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=aurice Rush, B.C. provincial leader,
munist Party of Canada, writes: The
of the federal government to reject
Bit U.S. territorial demands in the
“On Entrance, Beaufort Sea and Strait
alan de Fuca should shock most Cana-
»S Who want Ottawa to uphold Cana-
»SOVereignty and independence in the
Of growing U.S. pressure.

, © centre of the dispute has been the
» demand for extending U.S. territory
)kilmetres south from the present
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ll Oh, 986) External Affairs Minister Joe
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to confront the sensitive issue. The
a apparently been pressing the
| Oney government for negotiations on
US. territorial claim.

Northern boundary not negotiable

In fact, Clark’s letter gives support to
the U.S. claim for an extension of the U.S.
boundary into half of the Dixon Entrance
which is one of the important fishing areas
on the B.C. coast, and which is also rich in
mineral, oil and gas deposits. The letter
makes it clear that Canada would be pre-
pared to negotiate the U.S. claim at a more
“opportune time.”

This is obviously a reference to the free
trade negotiations which are now under-
way and it’s quite likely that the Conserva-
tive government sees the AB line as a
possible bargaining chip in Canada-U.S.
negotiations.

Canadian territorial boundaries and the
resources within them belong to Canada
and the Canadian people and should not
be alienated under any circumstances.
Instead of surrendering to U.S. pressure
and holding open the door to future nego-
tiations on Canadian territory in the
Dixon Entrance, Strait of Juan de Fuca

and Beaufort Sea, the Canadian govern-
ment should declare its sovereignty over
these territories as irrevocable and not sub-
ject to negotiation,

(The AB line, jutting out from Cape
Muzon in the northwest to Cape Chacon at
54 degress 40 minutes latitude, has been the
focus of repeated U:S. demands for a boun-
dary change. The campaign has been
stepped up in recent months with the U.S.
State Department and various senators urg-
ing U.S. fishermen to fish south of the line
and trade officials pressing the demand for
the issue to be placed on the free trade
negotiating table. The Conservative gov-
ernment in Ottawa has also been equivocal
on the issue and refused during the last
session of Parliament to endorse a bill pro-
posed by Skeena NDP MP Jim Fulton that
would have entrenched the AB line as the
official Canadian boundary. Fulton also
charged that Prime Minister Brian Mulro-
ney is considering a sellout and is prepared
to move the line south — Ed.)

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movement.

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definitely be a campaign to have the pro-
vince declared nuclear-weapons free, but
the Stop Star Wars campaign and working
for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty will
also be on the agenda,” said Sheena Lam-
bert, organizer for the Vancouver-based
coalition, End the Arms Race.

The two-day meeting, organized under
the auspices of the B.C. Peace Resource
and Information Network which was
established last year at the first conference
of B.C. peace groups, will see discussion in
plenary and workshop sessions.

The conference opens Saturday morn-
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details of federal disarmament campaigns.
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