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Greetings from the President

Patricia    Leson,
President

INTRODUCING THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN
OF CANADA, 2019-2021

Greetings to Members and Friends of the NCWC,

In June 2019, I was honored to be nominated at the NCWC Annual
General Meeting as the President of the National Council of
Women of Canada (NCWC) for two years (2019-2021).    I am very
pleased to welcome you to our website where you will find
information about our organization which was founded 126 years
ago.   Our website includes the following: announcements, a
calendar of events, our history, copies of our newsletters,
over 50 years of Policy approved by our membership at our
Annual General Meetings, how to make donations to fund our
projects via our Charitable organizations (i.e. NCWC Education
Fund and NCWC Development Organization) and how to join NCWC
as a member and contribute to our activities in advocating for
women and families across Canada.

In addition, I will post messages in this section, as well as
copies of letters which we send to the Federal Government and
other organizations to address the concerns that NCWC has
regarding women’s issues in Canada and worldwide. You will
also find letters posted by Sandra Cohen-Rose, our Past
President, during her term from 2017 to 2019.

Have you considered becoming an individual member or federate
member of the NCWC? See all the benefits. These include a vote
at our AGM. This includes a voice in the ratification of our
resolutions so they can become NCWC Policy.         Policy is
presented annually in a brief to the Prime Minister.

As a member of a Local Council, NCWC or a Federate you are
eligible to become a Board Member or Convenor. We are always
looking for new members with new ideas.

Read about our latest news in News from National and The NCWC
Newsletter.

Visit our Facebook and add your comments which are much
appreciated.

If you have any questions be sure to contact me.              I look
forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely yours,

Patricia Leson

President, National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC)/Conseil national
des femmes du Canada (CNFC); presncwc@gmail.com; 1-613-712-4419

NCWC COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT

AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
August 2021

Letter to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Shutdown of
Bruce Nuclear Reactors

July 2021

Letter20210709 Letter to Grand Chief RoseAnne Archibald
Assembly of First Nations, Congratulation on election as first
female National Chief of Assembly of First Nations in 42nd
annual general assembly

Letter20210709 Letter to Most Honourable Mary Simon, Governor
General of Canada, Congratulations on Appointment as the 30th
Governor General of Canada

Letter202107 Letter to NCWC from the Honourable David Lametti,
P.C., Q.C., M.P., Gender-based Violence in the Context of the
COVID 19 Pandemic

June 2021

Letter to the Honourable Carolyn Bennet and Marc Miller, NCWC
is in solidarity to honour the memory of the 215 children
remains found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in
British Columbia

May 2021

Letter202105 Letter to the Honourable Louise Arbour,
Congratulations on appointment of lead for the Military Sexual
Misconduct Report, 2021

Letter20210531 Letter to Natural Resources Canada, Nuclear
Power, Canada’s Radio Active Waste Policy Review

Letter20210524 Letter to the Bureau of Microbial Hazards,
Health Canada

March 2021

ICW-CIF Statement to Commemorate the International Women’s
Day-March 8 2021

February 2021

Letter20210219 to Hon. Bob Rae, Canadian Ambassador to UN on
the impact of COVID-19 on the work of UN Women and CSW

Letter20210219 to Hon. Min. Bill Blair on Bill C-21-A Series
of Amendments to Existing Laws (Firearms)

NCWC and ICW – Pre-Budget Letter to Government-February 2021

Letter20210210 to Ethics Committee on ensuring that Women and
Children not be damaged by actions of MindGeek and Pornhub

Report on the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Commission on the
Status of Women by Lorna Marsden

January 2021

Guide Book to UN CSW65, 2021

NCWC and ICW Report on Canada Response to COVID-19-January
2021

Email 20210129 from Hon. Maryam Monsef Min Women Gender
Equality and Economic Development

Email 20210126 to Sylvia Stead-Public Editor-Globe and Mail-
Power Gap-Saturday-January 23-2021

Email 20210126 from Hugues Vaillancourt-Sr Director-
Employment-Social Development-Gov of Canada-on Basic Income

Letter202101 to Hon Bill Blair-Min Public Safety/Emergency
Preparedness-Gov of Canada-Correctional Services Canada Risk
Assessment Tools for Women

