antl

; lect

yanmediate demands for equal
4a with English Canada for
sf “ae working people, and
oe € Organization of a demo-
Dolice Common front against the
: atist State program and corpor-
ia State measures of today’s
Dio lc government, were the
rity tasks undertaken by the
cation of the Commun-
teal tty of Quebec, held in Mon-
r On Nov. 28, 29 and 30.
, ‘mee were advanced in the
oo of struggle” section of
ae Report of the Na-
Byes Cmte, adopted by the
in Bon as its main Resolu-
é he report was submitted
amuel Walsh who was re-
€d president of the CPQ.
Quebe democratic struggle in
also = today was the subject
ted 5 a special resolution adop-
the iM the Convention. Urging

ee of Pierre Valliéres,

€s Gagnon and all political
ae the resolution welcom-
Ueber Be sion of the recent
Ventio ederation of Labor con-
fe derati as well as of the Con-
Union 10n of National Trade
emo s, to contest the anti-
Pee cations by-law of Mont-

$ city council and to call
tres € unity of trade union cen-
ina all the working and
agai Tatic people of . Quebec
“Inst the police state legisla-

io pe aac eae
ment of the provincial govern-

.

Driso;

the € main resolution called on

ine is sliding; to advance a
Workin of struggle for the
Xploit Class and for the other
Vv: a €d sections of our socie-
the nd to equip ourselves with
Banipe tical, ideological and or-
that eaonal means necessary sO
of va ur Party can win the role
ie finding the revolu-
The TY way out of the morass.”

€conomic, political and cul-
Crises of Quebec society

tive] CPQ: “to analyse objec-
crite the evolution of the
ae Situation into which
i :

turg
; ]

Re. Were analysed.
t

me cenizing ‘the disparity be-
Enel; Wages in Quebec and in
opeish Canada—‘“the majority
4ebec working people suffer
resohy Unequal pay”’—the main
that on states: “One can say
0 lj € fight to close this gap,
_ 'Minate at last unequal pay,

Ig
vot Struggle which can in-
strug ae working class in the
and oe for national equality
tion a national self-determina-
Other ore unanimously than any
tus, Gestion of linguistic, cul-
inatio or constitutional discrim-
Society, For each class in our
Quenc., experiences the conse-
ae of the domination by
Polieg canadian and U.S. mono-
Tea, dy oy its own way, and is
Rts we fight for its class inter-
Solutio Ove all, including in the
tion.» n of the national ques-
momtlyzing how the “economic
S into which we are slid-

‘Quebec CP stresses —

ing’ is expressed in various
ways, the main resolution de-
clares, “Although Quebec has
about 30 percent of the Cana-
dian population, Quebec has al-
ways seemed to have 40 percent
of the unemployed. But in 1969
the percentage rose to 43 per-
cent, and for a time reached 50
percent of the Canadian total.”
The continuous and rapid rise
in the cost of living, the high
taxation — “‘Quebecers are the
most taxed in Canada”; the chro-
nic crisis of municipal finances;
the intensification of efforts by
the federal and Quebec govern-
ments to wipe out the small
farm and fisherman were cited
as further aspects of the eco-
nomic crisis developing in Que-
bec, as well as the lack of jobs
for young people.

The inter-relation of the eco-
nomic and political crises of
Quebec is treated in the Main
Resolution. “In face of the eco-
nomic situation which is wor-
sening,” it states, “and the re-
sistance of the workers, the
farmers, the students, the tea-
chers and the forces who are
fighting for national self-deter-
mination, the Union Nationale
government, supported by the
Liberal party and often by the
leader of the Parti Québecois,
decided to impose austerity, and
the policy of the French-Cana-
dian bourgeoisie on the national
question. To these ends the gov-
ernment introduced very serious
measures which are taking us
towards a police, corporatist
state.”

Indicating ‘that the solution
of the political crisis in Quebec
requires the working class to
have an independent policy, the
CPQ convention decided, “Our
Party must increase its deter-
mined efforts for a mass move-
ment independent of the bour-
geois parties, whether it is in
the form of a united front of all
the central labor bodies and the
farmers’ union with political
parties such as our own and the

NDP of Quebec, or in the form
of a federated political party. . Ae!

The main resolution of the 3rd
Convention of the Communist
Party of Quebec concludes with
the declaration that, “The pre-
cious, even indispensable con-
tribution of the CPQ to the
working class and revolution-
ary movement consists of the
following: that while joining
the national struggle and the
struggle for equality of French-
Canadians, we always put to the
fore the necessity of unity, of
the solidarity of the workers.
We bring the Leninist, interna-
tionalist spirit to the struggle,
and we underline the link be-
tween the struggle for the im-
mediate demands and the strug-
gle for socialism. For these rea-
sons we insist strongly on the
unity and cohesion of the Com-
munist Party of Canadai.”

