F Perat eet: Ach: , on , chievin é'Stria) No 8 PHYLLIS CLARKE E CALGARY Once the stockman milion OW the oil hat meres tule the roost. I can be a Money a-plenty in ATHABASKA — TAR SANDS © Pearson delivered his recent speech against Canadian econo- mic nationalism. The last thing the oil monopolies want is a policy of Canadian development. I even heard of one fellow who moved up here from the it. e: . i sb in Eatsary ig Petroleum U.S. because, in his view, this 1 ponths the me ere every : was the “best right-wing gov- bye the tune of Cor is chang- : / : so Yee a ernment in America.” Hts, 59 sha Psands of erta S eal ion gl t It would be wrong, though, nt € members to say that no crumbs get to the Houlg haveored. How Veblen COngn;n, oVed this exa 3 ae consumption! ue ll me year the e , iis are stil] yes of the turned north, he ew Aaa, est eee from now ll Drodiya: -OF the commer- ied ca of oil from the oened, aska tar sands will Sting y: tin Senta f° On all summer industria) <- the $240 mil- io a “a Complex will be it) as . Bo sion: Canadian engineers Pitaction out the process for Pater 44, Of the oil—by hot > wat: p 10n, But it will be she ‘Dta 0 iS that = 18 of the United y The Teap the bene- an, New uch 12 eek Times on & that simpli- Tcial basis has ne challenges the great in- One COmme to this company when it wants them. As if this were not enough to make the oil monopolies happy about the Manning government, yet another gift was piled on. Under a policy adopted by the Alberta Conservation Board, the output of oil from the sands was to be limited to five percent of the total demand for Alberta oil. However, Great Sands, has already got a concession. They are now permitted to produce 45,000 barrels of oil a day from the sands and this represents about 6.5 percent of the produc- tion in the province. These ‘wise policies” have to the US. oil monopolies Great Canadian Sands will be about 500. If the predictions of some in Alberta — that there will be a closing down of the more conventional oil fields as Athabaska begins to produce— prove true, there may not be any real increase in employ- ment at all because of this great development. And there are those who already are pointing out that the plant capacity is for far more than the 54,000 barrels a day. They say it would come as no surprise if the com- pany asked for a 60,000 barrel a day permit. The production process has a few side benefits too. The heavy tarry substance that will be ext- is $36.50 a ton. Not bad for only the byproducts! In addition to the big news from Athabaska, the other hot item in the oil world of Alberta is the exploration resulting from the discovery at Rainbow Lake, in the northwest of the pro vince. The big thing here is that oil has been found at a level which had previously not been expected to have oil. The result may be a_resurveying right though the west in this sub- strata. This discovery may mean that estimates for oil re- serves should be doubled. What does all this wealth - mean for the people of Alberta? “Well, for one thing it means average person. Manning has al- ways given just a little bit, in nursing homes, roads, education grants or something: to create the impression that it’s the peo- ple who are benefiting from the oil monopolies. But there is a large gap be- tween what the oil millionaries and the workers get. The mini- mum wage is still only $1 on hour. In many places this is also the maximum. I heard of one union contract recently signed for $1.15 which was regarded as a big victory. Prices are high. Taxes at the municipal level have risen sharply and the pro- vincial government grants to municipalities are low. The Communist Party’s Prai- rie Conference called for natio- nalization of the tar sands areas and construction of the pipe- lines on an all-Canadian route in order to develop this great area for the people “and not make profit for big foreign oil Wag de heart of th been good to the land speculat- racted from the sand will go to. that the Manning government monopolies”. Paciig; ‘Igning om € problem ors too. They have moved in on a_ processing unit where some gets lots of help in its election The New Democratic Party nd .°S that Wo Mercial-scale the land in Fort McMurray, and 3,000 tons of coke and 300 tons campaign. Talk around Calgary also has a program to develop i ®ono, a Uuld be feasible are making a killing. Homes of sulphur will be extracted is that it gets about $75,000 Athabaska for the people. I ae Furth J an adverse are going to be selling at $15,- daily. The coke will fuel the here alone, and that in the last spoke to J. M. Freeman, here in su t, this involyeq 000 and up for the workers who steam a power plant and heat election one company gave it Calgary, the author of the pam- leg Money and wise Will come to extract this great the water needed for the separ- $30,000. phlet, The Biggest Sellout in tment a of Canadian fo Alber 2S especially Tta . ae oF » Wher, The Situated, e the tar Not ne cieet to Meat ¢ © sand is Bees the oil ing done by wealth. The permanent work force expected to be employed by ation plant. And the sulphur? Well, it’s to be sold on the open market and the going rate now It is not surprising that it was in this most American of all Canadian cities Prime Minister History, the story of the U.S. take-over of Alberta oil. He told me the NDP was proposing a crown corporaiton to take over the oil sands production. He said that such a company would include all aspects of the petro- wh Uadian co; ft ~~ th Sun cond: Ltd: chemical industry. In addi- y 2 Canadi il Company tion, he said, they were also Mang ® Perce an Subsidiary proposing an increased rate of dl bah Stock Nt of the out- royalty on the conventional pro- Nate ay E represents duction. This would make pos- € | ves argest Canagg ment Single pri- 0 ever attempted tcp than pape lars, it Stent hal of C NM equals sible the type of revenues for the government that could en- sure a vast expansion in ser- vices for the people of Alberta. 0 anada’ : Way» the st. es ue The debate on the future of Bo W ence oil in Alberta could well become \ liciggtig at Braye t major question in the coming OP ehme First, ie wane provincial election. Manning VP “Seq 26 here ; Manning and the oil monopolies are go- ata 00,009 a nh Alberta ing all the way to prevent any d's, = nds at €s of the Al- increase in NDP seats in the # Bia Ne-g arte 25 cents an legislature. There are rich plums Brceg Charged Of what. is at stake and the public relations ede . that the j hen, they departments of the oil monopo- fay. ; lon ‘. ase is renew- lies will be grinding out all the Fic Pductign p ComPANY ae “Ra at en eir fri : hi he a Uction Sanne One feels though that the op- fea, than a Mining operation position is rising. The maneou- iW he Sg low, -xttaction whieh vering room of the government ‘J Vern, &r roy. Ity rat : has been limited because so he oye 2t Finally fred much of its revenue had been in 5 fp; 08d Bi anning fe: gust outright sale with large cash yh Will aM Fort Mc S built bonuses, most of which is now fhe win, P8 the home seeteY spent. Petty, © employer se The wealth of the oil sands is The Dre yed in the not just a question for Alberta. BS All Canadians have a stake in 13) : $ ee whist ting lease is ci the -Y th Nis expected sf one 30 omPany’s needs fe to’ 0 ou It repre- parcent Of mud, gumbo, sand, snow and muskeg or t f - S€s are e sands rubber and steel tracks distribute the load to obtain a maximum gro available per square inch—less than that of an average man in gumboots. : what happens in Athabaska and Canada’s northland. One of these the pressure on the Pearson st of a varied line of tracked government for policies of de- Many new methods of transportation are being used to open up i built in Calgary. Heavie i is hes Nociell Trane eee aa ee eanerea by rae diesels, can carry a 12-ton payload over velopment in the interests of migehinesatiy Al feat lna veer Ea ety: four feet of water. Eight axles and four-feet wide Canada are as necessary as the und pressure of only 2"/2 pounds fight back against the Manning sell-out. April 14, 1967—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 7