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Development proposal:

Prairies need $2 billion

Provincial Communist Party

Jeader Fred Schofield has called

for a two billion dollar invest-
ment in prairie regional develop-
ment. The text of .his press re-
lease reads as follows: j
“A special meeting of the
Saskatchewan Provincial Com-
mittee of the Communist Party
of Canada, agreed to call on the
federal government for two bil-

‘lion dollars investment in prairie

development.
“That is the amount the Hon.

J. J. Greene claims the gas
monopolies will receive from the

deal his government has made
to sell natural gas to the United
States.

“The money should be used
to assist in bringing the level of
social and economic life on the
prairies at least to that in the
most industrially advanced cen-
tres. One of the major ways to
achieve such an objective is to

create secondary and manufac-

turing industries based on the
abundance of prairie raw mate-
rials and untapped energy re-
serves.

‘ “An immediate mass protest of

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Soviet artist’s drawing of Luna 16 as it leaves the moon on its way

World forum

Discuss social issues

By JOHN WEIR

I had the privilege of attend-
ing the 7th World Congress of
Sociology, which was held in
Varna on the Black Sea coast of
Bulgaria during the week of
Sept. 14-19. This was the first
time the world forum, held under
the UNESCO-sponsored Interna-
tional Sociological Association
auspices, was held in a socialist
country. With 3,000 delegates
from all parts of the earth in
attendance and with contribu-
tions of a high' calibre on a whole

range of subjects, this was the®

largest and most successful con-

‘gress so far.

Canadian representatives,
mainly from universities, pre-
sented a number of papers, the
most interesting and perhaps
controversial of which were stu-

dies of English-French language

relations in Canada. Prof. H.
Guindon was elected to the exe-
cutive committee of the ISA and
Montreal was chosen as the site
of the next world congress to be
held in 1974.

The main theme of the con-
gress was social forecasting and
long-term planning and _ there
were important papers and dis-

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—OCTOBER 16, 1970—PAGE 10

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cussions on these problems, in-
cluding -studies of the develop-
ing countries in this regard.
There were also side sessions on
a variety of social questions, of
which I found those relating to
the youth and students especial-
ly interesting.

’ The congress couldn’t help be-

coming a vast and (with rare ex-
ceptions) serious but friendly
“dialogue” between the Marxist
and bourgeois sociologists. Par-
ticularly noticeable was the
Striving of the latter to provide
an alternative to Marxism-Lenin-
ism in explaining social pheno-
mena, resulting in a rehash of
technocratic ideas and sugges-
tion of New Left notions, or else
retreating into simply empirical
investigations with little or sup-
erficial analysis. There was no
question of the superiority of the
studies and arguments present-
ed by the Soviet, Bulgarian and
other Marxist participants.

The highlight of the gathering -

by any standard was the two-
day session devoted to Lenin’s
contributions to sociology.

The Bulgarians proved ideal
hosts and Varna provided excel-
lent facilities for the congress.
Let Canada do as well in 1974.

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the energy sell-out is needed be-
cause it will have an adverse
affect on the living standards of
all Canadian working people.
Ottawa is attempting to cover
up the consequences to Canada
of the deal, to keep secret the
real motivation behind it, and to
spread the fiction that it will
solve the problems of unem-
ployment and lack of markets.
Nothing could be further from
the truth.

“The export of natural gas is
also the export of jobs and the
future for the young people of
our country. It is part-and-parcel
of the policy of the Ottawa gov-
ernment to chase another mil-
lion people out of rural areas,
and to decrease farm numbers
by half.

“Mr. Greene boasts that the
gas sell-out means 13;000 man-
years of work. In practical terms
this accounts for only a fraction
of present unemployment on the
prairies. :

“The Communist Party calls
for a Canadian-owned, all-Can-
ada gas pipe line. The construc-
tion of such a pipe line would
strengthen national unity, and

. would provide a basis for ex-

panding and creating industry
for the prairies.

If. the USA needs power then
we should develop our own en-
ergy resources, retain ownership,
and export energy to the USA
under such kinds of limited con-
tracts, thus keeping the main
benefits for ourselves.

There should be a special levy
on all Canadian’ natural gas
going to the USA which is used
industrially in that country.

Step-by-step successive gov-
ernments at Ottawa have be-
trayed the national interests.
Now they are dealing away the
basic ingredients required. to
establish Canadian industry and
manufacturing. The Communist
Party of Canada says this is the
time to put a stop to these poli-
cies of betrayal and, instead, to
begin a course of independent
development and trade with the
whole world.

“We call for the immediate
nationalization of all foreign-
owned petroleum interests, and
the export of raw materials only
under the strictest of contracts,
limited in time, which will guar-
antee that Canada will, at all
times, have the decisive and
final say in how those resources
will be used in the interests of
Canadians.”

81 year-old
leads the way

Eighty-one year old George
Jackson of Toronto, veteran

. communist and labor leader, has

turned in over 1,300 names on
the OUTNOW petition. Mr. Jack-
son has walked down Yonge
Street, Toronto’s main street,
has stood on busy street corners,
and has stood outside of high
schools.

He remarked that the most in-
spiring aspect of his successful
collection of signatures was the
tremendous and enthusiastic res-
ponse from young people and
students. He especially likes to
tell the story of two American
draft resisters who signed his
petition, and told him that the
American troops in Vietnam
were “pretty fed up” with the
whole mess.

Cee 6 em ae Seber Oe ee

Books on students

rights and duties

What are the rights, and what
are the responsibilities, of an in-
dividual student in a compul-
sory education system?

