ASK YOU 
TO SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR 
GIRLS' EDUCATION OVER THE NEXT 
YEAR.
DEAR CANADA, I'M ASKING YOU TO 
LEAD ONCE AGAIN.
FIRST, MAKE GIRLS' EDUCATION A 
CENTER THEME OF YOUR 
[INAUDIBLE] NEXT YEAR.
SECOND, USE YOUR INFLUENCE TO 
FILL THE GLOBAL EDUCATION 
FUNDING GAP TO RAISE MILLIONS 
OF DOLLARS AND SAVE LIVES WHEN 
YOU HOSTED THE GLOBAL FUNDS 
REPLENISHMENT IN MONTREAL LAST 
YEAR.
SHOW THE SAME LEADERSHIP FOR 
EDUCATION.
HOST THE UPCOMING REPLENISHMENT 
OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR 
EDUCATION, BRING MORE LEADERS 
TOGETHER AND RAISE NEW FUNDING 
FOR GIVES TO GO TO SCHOOL.
IF CANADA LEADS, I KNOW THE 
WORLD WILL FOLLOW.
FINALLY, PRIORITIZE 12 YEARS OF 
EDUCATION FOR SCHOOLING FOR 
REFUGEES.
TODAY ONLY A QUARTER OF REFUGEE 
CHILDREN CAN GET SECONDARY 
EDUCATION.
WE SHOULD NOT ASK CHILDREN WHO 
FLEE THEIR HOMES TO ALSO GIVE 
UP THEIR DREAMS.
AND WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT 
YOUNG REFUGEES ARE FUTURE 
LEADERS ON WHOM WE ALL DEPEND 
FOR PEACE.
THE WORLD NEEDS LEADERSHIP.
THE WORLD NEEDS LEADERSHIP 
BASED ON SERVING HUMANITY, NOT 
BASED ON HOW MANY WEAPONS YOU 
HAVE.
CANADA CAN TAKE THAT LEAD.
OUR WORLD HAS MANY PROBLEMS, 
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO LOOK FAR 
FOR THE SOLUTION.
YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE.
SHE IS LIVING IN A REFUGEE CAMP 
IN JORDAN.
SHE IS WALKING FIVE KILOMETERS 
TO SCHOOL IN GUATEMALA.
SHE IS SEWING FOOTBALLS TO PAY 
ENROLLMENT FEES IN INDIA.
SHE IS EVERY ONE OF THE GIRLS 
OUT OF SCHOOL AROUND THE WORLD 
TODAY.
WE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
BUT WE MUST LOOK INSIDE 
OURSELVES FOR THE WILL TO KEEP 
OUR PROMISES.
YES, SISTERS AND BROTHERS.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO 
IMPROVE THE WORLD.
WHEN GENERATIONS READ ABOUT US 
IN THEIR BOOKS OR ON THEIR 
iPADS OR WHATEVER THE NEXT 
INNOVATION WILL BE, I DON'T 
WANT THEM TO BE SHOCKED AT 130 
MILLION GIRLS COULD NOT GO TO 
SCHOOL AND WE DID NOTHING.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE SHOCKED 
THAT WE DID NOT STAND UP FOR 
CHILD REFUGEES AS MILLIONS OF 
FAMILIES FLED THEIR HOMES.
I DON'T WANT US TO BE KNOWN FOR 
FAILING THEM.
LET THE FUTURE GENERATIONS SAY 
WE WERE THE ONES WHO STOOD UP.
LET THEM SAY WE WERE THE FIRST 
ONES, WE WERE THE FOISTER LIVE 
IN A WORLD WHERE ALL GIRLS 
COULD LEARN AND LEAD WITHOUT 
FEAR.
LET US BE THE ONES WHO BRING 
THAT CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Suhana: MALALA YOUSUFZAI 
ADDRESSING A JOINT SESSION OF 
THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT IN 
OTTAWA.
EARLIER SHE BECAME THE SIXTH 
EVER HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZEN.
KISSING HER MOM AND DAD THERE 
WHO JOINED HER ON THIS TRIP AND 
RECEIVING THE APPLAUSE, A 
PACKED HOUSE OF COMMONS, A 
PACKED GALLERY AND A STANDING 
OVATION.
