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“When John A. MacDonald
was Prime Minister of Canada
he told a meeting of manufac-
turers in Hamilton: ‘Tell me what
you need and we'll give you
what you want.’ The current dis-
cussions between the federal
government, the Alberta and On-
tario governments and the big
U.S. multi-national oil corpora-
tions (Syncrude) over the future
development of the Athabaska
tar sands brings MacDonald’s
statement to mind,” the Commu-
nist Party of Canada Central
Executive Committee said in a
press release Feb. 3.

“The difference here is—these

multi-national oil corporations |

have told these governments
what they want: “End taxes and
raise oil prices to world levels.”
If this is done it will multiply
many times over the enormous
profits of these corporations, add
to the inflationary price spiral in
Canada, and lower living stan-

“Instead of acquiescing in this
blackmail the federal and pro-

vincial governments ought to
jointly develop Syncrude as a
publicly owned Crown corpora-
tion with the profits accruing
from such a'development going
to the Canadian people in the
form of reduced prices. Indeed,
a two price system should be
established, a world price for
export, and a much lower fixed
price for consumers in Canada.

“In the interval, until the tar
sands project is developed, oil
exports should be stopped to en-
sure that the needs of the Cana-
dian economy and of Canadians
are fully met.

“The Communist Party of Can-
ada believes it can be done and
should be done. The question at
issue is whether Liberal and
Conservative governments. will
do it, or continue to be wedded
to the idea that what is good
for monopoly and the multi-
naticnal corporations is good for
Canada, even though it means
rooking the Canadian public. The
Canadian people must not let
them get away with it!”

Equal pay is key issue

Continued from Pg. 5

clude: “To study and make
known the recommendations of
the UN Status of Women Com-
mission, and, to. work with the
broadest range of women’s orga-
nizations and other democratic
organizations with the aim of
bringing these recommendations
into life, in law and in fact.”
While working with other demo-
cratic organizations, the Com-
munist Party will advance and
campaign for its own program
for women’s equality. The key
issue is equal pay for work of
equal value. Related issues in-
clude paid maternity leave and
government financed universal
daycare, the elimination of dis-
crimination in employment and
inequalities in opportunities bas-
ed solely on sex.

The Communist Party, in striv-
ing for the above aims, will aim
to expose the source of intensive
exploitation by monopoly capi-
talism and stress that,
gains can be made through the
joint struggles of women and
men, only under socialism can
discrimination be fully eliminat-
ed, and complete equality won.
Concern over Women’s Equality

Discussion from the floor after
Magnuson’s broad and significant
introduction reflected the high
interest and involvement of wo-
men and men of the Communist
Party in the struggle for wo-
men’s equality.

Many of the speakers expand-
ed upon remarks made in the
introduction, including daycare,
equal pay for work of equal
value and the role and attitudes

HOSPITAL WORKERS
WILDCAT IN MONTREAL

MONTREAL — Work returned
to normal at Ste. Justine’s Child-
ren’s Hospital following a walk-
out by 400 union workers earlier
in the week that left hospital

-eperations seriously curtailed.

A spokesman for the Confe-
deration of National Trade
Unions (CNTU) said union mem-
bers “returned to work Wednes-
day night because of the critical
situation at the hospital.”

Claude Laferriere said the re-
turn “doesn’t mean a settlement
has been reached because nego-
tiations have broken down with
management.”

while

of labor unions toward women’s
equality. They spoke from their
own experiences and _ specific
knowledge on various subjects.

The role that women have
played in the international peace
movement, and the many wo-
men’s peace organizations was
brought to the fore. Extensive
discussion took place around the
issue of women and the family.

It was stressed that the Wo-
men’s International Democratic
Federation had a large influence
on the UN proclamation of In-
ternational Women’s Year, as
well as on the development of
the women’s movement through-
out the world. Also of interest
was the origin of International
Women’s Day, which was first
celebrated March 8, 1910, as a
result of the strike of women
garment workers in New York
for the 10-hour day.

The psychology of the strug-
gle for women’s equality, and its
effects on the male ego was
mentioned, and brought discus-
sion by’ a number of people on
the application of the theory of
women’s rights to practice in the
individual’s everyday life.

