One example of a policy statement is provided in Appendix A of Unit III (page C-76). This is the policy statement of the Women's Employment Section of the Employment and Immigration Commission. In the general statement, the directions or goals appear to be:

• the development of the labour market
• a female labour force which has economic potential
• economically viable and self-fulfilling employment

The strategies for moving in that direction are: promoting and supporting. The conditions to be met which will indicate the goals have been met are omitted or ambiguous. Perhaps there are no specific end conditions and the activity of the Commission is only to move at an unspecified rate toward a general and distant goal. This tends to make the whole statement less effective and suggests that the goal is basically unattainable.

The sub-objectives are more specific and realistic, Each implies an end condition which could be observed and described. It seems possible to attain these goals. However, it is not at all clear how the sub-objectives support or grow out of the general objective.

iv. Meta-policy is policy about formulating policies. Some of the questions to be addressed by meta-policy making are:

• what are the most important policy areas, such as those having to do with resource allocation; with accessibility; with individual need; with expansion of services; with improvement of existing services, etc.

• what groups should be included in the policy-making process.

• do we work for equality of opportunity by competing or by co-operating.

16. Finally, the CCLOW needs to spell out exactly what is meant by a learning opportunity, what function they serve in the life of a woman; what the minimum and the optimum conditions would be for various types of learning opportunities; what responsibilities for those functions could and should be held by various agencies, governments, and/or individuals?