WE HEARD MALALA NOT ONLY IN THE 
EARNEST TONE OF HER VOICE 
ASKING CANADA TO BE A LEADER 
ONCE AGAIN IN PUTTING GIRLS' 
EDUCATION FIRST, BUT WE ALSO 
HEARD SOME HUMOR BECAUSE SHE 
SAID THAT SHE WAS VERY HUMBLY 
ABLE AND WILLING AND HAPPY TO 
ACCEPT THE CITIZENSHIP, THE 
HONORARY CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP 
THAT WAS GIVEN TO HER.
BUT THAT SHE STILL NEEDED A 
VISA TO VISIT CANADA.
AND THEN YOU HEARD THE APPLAUSE 
OF THIS HOUSE WHICH INCLUDES 
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND 
INCLUDES MEMBERS OF THE SENATE 
--
[SINGING]
♪ FLEURONS GLORIEUX! ♪
♪ CAR TON BRAS SAIT PORTER ♪
♪ IL SAIT PORTER LA CROIX! ♪
♪ TON HISTOIRE EST UNE ♪
♪ DES PLUS BRILLANTS EXPLOITS ♪
>> Suhana: AND INCLUDES A FULL 
GALLERY.
WE'LL JUST LISTEN TO THIS.
♪ ET TA VALEUR, DE FOI ♪
♪ GOD KEEP OUR LAND GLORIOUS ♪
♪ AND FREE ♪
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD ♪
♪ FOR THEE ♪
♪ O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD ♪
♪ FOR THEE ♪
[APPLAUSE]
>> Suhana: THAT APPEARED TO BE 
JUST A SPONTANEOUS ERUPTION OF 
OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.
THIS IS A JOINT SESSION SO WE 
HAVE THE SENATE HERE, THE 
M.P.s, A PACKED GALLERY AS YOU 
CAN SEE AND I'VE GOT EVAN DYER 
JUST OUTSIDE OF THOSE DOORS TO 
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
HE CERTAINLY WAS WATCHING ALL 
OF THE EVENTS UNFOLD.
THERE WILL BE SOME OTHER 
SPEECHES, BUT WE HEARD FROM THE 
PRIME MINISTER.
WE'VE HEARD FROM MALALA 
YOUSUFZAI AND, EVAN, LET ME ASK 
YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT 
STOOD OUT FOR YOU IN PARTICULAR.
>> Reporter: WE HAD A BIT OF 
EVERYTHING, DIDN'T WE?
WE HAD SOME HUMOR.
THE VISA COMMENTS ALSO, TELLING 
THE ASSEMBLED MEMBERS AND 
SENATORS TO STOP DOING STANDING 
OVATIONS SAYING YOU PEOPLE ARE 
GOING TO GET TIRED IF YOU KEEP 
DOING THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT ALSO SOME VERY SERIOUS 
WORDS AND THEY REMINDED US OF 
EXACTLY WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT 
TO THE TALIBAN TO TRY TO KILL 
MALALA YOUSUFZAI AND WHY THEY 
WOULD STILL VERY MUCH LIKE TO 
KILL HER TODAY.
HER COMMENTS ABOUT TERRORISTS 
AND RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS, OF 
COURSE, CONTINUE TO PUT HER IN 
DANGER FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IN 
HER HOME COUNTRY WHO WOULD LIKE 
TO KILL HER FOR PRETTY MUCH 
EVERYTHING SHE STANDS FOR, FROM 
THE FACT THAT SHE INSISTS ON 
GIRL'S EDUCATION TO EVEN THE 
RATHER RELAXED WAY THAT SHE 
WEARS HER HIJAB.
SO, SHE'S DEFINITELY SHOWN 
AGAIN THE KIND OF FORCE THAT 
SHE REPRESENTS FOR HER MISSION.
THAT VERY SINGLE MINDED NATION 
SHE HAS.
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HER 
THERE WITH HER PARENTS AND TO 
REFLECT ON JUST EXACTLY WHERE 
SHE REALLY COMES FROM.
SHE COMES FROM THE MOST 
CONSERVATIVE CORNER, REALLY, OF 
PAKISTAN.
PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST 
PATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES IN THE 
WORLD.
SHE SAID RECEIVING HER 
CITIZENSHIP AND ACCEPTING IT 
NOT ONLY AS A PROUD CITIZEN OF 
PAKISTAN BUT AS A PASHTUN 
COMING FROM THAT TRIBAL SOCIETY 
IN KHYBER AND BEING HA *ERS 
MERRY CHRISTMAS OF YOES -- 
HERSELF A MEMBER OF THE 
YOUSUFZAI TRIBES.