Letter 202101 to Hon Bill Blair-Min Public Safety/Emergency
Preparedness-Gov of Canada-CSC Assessment Tool (prepared by
Monica Cullum-Convenor-Federally Sentenced Women-NCWC)

December 2020

Letter202012 to Hon Filomena Tassi-Min Employment/Social
Development-Gov of Canada-Impact of Precarious Employment (Gig
Economy) on Workers (prepared by Monica Cullum-Convenor-NCWC)

Letter 20201230 from Commissioner Brenda Lucki-RCMP-Toxic
Culture-Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in RCMP (Broken
Dreams Broken Lives)

Letter20201216 from Hon. Seamus ORegan-P.C.-M.P.-Gov        of
Canada-Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)

Letter20201209 to Commissioner Brenda Lucki-RCMP-Toxic Culture
in the RCMP (prepared by Monica cullum-Convenor-NCWC)

Letter 202012 to Brian Sauve-President-National Police
Federation-Ontario-National Police Federation Policy on Semi-
automatic Assault Rifles

Letter202012 to Hon. Chrystia Freeland-Min. Finance-Gov of
Canada-National Child Care Program (prepared by Monica Cullum-
Convenor-NCWC)

October 7, 2020

Email20201007 from Julie Gauthier-Manager-Women and Gender
Equality Canada on response to letter from Hon. Minister
Maryam Monsef Minister on the Nova Scotia Shooting – see below
Hon. Maryam Monsef letter to NCWC

October 2, 2020

Letter20201001 to Hon. Senator Julie Miville-Dechene on Bill
S-203, Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography
Act

September 12, 2020

Letter 20200912 to Hon. Min. Chrystia Freeland-Deputy Prime
Minister of Canada-Why Canada Needs a Basic Income Guarantee
(prepared by Karen Monnon Dempsey-Economic Convenor-NCWC)

September 25, 2020

Letter20200825 to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on concern of
NCWC about our Government’s support of private sector
proposals for small modular reactors (SMRs)

September 14, 2020

Letter20200914 to Hon. David Lemetti, Min. of Justice and
Attorney General, Parliament of Canada, on ending Gender-Based
Violence

Letter20200914 to Hon. Navdeep Bains, Innovation, Science and

Industry, Parliament of Canada, on Food Security/Insecurity

September 8, 2020

Letter20200908 to Hon. Bill Blair on conditions imposed by
solitary confinement and SIU in Bill C-83 Prison Reform

Letter20200908 to Hon. Bill Blair on gun-control measures
identified in Bill C-71, An Act to Amend Firearms Regulations

August 11, 2020

Letter20200811 to Hon. Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and
Gender Equality on Accessible, Affordable Child Care

August 7, 2020

NCWC Pre-Budget Consultation Brief to the Standing Committee
on Finance-August 7, 2020

July 30, 2020

Letter20200730 reply from Brenda Lucki, Commissioner, RCMP, on
RCMP’s implementation of       Saskatchewan’s Interpersonal
Violence Disclosure Protocol Act (Clare’s Law)

June 24, 2020

Letter20200624 from NCWC to Hon. Bill Blair on Saskatchewan’s
Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol Act (Clare’s Law)

June 23, 2020

Letter20200623 reply to NCWC from Hugues Vaillancourt on Basic
Income Guarantee

June 1, 2020

Letter20200601 NCWC endorses Joint Letter on Scope of the EA
for Global First Power’s Proposed Micro-Modular Reactor at
Chalk River

Letter20200601 to Rumina Velshi, Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission-Scope of Environmental Assessment of Global First
Power’s proposed Micro-Modular nuclear reactor Chalk River
(prepared by Gracia Janes, VP, Environment, NCWC)

May 28, 2020

Letter20200528 from NCWC to Hon. Bill Blair on Gun Control
Measures

May 26, 2020

NCWC endorses Canadian Health Coalition – Release of joint
pharmacare statement – May 2020

May 12, 2020

Letter20200512 from Hon. Elizabeth May reply to NCWC letter to
Arnold Viesen on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day-
February 22

