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‘‘We’re going to keep ourselves in the
public eye so people know there are two bodies
here arguing on the same issue,’’ she says.

With the issue coming to the fore once
again, CARAL says it will mount a more
intense public education campaign, increase its
number of speaking engagements and launch a
vigorous membership drive.

Hammond disputes pro-life claims that
public opinion is swaying to its side.

‘“‘We’ve never lost in the public opinion

 

polis. We’re still the majority,’” Hammond:

The Other Press

says. ‘‘The public believes that abortion should
be available, legal and, most important, that it
should be safe.’’

Kathlene Martindale, executive director of
CARAL, says the type of test cases her side
will launch has not yet been decided. Although
there are ‘‘various opinions’’ open to the
pro-choice movement, Martindale is hesitant to
suggest which side, if any, the Charter’s
supposed neutrality favors.

““Our initial concern was that the wording of
the Charter was too vague and that it gave a
carte blanche to the courts to decide the
question one way or another.”’

She says her group now has assurances from

April 1st to April 14th, 1982

government that public pressure will be
effective even after.a court decision.

Pro-life groups counter they’re not putting
‘all their eggs in one basket.’’ If the courts do
rule against pro-lifers, they say their only
recourse will be to go after pro-choice
candidates in future elections and try to defeat
them.

‘‘Some of us haven’t given up on the
Charter, but we don’t think that it’s the end of
the world,’’ adds Formby. ‘‘We find that laws
can really be made at the polls and we’ll bring
the politicians to account by exposing their
positions to the electorate.’’

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se women such

a valuable Canadian resource?

anada is rich in resources. But our most
precious resource is our skilled workers.

Right now, there are jobs in Canada which

can’t be filled because we’re short of people
with the right skills in the trades and new

technologies. More and more, finding the right trades each year. Last year over 22,000 women

person for a job means finding the man or
woman with the right training.
At Employment and Immigration we’re

the future. Part of our program provides
training for women in non-traditional jobs.
The rewards are great because training in
priority-skills is a key to job security in the .
1980’s. And more women are entering the
took part in on-the-job training. Thousands

more benefitted from training in the techno-
logies and other career areas.

industry. And it’s an investment that helps
Canada work.

 

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“Are we ready to change?”
write: “CHANGE” |
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creating a new National Training Program to
assist in on-the-job and classroom training in
the skills Canadian industry needs now, and in

hat’s an investment in Canada’s skilled

work force. It’s an investment in Canadian
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Lloyd Axworthy, Minister

Emploi et
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Lloyd Axworthy, Ministre

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