iam Kashtan to the meeting
munist Party of Canada

interests whose main concern is
Not people. Nor is the amalga-
am Of the three Prairie provinces
sue the way to cope with the

is id Crisis in the Prairies. Planned
nd © development, diversification
cae the development of natu-
oo on the basis of public

P is what the situation calls

‘ a defense budget should im-
‘Wraitapy Y be cut in half to make funds
‘Win w® for these and other job cre-

Measures,

jeether with these measures, im-
mp action is required to assist the
eo For the unemployed the
ion of whether Canada is in a re-
4 Or a depression is largely aca-

* What they know is that they

Mang 4 crisis, with drastically reduced
aie no prospects -of work, and
mn. et Of losing their homes. The
8 workers. are particularly hard
.47 the recession being the “first
- the last hired.” For students
ey olved is whether they will

the, fe continue their education. In

Dyas ty Of today’s world the unem-

i, t€ worse off than those in the

isnt ~ unemployment insurance
th th are totally inadequate to deal
2 . Plight of the unemployed.

€nefits should be increased to
imu @ person’s earnings with a
>, 1 of $100 per week. Every Can-
tome west be guaranteed an annual
mort ufficient to live in decency and

Nowa Legislation is required that

Oma, Prevent evictions or loss of
lag ecause of unemployment, as
‘’S the closing down of plants.

nis _ THE FIGHT BACK
cio farmer unity for all these ob-
‘ Cir all out campaign by the
DP, th TU, the farm movement, the
*ocratio. Communist Party, other de-
teen Organizations, could compel
Sal of government policy. So
aN ther ‘the CLC and CNTU, nor
Mhing have thrown their full weight
Mlicieg neh an all out effort and for
the yj, Of full employment. Instead,
Dent Pine in the trade union move-
e oot tin the NDP have opened
er ,-' for some form of controls
€ trade union movement in
Mdustries, rather than focus-
ere the controls are needed,
Power.

ap te : :
4 Doig, mmunist Party has called for

Bheq a full employment and cam-

o Fuy Or this throughout the coun-
te Teployment without inflation
eas, : alizable objective. Wage in-
er “ae be taken out of profits,
an through price rises which
Maximizes monopoly profits at
18 of jobs and living stand-
Place the burden of price

the backs of working people.

Steg

fe
mer, Usele for a reversal-of gov-

Ten, , Policy finds its reflection in
ressup Wage negotiations. Des! the
ent
ks Monopoly, the CLC and
‘tron i all unions, reflecting the
Tessures of the rank and file,
Used to agree to wage re-

ac epttant to the working class
ee scientific and technolo-
ution and growing unem-

a may Centres too on the issue
cre 'rement based on substan-
ases in pension payments,

e
S exerted on them by wovern- -

which in turn could create job oppor-
tunities for younger workers.

All these and other demands can be
won if they are tied in with the de-
mand for democratic reform, for an
ecohomic policy of full employment,
and for legislation which would give-
the workers and their unions a say
over technological change. In today’s
conditions to limit the struggle to wage
increases and to collective bargaining
only without linking it up with an all
sided political struggle against Govern-
ment economic and social policy will
not solve the problems confronting the
working class. A growing body of
workers are becoming increasingly
aware of this. Political as well as eco-
nomic struggle is required to compel
changes in government policy.

GROWING U.S. OFFENSIVE

The recent period has seen a sharp-
ening of the contradictions between
Canadian and U.S. imperialism, centred
particularly on Arctic sovereignty,
energy policy and U.S. investments,
although not limited to these ques-
tions. What this reflects is the effort
of Canadian monopoly to gain. control
of Canada’s natural resources and
secure market outlets for them in the
world. .This explains the intensive ef-

forts. of the Trudeau Government to ¢

expand trade. External expansion in
the sphere of trade and in the sphere
of capital exports has become a main

pre-occupation of Canadian: monopoly _

and of Government, arising from the
increased financial strength and capa-
city for manoeuvring on the part of
Canadian finance capital. What it illus-
trates is that Canadian monopoly and
its government are trying to take ad-
vantage of a more favorable interna-
tional situation arising from the grow-
ing difficulties of U.S. imperialism, to
get maximum benefits for itself. It
woud be wrong however, to draw the
conclusion that Canadian monopoly
and its Government is pursuing a truly
independent course of policy.

What one sees is an antagonistic
partnership, one in which the dominant
sections of Canadian monopoly strive
to get a larger share of the profits for
themselves without foregoing the basic
orientation of integration. and con-
tinentalism and military alliance with
the U.S.

TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT
MANOUVRES

We are dealing here with a govern-
ment which is skillfully and cynically
manoeuvring in face of rising pres-
sures for independence. The Trudeau
Government makes a pretense of pur-
suing an independent course, reflect-
ing in part conflicting Canadian mono:
poly aims to that of U.S. imperialism.
It plays upon the widespread senti-
ment for Canadian sovereignty and in-
dependence, not to uphold it, but to
find a way of striking a bargain with
U.S. imperialism for the benefit of
Canadian monopoly. At the same time
it has to move cautiously in light of
the rise of national awareness among
the Canadian people, particularly the
young people. This explains the
Greene. speech which, after the elimi-

nation of the rhetoric, has very little

substance in it. That speech illustrates
the inconsistency of monopoly which
in the end is ready to strike a bargain
with U.S. imperialism at the expense
of the real interests of the Canadian
people and ‘Canadian independence.
These manoeuvrings are reflected
around the question of energy policy,
U.S. investments and Arctic sovereign-
ty. It is an open question whether the

Trudeau Government did not have a
prior ‘agreement with the Nixon Ad-
ministration before undertaking to de-
clare jurisdiction over a 100 mile zone
in the Arctic. It is already establish-
ing air and military bases in the Arctic.

Clearly, it is not directed against the —

U.S.A. Who, then, is it directed against?
Indeed the regulations were modified
to permit the passing of U.S. naval
ships and nuclear submarines through
the Northwest passage. :

This orientation of the Trudeau Gov-
ernment creates dangers to the peace
and security of the Canadian people.
Canada’s interests do not lie in such
policies. It lies in declaring Canada a
nuclear free zone, in the closing down
of missile bases operating on its ter-
ritory, in prohibiting the use of Cana-

dian waters for foreign nuclear ships ©

or submarines. Such a policy which
corre-ponds with our true national in-
terests woud prevent an attack on Can-
adian territory in the event U.S. im-
perialism starts an aggressive war.

The Communist Party calls upon all
those concerned with peace and the
independence of our country to press
for such a policy. It calls for public
ownership of national resources in-
cluding energy and water resources.
The oil industry should be publicly
owned. A publicity operated East-West
Power Grid should be established. The
educational system should be Canadian-
ized.

Measures such as these are essen-
tial to ensure that Canada’s natural re-
sources which are the people’s proper-
ty, will not be bargained away, will
not fall into foreign hands, but are de-
veloped instead as a base for second-
ary industry, the strengthening of the”
independence of the country and not
least, the assurance of jobs for a grow-
ing labor force. Res

Our Party should actively campaign
for such policies, linking them up with
the demand for withdrawal from
NATO and NORAD and against mem-
bership in the OAS. Trudeau’s deci-
sion to defer withdrawal of Canada’s
NATO troops, a direct consequence of
U.S. and West German imperialist
pressures, makes this ever more
urgent.

QUESTION OF NATIONALIZATION

Some comments on the question of
nationalization are in order here par-
ticularly because the left wing of the
NDP have equated it with socialism.
Nationalization which is the essense
of the program of the left wing are not
socialist measures. They are capitalist
measures. This does not deny their
significance. Nationalization under de-
mocratic control could limit monopoly
to some degree but it would still be
nationalization within the limits of the
capitalist system. Nationalization as a

state captalist measure is not the same
as socialist nationalization carried out
on the basis of the political rule of the
working class which has undertaken
to build a socialist society and puts an
end-to private ownership of the basic
means of production. The program of
the left in the NDP is vague on that
question as it is vague and ignores the
fundamental quesion of attitude to the
State.

A distinction needs to be made be-
tween nationalization under capitalism
and socialist nationalizaton, to avoid
confusion and to sharply delineate the
stage of the struggle we are at, which
is not yet the direct struggle for so- -
cialism. It is no less important because
the issue of nationalization is becom-
ing today a central part of the strug-
gle for Canadian control. Some sec-
tions of monopoly and its Government
want to limit the issue of Canadian
control to one of Canadian monopoly
ownership or greater participation in
U.S. branch plants. However, the work-
ing class and democratic forces can-
not limit themselves to these demands
and should fight for democratic control
through nationalization, as a first step
towards undermining the power of

_Canadian monopoly interests and of

U.S. imperialism.

Around the issue of nationalization
there is a fruitful basis for coopera-
tion or parallel action with the left in
the NDP and with others who are
now beginning to see the necessity for
a fundamental reversal in the fatal
policy of continentalism, a reversal
which can be effective only insofar as
monopoly power is curbed by popular
mass action and the coming into being
of a democratic coalition headed by
the working class.

UNITED LABOR MOVEMENT

An effective struggle cannot but take
into account the key role of the work-
ing class. In fact to be successful it
demands a united working class to
head that struggle.

Unfortunately the working class is
not yet at the centre of this struggle.
Much effort will be required to change
that situation. This process will be
facilitated by the extent to which the
left in the trade union movement to-
gether with the Communists, wage the
struggle for Canadian independence on
every issue, tying in the economic and
social issues with the battle for auto-
nomy and independence of the trade
union movement. A truly united, inde-
pendent and sovereign trade union
movement is thus an essential part of
the struggle to regain Canadian inde-
pendence. ,

The battle for Canadian sovereignty
and independence has reached a new
stage of intensity and centres increas-

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