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WORKERS’ BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

_ Groups press Liberal senators
to maintain GST bill hold-up

A campaign is on
to urge Liberal sen-
ators to use “what-
ever methods at their
disposal” to prevent
the passage of the
Goods and Services
Tax. As the Tribune
went to press the
senators were contin-

Pro-Canada Net-
work, a coalition of
organizations from
across the country
fighting for fair tax-
ation, hosted one in
Edmonton with 400
people before the
Thanksgiving holi-
day weekend. They
used bells, whistles

uing to disrupt the
Senate, effectively using procedural techni-
ques to prevent what is now a Conservative-
dominated house from passing the legisla-
tion.

The move is a part of a showdown be-
tween Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and
the upper chamber after the PM used un-
precedented powers to appoint eight new
senators to the House earlier this month to

_ tipthe balance of power. Conservatives now

hold 54 seats, the Liberals 52.

The appointments have been challenged
by New Democratic Party leader Audrey
McLaughlin who points to a constitutional
provision which requires provinces to have
more members in the House of Commons
than they have in the Senate. With the ap-
pointments, New Brunswick now has one
more senator than member of parliament.
British Columbia has also launched a law-
suit against Mulroney’s stacking of the
Senate. i

Responding to the Liberals no-show,
speaker for the Senate Guy Charbonneau,
threw out the rule books and called the vote
on the unpopular tax even though none of
the Liberals or their independent supporters
were present in the house. The Liberals re-
turned with whistles and homs and began

- their own in-house bell ringing, making it

impossible for any business to be conducted,

The tactic was backed with rallies on
Parliament Hill. The Alberta wing of the

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and posts and pans to “sound the alarm for
Canada” over the GST.

Rally speakers warned that anger against
the government and its tax which will add
seven per cent to almost every item and
service purchased with the exception of
some foods, is so great that people would be
willing to engage in civil disobedience ac-
tions to block it. _

The group is behind the Liberal senators
and their efforts to stall the. bill which is
slated to go into effect Jan. 1. “If they (the
Liberal Senators) need to walk out, they stay
out until the bill is dead,” said Lucien Royer,
provincial co-ordinator for the Network.

Pro-Canada has bombarded senators
with telegrams and letters, telling them to
keep up the pressure. Consumers are being
asked to refrain from purchasing all but es-
sential items from Oct. 14 to 20 to dem-
onstrate to companies their opposition to the
tax.

It is also asking municipalities and pro-
vincial governments to declare their juris-
diction “GST-free zones” by refusing to col-
lect the tax.

The village of Elstow, Saskatchewan,

declared itself GST-free after taking the
question to voters in a referendum last May.
Fully 98 per cent voted in opposition to the
tax. City councils across the country are
being asked to place similar actions on their
agenda.

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COMING EVENTS

OCT. 24: Madeleine Parent, Quebec rep
to National Action Committee on Status of
Women and longtime trade union or-
ganizer, will speak on her vision for a
united, Canadian women’s movement.
7:30 p.m. at Maritime Labour Centre
(1880 Triumph St. at Victoria). Sponsored
by NAC, CCW and Trade Union Research
Bureau. All welcome. Info: 254-9797.

OCT. 28: Canada-Cuba Friendship As-
sociation. 30th anniversary party at La
Quena, 1111 Commercial Dr. 8 p.m. Enter-
tainment, food, Report back from Cuba.
Donation at door.

OCT. 30: Seniors’ Day. 11:30 am. Uk-
rainian Hall, 805 E. Pender. Meet your
COPE candidates. Speakers from Fire
Dept., Police and Mt. St. Joseph's Lifeline.
Bingo and lunch served.

NOV. 4: The Congress of Canadian
Women (CCW) and COPE invite you to
meet the women candidates for civic office
from the Committee of Progressive Elec-
tors. Join us for brunch from 11 a.m. to 1

.m. at the Heritage Hall (Main and 15th).

reakfast, entertainment, kids’ activities
and civic issues! Info: CCW: 254-9797 or
254-3066 or COPE: 874-6441.

NOV. 10: COPE CABARET!
School. Don’t miss it!

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