This has become a matter of ‘Tlous concern to management tMvho are presently discussing t Mow to change this situation. on It would of course be too much emo expect that management will , Wome up with the obvious con- @usion that workers should get d ft bigger share of the wealth they Oduce. What they are discus- @ng is how to make settlements “nding on the membership with- Ut giving them the right to vote or or against such settlements. In any case, the sharp strug- les of 1969 which led to a big- loss in man hours than the great Struggles of 1946, the first }P the post war period, are mere- a forerunner of what is likely O develop in 1970 when over me million workers will be in Wcs0tlations. By word and deed alvOrkers are showing they are t ead Set against Government re- endUlation of wages, wage guide- ratitnes or wage freezes. And if the ; LC and CNTU leadership ex- gessed Opposition to the Gov- na“rnment’s and Price Commis- feze it isn’t because they are Osed to one in principle, but Cause they could not impose on the rank and file. - ret therefore, did not only €st to the rising militancy of gf O'kers, it also exposed the yth that the working class is Pi with the status quo, that : ening as a class, that fee udent youth and others & € of production are the Wve force of social change. ve evidence of 1969 proves deat the workers are ever ‘more e (-serting their place as the cen- jarére of an ‘alliance of democratic cessOrces dedicated to. the necessity 4 Tadical change in society. fil, sae also brought to light a n! se trend to the left in je 0 thee Politics. ‘Trudeaumania LOR oko € general policies of state r Vea Poly capitalism were direct- ie eflect the movement for Beat Change and divert it into mless channels. By a policy tur Own Hou orc se—a new policy : anada” and at the April = National convention, the ‘ilkoe, Called for a three-point tH en a new foreign policy c. & ace; a new Constitution for teauited Canada; and a New mm Ply sy, 2° suffered a severe > When Leslie Morris, still a writ died in 1964. t Le quae Kashtan was elected tio sae the Communist Party - (In this issue we carry 196) article on : “i © 1970's) perspectives for »poh * * * 4 tgs Sions in the ranks of Can- a apitalists became more f ten. Both James Coyne, gov- f the Bank of Canada, alter Gordon, then a Li- Party cabinet minister g Mnor 9 la ral a Tned "'S_ endangered through U.S 4 ieee of Canadian re- 0 shir S. Walter Gordon was col iped by the Liberals. The ed James Coyne. : thories fir So. as freee | On's proposals for a wage - that Canada’s existence - of concessions it was hoped to contain dissatisfaction and keep it tied to capitalist policies. They have not been too successful in this regard. Alongside the sharp- ened economic struggle there has also begun to shape up an upsurge of political action which found its expression in the re- sults of recent provincial elec- tions and in some by-elections. A process of polarization and political realignment is taking place which monopoly is unable to check. This turn to the left which is as yet in its infancy, was also to be seen in the results of the NDP Convention. That Conven- tion mirrored not only the rising militancy of the workers; it re- flected also the growing nation- al consciousness, the necessity for action to check US control over the Canadian economy and in foreign affairs, although not yet prepared to come out forth- rightly for public ownership un- der democratic control as a de- cisive way to advance the strug- gle for genuine Canadian inde-_ pendence. It reflected, too, a pro- cess of differentation within the Canada’s trade union move- ment took a first step towards direct political action in initiat- ing the formation of the New Democratic Party. * * % The first compulsory, compre- hensive, universal, publicly-ad- ministered medical care insur- ance plan in North America was put .into effect by the Sas- katchewan CCF government on July, 1962. * * * ’ Canada got its first.Canadian flag in the 1960's. * * * Canada broke some aspects of its Cold War policies by con- cluding deals under a Tory gov- ernment to sell wheat to the Soviet Union and the Chinese People’s Republic. * % * During the Sixties, Indian spokesmen stood up, and Native people demonstrated, breaking the years of silence after the NDP, and the emergence of a more coherent Left. 1969 likewise saw a growing radicalization amongst the youn- ger generation who in increasing numbers are turning away from so-called capitalist values, ethics and morality and are beginning to move against monopoly and against capitalism. What is evident in all of this is that the demand for change is growing. The winds of change, of high hopes and expectations also sweep across Canada. The forces in opposition to mono- poly and its policies are growing while the mass base of support for monopoly