le

jm. H0poly capital is unable to secure
num profits and at the same time
Bure for economic growth out of the
rel processes of producing goods
y sale on the capitalist market, out
r the production of socially neces-
{ 7) Products. Monopoly capital relies
Je. 22d more on such unproductive
“enditures as armaments, war and

sh advertising to produce artificial
and for things not essential for

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Nopoly capital becomes more and
dependent on the state apparatus
Z linge vermment for its investment
» haing for its contracts and for the
a €nance of an adequate level of
ands.

Sis more than a corporate rip-off
2 ism unjust tax laws. It is para-

lhe a giant scale, exemplified in

oath of so-called “hot money”
b €tred from one financial centre
- Itts er, to obtain speculative pro-
ng | and threatening the whole mechan-

he |" of th itali

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_ FIGHT UNEMPOLYMENT,
Th NOT THE UNEMPLOYED
tei aim of the capitalist parties and
Then Most extreme right-wing spokes-
iMobben this election campaign is to
af thie the working class—the victim
Manis legal parasitism.” That is the
bine ® of Mr. Stanfield’s demagogic
oy §s about increased costs of unem-
ett insurance and welfare pay-
‘Iton 8. He would extend the qualifica-
Vatge Bod for unemployment insur-
| y tom two to three months.
thin Would extend the attack on the
[hie Standards of the working class,
j bint at the same time take steps to
in bennin Working peoples’ fight-back hy
Ng strikes in public services as a
is Would freeze wages.

08 | py ® Would extend the attack on the
i Ple of universality of social sec-
heli.” Payments, to carry still further
Ht |i}, *°2Ctionary policy introduced by

4 gig WAU administration as a con-
ti Itong N to the demands of the corpora-
Which finance his four million
| Telection campaign.

{hai SPURIOUS CAMPAIGN

te, Cative of this trend is the argu-
Of the Toronto Globe and Mail in
wditorial of October 5, in which it
line, that “the benefits” paid out in
May loyment insurance “are in no
‘|e "elated to needs, although need
é lis on, nist.” This Tory mouthpiece of
‘tay Pital argues that the unemployed
tig, een given a legal road to para-
» because benefits are paid “just

FE2F_
a

Jing “ly to those families where only
and the working partner could

ral the family.”
(ite, fact that unemployment insur-
if Ha ptyments have increased because
‘th, -Wing unemployment, or the fact

€spite an increase in rates of

g two working parents is out of.

benefits the average paid out in such
payments do not exceed $66 per week,
does not bother the conscience of this
champion of the real “legalized para-
sites.”

Mr. Trudeau has made it clear that
he will not “permit free-loaders to ride
on the backs of the tax-payers.’ He
has left no doubt as to whom he con-
siders ‘‘free-loaders.”

The Globe and Mail editorial says:
“The lumping together of grants, aid,
unemployment insurance — perhaps
more than most, this makes an issue
the people understand. The three par-
ties—including the Liberals — would
handle it differently after the election.
But we haven’t heard much about spe-
cific differences. If people are to judge
on more than their own gut feelings
about the matter, these differences will
have to be:spelled out.”

* oo *

MAKE THE RICH PAY
THEIR FULL SHARE OF TAXATION

e The Communist Party demands
basic reforms of our whole taxation
system and tax policy to provide for:

a) Taxation based on ability to pay,
which means a heavier tax on high per-
sonal incomes and corporate profits on
a steeply graduated basis.

b) No taxation of goods and services
for personal consumption.

c) No taxation on personal incomes
below a level considered necessary to
provide a life of comfort and dignity.

e Secondly, the Communist Party
demands full-rate taxation of both re-
alized and unrealized capital gains,
higher taxation on gifts and bequests,
elimination of all.concessions to corpo-
rate finance and monopolies. Capital
gains constitute increment of wealth,
whether they are realized now or in
the future.

e Thirdly, income, for purposes of
taxation, must be deemed to include all
economic gain over and above what is
needed by an individual or family for
food, clothing, shelter, medical ex-
pense and other necessities of life.
This must include all income earned in
Canada or derived from investments in
Canada by citizens of the United
States and other foreign countries. The
flow of interest and dividends out of
the country now exceeds new capital
coming in, while foreign control is
growing at the expense of Canadian
labor, Canadian resources, Canadian
development and Canadian living
standards. This must be stopped and
reversed. :

e Fourthly, government transfer
payments, such as-family allowances,
old age pensions, unemployment insur-
ance benefits and other such payments
are meant to redistribute goods and
services in favor of those at the bot-
tom of the income scale, including
those who are unable to work ‘at re-
munerative employment. The Com-
munist Party opposes taxation of such
payments.

e Fifthly, a democratically reshaped
federal tax system must aim towards
a more equitable distribution of goods
and services throughout the country.
Such a system must therefore recog-

enc

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phe?

