ht i a a The Canadian government ‘“‘has betrayed the vital interests’’ of the Canadian people by signing an um- brella weapons testing agreement Which paves the way for the United States to test the cruise missile here, the Communist Party of Canada has charged, In a Feb. 16 statement the CP a the federal government “‘is urther tying Canada to the nuclear War strategy of U.S. imperialism with all its catastrophic dangers to and the world.”’ The Canada-U.S. (CANUS) “st and Evaluation Program was fxd in Washington Feb. 11 ollowing an exchange of Plomatic notes between the U.S. ey aument and Canadian am- ‘assador Allan Gotlieb. Fae agreement leaves little doubt i a the primary focus of the treaty cruise missile, The cruise, hot- Y Protested in peace demonstra- tions around the world during the ie year, is the sole weapon men- Oned in Gotlieb’s note. «qUnder the CANUS agreement, flight corridors in Canada to be €d for the testing of cruise Missiles shall be selected to ensure eum disruption to civil air- i Operations and minimum turbance to persons on the &round,’? Elsewhere the agreement states fee ‘in no case shall nuclear, lological or chemical warfare materials be brought into Canada under the agreement. Cruise missiles shall be unarmed.” The cruise has been the target of mass peace demonstrations in Europe, particularly West Ger- many where it is to be deployed along with Pershing Il missiles in the latest round of the Reagan ad- ministration’s arms buildup of theatre nuclear weapons. Canadian peace activists have also focused on the cruise, a relatively small, unpiloted aircraft with the ability to avoid radar detection and change course accor- 6 | DISARMAMENT Cruise pact ‘betrays Canadians’ February it drew storms of protests and united several MPs from all parties, including the Liberals, in opposition to the project. That protest helped mold public opi- nion, and a Gallup poll last month showed that 52 percent of Cana- dians were opposed to cruise testing. That sentiment forced external affairs minister Allan MacEachen and prime minister Pierre Trudeau to downplay the cruise issue and to stress that Canada has the right to opt out of cruise tests under the umbrella agreement. ys ding to a pre-programmed flight pattern. It can deliver a 200-kiloton warhead with ‘house address ac- curacy’? and is designed specifically to attack Soviet missile silos. As such, it is a_first-strike weapon and constitutes a dangerous escalation in the arms race to which the Canadian govern- ment should not be party, disarma- ment activists have charged. When news of the proposed agreement came to light last Vou March 5th — 6:30 p.m. 805 East Pender Street, $7.50 | auspices: Kingsway Chik, CPC Peace council launc JOIN THE GREAT Ge We With GLOBE TOURS For any of your travel .needs, big or small. Let Globe Tours find ‘the best way for you! Hawaii @ Mexico @ Fiji Las Vegas @ Reno ® Calgary Montreal @ Paris @ London GLOBE TOURS 2679 East Hastings Street 253-1221 Vancouver, B.C. V5K1Z5 The CANUS agreement is covered by existing NATO ar- rangements and_ specific agreements between the Canadian department of national defense and the U.S. department of defense. While Canadian forces “command and control’? Cana- dian facilities at which the tests are carried out, any test involving “U.S. classified information and/or material’? will be under U.S. security control. A campaign to make Canada a nuclear weapons-free zone will be the focus. of activities. by. the, B.C. Peace Council, executive members from around the province decided at a weekend conference. The campaign calls for the removal of all nuclear weapons from Canadian territory, the pro- hibition of weapons tests and pro- duction in Canada, and the cancellation of ‘‘any and all treaties and agreements which either direct- ly or indirectly make Canada part of a first-strike nuclear strategy.”’ They have an ally in the Toronto city council, which has declared the city a nuclear weapons-free zone and has requested every municipality in Canada with a population more than 100,000 to initiate the same action. The Toronto council made its decision following requests from four organizations including the Canadian Peace Congress, the B.C. Peace Council’s parent body. The information was contained in a letter sent to several B.C. municipalities, including Van- couver, from Toronto city clerk Roy Henderson. } A nuclear weapons-free Canada, according to the Cana- dian Peace Congress, would mean the “‘storage, installation, deploy- ment, transit or possession ... testing, development or production of nuclear weapons”’ would be pro- hibited. The CANUS pact is to remain in force for five years, and will be automatically renewed for another five years. MacEachen has claimed that the agreement was signed ‘‘so that the Soviet Union will come to the bargaining table,’’ the Communist Party statement notes. “The truth is that the widening people’s movement for peace has given further impetus by the peace initiatives of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Treaty countries. Their latest proposal is that both NATO and the Warsaw Treaty countries sign a non-agression pact. “These latest peace initiatives, added to the Soviet Union’s earlier pledge never to be the first to use nuclear weapons, have all so far been rejected out-of-hand by the U.S. Reagan administration and NATO. “These facts expose the false argument that the Soyiet Union and the United States are equally responsible for the present dangerous international situation,’’ states the CP. The Communists call for ‘‘a mass people’s protest with mass ac- tions to refuse the cruise, to annul the U.S. weapons-testing agree- ment, to make Canada a nuclear weapons-free zone.”’ hes nuke-free drive This would include the ‘‘control, handling or involvement with nuclear weapons by Canadian Forces personnel, at home or abroad.”’ The campaign also calls on the Canadian government to “‘sign treaties with nuclear weapon states recognizing and respecting our status as a nuclear weapons-free zone ... and on that basis ex- cluding Canadian territory from their targeting plans.”’ For Canada, such a position would mean the withdrawal of all U.S. nuclear warheads currently stored in Canada, prohibit the U.S. from flying nuclear-armed aircraft over Canadian territory, and disallow from Canadian ports or territorial waters any nuclear- armed vessels, such as the U.S. Tri- dent submarine. The testing of the cruise missile and other nuclear weapons systems of foreign states would also be pro- hibited, the Congress states. The B.C. Peace Council ex- ecutives also decided to send bet- ween 10 and 15 delegates the “world assembly for peace and life’? in Prague, Czechoslovakia this June, and pledged to mobilize its members for the Apr. 23 peace march in Vancouver. Additionally, the council plans to host a delegation from the Soviet Peace Committee at the end of March. @ Divorce and Family Law RANKIN & COMPANY Barristers & Solicitors 4th Floor, 195 Alexander St., Vancouver, B.C. 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