and its policies is “narrowing. These winds of change’ do not only arise from internal condi- tions in Canada, although these are basic; they arise also as a reflection of the struggle be- tween socialism and capitalism on a world scale and the grow- ing crisis of U.S. imperialist policy. Imperialism hoped it would actively promote division and disunity in the socialist camp, playing upon temporary differ- ences to accomplish its purposes. It hoped it could stimulate re- visionist and opportunist tenden- cies in the Communist and Wor- kers parties and seriously weak- en their international solidarity. For a time it appeared as if they would be successful in achieving their aims. However, the Interna- tional Conference of Communist and Workers parties held in Moscow in early June, laid these hopes to rest. The Conference created the conditions for consolidating uni- ty; it laid the bases for coordin- ating efforts to develop a more active and energetic struggle against imperialism and _ for strengthening the cause of peace, democracy, national and social liberation and socialism through- out the world. last great battles when Indian chieftains were forced to sur- — render their country to. the con- querors, and were herded onto reservations to die out. Today’s demand for equality demon- strates that they’ve overcome the terrible attitudes instilled by the policies of racism, which give rise to feelings of inferior- ity and lack of confidence. * * * The Initiating Committee is meeting in Toronto a day or two before 1969 ends to form a Young Communist League. * * ok And, as the Sixties draw to a close, there’s been the trium- phant meeting of the Commun- ist and Workers :parties, which has strengthened the anti-impe- rialist unity of the world, ac- companied by growing achieve- ments by all socialist countries. The future is bright with pro- mise to make the Seventies the decade of socialism. PTE LUV TIMITT TI AUT RT This too is part of the record of 1969. 1969 will be particularly re- membered as marking an import- ant stage in people’s interven- tion in foreign affairs, highlight- ed by the Moratorium campaign in. the U.S.A. and in Canada as well, and directed to end U.S. aggression in Vietnam. U.S. im- perialism suffered a severe de- feat in Vietnam. This is an his- toric gain for the cause of peace and national liberation, a further evidence of the fact that the ba- lance of forces on a world scale does not favor imperialism. All these factors will have a bearing on the unfolding of events in the 1970’s. Imperialism, however, has not given up its aims. The widening The evidence of 1969 proves that the workers are ever more asserting __ their place as the _ centre of an alliance Coe of the fight for peace, for the immediate unconditional with- drawal of U.S. troops and bases from Vietnam, the recognition of the sovereignty and indepen- dence of South Vietnam, must remain at the centre of our at- tention. Monopoly and its Government have not given up the attacks on the living standards, jobs and rights of the workers and their unions. Unity and ever more unity of the workers and their Soe RARE aE GE unions is therefore a measure of their ability to defend their in- terests and expand their demo- cratic rights, cope with the ef- fects of the technological and scientific revolution, and advance the fight for full employment and the expansion of social se- curity. 1970 should see the further ex- tension of various people’s movements arising in opposition to monopoly’s policies and to a sharpening of the struggle of the farmers faced as they are with a threat to their livelihood. It should see the unfolding of a more massive struggle for demo- cratic reform of education, for low rental housing and other social issues. These movements and strug- gles can lay the ground work for a democratic alliance uniting all the forces challenging the power of monopoly. The isola- tion of the pro-U.S. forces in Canadian political life, the bring- ing about of a realignment of political forces, the strengthen- ing of the Left and democratic forces — all these are a neces- sary part of bringing such a de- mocratic alliance into being. Its achievement would mark a new page in the history of Canada and open the door to socialist advance. 1970 should see the growth of influence of the Communist Party and of Marxism-Leninism in Canada. The. events of the 1960’s_ have shown that the theories of. Marcuse -and- other petty-bourgeois radicals are proving to be bankrupt, and that Marxism-Leninism is the only valid science able to show the path to advance. Socialist think- ing and action is bound to grow and perhaps be one of the main features characterising the 70’s, stimulated as well by the Lenin Centenary celebrations in Can- ada. Clearly Communists have a big job to do in the 70’s and they will do it. TENE