ae Canadian Labor Congress 3 olutely correct when it states Nite nothing for working people for those on fixed incomes in er budget,’ said Canadian jgrunist leader William Non his arrival in Van- Tuesday to address a series C meetings in B.C. mete will speak at a Van- rally in the Grandview unity Centre this coming tl Y at 8 p.m. where he will be the Turner budget. (See lS Of rally below). “hvep , ) hing ner Fonda, film star and peace activist, speaking at nce at Peace Arch Park last Saturday. (Story, Here is the text of Kashtan’s statement. on the budget: The Turner budget is ey a corporation and rich mans budget, based on the concept that what is good for monopoly is good for the country. In line with this the government will continue indefinitely : its giveaway gifts to the corporations to the tune of $500 million annually. This is in sharp contrast to the piddling income tax deductions given to low income groups. —Sean Griffin photo the rally and press photo, page 3). Most importantly, the budget shies away from a full employment policy. True enough, Mr. Turner claims there will be four per cent growth in the economy next year, but as against his rosy and false The government’s proposed amendments to the Landlord and Tenant Act — Bill 169 — is now before the Legislature for third reading. That’s the amendment stage before final ratification. It may be before the House for a week to 10 days. Time is running out to get it changed. : The B.C. Tenants Organization has appealed to the public to wire, phone or write to housing minister Lorne Nicholson urging that the NDP government amend the legislation in-line with 9 amend- ments proposed by the BCTO. The nine amendments are: e Establish a full time B.C. Rental Authority. e Require public hearings on rents before the B.C. Rental Authority. . e Provide that commencing in 1976 the maximum rents for the wlth incomplete results Thur- Ment Morning when the Tribune ne ® press, Alderman Harry fy! Was running a_ strong aN Mm the Vancouver alder- Hoye Tace, with COPE candidates . & Considerable strength. bye again the voters of Van- thi, Showed the high regard in . they hold Alderman hoo S fight on council for lig,, “SSive policies. In an election yg Statement Rankin said he lege Atified at the support he p> and at the advances hy, _ade in the election. ‘“We ® good program,” he said, Mime td for basic things and Mn g,fely COPE’s program will int, mammoth job to do to be ballots on Wednesday night, ep votes of candidates for eng et School board and parks Were not available early Ney, day Morning, but indications None that tenants leader Bruce bios and community leader Sowie Erikson made _ strong ages in the aldermanic race BPE. € support of the Vancouver Merate In the mayoralty race TEAM candidate Art Phillips was reelected but with a substantially reduced majority in a popular vote which ran slightly over 30 percent. TEAM also captured most seats judging by early results in the school board and parks board race. However, a serious warning for ALD. HARRY RANKIN progressive voters was the comeback staged in the council race by the NPA. Two years ago the right. wing civic group was almost wiped out. It appears now that the NPA will capture four of the ten council seats, giving them a strong base from which to work to restore the NPA as an alternative in Vancouver politics. Although there was a small measure of unity achieved between COPE, labor and NDP in that both COPE and the NDP ran partial slates endorsed by labor, the ‘failure of progressive forces in Vancouver to mount a _ united campaign and to provide a strong alternative to TEAM has opened the door to the right wing NPA to start on the comeback trail as an alternative in civic government. The need for greater civic unity * of COPE, NDP and labor forces appears to be the main lesson in Wednesday’s civic election vote. It will also be a decisive factor in determining what policies the new city council will follow in the next two years. promise, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development claims that Canada’s economic growth will be restricted to one per cent next year. This means that unemployment may grow to seven per cent by then. The fact is that the budget will neither cope with inflation and eroding living standards or with the recessionary trends in Canada. Indeed, while Mr. Turner spoke of the twin problems of inflation and slow growth the budget does little or nothing to cope with the threat to VOL. 36, No. 46 es succeeding calendar year be set according to classifications of premises, and that this procedure be followed for each succeeding calendar year. e Delete the 12% renovation cost from rents and deal with this aspect through Municipal Rental Authorities. e Delete the entire security deposit section and provide for immediate return of all existing ones, ‘e Provide in unambiguous fashion that those in mobile homes, and those who are lodgers and ° roomers are covered; and delete presently excluded categories, basement suite dwellers, those paying over $500 a month rent and others. e All rents for new premises from January 1, 1975 onward be set by the B.C. Rental Housing Authority. e The rights of tenants to form associations and -councils; to bargain with landlords over rents and conditions, and to aid in law enforcement. e Authority for municipalities to establish Municipal Rental bodies to administer and enforce all the jobs and living standards of working people. The budget shies away as well from coming to grips with the housing crisis. Mr. Turner “‘hopes”’ that 200,000 housing units will be built in 1975 as against 172,000 housing units this year. But it should be remembered that 268,000 housing units were built in 1973. Turner’s budget does not intend to keep pace with that figure but drop to 200,000. This means there will continue to See KASHTAN, pg. 3 Tribune = 15° landlord-tenant matters in the municipality, including the right to vary maximum rents either up- wards or downwards, subject to final approval by the B.C. Rental Housing Authority. Such Municipal Rental bodies shall be set up on a representative. basis (landlords, tenants, mutually acceptable chairman) to be appointed by-the B.C. Rental Housing Authority, and with costs to be borne 90% by the province and 10% by the municipalities. The BCTO urges the public to support all nine amendments, but to place particular stress on the last one — giving authority to set up municipal rental bodies. It points out that this particular amendment constitutes official NDP policy, and that the Van- couver city council has unanimously supported motions to this general effect. Above all, says the tenants organization — ACT NOW! Tuesday night the Vancouver Labor Council reaffirmed its Support of the tenant’s organization and decided to meet with tenant’s leader Bruce Yorke with a view to bringing about amendments to the Act. Kashtan speaks Sunday Communist Party leader William Kashtan winds up a -week’s tour of B.C. points with a public rally in Vancouver on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. at the. Grandview Community Centre, 3350 Victoria Dr. Subject of -Kashtan’s address in Vancouver will be “Unite to .Fight Unemployment and In- flation.” His B.C. tour is part of a national campaign by the Communist Party for both higher wages to offset the ravages of inflation, and for a rollback of prices. During the tour, besides outlining the Communist viewpoint on the critical issues ‘facing the Canadian people today, Kashtan will emphasize the Party’s year of building, during which it aims to sub- ‘stantially increase membership and boost readership of the Party’s periodicals. Kashtan leaves for Saskat- chewan following his Van- couver rally.