Across Canada

_| Rightto Life
| ad ‘distasteful’

TORONTO — The Right to Life, an
- anti-abortion group is placing an ad in
the subway system here to run for the
- month of December. The ad features a |:
toy soldier with a tear running down its
| cheek. It says, ‘‘Some toys will have
less children to play with this year —
some 65,000 aborted children less’’.
The Canadian Abortion Rights Ac-
tion League (CARAL) is urging a letter
writing campaign to the transit commis-
sioner to protest the ad. They argue
that it is not in good taste, and is de-
liberately designed to make women feel
guilty. :
_ TheadsaysCARAL, is insensitive to
the fact.that women are not always ina
position to bear children and are forced
to make a difficult decision. CARAL },
also questions the misplaced concern in
__ the ad for toys.

Wild rice lost,

Indians sue a

- HIAWATHA, Ont. —_ The.

’ Hiawatha Indian band has prepared a}
claim against the federal government)
for destroying wild rice fields on Rice.
Lake when the Trent-Severn Water-
Way was built. a

‘violations since 1818, the year the band}
‘surrendered its land, said the claim is)
“one of at least four the band is pre-

Parliament protests |
ViArailcuts ©

OTTAWA — Liberal members on

“were nearly out voted Oct. 29 in a |
test against VIA rail cuts. New Demo-}
- rat Leslie Benjamin, moved with Tory
_ support that the house adjourn in pro-
test over the way the government has
handled the affair. The remaining Lib-}
erals refused to allow the vote to be}
“called. eet
The opposition has been pressing the}
government to extend the deadline on
_ the cuts until a Commons committee or
the courts can rule on their legality. |

Foreclosures triple —
in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG — Mortgage fore-
closures in the city will triple the annual}
average. according to the registrar at}
Winnipeg's land titles office. Over
foreclosure notices have been issued so}
far this year and the office expects to

to serve coffee

when hired that her duties*would in-}.
“Clude serving coffee. © ; e

said the complaint was rejected be-

crimination based on sex”. — = |
The commission had originally re-

_ fused to investigate her complaint but.

_ Changed its mind after the story was
aired on a Calgary talk show.

Jakab is now sueing the company for |
wrongful dismissal in small claims.

court. - ‘ : ee

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A researcher looking into treaty)

‘their way to.a. Toronto dinner party) _

CANADA

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PHOTO — E. WEIR

Seven Soviet scientists made their way on skis to the North
Pole in 1979. Leader of the expedition physicist Dmitri Shparo
(centre) met in Toronto with Canadian diplomat George Ig-

natieff (right) to discuss undertaking a similar joint trip with
Canadian participation. The trip aims to study living conditions
and to conduct scientific research on drifting ice floes.

Soviets invite Canada to join
ski expedition to North Pole

When seven young men in 1979 made
their way on skis to the North Pole, the
feat was acclaimed not only in the Soviet
Union, where it took place, but across
the world. Last week their leader, phy-
sicist Dmitri Shparo, and two members
of his crew, Vladimir Ledenev and Vas-
sili Shishkaryov, were in Canada boost-
ing the proposal of a joint four month
(February-May 1982) Soviet-Canadian
expedition on skis in the northern seas
that border on both our countries. Cana-
dian scientific instruments would also be
employed. __ :

Theirs “was not primarily a sport
achievement, although it most certainly
was that as well, Shparo told news-
papermen at a press conference in To-
ronto on Oct. 27. The main aim was to
study the possibility of living and

conducting scientific research on drifting
ice floes. The youth paper Komsomol-
skaya Pravda and several institutions
studying the Far North sponsored the
first-time-ever expedition.

Canadian author Farley Mowat is
enthusiastic about the ~ project.
Governor-General Schryer, other public
figures, scientists and educationists with
whom they met in Montreal and Ottawa
offered encouragement. Big benefits
would be gained, all agree.

