L iberal leader Pierre Elliot Trudeau says, — ‘‘this

government has a fine record of achievement . . .”
So fine indeed that having ‘‘discovered’’ Canada, it doesn’t
know what to do with the discovery.

Tory leader Robert Stanfield says — ‘‘this government
never does anything right. . .elect meif you want. . . now
where wasI. . .”’? Poor Robert suffers from a chronic mental
constipation which no amount of political Ex-Lax can ever
loosen up, but he would like to give Canada’s electorate a re-
play of Tory ‘“‘achievements!”’

NDP leader David Lewis says: — ‘‘I come, not to bury
Caesar but to reform him’’ (with due apologies to Mark
Anthony), in other words NDP Lewis doesn’t question a
Lumber Baron’s vested right to steal, only that he be more
Hae 4 ‘“fair’’ as to the extent of his theft. Who is to be the judge of
eee nae | what is ‘“‘fair,’’ Mr. Lewis doesn’t say.

alee As for Quebec Socred leader Real Caouette, all he seems to
be saying in a volume of words boiled down in capsule form is,
—‘‘elect me. . . and die laughing,’’ Not an easy experience for
British Columbians who are just recovering from a provincial-
wide horse-laugh at the recent demise of Social Credit in
“Beautiful B.C.”’!

In short, they all say much the same thing, in substance
and objective — the same old pork-barrel rhetoric, in bad
English and atrocious French. But they all have one charac-
teristic in common, an ingrained opportunism geared to their
urge for votes. This old world has changed alright, but from the
current hogwash dished out by these old-school-tie partisan
politicos, nothing has changed. Nero still fiddles while the rest
of Canada burns — up. Perhaps it will spring another
“surprise’’ come October 30.

As for the Communists, leaders and candidates, the
electors don’t hear much from or about them. That is largely
because all sections of the news media, press, TV, etc. apply
the silent ‘‘blackout”’ treatment. . . probably because they
are the only people with anything to say that makes sense!

Unlike the old-line ‘‘free enterprise’’ parties and their
numerous offshoots, the NDP Lewis “‘resolve”’ to reform the
‘corporate bum’”’ end-product of the system requires a special
analysis. Any so-called ‘‘Socialist’’ taking on such an under-
taking would have to be a political contortionist of no mean
ability, and in the process, as history all too vividly confirms,
such elements have invariably found themselves all tied up in
ideological knots, with nothing to show for their efforts except
mass illusions, splits and dissension in the ranks of those they
were supposed to be serving.

On numerous occasions, as in Britain, Europe, and even in
the Scandinavian countries ‘‘public ownership’ became one of
the social-democratic methods of settling scores with those
corporate ‘‘welfare bums;”’ but it didn’t ‘‘reform’’ them,
didn’t make them honest men nor make them less greedy. In
fact in more than one occasion (as with the British coal
barons) they grabbed for more — and get it from the
MacDonalds, Atlees, Wilsons and Company — at the expense of
the British working people!

This Vintage of ‘‘democratic socialism’’ in the reformation
and salvation of that special specie of ‘welfare bums”’ neither
frightens nor reforms. nor- changes. Even our own B.G.
produced Socred “‘specialist’’ on ‘‘bummery”’ per se could
verify that for Mr. Lewis. It is no empty boast that already
numerous of these highly-placed ‘“‘bums’’ have announced
there is ‘‘nothing to fear’’ from B.C.’s new administration.
They might have added that there is also nothing to ‘‘fear”’
from ‘‘socialist’’ Davie Lewis.

But, and it is an important “‘but,”’ a repeat performance by
the Canadian electorate of what took place in B.C., with a few
Communist MP’s voted in to pep up the leven, would havea
powerful effect in coming to real grips with all shapes and
sizes of ‘‘corporate welfare bums.”’ It would help to dry up this
waste at its source (government handouts) and allow “free
enterprise”’ to demonstrate that it is really **free’’— free of
any connections with the public pork barrel. Then the ordinary
citizen might begin to come into his OWN a little bit— though
still far short of Socialism!

FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS °

Contact:

GLOBE TOURS

2679 E. Hastings St., Vancouver 6, B.C.

253-1221 254-2313

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City fire by-laws should
put lives before profits

By ALD. HARRY RANKIN

Inadequate fire escape
systems in hotels and apart-
ments have taken a large toll of
lives in Vancouver over the
years, especially in the case of
older buildings. I am happy to be
able to report that City Coun-
cil’s Planning and Development
Committee has finally taken
some positive action and pre-
pared Fire By-Laws which
should reduce, even if not com-
pletely eliminate, unnecessary
deaths.

The New Fire
require that:

(1) Fire doors or shutters
must be kept in a closed position
at all times, in good working
order and clearly marked. It is
unlawful for any person to block
such a door. The owner is held
responsible.

(2) Any residential building
of three of more storeys in
height with less than 20 rooms

By-Laws

shall have one or more fire
escapes. ;

(3) Any residential building
of three or four storeys with
more than 20 rooms or any of
five storeys or more in height
shall have at least two fully
enclosed stairways providing
direct access to the exterior of
the building and separated from
each other and the remainder of
fire separations having a one-
hour fire resistance ratihg.

However the Fire Chief may
approve access of one of these
stairways through a floor area
at ground level if such area is a
suitable means of egress.

(4) In place of the
requirements mentioned above
in the case of residential

COPE nominations
set for Oct. 19

The committee of Pro-
gressive Electors (COPE) will
nominate its civic election
candidates Thursday, Oct. 19.
The Nominating Conference
will be held at the Iron Workers
Hall, 2415 Columbia, beginning
at 8:00 p.m.

“The Vancouver Area Council

of the NDP has rejected all
offers of unity from COPE,”
says the conference call,
‘including a last minute appeal
to their Nominating Meeting on
Oct. 1. The NDP nominated a
full slate.
_ ‘*The COPE Steering Com-
mittee therefor recommends
that our objective now also be
the nomination of a full slate.”

All COPE members are urged
to attend the conference. -

**While we are nominating a
full slate.’"° said COPE chair-

man Sid Shelton, ‘‘we are still’

keeping the door to unity open.
The main beneficiaries of the
NDP decision to reject a coali-
tion of progressive forces are
TEAM and the NDP. Many NDP
members and supporters have
indicated to us their disappoint-
ment at the decision of the Van-
couver Area Council.

‘*As far as we are concerned
we will keep the door to unity
with the NDP open right until
nomination day.

**Our main concern is the
election of a progressive
majority. That requires unity of
all reform forces. We feel that
this over-riding need should be
placed ahead of narrow partisan
interests.” Fe sbati'd

buildings with over 20 rooms or
over five storeys in heights, the
owners may:

(a) Install an approved
automatic sprinkler system, or

(b) Where it is impractical to
provide two fully enclosed stair-
ways, and where an exterior fire
escape system is in existence,
use such an exterior fire escape
system to replace one of the fully
enclosed stairways.

(5) All hotels three or more

storeys in height must install an
electric fire-alarm system and
keep it in good working order.

Some of the hotel owners
objected to these by-laws on the
grounds that they would cause a
loss of revenue. Council’s com-
mittee took the stand that lives

were more important than thell

revenues.

The owners wanted three
five years to install these $4 el
measures. The committee gav
them two years. But Im my
opinion Council should als0
require that they have all thel
plans ready at the end of one
year, and that construction
begin as soon as the plans ae
approved. Otherwise some ‘
them will do nothing for i |
years and then we'll be ee
with the proposition of another
delay.

These by-laws with
various alternatives are 4
more than generous. Thea
further concessions are out. We
lives of occupants must

theif
jready

Time to recognize GDR
Vancouver rally told

“It is in Canada’s own
interests to recognize the
German Democratic Republic
and establish full diplomatic
and trade relations with her,”’
Ben Swankey told a gathering of
about 100 people at the Unitarian
Church, Vancouver, on October
7. The meeting was called to
mark the 23 anniversary of the
founding of the Republic.

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placed before private profit. .

e
Swankey is chairman of
Greater Vancouver Comm,
for the Recognition of the ron
‘The GDR has been 4 A ,
eign state since its pirth in 40
he said. “It is among the 1 i
countries of the worl
volume of industrial Pr
which is a notable achieve

for a country of only 17™

jjio"

2

HEAR

REV. JOHN MORGAN

Chairman Canadian Peace
Congress

UNITARIAN CHURCH
: 49th & Oak
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16
8 P.M.

First hand report of
World Peace Council Meeting
in Santiago, Chile

See GDR, pg- 11 '
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