1. _ =>... x= 0, SS Canadian Communists || Run 69 Candidates : See pgs. 6-7 4 tig GARY — The threat of a t oe lockout by three 8 Packing companies is Over the heads of 10,000 ang nombers of Canadian S lied Workers. Jd Alberta employees / Packer.” SWift’s ‘and Canada are already locked out. t} Won et e ; the are Tefused. entry to E | 88. in Plants while the union gi) a € middle of voting on I" Settlement, which ™endeg €rship had recom- | Threat of lockouts ' laces meatpackers The workers (producers of beef and pork) and consumers all stand to lose because of the lockout; which the companies say will be vextended across the country. if the workers don’t give up their demands. But in Calgary at least, the companies’ actions have just added fuel to the workers’ fire. Kip Connolly, president of CFAW local 421, called the lockout “a bloody double-cross. Continued on page 10 — | ELECTION PARTY ce-MAGNUSON, COMMUNIST EDERAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER 74 i} duly, i | unis : Hy alberta 5 Tench Canada (Quebec) 14. "uni v “andig 1] ang euse e Pq tion S q ieee ce i Prey aE : details on C ie n Qh, se uly 4 A : has reve lines ‘are written, the Communist Party of Canada candidates officially nominated for the election day, t but four of Canada’s 10 provinces will have Com- Candidates in this election. British Columbia has 12, Saskatchewan 2, Manitoba 3, Ontario 33 and ee one and one-quarter million copies of the Com- ote, * Election Platform have been issued for distribution to 'N constituencies across Canada where Communist Stes are running. In addition to these, more hundreds iecan of posters, stickers, Quebec ets are being distributed IMto sey Main planks in the platform have been translated Soups. eral languages for special distribution to ethnic Di . “cussions between representatives of the Communist Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- taking place this week in Ottawa. The CBC has red ormed the Central Campaign Committee that it ts both £, °° discuss allocation of free time in TV and Radio, "glish and French networks. : Made jpriication for free time on the CTV network has been : fous en Murray Chercover, president of the crv. As has erthal Mentioned (see last issue of the Tribune) free time "unist ¢ dy been given by the B.C.-CTV network to the Com- n a candidates in British Columbia. for a reas programs are under way or being planned of radio and cable-television broadcasting. More Specifics of times and places will be announced and will be carried in next week's issue of the en Reigning this week in Ontario and his own consti- muni Trinity in Toronto, Wm. Kashtan, Udbury ot ort will be interv mins sh ©n June 20 at 5 p.m. Viewers in Sudbury and Tim- ‘hte Id watch for this program. ne 25, Mr. Kashtan will be in Montreal, On June 30 in Vancouver; July 2 Edmonton; July 3 Calgary — July 4 Winnipeg and July 5 at a wind-up rally iewed on station CKCO CIv- roll-back-prices buttons, in provinces and in leader of the OTTAWA — The NATO ministerial meeting got under way June 18, with protesters chanting, as representativs of the 15 member countries arrived ‘at the ‘conference centre: “Disband NATO,” and “NATO placard-carrying out of Greece.” Contrasting with the band-playing, military salutes, and the red carpet re- ception for the dignitaries, more than 100 men and women from at least six organizations demanded an end to the NATO threat to world peace. There was an emphatic demand by the group rep- By JAMES LEECH threat to peace that NATO deal seriously with the offer held out by the Warsaw Pact for the mutual disbanding of the two pacts. In opening ceremonies in the Senate chambers following a brief address by Prime Minister Trudeau, the NATO secretary-general, Joseph Luns, deliv- resenting the Canadian Peace Congress ered a tone-setting, anti-Soviet speech in which he absolved the Israelis of Middle-East aggression and incredibly, put the blame on the USSR, stating that “the Yom Kippur war had a salu- tory impact in. many quarters.” He said “it demonstrated the fragility of the Continued on page 10 On pag main street corners. The candid Park-Humber Valley; Mike Phillips, Communist election centre in West end Toronto Four Communist candidates share this large headquarters on one of Toronto's lates are: William Kashtan, Trinity; Liz Hill, High Davenport and Neil McLellan, Parkdale. es 6-7 of this issue the entire group of 69 Communists are presented as nominations were completed June 17." ~~ Communist candidat ‘Foreign policy a failure’ TORONTO — Canada’s fore- ign policy, as carried out by External Affairs Minister Mit- chell Sharp and his Liberal col- leagues, has failed Canadians and harmed their interests. That is the charge being levelled by the Communist candidate oppos- ing Sharp in Toronto’s Eglinton constituency. : Shane Parkhill, 20, points to Canada’s ‘subservient role in NATO to which the USA has just dictated new nuclear terms, to the consistent policy of Ot- tawa recognition of oppressive regimes and the non-recognition of liberated and socialist gov- ernments aS example of cold- war thinking. In an_ interview, Parkhill called upon the Canadian gov- ernment, which hosts the NATO ministerial meeting in Ottawa, June 18-19, set a new course in foreign policy, “The countries of the Warsaw Treaty Organization have once more indicated their desire to further detente by stating their willingness to disband their military alliance if the NATO countries agree to do likewise,” the Communist candidate said. SHANE PARKHILL Toronto-Eglinton 7 “The federal government fo Canada could prove that it means its high-sounding state- ments in favor of world peace by urging NATO members to ac- cept this offer as a basis for negotiation.” He charged that “both Liberal and Tory governments in the past have passed up numerous opportunities to take advantage of the peaceful intentions of the socialist world. Because of close military ties with the USA it is unlikely that the Trudeau gov- ernment will do any better this time unless forced to do so in overwhelming displays of public opinion.” The Communist Party wanted to see Canada’s withdrawal from both NATO and NORAD military pacts, Parkhill had told a press conference earlier, “both of which are very costly.” He pointed out that “there are arms being channelled through NATO from Canada to the fasc- Continued on page 10 “PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1974-PAGE 5