— 4q x 4 AFTER 100 YEARS... - WE stand on the threshold of Canada’s second century more and more Canadians ask: what will Canada’s future be like? Are we destined to become a satellite of ‘the USA and perhaps be completely ab- sorbed by it? This question cannot be answered in the abstract. Canada’s future depends above all on whether peace is maintained and world nuclear war prevented. One can- not take lightly the warning of U Thant that we are in danger of sliding into World War Three. It is neither an alarmist nor a defeatist statement but rather a serious assessment of the dangers involved in U.S. imperialist policy today. Thus, the kind of foreign policy Canada pursues is vital to Can- ada’s future, indeed to its very exist- ence. ‘ The present course of Canada’s foreign policy is exemplified by Can- ada’s ties with NATO and NORAD, its “quiet” diplomacy in Vietnam and not so quiet diplomacy in the Middle East crisis. Underneath it all is the fact that the Canadian government has committed itself and the Canadian people to U.S. imperialist policy wher- ever it may lead. Fast-moving events, however, have exposed the bankruptcy The people will — of Canada’s quiet diplomacy in Viet- nam even as they have exposed the bankruptcy of U.S. policy and aims. It has demonstrated also that quiet diplomacy is no substitute for an in- dependent foreign policy which is vital for Canadian security and for world peace. Canada’s future, indeed its very sur- eee WM. KASHTAN General Secretary of the Communist Party vival, depends on whether it will dis- sociate itself from U.S. imperialist aims, adopt an active policy of neutrality, withdrzw: from NATO and NORAD, support genuine disarmament and fur- ther strengthen trade and other rela- tions with the socialist and newly in- dependent countries. For Canada there is no alternative to nuclear annihilation other than peaceful coexistence and an active For the Communist viewpoint on today’s events in Canada - % ~< . endtheword... Pacific Tribune _ @ 12-page weekly filled with news you won't find in the big __ business press, commentary on what's behind the daily head- lines and feature articles on a wide range of topics and issues of particular interest to progressive-minded people. — | = < ‘ will get it mailed to your home for the next 10 weeks dust send $1 with your name and address to: _ 493 E. June 30, 1967—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 8 PACIFIC TRIBUNE Hastings St., Vancouver 4, B.C. =) become this country’s sovereign rulers policy of neutrality. This in fact must be the foundation upon which to main- tain and strengthen its independence and achieve full cooperation between the French and English peoples of our country. The corollary of a truly independent foreign policy is a policy of indepen- dent economic development coupled with policies to. weaken U.S. domina- tion and win control over the Canadian economy. In some monopoly circles it is argued that it is too late to reverse the trend toward a complete U.S. take- over and that the best thing in the circumstances is to learn to live with this unpleasant fact. Canadians must reject this defeatist view. It will be too late only if we continue the present policy of integration and continental- ism, of “sharing” our natural resources with the USA instead of pursuing a genuine national policy of independent economic development. If the continen- talists and integrationists carry the day the independence and sovereignty of our country will be seriously under- mined, if not completely lost. It is no accident, therefore, that opposition to U.S. control and owner- ship is growing and merging with the demand for an independent foreign policy. Some sections of the capitalist class, including men like Mr. Walter Gordon who reflect this rising senti- ment, have come out for policies of Canadian control which would streng- then Canadian monopoly at the expense of U.S. monopoly. In so doing, they are adding to the rising stream of public opposition to U.S. domination. If the independence and sovereignty of Canada is to be strengthened, how- ever, basic changes in the very struc- ture of capitalism will be required. Canadian control does not mean Cana- dian monopoly control. In fact there can be no genuine Canadian control without nationalization, starting with the nationalization of our natural re- sources and the industries related to it, then going over to nationalization of the entire banking and credit system and the big U.S. monopolies. Only such measures will ensure effective demo- cratic planning of the economy and its independent development in the inter- ests of the Canadian people. It is a mezsure of the present situa- tion that Canadian independence has become the central problem of political life today. Indeed, it is at the heart of all political realignments shaping up in our country and constitutes a big factor in the growing disarray in the old-line political parties. No political party which does not meet this basic issue head-on and effectively copes with monopoly and its policies can expect to have a durable future in our coun- try. The fact is there is no future for Canada without strengthening its in- ‘new course, 4 2 stands in the way 3 set genuine indepe by weakening mot th in our conditions, © je which to advance PF will do what monopay 'y could never do— en sovereignty of the © sovereign rule of the Canada’s future 18 depends on its peor people, workers yl? those in the cities ald who have always UPI gi] ests and indepen! eae ru and always will, yi th hy consistently betray® ests. Ne Capitalism has show ability to solve the en Ww x the people. It has © asd, sure steady work, ‘ sl stable prices t0 Canadian people. to solve the hous! : poverty. The techn? ope hs fic revolution, Whi? aly sibilities for mam ™ ql by capitalism for Pr ily of the: insecurity © of people. Social 5 in scope. Trade uh ont restricted. The “afflv the concentration hands of fewer “f This reality, 00h world portrayed ye i is impelling grow ie adians to move 1 “jel ew 7 PY ada. For them and ms oh By dians the cententl’ Bi is it the unsatisiay Tae America Act. whi’ ‘ad ch # al sions between Fre gerne A | 6 Wy ir gress. 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We are COP ed ny dian people, hea Fy class, will in the | et gle for Canadio® fo! : ' i nd peac®s ont ff See develo? mn g progress, become ‘ich historic changes ‘ h, ocialism. ch te er Canada’s fre of i nated by the 1 500 th is no doubt te th st mark the age 3 ople: Om the Canadian Pe ‘vost? de Uh own house, i9 © ee im democratic, tu ih, socialist nation® are i 0 the country ye sovereign rulers: