wtp ERM PAGE 15 = OS — ee gaa me a _ from a parliamentary committee studying the NORAD agreement, sparked a renewed interest in CFMETR. The parallel was lear: what weren’t Canadians being told a about the weapons testing that goes on at CFMETR? “There was a tremendous amount of interest shown by people after they learned Out the secrecy over the NORAD com- hittee,” says McBride. Danenhower agrees, noting that it “bothered a lot of people that there may be eapons: coming in here that Canadians and maybe even the Canadian govern- tt — don’t know about.” NDP MLA Barbara Wallace raised the ue in the legislature last month with her disclosure that Cercomm Electronics had en a ten-year lease on a piece of land on tspring Island on which a radio micro- ave tower was being erected for the U.S. . She suggested the tower was part of ¢ U.S. communications system directing the movements of military vessels in the Pacific, and expressed concern that the length of the lease might indicate that the ‘CFMETR agreement had already secretly renewed. Unanswered, the question lingers. On Dec. 10, Jim Manly, the NDP MP for owichan-Malahat-The Islands, took the anoose campaign to the floor of the = 50th Wedding _ Anniversary Celebration for _ Nick and Ann Tarasoff | Saturday, Jan. 11, 1986 2p.m.to7p.m. — 1249 E. Pender Street Banations to B.C. Peace Council For more information call Misha Tarasoff at 253-7860 House of Commons with a_ private member’s motion calling for “a public inquiry into the exact functions and man- date” of the Nanoose agreement before it expires in April. All of the allotted time was taken up with debate without a vote being taken on the motion but three MPs — New Democrats Manly and Michael Cassidy and Liberal Sheila Copps — voiced sup- port for it. Three Tories, including Nanaimo-Alberni MP Ted Schellenberg and Esquimalt-Saanich representative. Pat Crofton, opposed the motion. In addition, various MPs have used their time since Nov. 19 to read into the parlia- mentary record two petitions initiated by the NCC. One calls for a public inquiry into the agreement under which CFMETR - operates. The other calls for support of the three goals of NCC — non-renewal or can- cellation of the agreement; a ban on wea- pons testing in Georgia Strait; and conversion of CFMETR to peaceful pur- poses. “There are about 4,000 names on each of those petitions gathered from every one of the ten provinces,” says McBride, adding that the petitions will be presented until Parliament adjourns Dec. 20. New attention will be focused on_the campaign for non-renewal of the Canada- U.S. agreement early in 1986 when the People’s Inquiry into CFMETR holds two days of public hearings in Nanimo Jan, 18 and 19. Conceived by the Gabriola Island Peace Association, the Inquiry will be conducted by two prominent moderators, Victoria Roman Catholic Bishop Remi De Roo and publisher Mel Hurtig, as well as panelists Dr. Rosalie Bertell, Maj.-Gen. Leonard Johnson of Generals for Peace and Disar- mament and geologist Terry Padgham. More than a dozen organizations and individuals are scheduled to appear, includ- ing physicist Robert Aldridge, an inter- national expert in anti-submarine warfare; B.C. Federation of Labor president Art Kube; representatives of the three major political parties and the Chamber of Com- merce; Dr. Robert Woolard of the B.C. Medical Association; Dr. Luis Sobrino; as well as representatives of Physicians for Social Responsibility, End the Arms Race and the NCC. The Department of National Defence has also been invited to send a representative although Lt.-Cmdr. Dunn initially declined to appear. ,, Peace to Everyone on Earth! working to make this a reality... Fraser Valley Peace Council c/o 1570 Cory Street, Whiterock, B.C. V6B 3S2. 531-0106 Canadian Cuban_ Friendship Association We extend season’s greetings and heartfelt wishes to all our friends for a People’s Inquiry to probe — ET DESSAI MARITIMES : DES FORCES CANADIENNES Baa ee er reon ai CFMETR. . .involving Canada in escalation of the arms race. McBride says that the NCC will be focus- of the ing on the economics of conversion CFMETR base to peaceful purposes submission to the inquiry. Although the NCC has no role in the inquiry other than as one of those groups making a submission, the January hearings have clearly brought new momentum to the campaign. “T think they will really focus a lot of CFMETR public attention on CFMETR,” says McBride. ‘And if we still don’t know by that time whether the agreement has been secretly renewed that’s when added pressure can be put on the government.” Defence Minister Erik Neilson stated ear- lier this year that negotiations on the rene- wal of an agreement would be initiated “later in 1985.” Whether the negotiations have begun — or whether the agreement has already been signed behind closed doors — is still uncertain. But what is cer- tain is that the government is under growing pressure — to make the status of the agreement known and also to answer some more fundamental questions. Is CFMETR implicating Canada in a U.S. escalation of the arms race? And, perhaps, more impor- tant, how can the continued testing of _ nuclear-capable weapons be reconeile¢ with Canada’s non-nuclear role? That those questions are * ~_ asked across the’country is a m2, <* ge from two or three years ago w.icii !-w people knew of the existence of CFMETR and fewer still knew 1: unction But as Peter Danenhower noted back at the peace camp, “persistence and sticking it out” — the hal- Imarks of the entire peace movement, not just the NCC — really do make a differ- ence in changing public opinion and win- ning support for new policies. in its TOOL FOR PEACE OUTS DE PAN Coalition for Aid to Nicaragua 2524 Cypress Street Vancouver, B.C. V6J 3N2 Phone: 733-1021 or 321-5633 We at Tools for Peace wish to thank everyone for their support this year. Donations of goods are piled high in the - warehouse and we are looking for additional volunteers and financial support so that all that you have given can reach the people who need it. Viva Nicaragua Libre May the good will of this holiday season extend throughout the world and make 1986, the UN Year of Peace, a turning point in history. STAR PEACE — NOT STAR WARS <= B.C. Peace Council Room 712, 207 W. Hastings Telephone: 685-9958 caliits peace and friendship in 1986. end donations to End the Arms Race. = [| = 1708-D West 16th Avenue, = aad Vancouver, B.C. V6S 2MI1_ 2 Phone: 736-2360 ___ Peace greetings cards also available. _ A nuestros amigos en Cuba iFeliz ano neuvo! iPaz y amistad! PACIFIC TRIBUNE, DECEMBER 18, 1985 e 21