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It should sell Greenside the extra feet he needs for the $900 his lawyer reckons is fair market value, plus tack on an additional 30 per cent of the value as a means on discouraging similar inâ€" cidents in the future. Charging $1,170 for an extra five feet in the backyard is a suiâ€" table alternative to charging $200 for 51 feet, and a decent comâ€" promise to just saying "tough luck." After public pressure, it decided instead to enter into an enâ€" croachment agreement with Greenside, while Mayor Carroll raâ€" dically altered her tune and insisted the former resident take a loss in the value of his property. That, we submit, is going from one extreme t& another. What the city should do is give Greenside the benefit of the doubt and some special consideration, while indirectly penalizing him. The recent resignation of Doris Anderson, the distinguished and outspoken President of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women, has opened a canâ€"ofâ€"worms for the Hon. Llioyd Axworthy, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women in the Trudeau Goâ€" vernment. Council first obtained a recommendation from the city‘s adâ€" ministrative committee â€" of which the mayor is a member â€" urgâ€" ing sale of a parcel of land measuring 60 feet by 51 feet for a nominal $200. Mrs. Anderson threatened to resign when 5 of the Council‘s 6 member Executive bowed to pressure from Mr. Axworthy to cancel a conference planned for February 13 & 14 in Ottawa. Fearing that 500 women discussing the Canadian Constitution, just as the House begins its debate on this issue, might prove ‘‘embarrassing to the government.‘" they deâ€" cided to postpone the Conference to May. Mrs. Anderson, alone, voted to continue with Conference plans, expressing the view that as the Council had cancelled a similar conâ€" ference on the Constitution in September, 1980. (just prior to the First Minister‘s Meetâ€" ing in Ottawa), the Council‘s credibility was at stake should the February conterence be cancelled as well. When the full 30 member Council voted 17â€" 10 in favour of cancelling the Conference, Mrs. Anderson resigned. Since then several members of the Council and staff have also resigned. But it shouldn‘t take those concerns to an extreme while deliâ€" berating the case of David Greenside, formerly of Twin Oaks Cresc., who built the edge of his swimming pool and fence about five feet too deep in his backyard. Council hasn‘t been able to determine if it actually was "an honest mistake,"‘ as Greenside‘s lawyer contends, and it beâ€" hooved Greenside to make an appearance before council to exâ€" plain, which he didn‘t. s The city is correct in having serious concerns about selling parkland that has been encroached upon. _ Nonetheless, there is no cause to believe it wasn‘t one of those unfortunate, albeit careless, haphazards of life. PAGE 6 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1981 emere asseracon One solution WALTER McLEAN published every Wednesday by Fairway Press. a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd.. owner 225 Fairway Rd S.. Kitchener. Ont address correspondence to Waterioo office 92 King St South Waterioo Ont . telephone 886â€"2830 Waterioo Chronicle office 1s located on2nd Nioor of the 0 W Sports busiding opposite Waterioo Square Pariing on King Steet or in Waterico Square Open Monday to Friday 9 00 a m to $ 00 p m subscriptions $14 a year in Canada $16 a year in Urited States and Foreign Countries In the past the Advisory Council has perâ€" formed a provocative and constructive role in Ottawa. It has advised the Government on such issues as Equalâ€"Payâ€"forâ€"Equalâ€"Value in the labour force, unemployment insurance criteria, child care and the need for a naâ€" tional day care act, changes to the Criminal Code, (especially dealing with rape and prosâ€" titution legislation), the eligibility of houseâ€" wives in Pension Plans, economic hardships facing older women and single parent famiâ€" lies, and most recently, the Constitution. For women across the country, Mrs. Anâ€" derson‘s resignation has serious implicaâ€" tions. As Opposition Spokesperson for the Status of Women, I have personally received a flood of calls expressing support fr Mrs. Anderson, and concern about the future of the Council. The resignation implies that the Council can be easily manipulated by a Minister whose concern for women (who represent 52 per cent of this nation‘s population) may be more politically oriented than a reflection of a commitment to women‘s issues. The Counâ€" cil has lost credibility in the eyes of conâ€" cerned groups as an independent advisory body, which can voice their concerns to Parâ€" liament. The first Council, established in 1973, had Publisher: Paul Winkler Manager: â€" Bill Karges Editor: Phil Jaisevac establisheqa 1854 Why | want minister‘s resignation Many of the 30, three year appointments have little previous expertise with women‘s issues. They gain stature from being on the Council, rather than bringing stature to it! It seems that many are better recognized for their contributions to political campaigns at election time. Win Gardner, now acting preâ€" sident of the Council, claims to be a "dear friend of Mr. Axworthy‘s," and assisted in his political campaigns in Winnipeg. members who were recognized for their preâ€" vious commitment to women‘s issues and concerns. Women like Sophie Stedman and Grace Hartman brought stature to the Counâ€" cil. Now unfortunately, representatives of women‘s groups tell me they have previously heard of few of the appointees to the Council. When questioned on the progress of the afâ€" firmative action program he has set up in only three government departments, Mr. Axâ€" worthy admitted that it will take four years not attend even one of the 5 excellent presenâ€" tations made by women‘s groups to the Conâ€" stitutional Committee. In a speech on the Constitution to the Naâ€" tional Action Committee on the Status of Women las? October in Toronto, Mr. Axâ€" worthy called upon women to accept the proâ€" posed charter of r(i)ths in the Constitution with a "great leap of faith‘‘ But then, he did The Minister showed no support for strikâ€" ing government Translators‘ requests for improved maternity benefits. Their list of complaints goes on and on. _ â€" _ Last week in the House, as Opposition Spoâ€" kesperson for the Status of Women, I led a debate calling for the resignation of the Minâ€" ister Responsible for the Status of Women. My motion also called for the restructuring of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women so that it can be once again seen to be an independent and impartial voice for women. This motion was supported by Pauline Jeâ€" wett, Women‘s Spokesperson for the NDP, the Hon. Flora MacDonald, and many other speakers. He has triggered many reactions from woâ€" men‘s groups for sponsoring a $1 million naâ€" tional ad campaign on women‘s employâ€" ment. N. A.C.. in a letter to the minister, complained that the advertisement implied: 1) that women‘s work is trivial; 2) that women are a reserve army of labour; and 3) that most employers are unaware or have ‘‘forgotten"‘ about women workers. to implement this program. (Four years, compared with the two years it took the American government to implement their compulsory affirmative action program in the entire private sector‘! )