“When | grew up? You. mean after I’m back from fighting in
Vietnam?”

The Wall Street Journal

-EDITORIAL~”

Quebec non — B.C. qui!

| n his threat to disrupt or sever diplomatic relations between
Canada and France over Quebec’s representation at the
Gabon-Paris educational conferences, Prime Minister Trudeau has
managed. despite all his charm and bonhomme. to show up the
phoney “federalism” of Mike Pearson and his Liberal party for what
it really is.

“International affairs between Canada and other countries,”
Says M. Trudeau, ‘“‘must be conducted through Ottawa and not Que-
bec."’ In this he has managed to set Canada on a hostile course with
France, simply because Quebec exercised its constitutional right
(even under an antiquated BNA Act). to participate in an education-
al conference of French-speaking peoples from many countries —
an issue strictly within Quebec's jurisdiction and competence.

At its recent Central Committee session the Communist Party
of Canada stated ‘‘that it would be very unjust and harmful to the
interests of the French-Canadian nationa. and therefore to the
unity of Canada, to try to prevent Quebec from having direct rela-
tions with French-speaking states on questions which lie wholly
within its jurisdiction. .

“Mr. Trudeau and the Liberal government must not carry
through the policy indicated by Mr. Trudeau of refusing any interna-
tional competence to Quebec, even up to breaking diplomatic rela-
tions with France, the policy he advanced when he was seeking the
Support of the Anglo-Canadian establishment in his campaign for
the Liberal leadership.”

M. Trudeau has threatened just that in his new role as the “saviour”
of Quebec for an ersatz “‘federalism™ — the job a Liberal hierarchy
picked him for and hoped his “‘charm™ would turn the trick.

As Prime Minister of Canada (for the time being at least), M.
Trudeau might be better employed were he to direct his attention
,_ to the “separatists” elsewhere. say in British Columbia!

The most recent of many such Socred ministerial jaunts to the
U.S., Japan and other countries in a bid to give-away ever greater
hunks of B.C. natural resources, Resources Minister Ray Williston
has just returned from Japan. While there he boasts of some really
“big deals’’ made with Japanese monopoly in which vast quantities
of B.C. natural resources will be exported to Japan, and with these
Taw resources of course, the jobs of B.C. workers.

Thus when Quebecers go to France or elsewhere abroad seeking
to enhance their own education perspectives or that of other French-
speaking communities, M. Trudeau threatens reprisals. even to ex-
treme diplomatic rupture with France. But when Socred minis-
terial salesmen go to the U.S., Japan or elsewhere to barter away
the resources heritage of the people they misgovern, M. Trudeau
pauses in his charming kissing bee — to lend a helping hand to
monopoly’s political hijackers.

; Clearly M. Trudeau doesn’t speak for French-Canada — but he
is going a good job so far for the worst reactionary elements in both
French and English Canada, and as such emerging as a growing
obstruction to Canadian unity.

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SMAY 24,1968

"BLEEDING HEARTS & DROOLING JOWLS’

City giveaways yes, but-
no to low cost housing

By ALD. HARRY RANKIN

By a 5-5 tie vote, City Council
killed a motion last week to turn over
5-8 acres of city owned land for a
cooperative housing project. The site
proposed was in the approximate 150
acre area of vacant city land in the
south east corner of the city. The
recommendation came from

Council's Housing Committee.

composed of Aldermen Bird, Alsbury
and Rankin. Voting to defeat the
motion were Aldermen Adams,
Broome. Sweeney, Atherton and
Graham.

» The recommendation was to
provide the land at its assessed
value, which is slightly below
market price. A Co-op Housing
Society would put up $1.5 million to
provide 150 families with low cost
housing.

A three bedroom unit? with
basement could be built for $14,000.
To the buyer it would mean a down
payment of $950.00. principal and
interest of $98.20 a month plus an
additional $13.00 a month for taxes.
This would put decent housing within

$7000 a year and would enahle young
couples to establish a home.

But half of Council condemned the
proposal. voicing strong objection to
any subsidy for lower income
groups. Aldermen Sweeney and
Adams said that anyone earning
under $7000 a year had no right to
expect to own a home in Vancouver.

