Meeting of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians.

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Following a precedent established last year in Ottawa the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians held a one day Conference immediately preceding the opening of the Canadian Regional Conference. About two dozen female legislators from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon and the federal Parliament attended as did Edna Moyle, Speaker of the Cayman Islands. The Conference was chaired by Charlotte L'Ecuyer, Chair of the CWP.

There were three presentations. The first was by Susan Thompson, former Mayor on Winnipeg who spoke on Beyond the Glass Ceiling an Independent's Perspective. The session was chaired by Sandy Lee MLA of the Northwest Territories.

The next session was on First Nations Women in Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities. The presenters...