ty it, fad my 8as belong to the people.”’ world.”’ Teaders does not permit a fuller A i _ The following are excerpts from an exclusive interview with “‘Prime Minister’ W. A. C. Bennett, conducted by George MacKinnon, first featured in ‘“Executive Magazine’ and later Carried in “The Gazette Business Review and Forecast,” Montreal, Quebec in its January 6, 1969 edition! “No place in the world has the potential of this province. In the last 16 years we have changed from a “‘have-not province to a great and successful place to live.”’ “Tn the last few years, taxes have been raised in every Province in Canada except British Columbia . . best highways system in Canada and the lowest gasoline tax.”’ “We have changed the legislation here in British Columbia So that all our resources, all our forest assets, all our copper, all our lead, all our moly metals, “We can bring in capital from any part of the world, but we have made sure that no outside country can own British Columbia, because we have made sure that the resources will remain in the hands of the people for ever.”’ “All other provinces give tax concessions to industry but we will not. We want only those industries which can stand on their own feet, because if you have to help them to get started, they will likely be in trouble forever.” “Our population is now 2,000,000. In the year 2,000 it will be about 7,000,000. I see that the real purchasing power of our People, not the inflated totals, but the real values, will be at least 50 percent higher than it is now, and the standard of living of the people of British Columbia will be the highest in the _ To most British Columbians deeply concerned at the alienation of the rich resources of their province to foreign Monopoly under Socred brokerage, such ‘“‘news’’ will come as a Pleasant Surprise, plus a belated realization that the potential of the “credibility gap”’ is almost limitless. ‘ The above quotations are only a few from this remarkable Interview. Lack of space, plus respect for the sanity of our to the Montreal reader who sent us the clipping. WAC’S Credibility . we have the our gold, our oil and natural reproduction. And our thanks watt Padgham, Rossdale, B.C. be 8: Here we are in another ay and I have been wondering sue members of the working is S especially those who have ane upon themselves as class ae cious (which of course they lies” ae being so duped by the cla €ceit, and anti-working Se fei Propaganda of the a alist press especially on the oe of Czechoslovakia, because Ra a Warsaw Pact countries a ed into that country at the aa est of the rea] leaders I was nek happy that our Socialist aa ers had beaten the Western orld gangsters to the punch. N our area we have a weekly Se papel to which I subscribe = in the last August 29th issue e purorial appeared on the ee Oslovakian events, and I not help but answer it and he Burns night —qq©Ocssss© 2 puis Night will be celebrated a ancouver at a gala affair on Bnet January 25 at the s ae Hall, 138 E. Cordova iw ah be “ a night to ; ae er promise members of mmittee planning the event. = saw of entertainment is Sc aN anned and refreshments sti _ served. Supper will be RK at 7:30 P.m., followed by aNncing from 9 to 12. Admission is $3 per person. °U can re. serve ti Phoning Oe auey KeketsEby Qren FORUM to my surprise it was published and the editor made an editorial comment. I also answered his comment which was also published, and in that I wrote about my life and my part in World War I, and the rotten deal I received from our then rotten government, ending as follows: “T still maintain that Fascism is raising it’s ugly head, not only in West Germany but in America, Britain, and France also, and these countries are working overtime to try and get their Quislings in the Socialist countries to stir up counter- revolution and it’s aftermath of murder and also the Third World War, in which only the have-not’s suffer while the have’s build up more fortunes.” There was no editorial comment this time and there has been no answers to my letters from any in favor or opposed. Danger Lessened A.B.D., Victoria, B.C. writes: I am enclosing my renewal sub- scription to the PT. I also think the Communist Party in Canada “‘jumped the gun’”’ in their early criticism of the Soviet Union over the Czech affair. What else could Russia do — with the U.S. 7th Fleet patrolling the Mediter- ranean and West Germany completely under U.S. control and the CIA in control of everything? In such set-up there is always the possibility of a third world war. Prompt Soviet: action lessened that danger. POLICY DEBATE LAUNCHED 1h eo Canada’s Communists hold national parley April 4-6 The Communist Party of Canada will hold its twentieth convention in Toronto next Faster weekend, April 4, 5, and 6, 1969, it was announced following a meeting of the party’s Central Committee. The Convention will be preceeded by an intensive period of discussion by the membership of the party, and publicly on questions of policy and organization. The Central AID TO VIETNAM. Photo shows shipment of aid for the people of Committee has submitted a resolution on these matters as a basis for this discussion. In opening the two and one half day debate, which took place around this resolution in the Central Committee, the party’s national leader, William Kashtan, spoke of the mass movements that are arising in the country. : “We see these movements taking on diverse forms,’ he Vietnam leaving Vancouver aboard the Soviet freighter SS Orekhov on December 15. A total of 80 crates in 5 shipments have now left Vancouver. The first shipment of 1969 is being crated now for shipment in the next two weeks. Canadian Aid for Vietnam Civilians is currently in a drive to raise funds for artificial limbs for children. Contributions can be sent to: CAVC, P.O. Box 2543, Vancouver 3, B.C. said, ‘“‘the working class against monopoly, French Canadians for national self-determination and sovereignty, movements against U.S. domination, social and economic movements including the upsurge among the farmers, the rebellion of students. “We see,’ he continued, “processes which would indicate the possibility of a national, democratic, anti-monopoly, anti- imperialist coalition led by the working class and the Communist Party. This could constitute the basis for social and economic change in our country. “The ingredients are being ‘created for not only a continued radicalization, which is the most marked feature of Canadian politics today, but for the crystallization of a growing left.” He served notice that the party intends to challenge those forces ‘‘which question the relevancy of our party, both the attack from monopoly which we have always had, and the petty bourgeois radical trends. We will fight for our position in the broad democratic movement.”’ U.S. Inauguration A mass march to the Capitol in Washington on the day before the inauguration of Richard Nixon on January 20 is planned by the National Mobilization to End the war in Vietnam. The march will be led by G.I.’s and Vietnam veterans from 15 U.S. army bases and forts. “It will be a ‘march of civilians’ from all over the country behind our G.I.’s demanding immediate withdrawal of our troops,”’ said Rennie Davis, national co- ordinator for the sponsoring group. The march is supported by a growing list of peace, community, student, New Party groups and followers of Senator Eugene McCarthy. Participating organizations include Women Strike for Peace chapters, Philidelphia Branch of SANE, Fifth Avenue Vietnam Peace Parade Committee, and New University Conference. Davis, who was one of the leaders of the peace demonstrations in Chicago during the Democratic national convention, said sponsors of the Jan. 19 march seek a broadly- based demonstration centering on the issue of withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. The march to the Capitol Sunday, Jan. 19 will follow a mass rally behind the White House on Constitution Ave. A Counter-Inauguration Ball will be held Sunday evening in a heated tent on White House Mall. On Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, demonstrators will line the route of the Inauguration parade DUNDAS B-A (WALL & DUNDAS ST.) Complete Auto Repair and Service for All Makes Government Certified Mechanic and § SERVICE V. W. SPECIALIST H. Lee Ph. 255-6828 protest waving peace pennants and chanting slogans. 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