May 3, 2020

Links to English and French Letter signed by President of NCWC
to Minister O’Regan: “Canada Needs a Radioactive Waste Policy

and    Canadians     must    be    consulted”     –   English
http://www.ccnr.org/Letter_to_Minister_radwaste_policy_e.pdf
and                                                     French
http://www.ccnr.org/Letter_to_Minister_radwaste_policy_f.pdf

April 12, 2020

Letter of Sympathy to Mr. Malcolm Mercer, Chair, Victorian
Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada from NCWC-April 2020

April 15, 2020

Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, Government of Canada, on
“Why Canada Needs a Basic Income Guarantee”

Letter20200421 from Senator Honourable Frances Lankin and Kim
Pate to PM Justin Trudeau and Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland on
COVID 19 and the Minimum Basic Income

March 14, 2020

IMPORTANT NOTICE:    NCWC 127th Conference and AGM 2020 –
POSTPONED – Rescheduled. It will be held from October 15th to
18th 2020

The NCWC Board has seriously considered all the available
information regarding the potential for the transmission of
COVID-19. It has now been declared a pandemic, and we do not
wish to endanger anyone’s health. Therefore, we have decided
to POSTPONE the 2020 NCWC Conference and AGM from May 28th –
31st to October 15th – 18th. We are very pleased the Novotel
Ottawa has agreed to this change of dates without a penalty.
Further information will be forthcoming in the near future.
Thank you for your understanding; stay safe, stay healthy; see

you in Ottawa in October!

Place: Novotel Ottawa City Centre Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario –
Details to follow

Resolutions: Change of Dates

Due to the postponement of the 2020 NCWC Conference and AGM to
October, please note the Resolutions Committee will accept
amendments and resolutions on emerging issues until August
15th, 2020. For further clarification, please contact Jane
Cowell, Resolutions Convenor: jane.cowell.poitras@sympatico.ca

February 19, 2020

Annual Brief to the Government of Canada, Winter 2020

January 31, 2020

Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau – Teck Resources Limited
Frontier Oil Sands Mine project-January 31 2020   (prepared by
Gracia Janes, VP, Environment, NCWC)

January 27, 2020

Letter to Prime Minister of Canada, Parliament and the Federal
Government-Signatory on Statement on handling of Canada’s
federally-owned radioactive waste by a private sector
consortium-Hill Times–NCWC listed among organizations
(prepared by Gracia Janes, VP, Environment, NCWC)

December 20, 2019

Letter from NCWC to the Hon. Bill Blair, Minister of Public

Safety, on Gun violence and violence against women and
remembering 14 murdered women at Ecole Polytechnique de
Montreal. (prepared by Monica Cullum, Convenor, Special
Committee, NCWC)

December 19, 2019

Letter to Hon. Karen Vecchio, MP, Federal Government of
Canada, Conservative Shadow Minister for Women and Gender
Equality

December 16, 2019

NGOs (41) Comment on Environment and Climate Change to
Canada’s and the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Draft
Screening Criteria for Nominated Chemicals of Mutual Concern

November 19, 2019

Pharmacare NOW – Letter to NCWC from Health Coalition –
November 19 2019; Statement: Calling on the new government to
immediately implement universal, public Pharmacare – Website:
http://www.healthcoalition.ca/pharmacare-now/

October 5, 2019

NCWC signs the Statement of Support by The Canadian Coalition
to Empower Women (CCEW) to support the Women’s Empowerment
Principles, a joint initiative of the UN Women and the UN
Global Compact providing seven steps on how to empower women
in workplace, marketplace and community

Empowerment Award – On October 5, 2019, the NCWC received the

CCEW’s Empowerment Award for signing the UN CEO Women’s
Empower Principles (WEPs) and supporting the CCEW

September 4, 2019

Letter to Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission-Request for
Comment on Radiation Protection Regulation-September 2019
(prepared by Gracia Janes, VP Environment, NCWC)

September 2019

Letter to Minister Petitpas-Taylor-Support for Access to
Abortion Services-September 2019 (prepared by Monica Cullum,
Convenor, Special Committee, NCWC)

August 26, 2019

Letter to Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission-NCWC application
to amend licence for Slowpoke-2 reactor on University of
Saskatchewan Campus-August 2019 (prepared by Gracia Janes, VP,
Environment, NCWC)

