2nd Issue
August, i963

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

New Democratic Party

Regina Delegates Draft
New Statement Of Aims

New Democratic Party delegates at their convention in %

Regina August 5-9, dealt with such major items as interna-
tional affairs, economic planning and full employment, ag-
riculture, and federalism and biculturalism.

The delegates also adopted a new statement of aims of
objectives which pledged the party to work toward “a new
society, more just and humane, in which the needs of hu-
manity will come before the drive for industrial enrichment.”

The key resolution on eco-
homic and social planning
passed with few dissenting
votes. It called for fairer dis-
tribution of income, social
security, full employment and
the human and social benefits
arising from adequate growth
through federal democratic

. planning in co-operation with
all other levels of govern-
ment.

The statement called for a
fulltime planning board, a
permanent federal-provincial
planning and development
council, an economic advisory
council representing industry,
farmer, labour and other eco-
nomic and social groups, and
finally, a Canadian Develop-
ment Fund to mobilize private
and public investment funds
in the interest of Canada as
a whole.

The convention unanimous-
ly rededicated the party to a
full employment policy
“whereby anyone willing and
able to work would either
have a job reasonably related
to his skills, or would in a
short time be able to find

one...

“With planning,” the reso-
lution said, “jobs can be
brought to people and not
simply people to jobs . . . re-
training schemes can be effi-
ciently applied when they are
required by automation and
trade expansion . . . regional
development is made possible,
and public employment offices
can be used to complete the
full employment program.”

One of the hottest subjects
debated in an exhibition sta-
dium atmosphere usually
around 90 degrees was the
relationship between the Eng-
lish and French speaking peo-
ples of Canada.

The convention was in an
understanding and construc-
tively critical mood during
this debate in which it adopt-
ed a position aimed at a bring-
ing closer together of the two
nations which created Canada
at the time of Confederation.

“We can be satisfied with
nothing short of a complete
rethinking of our federal sys-
tem and of the relations be-
tween the two nations which
established Canada. We must
modify our constitution, our
legislation and our political
practices in the light of pres-
ent-day political realities,”
said the federal council's
statement adopted after long
debate.

Trade unionist Romeo Ma-
thieu, an NDP vice-president,
told the delegates that Que-
bec represents nationhood for
the French Canadian
“Quebec has a special place
in confederation.”

Some of the points men-
tioned in the federalism-bicul-
turalism resolution called for
financial aid to the CBC to
expand its. French and Eng-
lish coverage across Canada;
equality of both cultures in
the federal civil service and
measures to promote ‘this;'a
special party conference
through a Bicultural Council
to discuss Canadian federal-
ism and report before the
next federal convention.

The final delegate count
stood at 985 including 210
registered visitors. Of the
total, 522 represented constit-
uencies, 147 came from affil-
iated organizations, 12 were
MPs, 26 members of the fed-
eral council, 27 from the
youth movement and 41 from
central labor organizations.

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the .New Democratic Party Convention.

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Discussion from the floor
produced suggestions for a
three - pronged approach on
the part of the labour move-
meni to deal with the situa-
tion: regional conferences to

explain the effect and scope
of restrictive laws; co-ordin-
ated national campaigns
against specific examples of

such laws; and increased poli- .

tical participation by labour
in the New Democratic Party.

Delegates urged that more
time be devoted to the sub-
ject in future conventions and
noted that political activity

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effectively by counter politi-
cal activity on the part of
trade unionists.

* Some 25% of the delegates
to the New Democratic Party
convention represented la-

bour organizations from New-

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