REAL Women of Canada is encouraging our members to sign this petition to the United Nations in support of the unborn. It is circulated by C-FAM. If you would like to take part please follow the directions ...
1. So much for opposition leader Michael Ignatieff’s vision. He sees through a rear view mirror.
In an apparent effort to entice women voters, Mr. Ignatieff has recently announced a series of policies adopted from the forty-year old dogma of the special interest group of feminists. Obviously Mr. Ignatieff doesn’t know that women have moved on.
2. The liberal-minded B.C. Court of Appeal, in order to maintain the operation of the Vancouver Drug Injection site, has had to forsake common sense by describing the site as a “hospital” which provides a “health care program”. Supervising the injection of a harmful illicit drug by an addict is by no reasonable standard, “health care”. It is a recipe for disaster since its effect is to deepen the addict’s addiction, which leads to his/her inevitable, painful death. ...
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The Status of Women Must Be Disbanded
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women (RCSW) tabled its report in 1970 and recommended that the federal government establish...
The Family Hits the Spotlight
Western nations are looking at the shambles their countries have become. A great increase in family breakdown (divorce and separation) resulting in...
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Upcoming Events
REAL WOMEN OF CANADA
2010 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SATURDAY, APRIL 17TH, 2010
THE CLARION RESORT PINEWOOD PARK CONFERENCE CENTRE
NORTH BAY, ONTARIO
HOST: THE NORTHERN ONTARIO CHAPTER OF
REAL WOMEN OF CANADA
The Annual General Meeting will be held on the previous evening, Friday, April 16th, 2010, at the Clarion Resort.
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“Carol’s Corner” seems to be a popular feature of our web site and we’ve had many enquiries about her identity. In fact, “Carol” is a composite Real Woman! Her column has been written by a number of contributors. “She” will continue to weigh in on all kinds of matters of interest to both our members and those who visit our site. Happy reading!
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I noticed the Wal-Mart ‘seasonal’ aisles are filled with diet and exercise stuff, vitamins, boxes of Special K, and lycra clothing this week. Is that the type of New Year’s resolution you envisioned for 2010?
Maybe, but why not start the year off with something a little less narcissistic? My goal for 2010 is to make the world a better place to live. Because I am a stay-at-home mom, I don’t often get much beyond the white picket fence. I am firmly convinced, however, that I can still have an impact on the world.
The first step in making the world a better place is to become more aware of the problems faced by Canadians. Read newspapers, follow municipal/provincial/federal issues, and talk to neighbours about the news. Narrow or broaden your focus. It is hard to be a “single issue person” with all the interesting news going on around us.
Second, for those young women what aren’t active in their community, join a group. REAL Women of Canada is an obvious first choice. But there are many groups out there, all “fighting the good fight” with many of their members having many years of experience in political life. Join one.
Third, write. Start small, and work up to mighty! Write thank you notes to your mayor. Write a congratulations note to the newspaper or local businessman. Write company presidents. Write the library board. It is amazing the impact that a single letter will produce. Buy your postage stamps in bulk, and resolve to use them all up.
Fourth, make your letters count. Email copies of your letters to friends, asking them to join us in writing on the issue. Join a letter-writing group. Write forcefully, and professionally. Use good grammar, good form, and proper English. Do some quick research, and address your concerns to the right person, i.e. if you want to write to the company president, go online and find out the name and exact address of the company president. Send letters by mail, rather than email. Even in today’s techno-savvy world, an email still does not have the weight of a regular letter. (E-mails are much quicker to generate and can easily be mass-produced.)
Finally, embrace what Pope Benedict XVI likes to call “the digital world.” Your computer is a valuable tool, and has impressive capabilities. You could join a Facebook group, sign up for a twitter account, follow a blog, and contribute ideas to “comment” pages, add your two cents into a discussion page on an Internet newspaper. You could do background research, or follow a pod cast. Why not e-mail a reporter with a word of thanks? The possibilities are endless.
I resolve to be more engaged in the culture in 2010. Look for my letters in a mailbox near you!
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