Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Spring 1994, p. 4

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Resolutions Approved at the Annual Meeting he following resolutions were ap: proved by the FWIO at their annual meeting last November. They included: 1. requesting the Ontario Minister of Transportation to reinstate the com» plete construction of the four-lane highway (Highway 416) from Ottawa to Highway 401 by the year 2000; 2. urging the Federal Minister of Culture and Communications responsible for the National Library to seek a change to the National Library Act that will alleviate the financial burden on the . National Library; 3, requesting the Federal Govemmentof Canada to enact legislation that will restructure current deductions for child care expenses into one child care benefit to allow families to make a choice in child care; 4. pressuring the Ontario Government to allow the test burn to go ahead at the St. Mary's Cement Co. as previously planned and agreed to in 1990; petitioning the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, the Minâ€" istry of the Attorney General, the Ministry of the Solicitor General and the Ontario Film Review Board to establish uniform guidelines on “ob- scenity“ within Ontario that conform with the criminal code of Canada; 6‘ petitioning the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations to estab» lish an “Ontario Film Review Board (OFRB) Sticker Identification Sys- tem“ for all videos classified and released for distribution in Ontario, which would incorporate: a) the OFRB classification of F, PG, AA and R. b) and, detailed information on all videos where warnings are warranted in type size oneâ€"third the size of the movie title, AND FURTHER, to require the cost of the Sticker Identification System to be borne by the producers and/or disâ€" tributors of videos and incorporated into the fee structure presently paid to the province for OFRB review; 7‘ requesting the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training to reinstate or retain the Family Studies Program (Home Economics) with increased Ln 4 Home E. Country. Spring '94 10‘ emphasis on the essential life skills; requesting the Government of Ontario to enact legislation to the ef- fect that if a person is convicted of drunk driving, it become mandatory that they attend some form of coun- selling modelled after AA meetings; urging the Ontario Ministry of Trans- portation to incorporate “Cat‘s Eyes“ into highways as they are built, rebuilt or repaired; requestingthe Federal Government of Canada to enact laws and create a central authority which will provide guidelines for the new reproductive techniques used in private clinics. laboratories and hospitals, and that will take into account the values of Canadians and will protect the right of New FWIO President praised Women’s institute members, friends and relatives, gathered at the Madoc Township Hall in early December to honour Donna Russett. the newly installed President 0/ the FWIO, Area members showered her with gifts and words of praise at the reception. Donna and her husband, Gerald, are pic- the child, the family unit and the fee “madam” male. 1993 FWIO Board of Directors The Second Year F WIO Board Directors, Irom left to right in the back row, are Doreen McMillan. Helen Stafford. Audrey Flicker. Mary Caldwell, Hermlna Koetsier, Pauline Lindsay, Mae Craig, Loma McGrath, Bev Courts, Alma Ftiddoch and Vi Belrose. Seated in the front row, from left to right, are Dorothy Beedharn, Cindy Ashton, Dorothy Sutherland, Laurene McIntosh, Vivian Fawcett. Pat Macdonald and Lois Freiburger. Halcrow (Alternate torArthena Hacker), Dorothy Bellrose-Porter, Henrietta Claus, Viola Ashton 9 Lou Norton, Edna Ward, Renata Hose, Carol Cressman and Lois Olmsted. Seated in the (rosy from lett to right, are Joan Play/e. Mariorie Porter, Gertrude Stephen, lrene Tennant, Freda Dolan and Aida Tibbles. The First Year FWIO Board Directors, from left to right in the back row, are Peggy MUNICH Jeane".

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