| Liberals, Tories can’t solve Canada’s crisis vA — Speaking at a Saliva 10n meeting here last as a Where auto worker ae ak was named to contest Wa-Whitby riding, Com- Muni hes Party leader William attack delivered a scathing ie ae the treacherous poli- a? the Liberal and Con- i ative Parties, & iaaebase like the Con- Probleme’ Can't solve the basic Such ae confronting Canada, ‘TN Beye cuployment,” he said. increase €ven contributed to Spent Unemployment. Benson fi 4 billion dollars ‘to give mae to the economy’ and lion to ‘Hg Is giving half a bil- it with « 1g business to provide Dolies eve. But the mono- their Alas Not anxious to add to iobs, a M order to increase New aM want to introduce duc niques in order to re- They ee Number of workers. they ent €xcess capacity’ and can make ene unless they Won’ = 80vernment incentive Only a new jobs, it will mainly ae a billion dollars My “fl S. corporations. have fi. ey cry that we must lange. pen Investment or col- or rather Stupid can they get, think th how stupid do’ they “While People are! 2a to heading out a bonan- iNcteased Tich, they have also ly Citiz Pensions for the elder- ou ee Who built up this of 72 5 y the munificent sum ¥ ag a week! $1 pens Should be at least Ncreases eek for a couple and n Sos on eet be based not Production ving but on risin e ‘ Tegard ate Situation exists in @ . Canadian independ- : Is primarily the - takeover of our La Ae +S. corporations. With ~ yey three commissions amounting to Pages on that is- . , e f What's yy, ae are all known. et is Canadian con- trol—not by Canadian monopo- lies but by the Canadian people. Instead we are offered a screen- ing mechanism not for the pur- pose of preventing further take- overs but of legitimizing them! “On this, as on unemploy- ment, the record of the Conser- vative Party is the same. They want to cuddle up to U.S. im- perialism.” Mr. Kashtan recalled that for a time Mr. Trudeau was making some moves in opposition to U.S. policy. He was critical of U.S. military adventurism, wid- ened contacts with socialist countries, played down NATO. “But today, when the U.S. takes unconstitutional and illegal ac- tion, mining ports in foreign waters 9,000 miles away and stating that ships of other coun- tries must not enter those waters, ‘the Canadian govern- ment does not lift its voice in protest. “Trudeau says we don’t have all the facts and that there’s ag- gression on both sides. Is there aggression on both sides when the U.S. government conducts economic aggression against Canada? What mealymouthed hypocrisy! “When Nixon came here, we were told that now Canada would get a better deal. Now, only a few weeks later, what do we have? The Alaska pipe- line is going through no matter what dangers it holds for Cana- da, the auto pact is being ditched, the DISC attack on our trade is launched. The Canadian people got absolutely nothing from that better deal! , “The capitalist world “is in a crisis. Nixon’s desperate moves are the result of the crisis of U.S. imperialist policy. Canada is in a crisis and neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives can solve the problems. That’s the task the working class must lead in solving. That’s the es- sence and meaning of the Com- munist Party’s election plat- form and our nomination of can- didates in the coming election. Free union chiefs CLC parley calls OTTAWA — Over 1,500 delegates representing Canadian organized _ workers from sea to sea at the opening session of the 9th biennial convention of the Canadian Labor Congress dem- onstrated their unanimous solidarity with the Quebec workers in their bat- tle against labor-shackling Bill 19 and demanded the release 0 By RICHARD ORLANDINI imprisoned Farmers back labor In support of the organized workers of Quebec, the National Farmers Union has added its voice to that of the united forc- es of all organized labor in Canada. On the same day the Cana- dian Labor Congress convention in a historic unanimous stand- ing vote declared the solidarity of its 1.7 million members with the objectives of the Quebec Federation of Labor and its allies, NFU president Roy At- kinson wired Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa demanding “im- mediate clemency and pardons for Laberge, Pepin and Char- bonneau and the return to rea- soned_ bargaining and negotia- tions.” The NFU president charged in his wire that “the oppressive actions of the Quebec judiciary against the leaders of Quebec workers ment of the policies of your government in suppressing peo- ple’s efforts to effect social and economic justice.” Telegrams of support were also sent by the NFU to the three imprisoned Quebec trade union leaders saying that their “courageous efforts on behalf of Quebec workers to obtain social and economic justice are much admired and respected. Your imprisonment is symbolic of the injustice against which you and your colleagues strug- gle and will act as a torchlight to eventual victory .. .” all parts of Canada ference of the Canad one of the larg tional secretary sive is trade union pa Auto Workers, United Chicago peace the anti-war demons Studies in Education, 25 m various organizations from — already registered, next weekend's con- ian Peace Congress bids fair to be ~ est and most representative ever, organiza- 3 Alex McLennan reported. Especially impres- rticipation with delegates from United Electrical, Fishermen and other locals - With over 80 delegates fro istered. : already register. leader Sydney Lenz will fly directly from trations at the Pentagon in Washington to address the public meeting ing. The meeting is a LEE the eee 2 Bloor St. West. sce in Toronto on Sunday, May t the Ontario Institute for stand: as an_ indict- PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1972—PAGE 5 ee ee edging full backing to the Federation of Labor “ee its tape the Common Front that negotiated on behalf of the 210,000 public and para- public workers in the province, they called. on Premier Bourassa to resume bargaining without “the threats and coercion” contained in Bill 19. Adopted by a_ unanimous standing vote, the resolution de- manded “immediate action to be taken” on behalf of the im- prisoned leaders of the Common Front and other trade unionists. After the opening gavel sound- ed, an emergency resolution regarding the situation in Que- bec was placed on the floor for discussion. Speeches by the delegates immediately went be- yond the sentiments expressed in the resolution. Fernand Dao- ust, secretary-general of the Quebec Federation of Labor ad- dressed himself to the resolution in a call “not for violence nor for calm” and continued with a request for solidarity by all of the organized labor movement of Canada with the Quebec work- ers. The first delegate from out- side Quebec to speak to the re- solution was John Clout, UAW of St. Catharines, Ontario. Mr. Clout pointed out that although he was ‘‘in complete agreement with the resolution” he didn’t feel that it went far enough. What is needed, he said, was positive actions. “Passing re- solutions is not enough and what we should do is tell the Quebec government that if Bill 19 isn’t replaced and amnesty given to all the jailed trade unionists, then we should close every plant, mine and mill in the country.” Several delegates took the floor to remind the convention that “an attack on one is an attack on all” and that “if the Quebec government is allowed to continue to enforce this re- gressive legislation then trade unionists throughout the coun- try can expect similar legisla- tion in their provinces.” Deleg- ates from B.C. to Nova Scotia related how their provincial governments had tried to impose similar legislation and were now closely watching the events in Quebec. “Only labor unity and positive action can. prevent more repressive laws,” became the response to the threat on union- ism. : However, the CLC executive did not amend the resolution with stronger calls to action and although there was dissatisfac- tion with the mild tone of the resolution the delegates passed it unanimously. The forces of monopoly capi- talism made their ieee felt at the convention in attempts to divide the labor movement, but delegates served notice that there are no problems in the Canadian labor movement that cannot and should not be re- solved by members of the labor moyement without outside inter- ference.