The proposal is for one or two quali-
fied Canadians to go to the Soviet Union
for preliminary training with their Soviet
colleagues. There is no lack of potential
Arctic skiers among Canadians. All that
is wanted is agreement of the Canadian
Government, and sponsors to get the
project rolling. :

Correspondents and guests, among
whom was Canadian diplomat of Russian
origin George Ignatieff, asked many
questions and received exhaustive re-
plies. Here are a few samples:

The coldest weather the 1979 expedi-
tion struck was — 42°C, although up there
it sometimes goes down to —50°C. They
had one doctor along, but suggest two for
the next trip to assure greater medical
research. Friendship among the crew
was a great asset at all times, not just at
time of danger (as when one or another of
the crew got dunked in the freezing wat-

ers and had to be rescued). A book de-
scribing their exploit is coming off the —

presses soon.
It would be a crime if Canada passed
up this exciting and friendly invitation.
J.W.

“process 200 more. Last year was a re-}
cord with 1,085 foreclosures in the city. 1

Fired for refusing © : :

CALGARY — The Alberta Human

Rights Commission has rejected aj ,
complaint by a secretary that she was}
_ fired for refusing to serve coffee. Laurie}
_ Jakab, a secretary with Texas Pacific}
Oil Canada Ltd., said she was not told]

~- Human rights director Jack Tutty .

cause it was not ‘‘deemed to be dis-: |

SPs AP Pog ead ed

CP contests Manitoba election

Special to the Tribune

WINNIPEG — The Communist Party in Manitoba
has launched its campaig; in the 1981 provincial election
with a call for the defeat of the Conservative Lyon
government.

‘The past four years of Tory rule have been a disaster
for the working people of this province,”’ said Manitoba
communist leader Paula Fletcher. ‘‘The Tory govern-
ment have been acting as an executive board for the
multi-national corporations here.”’

The Communist Party is calling for a new people's
majority, including communists, to be elected Nov. 17
that would put people before profits and place the future
economic development of Manitoba into the hands of the
people.

Veteran communist Bill Ross will be the party's can-
didate in St. Johns and Fletcher will carry the party’s

fight into Burrows.

“In the ridings where we are not running we are calling
on our members and supporters to elect the labor candi-

dates who can replace the Conservative government ,

with a new majority,” said Fletcher.
The new Progressive Party, a right-wing split-off from
the NDP, is on the ballot for the first time in this election.

Votes for the Progressives, who direct their main fire -

against the NDP, are expected to help only the Tories.
The complete absence of any meaningful economic

and social programs by any of the big parties has people -

wondering. And while NDP candidates are saying
what’s wrong with the Conservatives, they are not
proposing any fundamental solutions or alternatives.
‘This lack of alternatives by the NDP only weakens
the position of working people in our province and
underscores the necessity of Communist representation

_ in the new Legislature,’’ said candidate Ross.

The Communist Party is running on a 10-point pro-
gram for change, the basis of which is a new industnial
strategy to expand the economy, provide jobs and raise
living standards. This would include nationalization of
the key sectors of Manitoba’s economy and building the

_ manufacturing and processing industries.

Other points include safeguarding the natural re-
sources of the province — especially the publicly-owned
Manitoba Hydro; immediate rent controls; government
take-over of nursing homes, daycare and provincial
funding of education at all levels.

In the face of the upsurge of Ku Klux Klan activities in
Canada, the CPC program includes banning of the Klan
and stricter enforcement of legislation against racism and
anti-Semitism.

The Communist Party is the only party in this election
to advance peace as an election issue. “‘Peace is every-
body’s business,” said Fletcher, ‘‘and especially the
business of the government of the province.’’ The party
is calling for Manitoba to remain a nuclear free zone and

~ for the removal of U.S. nuclear warhead systems on the

Manitoba-North Datoka border.
“Our program,’’ says Fletcher, “‘is one that would
provide an anchor in a new majority in the Legislature

“and the election of Communist MLAs would mean a —

clear direction and voice for the working people in the
province as a whole. :

‘‘Voters in the north end of Winnipeg know what kind
of public representatives that Communists make,"* she
said. ‘‘They have Joe Zuken at City Hall and Mary
Kardash on the School Board and they deserve the same
benefits from communist representatives at the provin-
cial level.”’ :

The Communist Party has its election headquarters at
607 Main Street and calls on all its supporters to get into

- the fight for a communist voice in the Legislature.

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