Ontario Community Newspapers

Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 30 Nov 1983, p. 10

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Sh. 'ttttl Mainland Cantu. WtMertoo, Ont. 886-2363 or 886-2360 ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF LESSONS AND CAROLS \ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9th 8 P.M. ( Mriuyeji6titi, FIRST UNITED CHURCH Senior Campus, 415 Phillip St. Waterloo A VICTORIAN EVENING DRAMA & MUSIC OF THE 1890's FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2nd & 3rd 8 pm. Tickets Available At The School 8. The Evenings Of Performance 7 custom drapery ltd. I7 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, ELMIRA 669-1 151 LOOKING GOOD .. . Sonia CM! Exocuuve I Carpet-Ia KING 8. WILLIAM ST. WATERLOO iiyt. Fmtr3kt'ltttarttotlt 5mm PRESENTS (ii'll"ir,trdielf,' ribbon helped eetuallliity pusfi] The Kinemen Club of Grand River recently preeented a cheque for $1,400 to k-W Oktoberteet'e Fred Ryan Otto, the first of three payment tor the Kinsmen participation in the Waterloo Heritage project. Handing over the large sum trom the Kinsmen are (H) Dave 'torsterr, Jim Morgan, Kim Guest and John Dyck. (Continued from page 3) charter has given the courts guidelines to use in interpreting legal questions but "we're going to have to wait longer to see how the courts handle the issues and how provincial governments deal with the override clauses," she said. "They have realized that if women's issues are going to be acknowledged, let alone dealt with, women are going to have to bring them to the fore. They cannot rely on governments or the media. They must do it themselves." said Stubbs. Still. although they have not realized any material benefits from their efforts. Stubbs and Burrett feel that the lobby was an important phase in women's political evolution. For a long time, Barrett said, women suffered from a "Cinderella complex" trusting that they would be taken care of. The fact that women's groups were able to establish an efficient telephone net- She added that the lobby also revealed an interesting fact about women's poiiti- cal thinking _ a willingness to put issues before partisan beliefs. iiiliaaiiIEn They feel that with a little media documentation of the event at the time, Kome's book will be an invaluable record for women today and students of the future who are studying the creation of the Canadian constitution. The role women played "is now a part of history," they said. work across the country has made them a political force to be reckoned with, one that can be mobilized quickly when the need arises, Barrett said. The network has been reactivated several times since to lobby for the appointment of Supreme Court Justice Bertha Wilson and in the recent protests against pornography on Pay TV. "Everyone agreed after the event that there was a new respect for women in the poltical arena based on their organiza- tional and lobbying skills that seemed to be tremendously effective," said Stubbs. The battle is over but much work remains to be done, they said. For Stubbs and Barrett, the challenge now is to "let women know what exactly is in the charter and what it means to them."

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