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which have their origin in-the cold
war and McCarthyism. Their aim
in so doing is not the security of
Canada but making Canada safe
for the multi-national corporations
and their super-profits.

The Communist Party of
Canada stands for the real secur-
ity of Canada based on the unre-
stricted defence of its sovereignty
and independence. This is why
we advocate public ownership of
Canada’s natural resources and
democratic control over the U.S.

branch plants in Canada. This is ~

why we call for a made-in-Canada
Constitution based on the equal
voluntary partnership of the En-
glish speaking and French Cana-
dian people in a bi-national state.
This is why we call for the adop-
tion of a Bill of Rights guarantee-
ing democratic rights for all
Canadians as part of such a new
made-in-Canada Constitution.
And this is why we advocate a
foreign policy based on peaceful
co-existence, on detente and
disarmament, in conditions of
equality of security, as the only
sane alternative to the danger of
world nuclear war.

We believe these constitute
firm building blocks for the na-
tional security of Canada, particu-
larly if to these measures are
added economic and Social
policies leading to full employ-

ment and nising standards . ..

There is an effort to label
socialism a subversive ideology
and create the impression that its
origins are foreign. This is utter
nonsense. Socialist ideas have
existed in Canada for a very long
time. They arise from the deeply
felt desire of a growing body of
Canadians to bring an end to in-
equality, poverty, indignity, alie-
nation, exploitation, economic
crises, and achieve a more just,
more humane society in Canada.

Communist Program

The Communist Party of
Canada throughout its ‘existence
has stood for a socialist Canada
and worked to win support of
Canadians for its achievement.
The Communist Party of Canada
has always undetstood that
socialism cannot be imposed on a
people; it must be supported by
them and carried through by
them. That is why in our Pro-
gram, The Road to Socialism in
Canada we state:

“The Communist Party de-
fends the historically evolv
popular institutions of Canadian
democracy. It is dedicated to
democratic advance and defends
the democratic and_ statutory
rights of the people against reac-
tionary attacks and seeks to ex-
tend these rights. The Communist
Party is not a party of coups,
putches or conspiracies. It op-
poses acts of individual terrorism
and those who would replace per-
sistent and constant work on the
revolutionary education and

organization of the masses with
empty pseudo-revolutionary
phrases and irresponsible calls for
action without regard to the actual
situation’’. (page 67 — Road to
Socialism) In the program policies
and activities of the CPC there is
nothing illegal or harmful to the
national security of Canada.

In this connection it may be

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useful to refer again to the fake
communique issued by the RCMP
under the name of Front de
Libération du Québec.

Here one has an example not
only of paranoia gone wild but of
provocation and dirty tricks to
achieve certain political ends.
What was the purpose of this fake
communique calling upon the
Quebec people to rise in armed
revolt? One of its aims was an
attempt to create an atmosphere
of hysteria and thereby stampede
the public into acceptance of the
need for repressive measures.

More significant however were
its political aims. After all, no
revolutionary situation existed
either in Quebec or the rest of the
country then or now. What was
the purpose of this fake com-
munique then? Its purpose was to
discredit a political party, in this
case the Parti Québécois, in the
interests of another political par-
ty. But above all, this illegal ac-
tion of the RCMP was undertaken
to legitimize further illegal and
undemocratic measures and
thereby prevent the assertion by
the French Canadian people of
their right to national self-deter-
mination.

Now that it is publicly admitted
the FLQ communique was fake,

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how many other fake com-
muniques and leaked stories are
yet to be uncovered?

This leads us to the question:
who decides what constitutes na-
tional security? Is it the RCMP
itself? Or does such a decision
arise from Government policies
which are executed by that body
and its Security Branch? This has
a bearing on the question of re-

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sponsibility for the illegal ac-
tivities undertaken by the Sec-
urity Branch. Ever since these il-
legal activities were drawn to pub-
lic attention there has been an ef-
fort to pass the buck. It is
suggested in some quarters that
responsibility for the illegal acts
rests on this or that individual, or
on the RCMP as such.