GIRLS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THEIR 
FAMILY TREES AND SHE IS THE 
FIRST ONE PUT THERE AT THE 
INSISTENCE OF HER FATHER.
I WAS STLAUK SHE HAD, IN MIXING 
WITH THAT HUMOR AND GRATEFUL 
REMARKS OF BEING MADE A CITIZEN 
A SPECIFIC LAUNDRY LIST OF 
REQUESTS FROM CANADA.
HER ASKS INCLUDING THINGS LIKE 
ASKING CANADA TO ASSEMBLE OTHER 
COUNTRIES AND TAKE CHARGE OF 
RAISING MORE MONEY FOR THE 
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR 
EDUCATION AND ALSO TO MAKE 
GIRLS' EDUCATION A PRIORITY 
WHEN CANADA CHAIRS THE G-7 NEXT 
YEAR AND LASTLY ASKING FOR 
CANADA TO PRIORITIZE 12 YEARS 
OF EDUCATION FOR EVERY REFUGEE, 
BOYS AND GIRLS, TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THOSE KIDS IN THOSE CAMPS 
LIKE THE ONE SHE VISITED IN 
KENYA AND SPOKE ABOUT IN THE 
SPEECH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE 
KIDS CAN SEE IT THROUGH TO TEND 
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT AFTER GROWING UP IN A 
REFUGEE CAMP, THEY HAVE A SHOT 
AT LIFE.
SHE HERSELF IS SOMEONE WHO HAS 
EXPERIENCED WHAT IT FEELS LIKE 
TO BE DRIVEN OUT OF YOUR HOME.
SHE WAS, INDEED, DRIVEN OUT OF 
HER HOME BY THE TALIBAN, 
SEPARATED FROM HER FAMILY.
EVEN PRIOR TO THAT MURDER 
ATTEMPT WHERE SHE WAS SHOT.
AND LASTLY, FASCINATING TO LOOK 
AT HEARSE AND JUST TO THINK 
THAT THIS IS STILL A SCHOOLGIRL.
THIS IS A GIRL STILL IN HIGH 
SCHOOL.
ALTHOUGH SHE IS 19, SHE'S HAD 
MANY DELAYS IN HER EDUCATION 
BEING SHOT AND HAVING TO GO 
THROUGH A SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY 
ONE OF THEM.
BUT ALSO HAVING TO WORK AS A 
U.N. AMBASSADOR OF PEACE, GLOBE 
TROTTING AND CARRYING HER 
MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD.
IT'S DEFINITELY QUITE A BUSY 
SCHEDULE FOR SOMEONE ALSO 
TRYING TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH 
SCHOOL.
THERE YOU GO.
SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING IT ALL.
>> Suhana: AND SHE INTENDS, AS 
I UNDERSTAND IT, TO ATTEND 
UNIVERSITY IN THE U.K. AFTER, 
AS YOU MENTIONED, SHE FINISHES 
HIGH SCHOOL.
EVAN, YOU TALKED ABOUT HER 
SENDING A SPECIFIC MESSAGE TO 
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHEN IT COMES 
TO CANADA TAKING A LEAD ROLE IN 
GIRLS' EDUCATION.
BUT SHE ALSO SPOKE, IT SEEMED, 
DIRECTLY TO CANADIAN MEN, 
SAYING BE PROUD FEMININISTS.
SHE SPOKE TO YOUNG WOMEN.
SHE SAID THIS IS THE MESSAGE, 
RAISE YOUR VOICE, STEP FORWARD 
AND, IN FACT, LOOKED AROUND THE 
HOUSE OF COMMONS AND SAID THE 
NEXT TIME I VISIT, I HOPE TO 
SEE MORE OF YOU.
MEANING YOUNG WOMEN FILLING 
THESE SEATS.
AND UP IN THE GALLERY, THERE 
WERE MANY YOUNG WOMEN LISTENING.
THOSE WHO HAVE PERHAPS READ "I 
AM MALALA," THE BOOK PRESENTED 
TO THE LIBRARIAN EARLIER IN THE 
CEREMONY WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER 
HONORARY CITIZENSHIP.
