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Pender St. ~ Kashtan on Confederation: ‘Trudeau avoiding crisis issues’ Responding to prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s television speech Nov. 24 and the remarks of other party leaders in Ottawa, William Kashtan, leader of the Communist Party of Canada, has charged that the prime minister and opposition leaders are not dealing with the roots of the crisis facing Canada. “With the growing crisis of Confederation, reflected in part in the election of the Parti Quebecois as the government of Quebec, one would have thought that the roots of the crisis would be dealt with and solutions offered, when prime minister Trudeau and the various opposition leaders in Parliament spoke over TV a few days ago. This did not take place,’’ said Kashtan. “Apart from some generalities, the spokesmen were more con- cerned in discussing who was to blame for this situation than in advancing coherent solutions,”’ Kashtan said, adding that the TV statements had all the signs of pre- electioneering. Analysing the statements of each of the party leaders, Kashtan said: “Mr, Clark blamed the economic policies of the government for the rise of separatism in Quebec. His solution? Decentralization of power. : “Mr. Broadbent blamed the result on the bilingual policies of the government and used the oc- casion to state the NDP was op-. posed to separatism. His solution? None was advanced. “Prime minister Trudeau seemed to veer away from his past policy of bilingualism and _in- dividual rights and towards the collective rights of Quebec. He spoke of a ‘crisis of national unity.’ He opposed, or at least stated that ‘Canada cannot (must not) survive by force’ — a clear warning to _ CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING _}) BUSINESS PERSONALS COMING EVENTS ECEMBER 11— Vancouver East _ Presents ‘‘Moscow Nights” (an €ntire evening with a Soviet flavor), Sat., Dec. 11; 600 Campbell Ave., lower hall. ‘Slides, food, music, gift ideas. Refreshments and dancing — Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Adm. $3.50 Proceeds C.P.F. 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For reservations phone 254-3430. hes those monopoly interests and rednecks who believe the answer to the vote in Quebec is to ‘bash them ins » Kashtan emphasized that while making these statements, the prime minister returned to the discredited policy pursued by former prime minister Lester Pearson of “cooperative federalism”’ when he spoke of the need for ‘‘accommodation with the provinces in sharing power.” “This is not much different to Clark’s ‘decentralization of power’ These are efforts at avoiding the central question which is the source of the crisis of Con- federation: recognition of the two nations, and on that basis, establishing a voluntary, equal partnership of the two peoples in a new made-in-Canada _ con- stitution,’ said Kashtan. The’ Communist leader pointed. out that decentralization of power, cooperative federalism, bilingualism and biculturalism — “none of these have brought an end to the crisis. Instead they have accentuated it; and the crisis will Effie Jones in hospital Effie Jones, pioneer progressive civic leader, is in the Heather Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital, recovering from a recent illness. : Effie Jones’ name became a household word in Vancouver as a result of her years of campaigning for civic reforms which touched the lives of most people. ‘Effie’, as she became affectionately known to the voters, came close to election as mayor of Vancouver in her famous ‘low fare Jones” campaign. Visited by Tribune editor Maurice Rush this week, Effie sent her greetings to all her friends. 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No doubletalk can evade the central and primary problem confronting French Canada, that of winning genuine recognition of the status and rights as a nation. This is fully compatible with the establishment of a bi-national state.”’ Kastan concluded by stating that the ‘‘crisis of national unity”’ or the crisis of Confederation will con- tinue until this question is faced. ‘Save Jericho’-Yorke COPE president Bruce Yorke this week revealed the contents of a Nov. 24 telegram received from Andre Ouelette, federal minister of urban affairs, in which the minister says ‘‘there are a number of federal programs available to support projects which might be consistent with Vancouver’s desires for Jericho.” “This wire opens a new ballgame regarding the future of Jericho. It alters the perspectives for Jericho and in a favorable direction,’’ says Yorke. 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