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issued: 2013-08-15
issued: 1986-10-01
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note: KIJWMJ news about women that's not in the dailies >t\t *\ \g*v lerZalm won't debate Premier Bill Vander Zalm has refused to participate in a Forum on women's Issues sponsored by a number of groups including: Women's Economic Agenda, First United Church of Canada (BC), Professional Native Women's Association, BC Federation of Labour and the Vancouver Status of Women. The other party leaders Bob Skelly, Art Lee and Jim McNeil have accepted invitations to the Forum tentatively scheduled for October 16 at Vancouver's Robson Square Media Centre. The Forum is an opportunity for women to hear the leaders express their platform on women's issues prior to the vote. A delegation from the Forum Planning Committee met last Friday with Hope Witherspoon, President of BC Social Credit Party, to extend, once again, an invitation to Premier Vander Zalm to attend the Forum. Witherspoon offered this explanation for the Premier's refusal to debate: "When we're the party in power we don't have to get involved in public debates. We are reluctant to participate because it gives the other parties a platform." Dorrie Nagler, spokesperson for the Forum Planning Committee said, "The Socred's are short circuiting the democratic process by putting on a marketing campaign. Women face substantial social and economic disadvantages and need to know what our politicians intend to do about this situation. Women cannot be sure Vander Zalm is concerned about these hardships if he is unwilling to face us publically." During the Forum on women's » issues a representative panel g of women will question the § leaders about their party's = policy on poverty, equal pay < for work of equal value, child- -° care, and violence against J women and children. Since becoming Premier, Vander Zalm committed himself to running an "open and accessible government." However in the electoral campaign he avoids public debate. "This is an unacceptable and inappropriate way of dealing the concerns of over half the voting pop…
note: Preceding title: Vancouver Status of Women. Newsletter. Date of publication: 1974-2001. Frequency: Monthly.
has type: Periodicals
has type: Newspapers
identifier: HQ1101.V24 N49
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0045728
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Vancouver Status of Women
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HQ1101.V24 N49
subject: Women--Social and moral questions
subject: Feminism--Periodicals
type: Text