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2402 St. John's Street «

Barristers d Solicitors ;
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R. Flyan Marr, B.Sc. (Eng.) LL.B, , Office: 937-7755
Patrich A. Hye, LLB. _ ihe ei

Please Refer Lo Our
File No. Misc. 1/75-M (i7 February 75

Secretary of State

Department of the Secretary of State
2nd Floor, 1525 West 8th Avenue
Vancouver, B. C.

Dear Sirs: , :

‘Rez “Port. Coquitlam: Area“Women's: Centre

‘

Through our involvement with the local Family Court Committee

and Family Courts we have become very concerned with the services available-
for women who are undergoing the severe emotional turmoil of marriage break-
up and the subsequent legal battles that sometimes ensue. We have become
aware that a group of women who are calling themselves the Port Coquitlam
Area Women's Centre are hoping to set up a Women's Centre in the Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam area possibly with a grant from your department. . They have
outlined to us the goals of such a group and in particular their hope that
they could he of service to women in the situation I have just outlined and
on this basis we wish to indicate our support for such a project. We would

be content act as resource people should such a Centre be set Up and we would
be very Pleased ‘to see a. grant for this purpose. ‘ vos tee,

' Yours truly,