Commonwealth women parliamentarians meeting.

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The Canadian Section of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians held their annual meeting in Edmonton immediately before the 51st CPA Conference. Members of the Steering Committee (one legislator from each jurisdiction) met on July 14 to discuss business of the CWP for the coming year.

The following day the Chair of the Steering Committee, Myrna Dreidger of Manitoba presented her report to the annual meeting. It was followed by three sessions. The first was by Premier Alison Redford who spoke about the issue of gender and politics. The second presentation was by Leslie Scorgie author of the bestselling book...