August 13, 2019

Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau, Government of Canada on
“Basic Income Guarantee”

August 6, 2019

Letter from College of Family Physicians and Surgeons-August
2019

July 18, 2019

Letter to College of Family Physicians re Mifegymiso-July 2019
(prepared by Monica Cullum, Convenor, Special Committee, NCWC)

June 13-16, 2019

Letter20190613 to Greetings to NCWC at 126th AGM          and
Conference 2019 from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Letter20190613 Disclaimer- Government of Canada

June 12, 2019

Letter20190612 to All (88) Senators of Government of Canada on
Vote for Bill C-243 A National Maternity Assistance Program

June 5, 2019

Letter20190605 to Senator Pierre Dalphond on Respecting Public
Health-Voting for Bill C-71

June 4, 2019

Report to NCWC Board on National Inquiry on Missing and
Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

May 28, 2019

Letter to NCWC Members-Bill C-71 Coalition for Fun Control
Passes-Supported by NCWC

May 9, 2019

Letter20190509 to Senators on supporting Dr. Najma Ahmed, Co-
Chair, Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns on Bill
Respecting Public Health Voting Bill-C71

May 3, 2019

Letter20190503 to Members of Local and Provincial Councils on
NCWC Annual General Meeting Registration and Invitation

May 2, 2019

Letter20190502 Letter to Senators from Dr. Najma Ahmed, Co-
Chair, Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns on Respecting
Public Health, Voting for Bill C-71

May 1, 2019

Letter20190501 Letter to Hon. Bill Blair, Minister of Border
Security and Crime Reduction on Engagement Summary report –
Reducing Violent Crime: A Dialogue on Handguns and Assault-
style Firearms

April 29, 2o19

Letter20190429 to CNE Canadian National Exhibition and Darla
Campbell

April 16, 2019

Letter20190416 to Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos Min Families, Children
and Social Development, Government of Canada on Unjust
Employment Insurance Regulation

April 12, 2019

Letter 20190412 to NCWC from Hon. William Blair, Min Border
Security and Organized Crime Reduction on Engagement Summary
Report on Reducing Violent Crime

Letter20190412 to NCWC Members from President Sandra Cohen-
Rose on Update from President April 2019

April 5, 2019

Letter20190405 to the Hon. Ralph Goodale, Minister Public
Safety, Government of Canada, from NCWC, Bill-C83            –
Administrative Segregation (Solitary Confinement)

February 21-22, 2019

Letter20190222 from the Prime Minister’s Office to NCWC on
Nuclear Disarnament Treaties

Letter 20190221 to the Prime Minister’s Office from NCWC on
Nuclear Disarnament Treaties

February 13, 2019

Letter 20190213 to the Prime Minister and Ministers from NCWC,
Open letter on United National Human Rights on Indian Act –
French-English

February 4, 2019

Letter20190204 to Hon. Ralph Goodale, Minister Public Safety,
Government of Canada, from NCWC, Bill-C83 Changes to
Administrative Segregation-Solitary Confinement

January 31, 2019

Letter20190131 from Hon. Ralph Goodale, Minister Public
Safety, Government of Canada, to NCWC, Bill C-83 An Act to
Amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act

January 14, 2019

Letter20190114 from Hon Jean-Yves Duclos-Province of Ontario
Decision to End the Basic Income Pilot

December 7, 2018

Letter2018127 to Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of
Health, Parliament of Canada, from NCWC on Access to
Mifegymiso

November 21, 2018

Letter20181121 to Hon. Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Heritage
and Multiculturalism, Parliament of Canada, from NCWC on Use
of P4W – the Former Prison for Women, Kingston, Ontario

November 14, 2018

Letter20181114 to Hon. William Blair, Minister of Border

Security and Crime Reduction, from NCWC on Gun Violence
Consultations

Letter20181114 to Hon. William Blair, P.C., C.O.M., M.P.,
Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction,
from NCWC on Reducing Violent Crime: A Dialogue on Handguns
and Assault Weapons – Engagement Paper

Letter20181114 to Hon. Ralph Goodale from NCWC on Bill C-83 –
Changes to Administrative and Disciplinary Segregation
(Solitary Confinement)