* | ALWAYS HATED THOSE BASTARDS
ON WELFARE... Now | AM one !”

nize that Canada is made up of two na-
tions, both of which must have equal
rights in- the determination of fiscal,
monetary and taxation policies. Within
this context, provision must be made
for the channelling of sufficient revenue
to all levels of government for the pur-
pose of adequately caring for educa-
tion, housing, health, and similar indis-
pensable services.
e Sixth, the developing need for
. economic growth and more social ser-
vices will require the transfer of a big-
ger share of Canadian income to the
public sector of the economy. This
calls for a complete reappraisal of cur-
rent policies, which tend in the op-
posite direction and towards the
strengthening of private monopolies,
foreign and domestic. As the Carter
report pointed out: “The rate of growth
of our (overall Canadian) income can
be increased without cost by avoiding
lapses from full employment . . . Al-
though the tax system can be designed
to induce more work and less consump-
tion, it would be foolish to do so until
the costless increases are obtained and
it is established that the resulting
growth rate is still inadequate.”
* * *

PLAN ECONOMY
The Cominunist Party demands plan-
ning for a full employment and econ-
omic growth without inflation and

e Canadian contro! through

_ Public ownership, starting with

€nergy and natural resources
and industries based on them.

e Build secondary industries
under public ownership and
demccratic control to process
Our raw materials in Canada.

e Break out of the U.S. vise
and expand trade through long-
term credits with the socialist
and the newly developing coun-
tries,

e Legislation to prevent for-
eign take-overs of industry, land
and services. = -

e. Naticnalize the banks,
trusts, insurance companies and
the credit system to secure the

Summary of Communist platform

necessary capital for these pri-
orities.

e Jobs or an adequate income
for every Canadian as a right; a
32-hour work week with no re-
duction in pay; retirement with
higher pensions at 60 for men
and 55 for women; a $3.00 mini-
mum wage; no wage freeze.

e Legislation to prevent arbi-
trary plant closures and layoffs,
establishment of Crown Corpor-
ations to continue plant oper-
ations and employment. :

e An independent foreign pol-
icy, withdraw Canada from
NATO and NORAD, declare
Canada a nuclear free zone.

e Dissociate Canada from the

U.S. war of aggression against
the countries of Indochina; end
Canadian arms sales to the USA.

© Cut the arms budget by 50%
and transfer these funds to so-
cially necessary projects.

e Greater financial assistance
from all levels of government in
developing Canadian art and cul-
ture; an extended program of
grants to Canadian authors and
playwrights, theatre groups and
artists.

e Legislation to stop foreign
take-overs of book publishing
and distribution of paperbacks
and periodicals; public owner-
shiv of the textbook and learn-
ing materials industry.

without subsidization of industry and

‘business at the expense of the work-

ing people. To make this possible in
the interest of the country and the peo-
ple, it is necessary to embark upon a
policy of nationalization and public
control over key sectors of the means
of rproducticn, transportation, banks
and other institutions of finance and
credits.

The most.immediate need for this is
shown in the present debate over de-
velopment of our northern resources
of gas, oil and minerals, the building
of gas and oil pipelines in the Macken-
zie Valley, and the planned utilization
of this project for development of pro-
cessing and secondary industries under
public ownership and control as the
only answer to the threat of extended
foreign monopoly control. |

The increased demand for socially
necessary expenditures and the need
for increasing the public sector of the
economy, means that the leakage of
dividends and profits to foreign own-
ers of Canadian productive enterprises,
resources and utilities must be checked,
alongside the curtailment of capital
exports.

This, coupled with a steep increase
in the tax upon those who exploit and
carry away our natural resources, plus
a 50% cut in defense expenditures,
will help to bring about a more realis-
tic relationship between obtainable
revenues and socially indispensable ex-
penditures. Such a policy will be anti-
inflationary, particularly if it is ac-
companied by steps to prevent the
private monopolies from manipulating
the price structure.

CURB PROFITEERS

The Communist Party stands for the
curbing of land speculation entirely. It
proposes that funds from the Canada
Pension Plan be invested in an emer-
gency housing program, to provide
modest income earners with housing
they can afford.

Great land assemblies must be a
vital part of government planning to
provide adequate housing, with em-
phasis placed on low cost public hous-
ing for low income people, plus the re-
storation of the Municipal Development
Fund to provide loans at low interest
rates for needed municipal services.

Special consideration should be
given to public investment in areas
lagging in economic development and
income, as part of an overall economic
development plan for all areas of
Canada.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1972—PAGE 7