10 ae t- 1 eae CD ee ee inate THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER . HOUSING FOUNDATION PLANNED By CHARLES SCHILLE Editor, Manitoba Co-operator Lagging and largely dis- jointed efforts in develop- ment of co-operative housing in Canada are to be replaced with a vigorous program to put new housing within the reach of middle and low in- come Canadians, it was de- cided at a national conference in Winnipeg June 9 and 10. Some two dozen top repre- sentatives of various sectors of the co-operative movement and other interest groups voted unanimously to estab- lish a Canadian Housing Foundation. Objectives of the foundation, which is expected to be launched within 10 weeks, are to promote and co-ordinate co-op housing de- velopments in cities across Canada. One target men- tioned during background discussions was 15,000 new units per year. FROM PAGE 1 The proposed Canadian Housing Foundation, the con- ference agreed, should be operated by a board of di- rectors drawn from the Co- operative Union of Canada, the Canadian Labor Congress and the Canadian Union of Students (university). A mo- dest fund to initiate a na- tional co-operative housing organization recently set up by the CUC and CLC, with Central Mortgage and Hous- ing Corporation matching the financial contribution of the two bodies. Inaugural functions of the foundation, as envisaged by the conference representa- tives, would be primarily of co-ordinating type. It would set up a roster of specialists in financial, architectural and legal fields. These would be privately practising profes- sionals acquainted with the uncommon practices involved “DISCRIMINATION” “No Negro salesclerk — I can do what you ask, I just can’t write it down”. Pointing out that the Jew- ish Labour Committee was not interested in harassing the officers concerned or jeop- ardizing their positions, Mr. Rubinstein called upon Man- power Minister Marchand to “undertake a vigorous pro- gram designed to inform and educate the employees of the CR 2 Wy, Sey Manpower offices in respect of their duties under the hu- man rights laws of this country”. The next day, under a bar- rage of angry questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Marchand promised swift ac- tion to correct the impropri- eties disclosed in the J.L.C. Survey. —Human Rights Review 1 Ville . . . GO CHECK THAT LAST FUSE. . . BUT KEEP YER HARD HAT ON! in co-op housing development. A small staff of the founda- tion itself would provide gen- eral and technical informa- tion to assist groups planning co-op housing projects. Membership in the Cana- dian Housing Foundation, it was proposed, should include provincial or regional co-op housing associations, church bodies and service organiza- tions engaged in providing non-profit housing, local oper- ating co-op housing associa- tions where no regional group exists, and possibly informal groups of persons promoting co-op housing in the absence of organized action. A nomi- nal membership dues scale is to be established. The kind of co-operative housing projected by the con- ference revolves around town house, multi-storey apartment block and campus residence variety. It was agreed that LEAGUE TO STREAMLINE SERVICES Delegates attending the an- nual convention of the B.C. Credit Union League, June 19-23, at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, endorsed a number of resolutions designed to streamline credit union serv- ices and increase their effi- ciency of operations. These resolutions called for the adoption of a plan of ac- half of Canada’s Centennial. PIERR 1967 51 Family Team the traditional single-family house, feeding the hectic ur- ban sprawl and driving own- ership cost beyond the reach of most city dwellers, should receive only minor consider- ation. Among other decisions reached at the conference were proposals that: e Central (provincial) credit societies be included as approved lenders under the National Housing Act. © Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation operat- ing policy be altered to pro- vide co-op housing associa- tions with mortgage advances on basis of construction pro- gress instead of basis of membership level. © University student hous- ing co-operatives be eligible to receive federal sales tax rebates on building materials, as are universities themselves. e The National Housing Act be amended with addition tion that will bring the two provincial credit union organ- izations together as one oper- ation. Until now B.C. Central Credit Union, which provides financial services to credit unions as corporate bodies, and the B.C. Credit Union League, a service and promo- tion organization owned by the individual credit unions, Atos Hine WM (Craftsmanshiys A series from the Masters dedicated in Canada’s Centennial Year to the men privileged to wear footwear created by the skilled hands of Paris craftsmen, working in living leather for over WILHELM LEEBL, Pencil, VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON, ENGLAND SIR EDWARD JOHN POYNTER OUR PROUD BOAST: “WHEN BETTER BOOTS ARE MADE, PARIS WILL MAKE THEM“ E PARIS & SONS West Hastings Street Vancouver 3, B.C. Craftsmanship since 190 VOLK In of a section whereby occu- pants of co-operative housing undertaken for low income families can become the act owners. Dr. Alexander Laidlaw, general secretary of the Co- operative Union of Canada, Ottawa, commended the Co- operative Housing Associa~ tion of Manitoba for sponsor- ing the national conference. It exemplified the pioneering spirit of the Manitoba Asso- ciation which built Canada’s first continuing type housing co-op, the 200-unit Willow Park development in north- west Winnipeg, he added. “T feel that this conference will come to be marked as an historic step. You have fash- ioned the framework for an agency which, hopefully, will set a new trend in housing for tens of thousands of Ca- nadian families,” Dr. Laidlaw told the conference partici- pants. have operated as separate en- tities. Other resolutions called for the development of a special audit service for credit un- ions, streamlining voting pro- cedures for the election of credit union directors, and improved service in the grant- ing of loans to individuals. o