Reports of activities in Metro
Toronto for International Wo-
men’s Day included the estab-
lishment of a widely based wo-
men’s coalition to plan activities
in cooperation with the Toronto

‘Labour Council and the Mayor’s

Task Force on the Status of Wo-
men.
Communist Party General Sec-
retary William Kashtan said that
the seminar was just the begin-
ning of a thorough examination
of the women’s question .and its
advancement in .the working
class. Within the working class,
he said, there are always ‘speci-
fics, and specific ways of ap-
proach. Kashtan mentioned two
tendencies that occur in discus-
sion of women’s rights. There

are those who dismiss it as un-_

important, and those who sep-
arate it from the struggle of the
working class as a whole.

The specific role that the Com-
munist Party must take in Inter-
national Women’s Year, he said,
is to relate the women’s strug-
gle to the class question and to
stress that only under socialism
will women’s inequality be whol-
ly solved.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1975—Page 10

DANISH GOV'T
RESIGNS JAN. 29

The Danish government re-
signed on Jan. 29. Premier
Poul Hartling of the minority
Liberal Party lost a no-con-
fidence vote in the Folketing
(parliament) and then submit-
ted his government's resigna-
tion. The Folketing then voted
84-85 for a coalition govern-
ment, probably to be headed
by the Social Democrats. The
seven Communist deputies in
the Folketing voted in favor of
the coalition.

fired cutright.

Greetings sent
to Bram Fischer

’ In a personal letter to South
African communist leader Bram
Fischer who is in a prison hos-
pital suffering from cancer (see
Tribune, Jan. 29), William Kash-
tan, Communist Party general
secretary extends best wishes on
behalf of Fischer’s many friends
in this country.

“Your name is one that is well
known to Canadians, both
through reports in the press and
through first-hand reports from
the fair number of South Afri-
cans who have made Canada
their home.

“Those of us who read of you
during the Rivonia trial and
later during your own trial and
your inspiring speech to. the
court were very grieved to hear
of your recent illness. We were
gratified to hear that the author-
ities have made available to you
proper medical treatment. We
are sure that your love for life

and your spiritual strength will |

help you make a good recovery.
Please accept on behalf of your
many Canadian friends, my best
wishes for a full and speedy re-
covery.”

| tary of the French Communist

Government ‘planning
angers publishing meet |

Continued from Pg. 5

right law, U.S. firms can pub-
lish a cheap edition of a Cana-
dian book, like Mowat’s Sibir,
then by means of the large
chain stores, chiefly Coles, pro-
ceed to undercut the same book
produced in Canada.

The Conference agreed that
this situation must. be brought
to the attention of the Cana-
dian public, that all interested
people should be asked to pres-
sure their MPs to raise the ques-
tion in the House and ask for
immediate and effective action
by the Federal government.

.On the key question of Ameri- |

can control he stated that the
government is looking into legis-
lation similar to the Trades Re-
view Act. As was pointed out,
if the state of the Canadian
manufacturing industry or re-
sources is proof of the effective-
ness of this Act, there is not

BEST WISHES SENT —
TO GEORGES MARCHAIS

In a Jan. 31 letter to Geor-
ges Marchais, general secre-

Party, William Kashtan, on
behalf of the Central Execu-
tive of the Communist Party
of Canada sent the following
message:

“We were deeply concern-
ed to hear of your sudden
heart attack and are happy
to hear that you are now do-
ing well. We hope that before
too long you will be ‘back in
harness’ leading your great
Party in its struggle for left
end democratic unity -and
union of the French people.

“Please accept our good

wishes for speedy recovery
and our warmest fraternal
greetings”.

‘much for the publishing’ indus- ji}

-The IPA, ‘the Writers Union, —

Radio workers’ strike

Continued from Pg. 5

company wouldn’t meet till Oc-
tober 10, fifty days after the
application. They met. Results
nil. They met again on Oct. 22;
not one clause had been looked
at by management.

On October 28 the union ap-
plied for federal government as-
sistance in negotiating, and eight
days later Labor Minister Munro
appointed a conciliation officer.
This officer, again according to
the labor -code, had fourteen
days to meet with the parties
and file this report. The first
meeting, however, was not set
up until Dec._11, thirty-five days
after his appointment. :

On December 2, protesting the
delay, the union members walk-
ed out;. receptionists, bookkeep-
ers, engineers, continuity writ-
ers, film editors, TV. switchers,
announcers, workers in shipping,
and all of traffic. They were all
They set up
pickets.

