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Wm?“ . . . it was mission accomplished for at least r - ‘ $ ‘ with the help ot Waterloo MP lzillabt‘lh one of the girls Megan Atkinson, a Grade 8 . I k j? Witmer. a former deputy premier, the pro- student at Edna Staebler. < “â€"1 gram was . started by New Democrat She said she always wanted to be , - " ‘. 7- _ _ MP (Lheri l)iNovo and has participants from involved in the community while making a ‘ ,_ a." three will” i’r".""‘.“l“l parties pl'Shmg MESH difference in the WOIld- Twelve Waterloo girls took part in the Girls Government program last week at Queen's Park. Grade 8 girls in their ridings to get engaged She is a member of her school's Be the momm In politics. . _ . p _ Change team inspired. by Free the Children l'he statistics are alarming. Winner said. organimtion. and hopes to do more of that Women make up on|_\‘ 36 per cent of the H)? type 0f work in the future. Ml’l’s at Queens Park, and it's even lower at ' “livery day we try to do something to the federal level with only 25 per cent of the change things for the better,” said Atkinson. D 308 seats in the House of (.oninions held by who never considered herself to be political l women. _ before this experience. Meanwhile. nomen make up almost 5| “This was great because usually young 1 P” W'” ”i ”W ll‘l’i‘l'lt'l‘ml- . people don't get a chance to do something ”l'\e seen little in the way oi progress likethis. . . } sint e i '.\.is elected in l‘l‘ltl." said Wilmer. “it's “I itiliipcd at this chance and thought it prett\ \sell the same We ild\t‘ a quarter of would be great to try to inspire other young ’ " our members who are “omen. and the lllllli people that we can make a big difference as ' hers haveni L hanged much lll recent years," well." 0 lilt‘ program imolved 12 local girls from St. Nicholas student Kristin Kelly said the ‘l' _ I'dna \taehler pnhlit school and St. Nicholas response was so great at her school that their I (“UNIV t‘lt‘lllt‘lllill) “hm” . . had to have a draw to be one of the six girls . . 1h") were “Md I“ "km”! an ”‘1‘" selected forthe Girls Government project. . ot importance, rest-(iron it and try to get She felt privileged to be chosen and said 3“me some political movement on it by visiting she got a lot out ofthe experience. ’ ‘ . the Ontario legislature and holding a press “It paid (iii in the end because vou kind of MAURESSES ‘ T ‘mam , . conference at the Queen‘s Park media 590mb in textbooks and stuff. but you never $11 8 l l - . . . “mil” _ _ , , . really get to experience it." said Kelly. Iron: l [he issue the local girls identified was ”it was really interesting to figure how it \‘ organ donation. all works. ‘ 4‘ g j. OBUS They came up with ideas to get more peo- “When you get to sit in question period. . t“; ‘3 le to sim on to the ro ram and 1m a dent « .- . ’â€" i' "T‘ "' . I . . . . . _. . ‘ P is _ _ P, E l and hold a press conference. you get to see - . ? IT!” a.. . a t 1m“ m“ '9“?! waiting‘hsts. , how it actually is ifyou were doing that as an “-â€" ~ ' The girls believe it should be part of the everydavjob.” . w-w -v- ’3‘ l. I curriculum starting in Grade 6 and Winner Kellyâ€"said she could see more girls getting - K I “N“ the“ concerns m the house involved in politics thanks to the experience. 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