eel. tracts. This arms products. Canada involved in killing game Canadian corporations are activelf involved in making a killing out of the armaments business. The killing game has proven very profitable for them, because according to a recent study Canadian companies produced half a billion dollars worth of war materials for the U.S. Defence Department in 1966-1972. The study was compiled by researchers at McGill University in Montreal under the direction of Prof. Samuel J. Noumoff of the political science department. The 252 page document called “How To Make a Killing,” makes a study of Canada’s involvement in the Vietnam War, and points out that Canada’s involvement continues as U.S. troops.and ‘“‘advisers” use Canadian-made weapons and materials in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. The McGill team found that at least 351 companies in Canada received contracts from the Pentagon between 1966 and 1972. They had great difficulty getting information from Ottawa on which Canadian companies got Pentagon contracts in Canada, but _ published U.S. sources were used and over 70 Canadian companies admitted to the McGill researchers that they got Pentagon con- The list of war suppliers for the Pentagon includes many of the top corporations in Canada. Some of the better known ones are: Noranda, Atlas Steel, Bata Engineering, Division of Bata Shoes, Alcan, Canadian Admiral Corp., dustries Ltd., Dominon Bridge, Douglas Aircraft, Honeywell, ITT, Trelli Cables, RCA, Sherritt Gordon Mines, IBM, United Aircraft, Uniroyal, Western Canada Steel and Wire Rope. Total value of Pentagon contracts to companies in Canada through 1972 was $540,539,535, according to the study. Largest sales were made through an intermediary company known as Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Crown corporation set up to act bet- ween the U.S. and Canadian companies. The study showed that slightly more than half of the half of about 300 companies who sought war contracts from the U.S. are foreign owned, with almost an equal number all-Canadian owned. The researchers also found that the federal government, through the department of industry, trade and commerce had made gifts totalling $458,643,906 between 1967 and 1971 to boost export sales of sum _ went Hawker Siddeley, Canadian In- 154 companies. Bargaining rights declared ultra vires The constitutional maze as to which level of government — federal or provincial — has jurisdiction over union cer- tification of fishermen and, in fact, the question of whether crew fishermen are considered em- ployees for purposes of bargaining came no closer to being cleared following the ruling by a federal court judge earlier this month. In response to action by 12 fishing companies in challenging the right of the federal labor relations board to claim jurisdiction over crew fishermen, Justice G.A. Addy outlined two major rulings — granting a writ of prohibition restraining the Canada Labor Relations Board from dealing with UFAWU certification as bargaining agent, and declaring ultra vires — outside the jurisdiction — of parliament that section of the new federal labor code describing crew fishermen as employees. Jack Nichol, secretary of the UFAWU which, along with the federal labor relations board, was a defendant in the case said the union wasn’t surprised with the federal court decision as the late Justice Davey had gone into the constitutional question in some depth during the 1967 Prince Rupert trawl-longline dispute and came to similar conclusions, namely that jurisdiction over bargaining rights is reserved for the provinces under the terms of the British North America Act. He added that the question was something of an academic one since “the labor relations board has refused to deal with out ap- plications for certification so far anyway.” The federal attorney-general or the unions involved in the dispute have until December 8 to lodge an appeal on the federal court ruling. SHOWING OF SOVIET FILMS Thurs. December 5th 7:30 p.m. New Westminster Pub. Library 716-6th Ave. Admission Free Ausp.: Canada-USSR Friendship Assoc. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1974—Page 12 Parounn Tw Peover la CP Rail plan to cancel Island service opposed The NDP government has servéd notice that it intends to fight any attempt by CP Rail to cancel its passenger service between Vic- toria and Courtenay. This was made clear by transport minister Bob Strachan in a statement in the legislature last Wednesday. He said the government is op- posed to the CPR-owned Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway closing down its passenger service, or any other service it operates. He Said the government will make a submission backing its stand to the Canadian Transport Commission, the federal government appointed board before which CP Rail is seeking to cut out the Island ser- vice. Strachan later told press in- terviewers that the railway was given substantial land grants on Vancouver Island on condition it provide services. On that ground alone, he said, the railway should not be allowed to cancel its one-tra- a-day passenger service. CP Rail has attempted on earlier occasions to cancel the passenger service but public protest by Vancouver Island citizens blocked it each time. Now they are making their most serious bid to cancel out the passenger service. The provincial government will be on solid ground in opposing CP Rail. At the last Canadian Tran- sport Commission hearing into the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway service the commission ordered the railway to improve its passenger system, but in spite of CIVIC ELECTION Cont'd from pg. 2 return their TEAM and candidates. As well, the relatively low vote registered by COPE candidate Lorne Robson indicated an inadequate involvement of the trade union movement in the campaign even though financial NPA assistance and endorsement of- both COPE and NDP candidates was forthcoming. Taken together — the increased vote for COPE and the reap- pearance of the NPA — the trend is clearly one of greater polarization of civic