Letter – Royal Commission Request (1985/1986)

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Title: Letter – Royal Commission Request (1985/1986)
Date: 1985
Region: Alberta
City/Town: Red Deer
Author(s):
Mary Anne Jablonski
Leslie Taylor
Lucie Richardson
Gayle Siford
Susan Kerr

A letter from the Organizational Society of Spouses of Military Members (OSSOM) to politician Joe Clark requesting that he initiate a Royal Government Commission focused on the issues that affect spouses and families of the Canadian military. They emphasize that under a Royal Commission, military wives and their husbands could speak openly about issues surrounding military life without fear that speaking out would impact their careers. The letter concludes with six recommendations that OSSOMM made in their brief to the Committee on Equality Rights.