Saturday, September 4, 2010

Jean Augustine, a stellar Canadian Politician

You may have wondered if the super fame astrology aspect also known as the aspect for political success or the super success aspect could have helped a Black Caribbean female to become a liberal MP in the Canadian federal parliament. She would be a first no doubt just like Alvin Curling was. Before I looked at her chart, I said that she must have and I repeat must have an aspect like the aspect for political success that would help her to be the first Black female member of Canada's federal parliament in the history of the nation Canada. She was also the first Black woman in federal cabinet. She was a member of Jean Chretien's cabinet. I discovered that she possessed the super success aspect in her chart just like Alvin Curling but also had a quadruple grand earth trine (earth means money) which included that aspect for political success. This explains to me how a Black woman succeeded in Canada where no other Black woman succeeded. The next paragraph summarizes her biography which is an inspiration to all minorities and minority women worldwide.

Jean Augustine, PC (born September 9, 1937 in St. George's, Grenada) is a former Canadian politician.
From 1993 to 2005 Augustine was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Etobicoke—Lakeshore. She is a former member of Cabinet, and a former school principal. Augustine served as the Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from 1994 to 1996, and was the Minister of State for multiculturalism, and the status of women until 2004.
Augustine was born in Grenada. Before entering politics, she was an elementary school principal with the Metropolitan Separate School Board in Toronto.
She has served on numerous Boards including the Board of Governors of York University, the Board of Trustees for The Hospital for Sick Children, the Board of Directors of the Donwood Institute, the Board of Harbourfront Corporation and Chair of the Metro Toronto Housing Authority. She was also National President of the Congress of Black Women of Canada.
In the 1993 federal election, Augustine became the first African Canadian woman elected to the Parliament of Canada and subsequently the first black woman in a federal Cabinet. She also served three terms as Chair of the National Liberal Women's Caucus.
In February 2002, Jean Augustine was elected Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. On May 26, 2002 Jean Augustine was appointed Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women). In December 2003, she was re-appointed to the new Cabinet as Minister of State (Multiculturalism and Status of Women). In 2004, she was appointed to the position of Assistant Deputy Chairs of Committees of the Whole, making her the first African Canadian to occupy the Speaker's Chair in the Canadian House of Commons.
Augustine was the Founding Chair of the Canadian Association of Parliamentarians on Population & Development, Chair of the National Sugar Caucus, Chair of the Micro-credit Summit Council of Canadian Parliamentarians, Chair of the Canada-Slovenia Parliamentary Group and Chair of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Group.
Jean Augustine holds a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Education and Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of Toronto.
Through fundraising efforts, Ms. Augustine supports the Jean Augustine Scholarship Fund, which assists single mothers to undertake post-secondary study at George Brown College.
She is the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award, the Kaye Livingstone Award, the Ontario Volunteer Award, the Pride Newspaper Achievement Award, the Rubena Willis Special Recognition Award and the Toronto Lions' Club Onyx Award.
On November 28, 2005, Augustine announced her intention to retire and that she would not be a candidate in the 2006 Canadian election. She endorsed Liberal Michael Ignatieff to succeed her.
In 2007, Augustine was nominated by the Government of Ontario to become the first Fairness Commissioner, a position created to advocate for Canadians with foreign professional credentials.[1] Magi Astrology Readings !

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