It is interesting to note that
aldermen who oppose subsidies for
low cost co-op housing for lower
income groups have no such
objections when it comes to offering
the Cemp developers a subsidy of $3-
5 million to buy Block 42 for them, or
to subsidizing the PNE to provide
facilities for the B.C. Lions or the
Vancouver Canucks.

They promote and encourage (with
direct or indirect subsidies trom the
city) the building of high rise
apartments for higher income
groups, of expensive hotels for
business men and wealthy tourists,
and fancy shopping centres in the
well-to-do areas of the city. But when
it comes to providing low rental
homes for the people who need them
most, they’re violently opposed.

They appear to operate by a double
standard — one for the rich and
another for the poor.

They remind me of the new
bleeding hearts club. **The Heart of
Vancouver Committee” set up to win
votes for the Block 42 giveaway.
Their hearts are bleeding for
downtown Vancouver, while their
jowls are drooling at the thought of
being next in line for more give-
aways by the city. But you won't

-hear a word from these bleeding

hearts about replacing the slums
with decent accommodation at
prices working people can afford.

The majority of City Council and
the business and real estate interests
they speak for have sabotaged and
delayed public low cost housing.
They have deliberately helped to
create the present inflationary price
of land and homes.

Appealing to their goodwill -won’t

change their attitude. Only public:

pressure so strong that their seats on
Council are in danger will compel
them to support action on co-op or
any other kind of low cost housing.

the reach of people making $5000 —

Communist candidates back IWA
fight for substantial wage hoist

The three Communist candidates nominated in
Greater Vancouver ridings and New Westminster have
taken their fight for decent living standards to the big
sawmill and plywood plants on the Lower Mainland.

This week a leaflet supporting the woodworkers
demands for substantial wage increases was distributed
at major forestry operations.

The leaflet entitled, ‘‘Wage Increases and the
Election,” is signed by Robin Smith, Vancouver South:
Charles Caron, Vancouver East; and Bob McLaren,
New Westminster. The Communist candidates will
participate in the distribution of the leaflet and expect
to discuss the Communist program with workers at the
plants. 3

Text of the leaflet reads:

J. V. Clyne, Liberal, and head of MacMillan Bloedel:

and William Hamilton, Conservative, and chairman of |

the B.C. Division of the Canadian Manufacturer’s

art

Association, have joined hands to issue dire warnings
about the danger to Canada from wage increases.

These monopolists talk about the limits that ‘‘the
economy can afford’ and the necessity ‘‘to impose
some form of compulsory economic restraint’. They
want to impose guide lines which would cut labor’s
living standards.

But these hypocrites have nary a word to say about
the fact that the 7% average wage increase negotiated
in 1968 barely makes up for the increase in prices and
taxes.

Not a word to say about the cuts in living standards .

already in effect for the 60% of the work force that are
unorganized.

Not a word to say about the record 1968 first quarter
profits of Canadian corporations, up 12% over the same
period a year ago. -

Not a word to say about the 436,000 jobless in the land,
an increase of 71,000 in a year.

Not a word to say about the scuttling of the Carter tax
reform which would have meant a capital gains tax and
the ending of the $500 million a year tax concession to
mining, oil and insurance companies.

Not a word to say about the fact that it is purchasing
power in the hands of millions of workers which really
keeps the economy going and without which sales would
drop and unemployment rise.

And finally, not a word to say about the real cause of
inflation, the massive expenditures for the aggressive

_ war in Vietnam.

J. V. Clyne recently suggested that, ‘the voting
public should take every opportunity during the federal
election campaign to question candidates about
economic matters of vital concern to Canada.”

Yes! By all means let's ask the big business
candidates to talk about the above economic matters
which Clyne ignores. The chairman of the province s
biggest monopoly clearly has his eye on June 15th as
well as June 25th. His concern has nothing to do with
Canada, only the profits of his company.

The real interests of Canada will be served on Juné

15th by woodworkers winning substantial wage -

increases, and on June 25th by denying. both old line
employer parties a majority in parliament,

Woodworker: Elect candidates who champion your —

needs, the Communist Party. nominees in Vancouver

y together for needed wage inéredses! ’
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