"a fae Jona with granddaughter Kimberly and “Wonderbunny” at the annual Prince . Rupert easter egg hunt. IONA. 2+: DEDICATED EFFECTIVE = Tona Campagnolo grew up with her sister and two brothers at the North Pacific Cannery on the Skeena River and in Prince Rupert. She has lived in the north for 39 years during which she learned at first hand and shares the interests and concerns of our area, che first became involved in public affairs out of concern for the education of. her own two children. She ran and was elected to the Prince Rupert School Board in 1966; became chairman in 1968 of the Board of Trustees, and later North Coast Zone Chairman fer four member boards. , ‘ Since then her dedication to the goal.of creating a better. and more equitable. future for our children has been the cornerstone of her public activities — as school board chairman, alderman, Member of Parliament, and cabinet minister. For her active involvement in community affairs, Mrs. Campagnolo was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1977. . 7 Prior to her elestion in 1974, Iona Campagnolo has been employed as a shoreworker, broadcastur and as sales manager for Skeena Broadcasters Ltd. In. 1974 she earned the \itlevfI'.C, Broadcast Citizen of the Year. Immediately followin,: her election as Member of Parllament for Skeena, Iona was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs. She was made Minister of State - Fitness and Amateur Sport in September 1976, becoming the first northerner ever to be appointed to the federal cabinet of Canada. . During her five years in the House of Commons, Iona has established strong interests in areas of concern to her riding: transportation, communications, fisheries, the environment, and Indian affairs. Since her cabinet appolntment she has continued to work effectively to bring the needs of the north to the attention of Canadians, : She has two daughters and one granddaughter, Kimberley, and owns her home in Prince Rupert as well as maintaining an apartment in Ottawa. Iona has been tireless in helping hundreds of individuals In Skeena during the past five years - . regardless of their racial origins, citizenship or political affiliation. She has been a dedicated and effective worker for all areas of Skeena - one of the largest constituencies in Canada. _ PENSIONS FOR HOMEMAKERS Pension rights for homemakers are a key part of the Liberal party's cam- paign pledge to reform Canada’s pension system. . Homemakers are an essential category of workers who are not Other Liberal pension reform - proposals call for inereased portability — of private pension plans, greater ac- cess to pension plans for Canadians who do not now qualify, and flexibility - in the age of retirement, to allow presently considered partof the Jabour Canadians to work past the age of 65 if force. The Libera broiught the Canada Pension Pian into existence in 1966, is committed to providing adequate retirement income to workers, and is proposing that seven years worth of C.P.P, benefits will be granted to homemakers for each child. - (ON MARITIME “I think itis important to note that no agreement has been reached on boundary matters on the west coast. In the final intense round on negotiations in Juneau, Alaska in February that led to an agreement ona halibut phase-out, boundaries were not even discussed. “As you well know, there has been tremendous pressure from many Canadian sources to keep west coast boundaries exactly as they are at present. Any suggestion that a change in the boundary — no matter how small — be made at one point in return for concessions at other points, has been painted as 2 sell-out of Canadian in- terests. As a result, no progress is being made here. “Tam personally disappointed that ia the case -- because I feel that: during ‘the past year Canada has been : “TF WE TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN” Party, which they so desire, The proposals. have been well recelved by women’s groups: and. by pensioners’ organizations and would be a major priority of a re-elected Liberal government. - oo. BOUNDARIES in the best bargaining position it will, ever be in on the question of marine boundaries, Eventually, we will have to come to some sort of mutual agreement with the Americans on marine boundaries — either through direct talks with them or through third party arbitration, My fear is that there will be developments in the in- ternational law of the sea during the next few years that will make it more | difficult’ for Canada to make the strongest possible case. We have definitely not “sold out’. as some parties have charged, and we will not: even if we must go to the lengths of -. third party arbitration or the World. Court at the Hague.” “FROM & SPEECH BY IONA CAM- PAGNOLO TO THE ANNUAL CON- ‘VENTION OF THE NISHGA TRIBAL COUNCIL, APRIL 24, 1079. an “epee . Our ploneers, like Atlin's “‘Aunt'? Roxborough, have forged the shape of this country. They have much to teach us if we take the time to listen.