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both and against which they must
unite their forces,” says the CP
statement. :

It calls on working people to
support the right to national self-
determination up to and including
theright to secession within a truly
united Canada which guarantees
thenational. rights and aspirations
of the French Canadian people,
their economic, national and
‘linguistic rights. These rights
“must beembodied in a new made-
in-Canada constitution based on

the equal voluntary partnership of.

the two nations, the French
Canadian and English speaking in
a bi-national state.”

“A united Canada which upholds
the national rights of the French
Canadian people, an independent
Canada based on public ownership
of natural resources and energy, a
Canada pursuing new economic
and social policies — these are the
essential ingredients upon which

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sent themselves one way in public
and to vote in secret against the
very things they pretend to sup-
port.

There is the additional fact that
the use of the secret ballot shows a
lack of political guts by our elected
representatives. If they support or
oppose any- proposed action by
council, why shouldn’t they have
the courage to voice their views
and cast their votes accordingly? A
secret ballot in council is nothing
less than political cowardice.

To the best of my knowledge,
Vancouver City Council in its 90-
year history has only used a secret
ballot once and that was. last
January when it removed me from
the Vancouver Resource Board.

Ido not challenge council’s right
to make such a decision, but I
certainly do challenge the gutless
method used to make -it. The
reason for a secret ballot was, of
course, the fact that in the election,
less than two months before, I
topped the polls with 49,000 votes
and in the face of this vote the
aldermen lacked the courage to
stand up and be counted when they
voted me out.

I know of no other city council in
Canada which conducts its busi-

ness by secret ballot. The secret -

ballot is a method to mislead and
deceive the voters, and I hope that
Vancouver voters will never again
allow this undemocratic method to
be used here.

I think citizens have a right to
know where TEAM and the NPA
and their representatives on
council stand on this issue. I also
think the voters would like to hear
what the mayor and NPA and
TEAM aldermen have to say about
MacKay’s slur on their honesty
when he suggested that although
they had stated in council that they

had changed their minds about the —

DERA grant, they would have
voted against it in secret. —

real national unity can be
achieved,’’ says the CP statement.

Recalling that international
solidarity has been part of the
tradition of May Day, the CP calls
for maximum international
solidarity with the struggle to end
apartheid, against racism and
colonialism in Southern Africa,
and an end to fascism and reaction
in Chile, Uruguay, Raraguay,
Argentine and Brazil.

Pointing out that May Day and
peace have always been
synonymous, the CP statement
says that the fight for peace, de-
tente and disarmament have never
been more urgent.

“The reactionary forees of
imperialism are striving to revert
to policies of confrontation and
cold war: This is the meaning of
their phoney campaign about
‘human rights’ in the Soviet Union
and about the so-called ‘Soviet
threat.” “‘This campaign is aimed
at interfering in the internal affairs
of the Soviet Union and other
socialist countries, and as a
pretext for undertaking an arms

’ race which will benefit the in-

dustrial military complex, ‘‘but
whose victims will be the jobs,
living standards and perhaps lives

-of the people.”

The CP’s May Day message calls
on Canadian working people to
oppose the cold war warriors and
to work for disarmament based on
equality of security for all coun-
tries. It urges a complete ban on
nuclear weapons, an end -to the
arms race, and initiation of steps
leading to general disarmament.

“The 20 percent increase in
arms spending by the Canadian
government, a consequence of U.S.

and NATO pressure, should ®
scrapped. Instead of an increas?
there ought to be 50 percett
decrease in arms expenditurt
with the money saved beilh
diverted to the creation of jobs al?
vocational training for the yo
generation of unemploye®
“Canada should withdraw fro
NATO and NORAD and work fo!
an end to all military blocs. TH?
most important task today is
stop the arms race,” says
statement. |
Calling for stronger bonds d
unity and solidarity, the @
statement said: ‘‘What is critic
today is the absolute necessity a
working class and democratit
unity. This unity is called for ®
help bring into being a democrat!
coalition dedicated to work fd
basic democratic reform, a new
made-in-Canada _constitutio?:
genuine Canadian independen
and a policy of peace and disa!
mament.” ~ ag
It repeats the Communis!
Party’s appeal to the NDP andi
members and supporters for unity
around a common program to
the balance of power increasing)
in favor of the working class a
democratic forces. ;
Calling on labor to make Ma)
Day 1977 an important milestone?
the advance of the working cla®
for peace, democracy and soc
progress, the CP statement poi
out that ‘‘bandaids’’
“cosmetics”? will not solve
crisis Canada faces, and that onl)
far-reaching measures of radi
reform aimed at curbing the powél
of the monopolies can ens
democratic advance and open ti
door to socialism in Canada. .

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