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Alberta Women's Institutes Agriculture and Canadian Industries Citizenship & Legislation Report (Taken from the Lethbridge Herald) Darlene Wicks Convener Brenda Willsie Convener Citizenship W hat does Agriculture or Canadian Industry mean to each of you? I guess the first answer that comes to mind for me is food to eat and the resources to enjoy the convenience of electricity, natural gas to heat my home and most of all the gasoline to power my car to get me where I am going. With the upcoming year I would like to suggest to the Branches that you try to study one area of Agriculture and one Industry that is Canadian during your monthly programs. This is an area where roll call ideas are almost endless. Please send me all of your reports that are studied throughout the year. I find these most interesting and informative. I plan to write about some of them that I find are of particular interest in my articles for Home and Country. By sending these reports it shares your information with the membership of the whole province. It is particularly important for me to receive these reports so I can send a summary of the highlights to the Federated Convener in time to be printed in the Annual Federated Women's Institutes of Canada Report Book. I would also appreciate knowing about the roll call topics so I can also share these ideas across the province. Next year AWI will be promoting and utilizing one of the largest industries in Canada. This is the tourism industry. With the Federated Convention in Red Deer, many members will utilize between 1 and 10 types of service included in the tourism industry. Tourism includes all types of public transportation, lodging and dining as well as special attractions in all of our communities. Until next time!wi I f you live in the city, Calgary or Edmonton, you will see many new immigrants but in the smaller places the immigrants are few and far between. Most people looking at becoming a Canadian citizen want to be near people of the same ethnic background. The Alberta Government has forecast that by 2014 there will be over 400,000 new jobs created but it's estimated that there will be only 300,000 workers from all sources expected to enter the job market. Flexibility Learning Systems has been in operation for 14 years. Through a contract with the federal government, language instruction and an employment program help immigrants learn the language they'll need to get along in Canada and find work. Last year they worked with 150 people. Government sponsored refugees must either take the language instruction or start looking for a job while independent immigrants can make use of the programs if they wish. Refugees who come from unstable countries or war torn areas may have had very little schooling or be illiterate. Women immigrants may have never worked outside the house and people who have lived in refugee camps for years may have never worked or been allowed to work. As a consequence, they have to learn a work ethic from the ground up. Skilled immigrants may encounter problems finding employment in their profession. Getting credentials evaluated takes time and the longer the clock ticks, the more they may worry about running out of money. Immigrants who have started the process before they come to Canada usually fare better. Newcomers who may become discouraged, may quit and take whatever employment they can find. Others leave for a larger city only to find there's more competition for jobs and English classes have a waiting list. They can do it but it takes a lot of time, energy, and patience. The number of immigrants to Alberta in 2002 was 14, 729 and 2003 was 15,738. The order of preference for the cities was Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer and Lethbridge. Legislature H ave you every wondered how hard your Member of Parliament works. A young electrical engineer still searching for a job in his field spent 600 hours compiling statistics on votes missed, bills introduced, words spoken in the House of Commons and voting records. These and other fruits of his nonpartisan labour can be found at www.howdtheyvote.ca. (Under construction) A private member's bill to raise the age of consent could protect Canada's vulnerable children but there's little chance it will pass second reading when Parliament resumes next week, says Lethbridge MP Rick Casson. This bill calls for the age of consent to be raised to age 16 from 14. We are all concerned with the high cost of gasoline. This is on the top of the government's list.wi
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Transcript | Alberta Women's Institutes Agriculture and Canadian Industries Citizenship & Legislation Report (Taken from the Lethbridge Herald) Darlene Wicks Convener Brenda Willsie Convener Citizenship W hat does Agriculture or Canadian Industry mean to each of you? I guess the first answer that comes to mind for me is food to eat and the resources to enjoy the convenience of electricity, natural gas to heat my home and most of all the gasoline to power my car to get me where I am going. With the upcoming year I would like to suggest to the Branches that you try to study one area of Agriculture and one Industry that is Canadian during your monthly programs. This is an area where roll call ideas are almost endless. Please send me all of your reports that are studied throughout the year. I find these most interesting and informative. I plan to write about some of them that I find are of particular interest in my articles for Home and Country. By sending these reports it shares your information with the membership of the whole province. It is particularly important for me to receive these reports so I can send a summary of the highlights to the Federated Convener in time to be printed in the Annual Federated Women's Institutes of Canada Report Book. I would also appreciate knowing about the roll call topics so I can also share these ideas across the province. Next year AWI will be promoting and utilizing one of the largest industries in Canada. This is the tourism industry. With the Federated Convention in Red Deer, many members will utilize between 1 and 10 types of service included in the tourism industry. Tourism includes all types of public transportation, lodging and dining as well as special attractions in all of our communities. Until next time!wi I f you live in the city, Calgary or Edmonton, you will see many new immigrants but in the smaller places the immigrants are few and far between. Most people looking at becoming a Canadian citizen want to be near people of the same ethnic background. The Alberta Government has forecast that by 2014 there will be over 400,000 new jobs created but it's estimated that there will be only 300,000 workers from all sources expected to enter the job market. Flexibility Learning Systems has been in operation for 14 years. Through a contract with the federal government, language instruction and an employment program help immigrants learn the language they'll need to get along in Canada and find work. Last year they worked with 150 people. Government sponsored refugees must either take the language instruction or start looking for a job while independent immigrants can make use of the programs if they wish. Refugees who come from unstable countries or war torn areas may have had very little schooling or be illiterate. Women immigrants may have never worked outside the house and people who have lived in refugee camps for years may have never worked or been allowed to work. As a consequence, they have to learn a work ethic from the ground up. Skilled immigrants may encounter problems finding employment in their profession. Getting credentials evaluated takes time and the longer the clock ticks, the more they may worry about running out of money. Immigrants who have started the process before they come to Canada usually fare better. Newcomers who may become discouraged, may quit and take whatever employment they can find. Others leave for a larger city only to find there's more competition for jobs and English classes have a waiting list. They can do it but it takes a lot of time, energy, and patience. The number of immigrants to Alberta in 2002 was 14, 729 and 2003 was 15,738. The order of preference for the cities was Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer and Lethbridge. Legislature H ave you every wondered how hard your Member of Parliament works. A young electrical engineer still searching for a job in his field spent 600 hours compiling statistics on votes missed, bills introduced, words spoken in the House of Commons and voting records. These and other fruits of his nonpartisan labour can be found at www.howdtheyvote.ca. (Under construction) A private member's bill to raise the age of consent could protect Canada's vulnerable children but there's little chance it will pass second reading when Parliament resumes next week, says Lethbridge MP Rick Casson. This bill calls for the age of consent to be raised to age 16 from 14. We are all concerned with the high cost of gasoline. This is on the top of the government's list.wi |
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