Letter20181113 from Hon. Ralph Goodale, P.C., M.P., to NCWC on
Federal Government Legislation concerning firearms and gang
violence

November 5, 2018

Bill C-83 Memo-Impact and Implications-November 5, 2018,
Senator Kim Pate letter to Minister Goodale and Comparative
Table and Comments on Bill C-83

November 2, 2018

Article in Artifact-News and Features section – by Haeley
DiRisio, Education, Gender and Trump – article Twelve-year-old
girl reports distasteful homecoming sign to police – see
interview statement by Sandra Cohen-Rose, President, NCWC

November 1, 2018

Letter20181101 congratulating Marilyn Libin on being elected
as 24th President of Hadassah-WIZO

October 25, 2018

Letter20181025 to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on bringing
ISIS Perpetrators in Canada to justice

October 21, 2018

Letter20181021 to Genevieve de Breyne-Gagnon Endorsing NCWC’s
Support of Promoting Gender Equality through Quality Public
Education Systems and Services and The Statement made by
Canadian Federation of University Women

October 17, 2018

Article in Prince Albert Daily Herald & Rural Roots on
Celebrating Persons Day by NCWC President Sandra Cohen-Rose

October 1, 2018

Letter20181001 to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on NCWC’s
Annual Brief

Annual Brief to the Government of Canada, Fall 2018

August 28, 2018

Letter20180828 to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau –
Acknowledgement of Receipt of Letter Supporting Basic Income
Guarantee

August 13, 2018

Letter20180813 to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Basic
Income Guarantee

May 8, 2018

Letter20180508 from Hon Ralph Goodale, Response to Summit on
Gun and Gang Violence

May 3, 2018

Letter to Rebecca Caldwell, Office of Minister Status of Women
– Thank you for meeting

March 26, 2018

Letter to Hon. Ralph Goodale, National Action Plan to Combat
Human Trafficking

March 19, 2018

Letter to Hon Justin Trudeau, PM Canada, Congratulations on
appointment of RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, first woman
commissioner of the RCMP

Letter to Hon Ralph Goodale (Public Safety) on 2018 Summit on
Guns and Ganges

Letter to Hon Catherine McKenna (Environment and Climate
Change) and Hon Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Health) on NCWC
Support to Prohibition of Abestos and Asbestos Products
Regulations

Response to the Proposed Prohibition of Asbestos and Asbestos
Products Regulations and Proposed Amendment to the Export of

Substances on the Export Control List Regulations under CEPA,
1999

Letter20180319 to Mr. de Leon-Request to Support Response to
Proposed Prohibition of Asbestos and Asbestos Products
Regulations

February 23, 2018

Letter to Senator Jim Munson-Correctional System Study-Feb 23,
2018

February 6, 2018

Response from President Sandra Cohen-Rose to Hon Melanie Joly
Minister of Heritage on Museum of Heritage on Museum of
History of Women

January 26, 2018

Thank you letter from Mayor Valerie Plante, La Mairesse de
Montreal to the National Council of Women of Canada

January 25, 2018

Response from office of Hon. Melanie Joly, Minister of
Heritage on Museum of History of Women

December 20, 2017

“Sandra Cohen-Rose, president of the National Council of Women
of Canada, said stamping out sexual harassment and assault

will mean tackling economic imbalances and other mechanisms
that leave women vulnerable to abuses of power. “Everybody’s
looking for a magic bullet that works and there just isn’t
(one),” she said.” quoted in “#MeToo: Conversation on sexual
harassment named 2017’s top news story“, by Paola Loriggio,
The Canadian Press, December 20, 2017.

