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Health insurance in other countries

COVERAGE BENEFITS
All or | All wage
Year of jj nearly all | and salary General Prescribed | Hospital

First Law || persons earners | Dependents|jPractitioner| Specialists | Medicines Care
Australia 1945 x x x “
Austria _ 1888 x x x x x x
Belgium 1944 x x x x me x
Chile 1924 a x x x x
Czechoslovakia 1888 x x Xx Xx », 4 x
Denmark 1892 x x x x x x
France 1928 x x x x x x
Germany 1883 x x x x x x
Great Britain 1911 x x x x xX x
Hungary 1894 x x x x x x
Iceland 1936 x x x x x x
ireland 1911 a x x x
Italy 1928 x x x oc x x
Japan 1922 = x x x x x
Netherlands 1929 OM x x x x x
New Zealand 1938 os x x x x x
Norway 1909 x x x x: x: x
Peru 1936 xX x x x x
Poland 1920 x a. x x x x
Rumania 1912 or x x x Be x
Spain 1942 x % x me x x
Sweden 1947 x x x x: xo x
Switzerland 1911 x x x x x x
USSR. 1922 x x x x x x

The above chart is reproduced from CANA-
DIAN LABOUR (Sept. ‘62), official journal
of the Canadian Labor Congress. It lists the
countries which have health

insurance

plans, the year it was first introduced and

the benefits offered. Notable for its absence
from the list is Canada, which is one of
the most backward countries in the world
in terms of social legiSlation.

Letter to ‘Free Press’

publish Mortinson’s letter, a
few passage of which are re-

Irving Mortinson, Organizer
of the Nanaimo Club of the
Communist Party of Canada,
recently sent a letter to the
editor of the Nanaimo Daily
Free Press in which he criti-
cized that paper for -the con-
tents of an editorial entitled
“Nanaimo Marches On With
New Industry.” The

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Press” has, so far, failed to

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Canadian taxpayers are ask-
ed to cut their collective
throats by:

(1) Borrowing a. total of
344.6 millions of U.S. dollars

at 442% interest to build
three huge water storage
dams in Canada .. . for US.

power generation plants be-
low the border;

(2) Signing a treaty which
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to a foreign power.

NPA nominee voice
for CPR on

By WILLIAM E. STEWARY

The CPR is running for Mayor
of Vancouver this year!

Since the provincial govern-
ment takeover of the B.C. Elec-
tric a power struggle between
real estate interests, downtown
business interests and. the big
CPR monopoly has béén taking
place to replace the BCE as the
power in civic politics in Van-
couver.

The victory of William Rathie
as NPA nominee for Mayor of

Vancouver is a signal victory for
“Soviet pea

policy blocks
war-makers’

One hundred and twenty-
five people attended an Oc-
tober Revolution banquet and
meeting at the Dreamland
Ballroom. New Westminster
last Sunday.

The celebration, which was
organized by the Delta region
of the Communist Party, was

presided over by Homer
Stevens,
Bill Stewart, Vancouver

Secretary of ~the Communist
Party spoke after the ban-
quet. Stewart reminded the
gathering that the Soviet
government was born around
the slogan of peace and bread,
and it’s first act was to pull
the suffering people of Russia
out of the First World War.
It had born the brunt of the
Second World War and been
decisive in saving mankind
from the ravages of fascism,
and that in the past few
weeks once again saved the
world from disaster of ther-
monuclear war.

In celebrating the October

Revolution this year, Stewart
said, millions of working and
peace-loving people from all
parts of the world will have

~ good reason to remind them-

selves that the heritage of
this revolution is the peace
policy of the Soviet Union
and other socialist govern-
ments, and that it is no longer
possible for capitalist govern-
ments to start war at their
own bidding.

_ Vacouver Sun would oppose

council

the CPR. Rathie has consisten)
represented the interests of
CPR on the City Council on
whcle range of matters such
Shaughnessy, Langara, the Fals
Creek Trestle and stifled any @
tempt to pry open the Vancou'
Port situation for discussion.
Hs is a millionaire in his
right and connected with a tra
portation concern located on ©!
leased property. a
The entry of Rathie into ¢
politics and his nomination
Mayor by the NPA this ¥
clearly mark the same P: oc
in civic government in Vane
ver which is shown nationally
the appointment of Walter
Cutcheon to the senate by Die
baker, and the ascession of
Kennedys and _ Rockefellers
government in the US. ;
The big monopolies are ~
longer satisfied to leave ©
reigns cf government to i
lackeys, they are putting #
own kind into office at all level:
of government.
A close contest fer the NP.
nomination took place betwer
Halford Wilson and Rathie, 2”
Rathie’s narrow victory is attri
buted to an almost unprecedent
ed editorial which appeared
the Vancouver Sun the night
the nomination telling the
in no uncertain terms that

NPA if it supported Wilson.

Also indicated in the —
editorial was its support for
business-like (read liked by bust
ness) administraticn promise!
Rathie.

What the Sun is referring {0
no doubt is the fact that weg
as an alderman this year ©
for a $2000 basic exemption on ted
homes and gencrally associal®
himself with a number of Po
posals put ferth by the rao
payers for relief of the hom?

owner.
Labor, ratepayer and the

tire progressive Vanccuvel com
munity must unite this ye!
see that having rid the city
BCE control via the NPA, W&
not saddled for years tc oe
by CPR control via the NEE
This is the urgent need for

(There are indicaticns that
NPA, as a result of divisions!
its own ranks, may not eM
either Rathie or Wilson. Howev® “a
it is clear that the big guns and
support Rathie financially
otherwise. )

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