politics. In that situation, the relative Strength of. the progressive forces will depend largely on the extent to which they can act in concert — both during the next two years and in the 1976 elections. COPE has already begun in that regard and is planning a mem- bership meeting for December 11 to review its election results and to plan a campaign for the coming year. COPE president Bruce Yorke pointed out that COPE will be bringing pressure to bear on city hall to begin its own housing construction program and to block the CPR development on the North Shore and replace it with housing development. Yorke also emphasized the issue of municipal taxation and stated “we'll be carrying the campaign to city hall and right through to the Provincial government to win Support for our program of tax reform.” The program calls for full assessment at real market value of commercial-industrial property as well as the adoption of the principle that homes should be taxed for Services to homes only. “Above all,” Yorke declared, “we'll be campaigning over the next 24 months.” that CP Rail, which owns the line, has done nothing and the service is reported as bad as ever. The grant under which the 78 miles of railway line was originally built, running from Victoria to Wellington, was one of the most - Scandalous giveaways in Canadian history. In 1884 a charter was granted by the federal and provincial governments to Robert Dunsmuir and his group, which in return for building the 78 miles of railway to serve the public, granted them a $750,000 cash subsidy out of the public treasury along with 1,900,000 acres of land. At the time of the granting of the E. and N. charter it was known there were fabulously rich coal fields stretching some 200 miles out of Nanaimo worth many hundreds of millions of dollars. The Dun- smuir fortune was built on the E. and N. grant. Along with the Holiday issue The Tribune’s special holiday edition will be out on December 20. It will carry many lively and interesting features, and will be. in color. Greetings from clubs, organizations and individuals must be in the PT office no later than Friday, December 13. Hurry, get your ad in without delay. ~ N. grant. All this was given | | mineral rights there were TUB | tracts of some of the best Hm resources in B.C. : In later years the tim ; resources and real estate value” J) the land granted under the et h assumed much greater value the coal. Also, in later yee oo } Rail took over the railway 4 ant | with all the lands and mineral | forest wealth involved. The “nds A wealth taken out of the nas granted under the charter | never been calculated. Today some of the richest in lands owned by MacMillanB ‘1 (of which the CPR is 4 4 shareholder) are part of the eo 5 id, in return for building the 70-04 miles of railway and maintal bic railway service to meet cul needs. Now, the CPR wants 0 out the passenger Sef altogether. Over the years many demi Mi have been made for a return ° i, | and N. lands to the public do™ ‘gh but these have been unsucces> It was undoubtedly this ig Strachan had in mind when he | reporters after his statement P House that the railway was 8 com | substantial land grants o dition that it provide service Rail, present owners of the thal must be compelled to live up af || small commitment and upe dt || the service for which the peoP 2 el B.C. have paid many times The action of 500 landlords Tuesday night in deciding to with- draw vacant suites from the market at a time when thousands of people are without adequate accomodation, and when vacan- cies are at an all-time low, is the heighth of irresponsibility, said _tenant’s leader Bruce Yorke. Landlords from Greater Van- couver and Victoria voted at a closed meeting not to offer empty Suites for rent. They are reported to have decided to make some Suites available provided prospective tenants asks the at- torney-general to waive the new regulations’ adopted at the legislative session which ad- journed this week. eS 4 eS In a_ statement Wednesday morning, tenant’s leader Bruce Yorke accused the landlords of attempting to blackmail the government into abandoning its rent ceiling legislation. “It’s an ‘attempt to break the law on a mass : scale, and to force prospective tenants to join them under duress - of the need for a place to live,” said Yorke. ; He added that ‘‘if ever there was a demonstration of the fact that the housing needs of the people can never be met as long as private profit is the aim of those provin- ding housing, this is it.” Yorke said that the irresponsible action of the landlords points up once again the need for a massive public low-rental housing program by all levels of government. “The government should get on Landlord's action blasted by Yorke}; «a thos? with the job of prosecuting Ne landlords who are violatin® new legislation,” said Yorke. _~ [® . iy i . . 4 current rate of inflation. - bargaining unit as the gra!” -protesting the same conc GRAIN STRIKE rT th S > ; Cont'd from pg. 1 tio8 d | about 10.5% over the dura the contract. ‘ he “That’s 1.1% less thai Guy said. sé tor The unacceptable incr eat | proposed by the conciliation fo! i — calculated on the inspe© present rate of $4.33 — ’ contrasted with the grain ha spl rates which will be raised tone December 1, the second step the increase recommended DY aoa Perry report which the ?/9)| companies only accepted weeks .ago. ye! “The grain inspectors h# vil completely justifiable dispul® jsf the federal treasury board 19 (4 their wages have not kept 1) with others in the industry: tio” Guy stated. “The B.C. Feder ibe of Labor is taking every P? oct step to ensure a full and eff@# strategy for winning this dist by He added: “A lengthy st” fy the inspectors could have reaching repercussions in the “ye industry across the country if called on the federal tre vit boarb “to stop shilly-sha™ a around and enter into seri0 realistic collective barg@ immediately. Meat inspectors, in the init e ap spectors but legally forbiddet strike as their services aré pat sidered essential to safety; gh begun a work-to-rule camp2} fa report.