BUT THERE IS A PERSONAL STORY 
FOR YOU, EVAN, WHEN IT COMES TO 
YOUNG WOMEN DECIDING THIS IS 
WHO I WANT TO SEE TODAY.
>> Reporter: YES, THAT IS TRUE.
MY DAUGHTER IS UP IN THE 
GALLERY THERE AND SHE WAS NOT 
PART OF AN OFFICIAL HIGH SCHOOL 
DELEGATION.
SHE ACTUALLY SKIPPED OUT OF 
SCHOOL.
I GAVE HER PERMISSION TO DO 
THAT BECAUSE SHE REALLY WANTED 
TO SEE MALALA.
YES, IN FACT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT 
MALALA WAS COMING, I WAS STRUCK 
BY THE STRENGTH OF HER REACTION.
SHE ABSOLUTELY WAS DETERMINED 
TO BE HERE.
I WASN'T GOING TO STAND IN HER 
WAY.
YEAH.
CURIOUS TO HEAR HER IMPRESSIONS 
OF THE SPEECH.
SHE IS A BIG FAN.
>> Suhana: I PERSPECTIVE WITH A 
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN OTTAWA.
HER NAME IS EMMA BOYES.
AND SHE IS 17.
SHE SAID MALALA REALLY INSPIRED 
HER.
IN FACT, SHE IS GOING ON TO 
UNIVERSITY NEXT YEAR.
SHE WANTS TO STUDY POLITICAL 
SCIENCE.
IN FACT, SHE IS CONSIDERING 
POLITICS.
PERHAPS SHE WILL BE ONE OF 
THOSE WOMEN IN THE SEATS MALALA 
REFERRED TO IN HER SPEECH.
I JUST WANT TO CAN YOU ABOUT 
THE RIPPLE EFFECT.
YOUR DAUGHTER, THIS YOUNG WOMAN 
I SPOKE WITH EARLY YESER ON CBC 
NEWS NETWORK, WHERE DOES IT GO 
FROM HERE?
>> Reporter: WELL, ONE OF THE 
LINES THAT STRUCK ME IN THE 
SPEECH THAT MALALA GAVE WAS 
VERY MUCH ADDRESS THE CHILDREN 
AND IT WAS IN EFFECT TO SAY 
DON'T DREAM ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE 
GOING TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP.
YOU'RE ALREADY ABLE TO DO 
SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
HER OWN LIFE IS AN EXAMPLE OF 
THAT BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN 
INFLUENCING PUBLIC OPINION AND 
WORLD EVENTS SINCE ABOUT THE 
AGE OF 10 WHEN YOU THINK BACK 
TO WHEN SHE BEGAN TO BE KNOWN.
IT WAS FOR THAT BLOG THAT SHE 
PUT ON THE BBC.
SHE WAS THAT LONE VOICE COMING 
OUT OF THE SWAT VALLEY, TELLING 
PEOPLE WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE 
AT A TIME WHEN NOBODY COULD GET 
IN OR OUT, THE WHOLE PLACE WAS 
LOCKED DOWN BY THE TALIBAN.
AND ALREADY SHE WAS HAVING AN 
EFFECT AT THAT AGE AFTER 
BECOMING INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN, 
AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.
OF COURSE, THAT IMPACT ONLY 
BECAME BIGGER.
SO, THAT MESSAGE TO KIDS THAT, 
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO 
WAIT EVEN UNTIL YOU LEGALLY 
HAVE THE VOTE TO START 
INFLUENCING LIFE IN YOUR 
COUNTRY.
I THINK IT IS A VERY POWERFUL 
ONE.
AND I CAN SEE FROM TALKING TO 
KIDS MY DAUGHTER'S AGE, SHE IS 
15 AND MY DAUGHTER WHO'S READ 
THE BOOK AND DISCUSSED IT IN 
SCHOOL, IT IS A MESSAGE THAT 
YOUNG KIDS ARE RECEPTIVE TO.
>> Suhana: EVAN A PLEASURE 
HAVING YOU CO-HOST THIS ON CBC 
NEWS NETWORK.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT'S CBC'S EVAN DYER IN 
OTTAWA.
SO, YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS 
UNFOLD LIVE ON CBC NEWS NETWORK.
I CAN TELL YOU ONCE AGAIN, JUST 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, WE DO 
HAVE A NEW HONORARY CANADIAN 
CITIZEN.
HER NAME IS MALALA YOUSUFZAI