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A draft of the principles on
which all Soviet laws for health
protection are to be based has
been published and thrown open
for country-wide study.

U.S.S.R. Minister of Health B.
Petrovsky opened the public
discussion in an article printed
in the government paper Izves-
tia, in which he recalls that the
Soviet public health system
came into being under the dir-
ect guidance of V. I: Lenin, the
centenary of whose birth is be-
ing marked in 1970.

“Lenin pointed out that, in a
non-socialist society, there is no
salvation for mankind from
wars, famine, and premature
death of millions upon millions
of people,” Mr.  Petrovsky
writes. “The epoch-making de-
crees on peace and land and the
decrees which followed them on
the nationalization of large-
scale industry, on an 8-hour
working day, and on social in-

“surance created the necessary

preconditions for the organiza-
tion of real protection of health
of the people in the U.S.S.R.

“This marked the beginning
of a new era in history, the
start of a new chapter in the
annals of public health of our
country. The foundation -of a
socialist public health system
was! laid down. For the first
time in world history, a state
shouldered the responsibility
for the health of its citizens.

“Medical aid free and acces-
sible to the entire population of
the country, the state and plan-
ned nature of development, the
unity of the whole public health
system, and_ its. prophylactic
trend, the close ties between
science and practice, and the
broad participation of the en-
tire population in the protection
of public health—all these be-
came the main principles of the
public health system.

“Adhering to these principles,
our country succeeded in a his-
torically short period of time in
setting up a solid material basis,
solving the problem of training
medical personnel, wiping out
many infectious diseases, cut-
ting the mortality rate to one-
fourth, and more than doubling
the life span of the Soviet
people.

“The further tasks in the pro-
tection of public health were
defined in the Program of the
Communist Party. This is care
for the constant improvement
of health of the whole popula-
tion: an extensive state prog-
ram designed to prevent illness,
wipe out mass infectious di-
seases, establish a healthier en-
vironment, improve in every
possible way the living and
working conditions of the peo-
ple, improve and further ex-
pand the system of dispensary
check-up, and increase longe-
vity of the Soviet people.

“The draft of the fundamental
law of health envisages the
legal securing of not only the
rights of citizens to qualified
medical aid, open to all and
free of charge, but also their
duty to take care of their own
health and the health of other
members of society.

“The draft law includes a
clause on the professional du-
ties and rights of medical and
pharmaceutic workers. Gradu-
ates of medical colleges will be
required to take the Hippocratic
oath before receiving the lofty
title of doctor which entails
noble civic duties.

“The bill specifically singles
out the clause on the duties of

doctors and other medical staff
in preserving medical secrets.

“Heretofore, the laws of only
some Soviet republics required
that surgical operations be made
only with the consent of the pa-
tients, and on children of up to
16 and mental cases with the
consent of their parents or guar-
dians. Now this clause is pro-
posed for introduction in the
laws of all the Union republics.
The same is being suggested
with regard to the complicated
methods of diagnosing. The ca-
pacities of science have in-
creased immeasurably, and the
methods for obtaining informa-
tion necessary for accurate dia-
gnosis have become more com-
plicated. Yet, with the utiliza-
tion of.the new methods, the in-
terests of the patients should
not be infringed in any way.
Such are the requirements of
Soviet medical ethics.

“A special section of the bill
deals with the question of pro-
tection of maternity and child-
hood, of providing medical and
disease prevention assistance to
women, especially in the period
of pregnancy, with clinical
supervision over the state of
children and juveniles. Our aim
is to bring up a young healthy
generation with a harmonious
physical and mental develop-
ment.

“Health protection in our
country is a national cause. That
is precisely why for the first
time in Soviet legislation the
duties of heads of enterprises,
establishments and organiza-

tions, and other officials: have
been set down for rendering as-
sistance to -doctors and other
medical staff in the discharge of
their professional duties.

“A special place belongs to
the questions connected with
improving the hygienic condi-
tions of labor, way of life and
recreation of the population.

“The bill contains new propo-
sitions which define more accur-
ately the hygiene requirements
in the planning and construction
of inhabited localities, aimed at
eliminating and preventing the
pollution of the atmosphere,
water, etc. The sanitation-epide-
miological service can veto the
introduction of new and the per-
manent or temporary utilization
of the operating enterprises,
shops and individual installa-
tions and other units, without
the presence of structures en-
suring the effective cleansing,
neutralization and trapping of
waste products.

“In this connection one can-
not but recall Lenin’s wonder-
ful words: ‘Sanitation is every-
thing. It prevents all diseases.
We are very fond of treating
patients, and are very condoles-
cent about those who die, and

~we do very little to prevent

diseases and early, premature
deaths.’

“When studied and _ supple-
mented by nation-wide discus-
sion and approved by the U.S.S.R.
Supreme Soviet, the bill will be-
come a truly popular law on the
most important element of our
wealth—human health.”

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