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French Canadian women demand change
The Royal Commission on the Status of Women, called by Prime Minister Pearson in February 1967, held the notion of equal opportunity as its precept. Chaired by journalist Florence Bird, the panel was criticized both for exceeding traditional boundaries and also for hedging on the conservative. But the great undercurrent born of the Bird Commission was a renunciation against inequality.
Program: Matinee
Broadcast Date: June 14, 1968
Guest(s): Helène Pilotte
Reporter: Ed Reid
Duration: 1:31
Last updated: January 10, 2012
Page consulted on August 21, 2012
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