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This apparently is what Mr.
Lewis advocates also. Is this te
position of the NDP? Or’does it
support a political settlement
based on the UN Security Coun-
cil resolution?

The Soviet Union’s position
on the Middle East crisis is well
known. .It is directed to achieve
a political settlement anda just
and durable peace in thD part
of the world. The Soviet Union
has never hidden the fact that
its fight for peaceful coexistance
is coupled with support of the
liberation movement of the peo-
ples against imperialism. Nor
has it hidden the fact that it
supports and works for the im-
plementation of Resolution 242
and supports the just liberation
struggle of the Arab peoples.

The tragedy is that instead of
doing likewise, Mr. Lewis has
chosen the path of political op-
portunism by joining the camp
of the Israeli hawks.

It is high time this issue was
argued out in the broad demo-
cratic and labor movement,
which must come out fully,
clearly and unequivocally for
the implementation of UN Se-
curity Council Resolution 242.

The need for an independent

foreign policy position by Can-
ada is particularly urgent in
light of Nixon’s artificially
created crisis last week.

After pledging negotiations
and an end to confrontation and
the non-use of nuclear weapons
in his meetings with Brezhnev
in Moscow and Washington,
President Nixon replaced nego-
tiations by confrontation and re-
verted back to the Dulles style
of atomic brinkmanship, ordered
an alert, equipped planes and
other weapons of war with nu-
clear arms. All the signs pointed
to a nuclear confrontation with
the USSR and World War III.

“This desperate action based
on a proposal of the Sadat Gov-
ernment for the USA and the
USSR to send troops to the
ceasefire line to ensure its im-
plementation, suggests that
Nixon is a highly irrational, un-
stable personality who seems
hell bent on taking the world to
the brink of destruction.

An official Tass statement on
the subject dismissed Washing-

ton’s explanations for the U.S..

alert as “absurd, since the ac-
tions of the Soviet Union are
aimed at promoting implementa-
tion of the decisions of the: UN
Security Council on a ceasefire

Why energy sales to

By WILLIAM STEWART

Ontario Hydro’s proposal to
increase electrical energy ex-
ports to the U.S. is not only
harmful to the province where
pollution standards are concern-
ed, but is also downright uneco-
nomical. :

Last June the people of On-
tario were told by Premier Davis
that they faced a 50% increase
in Hydro rates over the next
five years, and that the govern-
ment would have to spend $3.8
billion over the next decade to
meet rising energy demands in
Ontario (which, he stated, would
increase at more than 7% an-
nually).

Now we are being told that
existing facilities are running at

nsiderably less than peak and
that we should increase our soft
coal imports from the U.S. to
provide for an $8.5 million an-
nual increase of power exports
to the U.S. for at least the next
two years. :

Ecology experts have produc-
ed weighty arguments to show
that the social costs of such a
proposal would amount to at
least the $8.5 million figure
which the government would
pocket.

ms, is
I said, | want to know why my

employees don't like me!....
Clean out your ears, stupid!”

More cogent however is the

* question why, when we face

such a sharp demand on our
power sources that domestic us-
ers are being threatened with a
50% increase over the next five
years to provide new facilities,
are we proposing to ship large
blocks of power to the U.S.?

One cannot escape the suspi-
cion that while Energy Minister
McKeough speaks out of one
side of his mouth about a Cana-
dian energy ‘policy, he is at the
same time moving in the direc-
tion of a continental energy
policy being demanded by the
US.

Mr. McKeough’s, recurring
theme is the need for federal-
provincal talks to arrive at a
Canadian energy policy. In one
speech he speaks of Canada as
a federated state in which pow-
er is shared between. the pro-
vinces and Ottawa, with natural
resources owned and operated
by the provinces. In every other
speech he has made since his
appointment as Minister of
Energy, he has harped on the
partnership theme.

On this matter the provincial
government is on sound ground.
Any Canadian energy policy, in-
cluding a Canadian power grid,
oil and gas pipeline, requires the
closest possible cooperation be-
tween Ottawa and the provinces.
However the question which
needs to be answered is an
energy policy for whom?

Is this to be a policy to bene-
fit the people of Canada.as a
whole, or for monopoly interests
both U.S. and Canadian, with
energy to be used as a pawn in
the effort to secure the best
possible deal for Canadian
monopoly?

In spite of Mr. McKeough’s
protestations to the contrary,
this latest proposal for a one-
third increase in our electrical
energy export to the USS.
Strengthens the suspicion that
Ontario Tories are trying to use
their weight to swing a Cana-
dian energy policy which -will be
useful to the big Ontario-based
monopolies, providing them at
once with cheap energy sub-

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1973—PAGE 10.

and the restoration of peace.”
And it added; the U.S. action
did not “promote. international
detente” and was “taken ob-
viously in an attempt to intimid-
ate the Soviet Union.”

In this dangerous moment
to the world not one word of op-
position or condemnation ‘was
raised against this mad act in
Parliament either by the govern-
ment or the opposition parties.
Apparently Canada is so tied up
with NORAD and NATO that it
has lost its independent voice.

