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It‘s obvious the Conservatives need a new team captain and the country needs an e fectiv _ :ader of the opposition. â€" k Otherwise, PM Trudeau will continue to run roughshod, with token resistance from the NDP, over the spirit of what Parliament is supposed to be all about. Where were the Canadian news media? Not in Copenhagen. The Assignment Ediâ€" tors of CBC, Canadian Press, ard our other national networks had decided that this was not newsworthy. The suspicion amongst concerned leaders of Canada‘s women gathered in Copenhagen was that here was yet another decision made by men. The Copenhagen Conference brought toâ€" gether over 2500 government delegates from 140 nations. 4000 women from nonâ€" governmental organizations met near by. The conference took place at a moment of intense international debate concerning the three goals of the United Nations Decade for Women: "Equality, Development and Peace®, and particularly the ways and One could say the media is ignoring all of Clark‘s diligent work and supposedly penetrating questions in the House, or at least, not giving him the ink or air time he deserves. ‘ However, if he really had something to say, we suspect he would get the coverage. 2 No â€" it appears Clark is wallowing slowly into a peaceful oblivion, designed to place him back in the jokebooks as Joe Who. _ Can anybody out there remember anything meâ€" morable or terribly worthwhile that he‘s said reâ€" cently on the constitution, the Quebec referenâ€" dum, energy pricing, or anything for that matâ€" ter? Other Canadians present were The Honâ€" ourable Mabel Deware, Minister of Labour of the Government of New Brunswick, the Honourable Lynn Verge, Minister of Eduâ€" cation of the Government of Newfoundland, and Maureen O‘Neill, Coâ€"ordinator for the Status of Women Canada. 4 published every Wednesday by Fairway Press. a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd.. owner 25 Fairway Rd. S... Kitchener. Ont. address correspondence to Waterioo office: 92 King St. South. Waterloo. Ont.. telephone 886â€"2830 Waterioo ‘Chronicle office is located on2nd ‘loorof the O0.W. Sports opposite mh,m.-hh--hm“,»m.b Enday 9:00 a.m. to $:00 p.m %..AAICL O omm n m a oo We must thank them for reminding us Joe Clark â€" remember him? â€" is still around. Or should we not thank them for reminding us? As we all know, Joe Clark is one heck of a nice guy and a very decent fellow. He has many fine qualities â€" but it appears being a leader isn‘t one He failed abysmally as PM in not recognizing the adroitness of the Liberals in their lusty power game and losing the reins of government so quickly. S He now seems determined to fail as badly as leader of the opposition. > Poor old Joe just can‘t seem to marshall his troops effectively, or raise the sort of issues that bring him and the Conservatives to the public‘s attention. o. l â€" One of Canada‘s major dailies was kind enough to publish a photo this morning of Her Majesty‘s Loyal Leader of the Opposition, engaged in caucus discussions in the Gatineau Hills. Recently, in Copenhagen, Canada‘s amâ€" bassador, Marion MacPherson, signed on behalf of Canada the United Nations Conâ€" vention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. I witnessed that ceremony as a member of Canada‘s delegation to the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women. Page 6 â€" Waterioo Chronicle, Wednesday, July 30, 1980 WALTER McLEAN Joe Who? ‘ subscriptions: $14 a vear in Canada $16 a year in United States and Foreign Countries The purpose of the Plan of Action coming out of Copenhagen is to shift women from the periphery of the world‘s priorities, and give them their rightful place in the mainâ€" stream of international and national activiâ€" ties. The Minister responsible for the Status of Women, the Honourable Lioyd Axworthy. spoke of the initiatives that had been taken since International Women‘s Year in 1975. He admitted, however, that five Canadian provinces have yet to table their plans of action with the Federal Government. Canada, along with all member nations of the United Nations, was asked to identify and describe those development programs which have been successful in improving women‘s participation in economic and soâ€" cial development. means of redressing economic inequality between developed and developing counâ€" tries. Mr. Axworthy mentioned the rights of immigrant and refugee women in Canada. but not fMative women. kh When Canada had signed the Convention. agreement was stated to refrain from enâ€" gaging in any act or practice of discriminaâ€" tion against women, to realize practically the principle of equality between men and women and to accord to women (in civil Championing the cause of women The Indian Act of Canada deprives women who matry nonâ€"Indiars of their status. But Indian men who marry nonâ€"Inâ€" dians keep their status and their nonâ€"Indian wives obtain government recognized status! Over 30 Canadians were in Copenhagen representing nonâ€"governmental organizaâ€" tions in Canada. They were from groups such as the National Council of Women, the Association of Women and the Law, the Naâ€" tional Action Committee, the Canadian Teachers‘ Federation, MATCH Internaâ€" tional, Womens‘ Interâ€"Church Committee of Canada, and others. 5 The thirtyâ€"two year old Maliseet Indian from New Brunswick lost her status as an Indian when she married an American in 1970. Five years later, divorced, she reâ€" turned to her home with her son, and was denied housing on the grounds that she was no longer considered an Indian under Canaâ€" dian law. These concerned Canadian women‘s reâ€" presentatives were quick to point out that in signing the Convention, Canada had also matters) a legal capacity identical with that of men. * A few days later, Sandra Lovelace arâ€" rived enroute to Geneva. There, she apâ€" pealed to the Human Rights Committee of the U.N. As Opposition Spokesperson on the Status of Women, I will be pressing the governâ€" ment to establish machinery to accelerate progress towards achieving equal opporâ€" tunity for women, and their full integration into Canadian life. The signing of the Convention is an inâ€" dication of Canadian intent to achieve the objectives of equality for women. All women in the Canadian Parliament, regardless of their party, committed themâ€" selves to redress this discriminatory situaâ€" tion. Under questioning in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister said that his government would act in two years to amend the Indian Act if the Chiefs did not agree amongst themselves before that time upon changes affecting women. Simultaneously, in Ottawa, women Parâ€" liamentarians and Senators, led by former External Affairs Minister Flora Macâ€" Donald, were calling upon the Canadian goâ€" vernment to apply a moratorium on the Inâ€" dian Act as it affects Indian women and their children, until the Act is revised. agreed to "ensure in particular that neither marriage to an alien nor change of naâ€" tionalityâ€" by the husband: during marriage shall automatically change the nationality of the wife, render her stateless, or force upon her the nationality of the husband".