The next FWC will be held on Tuesday at 5:30pm at the Gatineau regional office.
The Regional Francophone Women's Committee (RFWC) is made up of women who are members of various
Locals belonging to various Components of the Public Service
Alliance of Canada in the National Capital Region.
The committee mandate is to provide a forum where
women can discuss and act on various issues of importance to
women. The committee deals with both regional and national issues and is actively involved in regional and national coalitions.
The committee meetings are held in French, on
the forth Tuesday of the month at 5:00 p.m. for a light supper, meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. at the PSAC Gatineau
Regional Office, Place du Centre, 200 Promenade du Portage,
Gatineau.
All the PSAC women are invited to attend the committee's
regular meetings, as well as the activities organized or supported
by the committee.
For further information on the committee's regular
and special activities, you may contact Lisa Rossignol at the Gatineau Regional
Office at (819) 777-4647, or the Chairperson of the Committee, Louise Patrice.
The Committee in the medias
Members of the Committee are not afraid to write to the medias when they want their voices to be heard. Here are some letters published in the local medias.
Stephen Harper assault on pay equity
"Nous sommes un groupe de femmes qui souhaitons sensibiliser la population aux attaques du gouvernement conservateur de Stephen Harper à l'équité salariale à la fonction publique du Canada."
This letter was published in Le Droit in March 2010 (French).
Case of excommunication
"Il y a plus de deux semaines nous avons entendu parler de l’excommunication de la mère d’une fillette brésilienne et de l’équipe médicale dirigée par Dom José Cardoso Sobrinho, l'archevêque de Recife, au nord-estdu Brésil, suite à l’avortement de la-dite fillette, qui avait été agressée par son beau-père."
Letter denouncing the case of excommunication in Brazil published in Le Droit on March 30, 2009.
The Conservatives and youth offenders
"Je prends la parole aujourd'hui pour unir ma voix à celle de Luc Cadieux, des Centres jeunesse Outaouais, et à celle de l'Association des centres jeunesse du Québec. Je suis totalement contre le durcissement de la loi sur les jeunes contrevenants préconisé par le gouvernement conservateur."
Published in Le Devoir on September 23, 2008.
Minutes
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