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     In April of this year 
     
     an Information Canada 
     
     Centre opened in Char— 
     
     lottetown at 160 A Kent 
     
     Street. Information Can- 
     
     ada is a federal govern- 
     
     ment agency whose major 
     
     objectiVe is to make 
     
     factual and useful info— 
     
     rmation on federal gov- 
     
     ernment programs and 
     
     services more easily acc- 
     
     essible to citizens. We 
     
     try to provide this in- 
     
     formation by responding 
     
     to individuals' enquir- 
     
     ies by phone, mail or 
     
     directly at the centre. 
     
     In addition to a verbal 
     
     response to enquiries, 
     
     we also have a large 
     
     selection of free federal 
     
     government publications 
     
     covering a wide variety 
     
     of topics in such areas 
     
     as consumer affairs, en- 
     
     vironmental protection, 
     
     day care, metrication, 
     
     unemployment insurance, 
     
     health and welfare, Can— 
     
     ada Council, agriculture 
     
     and the status of women. 
     
     You can find the follow- 
     
     ing free publications 
     
     at the Centre: 
     
    
   
   
    
     160A Kent St. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Canada Student Loans 
     
     Plan 1974 —75 ‘ 
     
     discussion of the pur— 
     
     pose of the Plan, elig— 
     
     ibility, establishing a 
     
     need for a loan, Oblig- 
     
     ations. . 
     
     The law relating to york- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ing women - lists inter- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     national instruments and 
     
    
   
   
    
     Canadian legislation re— 
     
     lating to the status of 
     
    
   
   
    
     women in employment. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Commissioner of Official 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Languages Third Annual 
     
     Report - an examination 
     
    
   
   
    
     of the extent to which 
     
    

    
     the official languages 
     
    

    
     Act has been implemented 
     
     in Canada. 
     
    

    
     Income Tax and The Student 
     
     one in a series of tax 
     
     information pamphlets, 
     
     this booklet is intended 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘to supplement information 
     
    
   
   
    
     contained in the Guide 
     
     to Income Tax Return and 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' deals primarily with 
     
    
   
   
    
     some situations and tax ‘ 
     
     aspects peculiar to stu- 
     
    
   
   
    
     dents or those working 
     
    
   
   
    
     on research grants. 
     
     The Marine Environment 
     
     and Renewable Resources— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     lnformation Canada 
     
    
   
   
    
     \this paper summarizes 
     
    

    
     the Canadian position re- 
     
     specting issues discussed 
     
     at? the Third Annual Law 
     
     of the Sea Conference. 
     
     Canada's Approach to 
     
     Metric Conversion- dis- 
     
     cusses the Canadian gov— 
     
     ernment's policy and ob— 
     
     jectives for metric con— 
     
     version as well as out- 
     
     lining the role of the 
     
     provinces, target dates 
     
     and the influence the 
     
     U.S. may have on the 
     
     implementation in Canada. 
     
     .Information for Canadians 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Travelling Abroad — a 
     
     terrific little booklet 
     
    
   
   
    
     explaining all about 
     
     passports, visa and entry 
     
     requirements, vaccination 
     
     requirements, registrat— 
     
     ion abroad, dual nation— 
     
     ality, drugs, consular 
     
     assistance etc. 
     
     Environment and the Law— 
     
     although the federal gov— 
     
     ernment will play a lead— 
     
     ing role in working 
     
     towards a cleaner envir— 
     
     onment, legal responsi; 
     
     bility for the preserva— 
     
     tion and enhancement of 
     
     our surroundings is shar— 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Cadre, Sept. 24, ]974, pg.3 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ed in varying degrees 
     
    

    
     by governments at the 
     
     federal, provincial and 
     
     municipal levels. 
     
    

    
     A Guide for the Job Hunter 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     a Manpower and Immigrat- 
     
     ion publication which 
     
     gives helpful direction 
     
     on how to be successful 
     
     in your search for a 
     
     good job. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Status of Women in Canada 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the first report on gov— 
     
     ernment activities foll— 
     
     owing the Report of the 
     
     Royal Commission of the 
     
     Status of Women; contains 
     
     chapters on measures 
     
     taken to help achieve 
     
     equal treatment of male 
     
     and female employees with— 
     
     in the government, dis- 
     
     crimination on the grou— 
     
     nds of sex etc. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We also have a display 
     
     of priced federal gov- 
     
     ernment publications 
     
     distributed by Inform— 
     
     ation. Native Trees of 
     
     Canada, Inunnit, the Art 
     
     of the Canadian Eskimo, 
     
     Indians of Canada, Dance 
     
     and Song Rituals of Six 
     
     Nations reserve, Ontario, 
     
     The Canadian Indian, Que- 
     
     bec and the Atlantic Pro- 
     
     vinces, Canadian Fish 
     
     Cookbook, Food - a la 
     
     Canadienne, Fishes of the 
     
     Atlantic Coast of Canada, 
     
     Freshwater fishes of Can— 
     
     ada, Planning your Garden, 
     
     Forest Flora of Canada, 
     
     and The Canadian Charter 
     
     of Human Rights are a 
     
     few selections of books 
     
     available. If you wish 
     
     to obtain a priced fede— 
     
     ral government publicat— 
     
     ion, you can do so by 
     
     Visiting to BOOKMARK at 
     
     146 Richmond Street in 
     
     Charlottetown. They are 
     
     »our agent for the sale 
     
     of priced publications. 
     
     The BOOKMARK will either 
     
     have the publication 
     
     you request in stock or 
     
     will order it for you. 
     
    

    
     I hope you find time 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ to drop by the Centre 
     
    
   
   
    
     to browse and ask ques- 
     
     tions. We are open from 
     
     8:30 until 5:00 PM Mon- 
     
     day through Friday. Our 
     
     phone number is 892-8505 
     
     of 892-8504. Look for- 
     
     ward to seeing you. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sally Michael 
     
     NM.CHW-EnquiriesnOfficer