However if the government
and the opposition parties have
lost their voices and forgotten
their responsibilities, this is no
reason why the Canadian people
should be silent.

The Middle East crisis in all
its aspects, and the Chilean tra-
gedy before it in which the
Canadian government doesn’t
come:forward with clean hands,
emphasizes again the need fora
truly independent foreign policy
for Canada.

An important part of the fight
for such an independent foreign
policy is to see that Canada’s
weight is thrown, fully behind
the ceasefire and the practical
implementation of UN Security
Council Resolution 242.

U.S. now?

sidized by Ottawa_and the dom-
estic user, and available at.the
same time for an integrated
continental energy policy.

It is in this light that one also
must view the proposal to
change the status of Ontario
Hydro from a public utility, sub-
ject to the Legislature, to a
crown '-corporation under . the
control of the Cabinet.

Ottawa should deny Ontario’s
application for permission to
expand export of electrical
energy to the U.S.

At the same time pressure’

must be exerted to compel the
Ontario government to choose
an energy policy based on Cana-
dian priorities, cheap domestic
power, and democratic public
control.

NEW FORD CONTRACT
The United Automobile Work-
ers Union reached an agreement
on a new contract for the 185,-
000 workers in Ford plants
throughout the United States.
The new contract is along the
same lines as the Chrysler pat-
tern that was set last month.
The UAW was able to get two
main issues, early retirement
for foundry workers and volun-
tary overtime clauses similar
to those won in the nine-day old
Chrysler strike in September.
No strike date has been set
in the negotiations. for the
14,819 Ford workers in Canada.

Slovakian shipbuilding

BRATISLAVA — The Gabor
Steiner Shipyards in Slovakia at
Komarno (southern Slovakia) is
the only ship-building enterprise
in Slovakia and cne of the ten
largest in the whole of Czecho-
slovakia.

About 90% of its production
is for export. The largest cus-
tomer in the Soviet Union which
imports all kinds of freight and
passenger vessels. The Komar-
no shipbuilders are also building.
technical vessels and floating
excavators for Hungary, Rom-
ania and Poland.

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and actions that are aimed at
undermining those good begin-
nings is to engage in double
dealing that not only is dis-
graceful but dafgerous.

“The Communist Party of Ca-
nada calls on the Federal, On-
tario and Metro governments to
dissociate themselves from this
cold war “Congress” and not
lend Canada’s name to such a
hostile, war mongering affair.

“Instead, governments at all
levels should make unmistak-
ably clear that Canada’s best
interests lie in strengthening

‘Free Ukraine’ meet

good neighborly’ relatio
the USSR, on the basis
ful coexistence, detente

interference in each others a
ternal affairs, on the maxir re
development of trade, se

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mutually satisfactory basis a

“This is where our-re
adian interests. lie inclanes :
independence as ag Souee our
states.° = ereign

“We should sy
who advance the cateeeee those
and friendship between Rite
and reject those who aq ‘ople
hatred and war.” vocate

Ice Age congress

Also condemning the Con-
gress, the National Executive
of the Association of ‘United

Ukrainian Canadians called it

an “exercise in ‘cold war poli-
tics and propaganda.”

“The Congress will surround
itself with an elaborate facade
of folk culture, arts¢eand: exhi-
bits, but: its consuming purpose
—like its reason for being, is to
expand © the propaganda war
against ‘the Soviet Union and
Ukraine. There will be no plat-
form at the Congress for friends
of Ukraine, nor for the advo-
cates of friendship, co-operation
and peace. No such groups from

the Ukrainian communities will.

‘be present at this gathering,”
said the AUUC.

“we felt that our fellow Can-
adians had to be told that this
Congress does not speak for “all
the Ukrainians in the western
world,” as its organizers claim
in their publicity. Far from it

1974 CALENDAR

For the fifth year, the Afri-
can National Congress, Toronto
Committee, has produced its
calendar which portrays
through _ etchings, sketches,
photos and paintings, the strug-
gle of South Africa’s people
against apartheid.

The idea behind producing
the calendars is that art belongs
to the people whose Teality is
thus portrayed. In addition, they
are an important source - of
funds for the Committee in its
work, and they are urging
friends and supporters to pur-
chase one for themselves as
well as copies for their friends.

The previous four calendars
have been rich and eye-catch-
ing, and contained an unmistak-

able message of hope and strug-.

gle. This year’s is no exception.

FREEDOM °
OF
press

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their own making, one orld of
very much unlike the Teal at is
and from which Ukraine ae
50 million people are en her
as a sovereign nation. cluded
“Canada, as a :
cy, seeks to Shc ni Poli-
growing areas of contasy and
co-operation with act and
Union, and to cultivate a Soviet
of friendship ang q etentamate
our northern neighbor © with
Minister Trudeau sp, me
most of his countrymen” for
he told Premier Kosygi wh
tawa last year that conn in’ Ot-
Canadians want ve -_
be able to look to the uch to
they have long look eq as
South, and see friends j;
direction.” This, indeeq SVEr
the spirit of detente» °> 3S im
In contrast to ag
AUUC describes the aq 2ims, the
the Congress “as pel, Ology of.
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