» We do not propose to minimize

the responsibilities of the Security
Branch of the. RCMP or of the
RCMP as such for the illegal ac-
tions undertaken. These must be
dealt with and not whitewashed
or wished away. But in the final
analysis responsibility rests not
only on the Minister in charge but
on the Government under whose
authority the RCMP acted and
continues to act. Who was re-
sponsible for the military occupa-
tion of Quebec? Was it the
RCMP, the military, or the
Government and those in Parlia-
ment who voted for the War Mea-
sures Act? Who was responsible
for the illegal actions undertaken
by the Security Branch? The
source of these responsibilities
has to do with Government
policies, with concepts about na-
tional security, with anti-dem-
ocratic attitudes which express
themselves in hostility to the

- trade union movement, to dem-

ocratic reforms, to social change.

This can only mean that the .

RCMP and other institutions are
being used as instruments not
only of Government policy be it
Liberal or Conservative, but as
instruments of the status quo.
Parliamentary Control

In their totality, these illegal ac-
tivities and anti-democratic
policies suggest that a process of
degeneration and degradation of
democracy is taking place in
Canada with illegality and arbit-
rariness replacing the rule of law.
This in fact is the most serious
aspect of what has occurred. It
would not only be shortsighted
but extremely dangerous to close
one’s eye to this development.

In our opinion the way to come
to grips with the illegalities per-
petrated by the Security Branchis
by democratization ef the RCMP
and by undertaking effective par-
liamentary control over its ac-
tivities. There cannot be two
laws, one for the RCMP and
another for the Canadian people.
The RCMP must uphold civil and

. myth of ‘a Soviet threat”

democratic rights. Canadi
must not allow a situatioly
which, to all intents and purpo%

and is outside the control of
democratic institutions of 7
Canadian people. To prev
this, the RCMP and the a
forces must be subordinated '
civil law and to the democratil@
designated — authorities,
paranoid and anti-democl)
elements removed from thes¢)
stitutions. We have enough* —
sons from history, including”
more recent period, to empha
how important that is.
Cold War Vestiges :
-A major conclusion from ?
events being examined is )
necessity for a specific "i
conduct which clearly deline®
the nature and scope of secull!
Within that context the timé
long overdue to eliminate all ©
tiges of the cold war in the vat"
institutions of Government ®
the state as well as in the mind!
people.
The cold war, based on

meated most facets of life’
Canada. It still finds expres
today in the various activities’
the Security Branch aif
against the working class 4
democratic movements. It ish
that one finds the roots of
problem. It is more.than tim)
dismantle these relics of the @)
war and of McCarthyism. Inde)
unless this is done Canada ¥)
continue to be plagued by attat)”
on civil and constitutional righ”
all in the name of national sec!”

ty. This emphasizes the need fo!
code of conduct which est)
lishes a clear separation betw&)

what .is security and what |
legitimate policial dissent. If
state has no business in the 0
rooms of the nation, neither
the Security Branch nor

RCMP any business to interfe :
in the democratic political life"
the country.

Whois responsible?

The electronic surveillance of
the leaders of the Communist
Party of Canada raises anew the
question: ‘‘Who is responsible?”’
To date the RCMP has refused to
comment, answering inquiries
with a careless, ‘‘You don’t ex-
pect me to answer that do you?”’.
But the following list of police-
government anti-democratic ac-
tivities, compiled by the Student
Christian Movement, shows that
rather than upholding the legal
basis of democracy, the police,
courts and laws have been di-
rected toward the total stifling of
dissent in Canada.

With such a wealth of damning
evidence and precedents is there
any logical answer to the bugging
of the offices of the Communist

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Mail opening ©
Theft

Breaking and entering
Arson

Bombing

Forcible detentions

Provocatuer activities

False comm

Infiltration of legal organizations
Compilation of files on individuals

exercising legal democratic rights .
(such as demonstrating or attend-

ing meetings)
Intimidation of individuals exercis-

in legal democratic rights

Disruption through promoting job
losses, conflict within organiza-
tions, false leadership, false
rumors, coercive recruitment of

informers using “embarrassing’’

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_Vealing of sources in courts,

information (often obtained i€e"/
ly), forcible detention, threat” _
prosecution or deportation .
Interference with ‘free

through recruitment of PI)
people as spies, parties

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moval of “privileges” at gove™
ment press conferences et
Interference with “free unveil
ty” through use of RCMP iy
army intelligence on campuseh
formers’ files on students and

turers, cutting back o ‘danger
courses’’
Government failure to prosecut!
legal acts, denial of ministerial

sponsibility, coverup of involv
ment in all of these activities: