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“not to iose votes in English
Canada”—is opportunist at its
root and won’t bear inspection
in terms of practical results.
First of all, it means writing the
NDP off as a political force
among the French Canadian vot-
ers. Secondily, if it does appeal
to English-speaking Canadians,
it is on a chauvinist, anti-Que-
bec platform (it is vain to argue
that it really isn’t—that’s how
it will be understood), ie., an
appeal for the votes of the back-
ward and reactionary segments
of the electorate in English Can-
ada, where it will be competing
on that very same platform with
the Liberal and Tory parties.

But why does Mr. Lewis as-
sume that the masses in English
Canada are backward and chau-
vinist? Would it not be better
to challenge and expose the old-
line parties on this crucial issue
rather than drag at their tail,
not only as a principled question
but from practical politics?

Why are we concerned with
the policies adopted by the NDP
convention? It is not because we
have found a stick to beat the
NDP with—we wish that stick
wasn’t there. We are concerned
because as things stand in Can-
ada, the hope for a rapid de-
velopment of a broad people’s
coalition to beard and beat the
monopolies and their parties
and governments to a very great
degree depends on the direction
of the popular reform movement
expressed through the NDP. It is
not concern for the fruits of of-
fice but for the future of Canada
that animates us, our criticism
and proposals.

There can be no effective peo-
ple’s coalition, it is clear, cer-
tainly not one capable of over-
coming U.S. and Canadian mon-
opoly, without French Canada’s
participation on the side of pro-
gress. And that won’t be assured
unless the national rights of
Quebec are recognized and
fought for.

The Communist Party of Can-
ada from its inception 50 years
ago has championed the fight for
the equality of French Canada.
It was the first to demand the
right of national  self-determin-
ation for Quebec and formulated
the proposal for a freely-nego-
tiated new confederal pact, a
new Canadian Constitution bas-
ed on the voluntary, equal part-
nership of the two nations in a
bi-national and sovereign demo-
cratic state. This would be in

the best interests of both na-
tions.

Support by the democratic
forces of English-speaking Can-
ada for recognition of French
Canada’s right to self-determin-
ation, and support of French
Canadian democratic forces for
unity of the people of both na-
tions against the common en-
emy, Canadian monopoly and
U.S. imperialism — this is the
way to overcome the long-stand-
ing distrust, friction and resent-
ments that have divided the two
peoples.

Unity in action of the working
class of French and English Can-
ada is decisive to win. In the
united struggles’ the fraternal
bonds between us will be im-
measurably strengthened.

Book publishing

‘Stop take-over by U.S.

A publicly-owned _ textbook
corporation under democratic
controls to research, develop
and publish textbooks required
by our educational system is
the major recommendation ina
submission by Progress Books
to Ontario’s: Royal Commission
on Book Publishing now holding
hearings in Toronto.

The proposal has a three-fold

aim:
e to save this vital and ‘vul-
nerable area of book publishing
from growing U.S. takeover in-
roads in the form of giant pub-
lishing conglomerates operating
in books, periodicals, video and
sound tape cartridge systems
that threaten to dictate educa-
tional programs in Canada;

e to guarantee that available
textbooks and learning resourc-
es will not be in a state of im-
balance prejudicing preserva-
tion in our school systems of a
distinctive Canadian cultural
identity; :

e to assure that new books
will be researched and develop-
ed in as yet unexplored areas of
our history, culture and peo-
ples—for example, on Quebec,
the history of Canada’s trade
unions, the story of the Indian
and Northern peoples, the immi-
grants who built Canada and
who play a major role in its
present development, the con-
tribution of the socialist move-
ment yesterday and today.

The 44-page brief while em-
phasizing the danger to the
Canadian publishing industry
and the threatened extinction of

Canada should

now recognize

North Korea

In a letter to Prime Minister
Trudeau the ’ Canadian-Korean
Friendship Association stresses
that Canada is hurting its own
interests by continuing diplo-
matic blockade of such coun-
tries as North Korea.

“Under present conditions of
massive surpluses on farms. and
in factories, with consequent in-
creasing unemployment, how
long can this country afford to
continue its policy of isolation
and embargo of any country?”
the letter signed by H. Murray,
secretary, asks. “In this respect,
Canada’s recognition of China
is a fine example to the world
to. uproot outdated political bar-
riers between the nations.

“we ask that the same hand
of goodwill and friendship be

extended to North Korea. First,

by having Canada’s representa-
tive at the United Nations press
for re-examination by the UN
General Assembly of the events
leading up to the 1950-1953
Korean War, and that represen-
tatives of North Korea be invit-
ed to participate in the discus-
sion without vote, in accord
with article 32 of the United
Nations Charter.

“we urge this as a first step
to clear the way for UN recog-
nition of North Korea, essential
if the UN is to remain in true
character a United Nations.

“One of the strongest argu-
ments for this is our own recog-
nition of North Korea. It will
return us generous dividends in
future trade and scientific ex-
changes with the forty ‘million

Korean people.”

the Canadian manufactured
book draws attention also to
the consequent perils facing
Canadian themes, authors,
graphic artists and workers in-
volved in the industry.

The brief stressed as well
that support for such a program
should not be interpreted as nar-
row nationalism. “On the con-
trary we see ‘the emerging
struggle for a Canadian-owned
publishing industry as an integ-
ral part of a larger responsibility
which is to- welcome and ad-
vance both the publication and
distribution of the best written
works of all lands, advancing
democratic and _ progressive
ideas. . . . there is no contra-
diction in our view between a
genuine popular love of country
and a people’s internationalism
that reinforces real sovereignty
and independence. We are not
anti-American in pointing to the
dangers of U.S. monopoly’s in-
trusions on our cultural life.”

In a summary the submission
notes that it “examines the
state of the book publishing in-
dustry in the context of: the
essential continentalist |policy
and submission of senior gov-
ernment levels to increasing
U.S. ownership and control; the
new shape and powerful thrust
of the U.S. publishing conglo-
merate into the Canadian mar-
ket and its accompanying or-
ganic absorption of Canadian-
owned enterprises; and the spe-
cial ideological character of the
publishing takeovers as distinct

from the growing U.S. domina-
tion of raw material sources
and plant manufacturing.

“It is argued that with foreign
economic control comes an ac-
companying political domination
and eventual loss of sovereign-
ty; but that more: particularly
the process of takeover in book
publishing is interwoven with a
concomitant ideological surren-
der — that makes easier the
physical acquisition of the com-
manding heights of our econo-
mic and political life.

“The erosion of an indigneous
Canadian publishing industry
has gone so far, and the econo-
mic and political surrender of
our independent initiative in
this field has been so sapped
that emergency: measures are
now required to stop the drift
that has become a floodtide.
Such measures include an end
to further foreign takeovers;
large direct government loans
(long-term and low interest) to
Canadian publishers in need of
working capital; favoring of
smaller distinctive publishing
houses developing programs of
a unique and stimulating kind;
control of the distributive sys-
tems in the country to give an
even or better break to Cana-
dian titles and authors; a sub-
sidized block library purchase
plan for the Canadian titles; and
finally the setting up of a pub-
licly-owned crown corporation
to develop, research and publish
textbooks required by our edu-
cational system.” .

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