They met for dn hour and a
half on Dec. 11, but management
refused to look at the contract.
The conciliator, saying that it
was ridiculous to continue, ad-
journed the meeting. Picketing
continued through Christmas.

On Dec. 30, Gib Eamer, former
Executive Secretary of the Sask.
Teachers Federation, was ap-
pointed Conciliation Commis-
sioner. Actual negotiations took
place Jan. 16, 17 and 18. Not one
clause of the contract was set-
tled.

Eamer’s report has now been
released, and according to an
article in the Prince Albert Daily

Herald, it “has charged the sta-
tion’s management with delaying
tactics and bargaining in poor
faith.”
The article stated, “‘The report,
. released in Ottawa today,
said: the talks had been can-
celled...
_ “We have offered twice to go
back to work,” said IBEW spokes-

person Ruth Garneau, “if man-

agement would -accept binding
arbitration. Public support for us
has been strong, and we are
grateful for it. At a mass rally in
early January. we had 200 people
out supporting us. And until’ an
injunction was handed down
Jan. 22 to limit picketing, we
had continuous assistance on the
picketline as people from various
unicns came down a few at a
time.” .

“When you people win back
your jobs,” this reporter asked
her, “do you foresee difficulty in
re-establishing friendly working
relations with your employer,
and your fellow-workers who
aren’t honoring your picket
line?”

“In my own case,” she replied,
“I see no difficulty whatsoever
in that respect, and I think it
will be the same with the other
picketers.”

And so, the people of Prince
Albert and district are saying. to
CKBI management, ‘The old
horse and buggy days are gone,
and so are the days of individual
bargaining in industry. Collec-
tive bargaining is here to stay.
Let’s get back to the negotiating
table.”

try to look forward to. The
threadbare nature of the Faulk-—
ner prcposals were clear when he |
descended to blaming Canadian
publishers for their: own prob-~
lems, and then attempted to | —
pess the buck to the provincial
level. - 4
Ontario publishers were total-—
ly dismayed at that, a week or
two previously they had’ tackled |
Education Minister Thomas
Wells on cutbacks in educatio-
nal and library spending and |
had been told that they, the pub-—
lishers, and the federal govern-—
ment were to blame!
Doom, Gloom, Anger
The overwhelming response to ©
Faulkner’s report was one of —
doom, gloom and anger. The —
most concerned sections set
about immediately to protest.

Canadian Library Assoc. and the —
Canadian Periodical Publishers —
Assoc. agreed to form the Cana- —
dian Book and Periodical Devel- |
cpment Council which is meet- —
ing this weekend to work out —
approaches to the next round of ~
talks with Faulkner. The IPA ~
executive at this stage is firmly |
rejecting the proposals as inade- |
quate. es j

A Fightback Needed

The meagre results of this |
Conference show that public |
opinion will have to press hard —
to ensure that democratic Cana- | |
dian culture grows and develops. —
Democratic culture of which |
publishing and distribution is a _
part must receive adequate fin- —
ancial support from all levels of
government to flourish. This
should include nationalization of —
the textbook and educational |
materials industry. 4

The task that lies ahead is to |
convince the public to join the |
fightback against shortsighted —
government policies which are —
crippling the growing potential —
for the development of Cana- —
dian life. j

Study shows sex
bias widespread

TORONTO — In a report by
the Mayor’s Task Force on th
Status of Women in Toronto 0
equality of male and female civic”
employees, it is stated that pay
discrimination exists throughout -
the whole staff. }
“In every department, and in —
every percentage or ratio com- ~
parison between male and fe-—
male employees, women lag
thousands of dollars in wages —
behind men.” 7.
While the average annual”
wage of all civic workers iS”
$11,253, women lag approximate —
ly $3,000 behind their male
counterparts. Men make up 81% ©
of the civic staff, but account for —
84% of the payroll. © a
-While every office was criticiZ- |
ed for its pay discrimination, the
personnel department came U
der heavy attack. Report data
indicated that most female em
ployees in that department “do
not achieve, or are denied access |
to, wage categories in excess OF |
$10,000 arinually.” §