December 19, 2017

Letter to Government of Canada that practice of Female Genital
Mutilation is illegal in Canada.     See Letter-Hon Ahmed D.
Hussen-Citizenship-Immigration-Female Genital Mutilation
Illegal in Canada-19December2019

November 30, 2017

NCWC President’s Message for December 2018.     See New Years
Message from the NCWC President-December 2017

November 17 2017

Request to support initiatives to establish a Museum of
History of Women in Kingston. See Letter-Hon. Melanie Joly,
Min. Canadian Heritage-Museum of History of Women       and
Response from the Office of the Honourable Melanie Joly,
Minister of Canadian Heritage   and Response from President
Sandra Cohen-Rose to Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of
Canadian Heritage on Museum of History of Women

November 9, 2017

Congratulations to Mayor Valerie Plante on being elected the
first woman mayor of Montreal.    See Letter-Congratulations

Mayor Plante

Request to Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette
to become the Honorary President of the National Council of
Women of Canada. See Letter-Governor General Julie Payette

The NCWC’s new and updated policies in a Brief to the Prime
Minister and the Government of Canada. See National Council
of Women of Canada Annual Brief to the Government of Canada
Fall 2017   and Letter of Confirmation from PM Office

November 8, 2017

Request to Minister of Employment Patty Hajdu for inclusion of
Life Skills Education in education system

October 19, 2017

Article in Canadian Jewish News on NCWC President Sandra
Cohen-Rose

October 16, 2017

CSW62 NCWC Statement      Life skills and communications
technology (ICT) skills for both sexes, advances and empowers
women leading to a healthier, more economically stable
society.

July 17, 2017

“…NCWC asked the Government for a “Ban on all Offshore
Drilling in the Arctic,” in order to protect this very fragile
marine environment. Similarly, our eastern coast marine

habitat in the Laurentian Channel Marine Protected Area is
very sensitive and your recent decision to allow drilling for
fossil fuels there is not conducive to the protection of its
special marine habitat.” See Oil Drilling in the Laurentian
Channel, a Marine Protected Area

February 20, 2017

As President of the National Council of Canada…responding to
your October 6, 2016 letter which discounted our grave
concerns with the risks posed by the unprecedented transport
of extremely dangerous liquid nuclear waste containing Highly
Enriched Uranium (HEU) close to 2,000 kilometres from Chalk
River Ontario to Savannah River, South Carolina.
 See Dangerous Liquid Nuclear Waste Containing Highly Enriched
Uranium (HEU)

Form letter to PM Justin Trudeau Opposing the Transportation
of Nuclear Waste

January 6, 2017

The Call for Nominatio‎ns form and information from the ByLaws
on positions for the Board of Directors and Standing Study
Committee for 2017 are now available on the NCWC website to be
downloaded and printed. See the Nominations page which is
under the sections called Communications and then Members on
the menu above.

December 12, 2016

“…The National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC), whose long-
held policies support strong precautionary Environmental
Assessments (EAs), respectfully requests that you intervene in

a most serious matter involving public safety, health, and
environmental protection…”    Read our letter to the Prime
Minister of Canada:    Letter 20161212 to Prime Minister on
Environmental Assessments

“…The National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) welcomes the
opportunity to comment to this Expert Panel as it reviews the
environmental assessment processes associated with the
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012).
NCWC…”    Read our letter to the Review Panel of the
Environmental Assessment Agency: Letter 20161212 Expert Panel
on Environmental Assessment Agency

“… In 2011 the National Council of Women of Canada adopted as
policy that Canada’s penal system…NCWC strongly urges the
Government of Canada to cease using solitary confinement as a
disciplinary method in federal penitentiaries and ensure
sufficient, independent, secure facilities for persons with
mental health issues.”   Read our letter to the Hon. Jody
Wilson-Raybould, Justice and Attorney-General:  Letter
20161212 To the Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Justice and
Attorney-General on Solitary Confinement in Prisons

“…NCWC reiterates our request that the federal government
remove CNSC as the “responsible authority” for environmental
assessments of nuclear proposals. As an immediate example of
your government’s concern for public health and safety, and
environmental protection of our communities, prime farm lands
and waterways, we would also urge you to intervene to halt the
HEU shipments until there has been an open public hearing to
ensure all alternatives are considered, most crucially the
promised down-blending and storage on-site as planned in
2011.”   Read our letter to the Prime Minister of Canada:
Letter 20161212 Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau Nuclear Non-
Proliferation

See article by CBC News/Health, “Weapons-grade nuclear waste
shipments to US prompt outcry”, September 05, 2016,     with

comments by NCWC’s Gracia Janes, Niagara-on-the-Lake resident,
activist and President of NCWC Education Fund.

