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THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

"ECONOMY"

gions. What the areas needed
was a comprehensive plan.
In a nutshell, we’re one of
the richest countries in the
world, with an incredible
amount of poverty, which
causes crime, disease, lost in-

dustrial output, and stop-gap -

welfare schemes.

The baby bonus isn’t per-
haps such a hot-shot idea,
either, the Council said.

What we have to do is take

a long hard look at a guaran-
teed income plan.

SIMPLE STATISTICS

“A few simple statistics”
were offered in the Review to
support its statements about
the poverty crisis. The life ex-
pectancy of an average Cana-
dian Indian woman is TWEN-
TY-FIVE YEARS.

That, said the Council, is
“brutal.” What’s to be done?
Generally, :

—Maintain high employ-

ment and “strong and stable”
economic growth;

—A wide sense of public
commitment;

—Local participation in
anti-poverty programs;

—aAnti-poverty plans ori-
ented toward PEOPLE, not
resources;

—A blend of “income-main-
tenance” and other plans to
let people participate more
fully in the economic life of
the nation;

—Better business manage-
ment and stress on develop-
ment and research, and
__—Price stability.

The Review is just plain
frightening. The situation is
frankly terrible. The only
question is—will the Trudeau
government act?

Mr. Trudeau and his min-
isters have the diagnosis. They
have the prescription. Will
they give sick Canada the
medicine and cure its disease?

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“SWEDEN”

also control the Upper House
which is also elective. J
The victory was made
sweeter by the big loss suf-
fered by the Communists. In
former years, the Communists
have been able to hold about
eight seats in the Lower
House, just enough to hold
the balance of power. In this
election they lost five seats
while the Social Democrats

gained 12 for a total of 125.
The. opposition holds 107.

1,600,000 MEMBERS

The LO today has over
1,600,000 members affiliated.
Well over 90 percent of blue
collar, 60 percent of white col-
lar, workers belong to unions,
the white collar group having
a central organization of its
own.

The combination of Social

Democratic government
backed by a strong trade un-
ion movement has given
Sweden the second highest
standard of living in the
world together with a virt-
ually strike-free collective
barsainins svstem.

Other factors are of course
also important in this nation’s
constant growth and stability
—a modern educational sys-
tem, advanced technology and
manpower policies, a highly
trained working force and

’ one of the world’s most pro-

gressive social security sys-
tems.

A land of no rich and no
poor—that’s Sweden.

After 70 years of history,
the trade union movement
has much to look back upon
and forward to.

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"HOUSING"

people, and to rebuild the de-
cayed parts of our cities.
More loans and grants should
be made to help people buy
and modernize older houses.

3. Municipal authorities
must act quickly to acquire
large tracts of land, before
they are actually needed, and
under compulsory powers if
necessary to counteract the
problems of fast-rising land
prices in urban centres.

Buy more land now,
rather than try to control
prices, Professor Donnison
advises. The land thus ac-
quired can then be leased to
private developers, for exam-
ple, when the time is ripe for
development.

Such programs may call
for a large initial investment
by the government, but there-
after they generally cover
their costs or make a profit.

4. Governments will re-
quire reliable information
about housing needs and the
economic and social trends
underlying them. Continued

research, therefore, is an es- .

sential part of a comprehen-
sive housing policy.

5. A political consensus
must be mobilized to lead
governments to commit them-
selves to more ambitious ob-
jectives.

6. Having achieved that,
government departments at
all three levels—federal, pro-
vincial and municipal—must
be ready, organized and
linked in their planning for
housing, and prepared to do
the creative thinking neces-
sary for continued movement
toward better housing for
Canadians.

DELEGATES OF LOCAL 1-363 IWA COURTENAY

IN MEMORIAM

Mr. Dee Shoolingin passed
away at the Royal Jubilee
hospital in Victoria, B.C. on
September 27th, 1968.

Mr. Shoolingin who was:
bern in Tientsin, China on
August 24th, 1908 is survived
by his wife, Nina at Duncan,
B.C., a son Dee Shoolingin of
Victoria, B.C. and a daughter
Mrs. Nina Preston, of Hono-
lulu, Hawaii, also two sisters,

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Mrs. W. Maeker, in Germany,
Mrs. W. Jordan in England,
and a brother Leon Shoolin-
gin, in Paris, France.

The late Dee Shoolingin has
worked as Janitor for several
years at the IWA office in
Duncan. He came to Canada
in 1952, having resided for a
number of years in the Do-
minican Republic. On arriv-

SSS ee

ing in Canada he first resided
at Qualicum Beach for a year,
then he moved to a farm out-
side of Duncan, later moving
to a home on Charlotte Street,
in Duncan, where he and his
wife have since resided.

A private memorial service
was held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Linder at Eagle
Heights, Duncan, B.C. Mr,
Garth Cook officiated.

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