Many of the Royal Commission’s recommendations included either specific or indirect references to the provinces and territories of Canada. This fact, together with the ever-changing climate of opinion in respect to the status of women, produced a request from the Hon. John Maloney, M.D., Minister of Social Services, to the Hon. Jean Canfield to chair a provincial advisory committee to investigate the status of women in Prince Edward Island. By February 1972, this committee had been constituted with a secretary, a legal advisor, a representative of working women, and four representatives from different women’s organizations which operate in the province. The Federated Women’s Institutes of Prince Edward Island was one of the organizations selected and Mrs. Helen Herring was our capable representative. With the following terms of reference the committee began their work:

“1. To study the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women, particularly with reference to those recom- mendations which apply to the situation in this province or which include matters within provincial jurisdiction.

2. To advise the government on priorities and an appropriate timetable for implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission Report.

3. To study legislation of the province which is currently in force and to advise on changes in legislation and policy to ensure equitable treatment of women under the law.

4. To advise the government generally on matters pertaining to the status of women on P.E.I. which may have been con- sidered by the Royal Commission as not being within the scope of its study.

5. To establish liaison with other provinces in respect to the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Com- mission Report.”

A Report of the Committee’s findings and recommendations was given to the Government of Prince Edward Island in December, 1973.

As a voluntary organization the Federated Women’s Institutes of P.E.I. realized the importance of the report to the women of this province and also recognized that if the report was to be implemented in whole or in part that it would be the duty of Island women to make their choice of priorities to the Provincial Government. The report was circulated to all Provincial Board Members for study then a one-day seminar was held.

The following are the recommendations selected as priorities:

1.1 We recommend (1) that the Prince Edward Island Human Rights Code be amended to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex and marital status and to forbid advertisements that expressly limit job opportunities to applicants of a particular sex or marital status; (2) that the Human Rights