Letter 20161104 Congratulations to New Women Appointees to the
Canadian Senate

November 4, 2016

The National Council of Women of Canada extends our
congratulations to the following women who will become our new
Senators, particularly Kim Pate and Marilou McPhedran of The
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) and
the Institute for International Women’s Rights respectively,
both affiliate members of NCWC. Read our letter: Letter
20161104 Congratulations to New Women Appointees to the
Canadian Senate

July 5, 2016

“… the dangers posed by all facets of the nuclear cycle have
been the subject of NCWC policies and actions dating back to
1955, and continue today…Ms. Janes also noted two recent
nuclear transport events, i.e., a dry spill in Saskatchewan
where staff from Chalk River had to deal with the clean-up,
and a very serious incident where the bottom fell out of a
container similar to the one planned for the transport of
high-level liquid nuclear waste.” Read our letter: Letter
20160705 to the Hon. Ralph Goodale, PC, MP, Safety and
Emergency Preparedness, Thanks for attending 123rd AGM in
Saskatoon 2016

April 19, 2016

The NCWC endorses Bill C-243 improving and giving needed

flexibility to maternity leave Letter 20160413 NCWC Endorses
Bill C-243 Earlier Maternity Leave for Women.

February 9, 2016

The NCWC commentds the federal government in the decision to
stop the granting of conditional registrations of pesticides
as of June 1, 2016. Letter 20160209 Stopping the Conditional
Registrations of Pesticides

February 2, 2016

The NCWC urges the federal government to stop the importation
and use of asbestos Letter 20160202 Continued Use of Asbestos
in Federal Buildings.

January 18, 2016

The Annual Brief to the Government of Canada – Winter 2016 has
been issued. See the section of our website called “Briefs“,
under Communications/Members/Briefs, to find a PDF version of
the 2016 Brief and a list of all other Briefs sent annually to
the Federal Government.

August 27, 2015

Recently, one of the federal leaders announced that his party,
if elected, would give a tax credit for membership fees in
service organizations.     This gesture would be much more
financially meaningful if volunteers were given a tax credit
for the expenses they incur while providing voluntary service.

Therefore, the National Council of Women of Canada would ask

all candidates for office of the Prime Minister to pledge
their party’s support to:

1)          Allow substantial out-of-pocket expenses (re day
care/child care, transportation, meals) for taxpayer or
dependents involved in providing voluntary service to
voluntary organizations to be an allowable tax credit as a
charitable contribution for tax purposes and the criteria for
registration for income tax purposes be broadened; and

2)        Initiate a policy which would permit volunteers to
earn credits for the Canada Pension Plan and RRSP
contributions.

The participation of the volunteer sector is essential to a
healthy, pluralistic society, in initiating new ideas,
planning and providing services, fund raising, and decision
making.   Volunteer participation develops and utilizes
knowledge and skills which otherwise might be lost to the
Canadian economy. At the same time, volunteer participation
often involves personal expenditures which could limit
participation; some volunteers do not have access to private
or Canada Pension Plan Benefits nor excess earned income to
contribute to an RRSP.

August 17, 2015

The Board of Directors of the National Council of     Women of
Canada made the decision to join the Campaign for     National
Drug Coverage. You can see our endorsement which      has been
posted to the supporters page. Please check out the   Facebook
page as well.

We are asking you to share the campaign petition through your
own networks. The campaign is also hoping to build Twitter
buzz by asking @pmharper @ThomasMulcair @JustinTrudeau
@ElizabethMay to make #pharmacare and #nationaldrugcoverage

#elxn42 issues in October.

The National Council of Women of Canada has long advocated for
a National Prescription Drug Plan – with policies from 1998
and an update in 2012. This is an important initiative which
we are pleased to be part of.

Sandra Cohen-Rose, President, 2017-2019
Karen Monnon Dempsey, President, 2015-2017
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF CANADA

presncwc@gmail.com      If you have any questions about the
National Council of Women of Canada, write to the President.

The National Council of Women of Canada is a federation
composed of Local and Provincial Councils, as well as
Nationally  Organized Societies.  Founded in 1893, it was
incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1914 and has been
designated by the Government of Canada as being of National
Historic Significance for its role in Canadian
women’s history.