Are these terms compatible,
does he have the right to opt
out, and why should he have
to? ;

Two challenging booklets, The
Student Council, and The Right
to Responsibility, have been
published by the Students’
Rights and Responsibilities Com-
mittee of the Ontario Teachers’
Federation. Much of the work of
this Federation is done in Com-
mittees which offer resource

booklets on their findings. |

The latter booklet was - first
offered at the conference, “The
Right to Responsibility” held at

CP of Korea :

25 years old

The Communist Party of Can-
ada has sent the following mes-
sage of greetings to the Korean
Workers Party, Pyongyang,
Korea:

“Greetings on your 25th anni-:

versary. Your leadership has led
to great victories for the Korean

people in the building of social-—

ism and strengthened the battle
for the peaceful unification of
Korea. Based on the principles of
Marxism-Leninism and proletar-
ian internationalism which we
share, ever greater victories will
be achieved against imperial-
ism.”

OCTOBER, 1970 / 10 CENTS

’ cess. Extracting money, rU®

ay

TMM

Victoria College in May; 7)
for 75c and contains a van
of individual articles from §
ents, teachers, and adminis! |
tors. There is a list of discus ;
topics and sharply directed
tions that set out to probe
area in some depth.

One contributor bluntly ?
sents a teacher’s dilemma: it
human relations are at at)
and the need of the studet .
be recognized as an indivil. |
Then conversely: the worse
pupil-teacher ratio, and in 20 |)
fact, the cutting off of the va '
er from the individual Dy)
him. We may well ask: § a
our money be directed 0
ple, rather than gadgets? Al

Another contributor analyZ).
the student council: it cond
itself with every part of st
life except the educational P|

social affairs, it is often @
tension of community 5
services. okt
‘Superior students are 4 wh
to function on the council uh}
are not asked about curricl
or classroom behaviour. of
could be better qualified t0 a
tribute on this? The article ©
cludes that the primary resp
sibility of student govern™
must be in the educational
cess, concerning itself with
educational welfare of studé
and helping to develop 4 A
portive learning environme?
Both of these booklets W?
be an asset to concerned Si)
ents and teachers in discus? |
their own very real prob on
They are available from the
tario Teachers’ Federation,
Bay Street, Toronto.
—Harriet

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EXCLUSIVE
Struggle of
N.S. fishermen

(SEE PAGE 3)

3
World-wide campaign— in Quedes, Bill

Nixon: Get Out Now!

Claske, Outnow Couunit-
‘cretary, 30 there will be a
public base for the MPs to
about.

Youth in the front lines
fighting for

ByGORDMASSIE 0 f

firitish Columbia,
Saskaichewsn, Bill 29)
167 in Onterio—

Bill 33 in
Bil <

and
youth ure in the forefront of the
Struggles in which the working
r ages,

labor’s right

ious

the where young fae
resources ase nationalized and Ht pet

Nothing Jess ix ot stake today than the very
future of the youth of Canads. Will the economy
at our country be further distorted by U.S, im-
perialist control and dominctiant Or will the
vast territory gud resources of Canada be davel-
taprovide jobs and mecningtul lite for all
Canadians?
Will the iniquitous provisions of the British
North America Act, a document whose very
name jegalizes the British conquest. perpetucte
the oppression of the French-Canadian people
and disunify the country? Or will genuine equal-
ity of the two nations of Canada be guaranteed
in a new Canadian constitution which includes
the sovereign right of the French-Canadian na-
tion to self-determination?

Will Canadion youth be drawn: itts wars of a

This is what the front page of the newly-born monthly youth pond
“Young Worker” looks like. This “infant” addition to the progres ut
press in Canada is vigorous, readable and thought provoking, *
to provide answers to many questions bothering young people t?
and help them to meaningful action in defence of their needs a7
in the battle for a future of peace and the greatest adventure
building a new way of life in Canada. :

Congratulations to the Young Communist League that spons? he
the paper, the staff that put out the appealing first issue, and is
young people who are already bringing in the subs. (Subscription |
$1.00 for 12 issues or 10 cents per copy; orders from Young Wo!
Publishing Ass'n, 24 Cecil St., Toronto 2B, Ont.)

-YCL Executive greets Young Worker

: inst

* The YOUNG WORKER is a fighter 2909 of

perislism, for peace and triendihip”!

with the youth and pesple of all countries? peoples, ‘ tet
t fig

dying U.S. imperialism? Or will we estoblish and
five in genuine equality, peace and friendship

Will the enginsers, ond productive labor of the
people continue to be channelled into the
bloodstained, profit-grasping hands of the U.S.
‘and Canodian monopolies? Or will the vast pro-
ductive capacity ‘of the working people of this
country be harnessed, to provide for the richest
and fullest opportunity for the youth?

+, The YOUNG WORKER is fighter fr Cano-
dian Independence, for the notionaliration of the 2 2% af bell ction ee
key sections of industry and finance, far the de- _ (isit for Canadian independence, Pra
velopment of Canada’ to provide meaningful jobs
fand 0 future for the youth.

© The YOUNG WORKER is a fightor for the
equality and unity of the two nations of Canada:

* The YOUNG WORKER is & foremott ing
fot a socialist Conads, ene in. which the wot 3
pesple, ‘owning and controlling the moe A
production, will: determine their ew :
their own interests. * : oe
We greet this first issue af the YOUNG Wot
with evary expectation that it will ratty ath
gressive youth of both nations of Cone ee

etacy and socialism.
CENTRAL EXECUTIVE committe

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maunist LEAS
YOUNG COM! OF cannot

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