The ANADA has come under the economic and military control of the United States earlier ‘and to a considerably — greater extent than any other part of the British Empire. Since the end of the second world war, American monopoly capital has been syste- matically capturing the key branches of Canada’s national economy and ousting British cap- ital. Now, it is estimated, U. S. capital investments in Canada comprise about 5,000 million dol- lars. The following key branches of the extraction, and processing industries are now completely or to a large extent controlled by the American mon- ene oil extraction and refining is controlled by the Rockefeller Standard Oil Company of New Jersey which owns 70 percent of the shares in the Imperial Oil Utd., of Canada, and the latter holds a dominating place in the Canadian oil industry. €anadian Aluminum Company, which has monopolized the pro- auction of aluminum and extend- ed its activities far beyond Can- ada, is a branch of the Aluminum Company of America, owned by the Mellon interests. . International Nickel Company of Canada, a monopoly concern of world significance, is jointly econtrblled Wy the British and American nickel companies, American monopolists are grab- bing Canada’s extensive uranium ore deposits and the entire pro- duction of this ore is being ship- ped to the USS. Production of telephone equip- ment is fully monopolized by Am- erican Telephone and Telegraph Company. The remaining branch- es of the machine-building indus- try have been divided by several U.S. monopolies. Thus, the pro- duction of automobiles is concen- trated in the hands of Ford and General Motors. General Electric and Westinghouse control the pro- — duction of electrical equipment. The dominating position in’ the rubber industry belongs to the Goodyear, Firestone and Good- rich branch companies. American companies have also penetrated chemical, timber and paper pro- duction, and to other branches of Canada’s national economy. e American monopolies are deriv- ing tremendous profits from U.S. expansion in Canada. According: to clearly under-estimated offi- cial data, $126,000,000 of the $520,- 000,000 profit derived by American’ finance capital in 1946 from “di rect” foreign investments was ob- tained from Canada. Through their Canadian branch companies, American monopolists, taking advantage of impérial pre- ferences are penetrating to the possessions of the British empire and taking over sources of raw materials, and markets. Thus, Canadian Aluminum’ Com- pany, which, as already “pointed out, is a branch of ALCOA, has manufacturing * ip etay ht a “. . . The production of automobiles is concentrated in the hands of Ford and General Motors. General Electric and Westinghouse control the production of electrical equipment. The dominating position in the rubber industry belong to the Goodyear, Firestone and Good- rich Dernparate BRS : A Soviet writer analyses effects of the United States, five billion dollar investment on Canada’s economy and politics secured control over bauxite de- posits in India, on the Gold Coast (Africa) and in the Union of South Africa. This economic enslavement of Canada by U.S. imperialists is be- ing camouflaged by the campaign for the North Atlantic pact which spells Canada’s transforma- tion into a strategic Ameri ican bridgehead. During the Second World War, the Americans built the Alaska Highway through Canadian ter- TT ita establishing a precedent in Canadian-American relations. At the same time, American troops were brought into Canada and stationed at a number of military bases. Some of these, as, for ex- ample, the bases at Newfound- land, dctually secure to the U.S. military control over Canada. Far from withdrawing its troops from Canada after the end of the war. the U.S. has taken a number of steps intended to transform Canada to a still greater extent Pe tT =i, ene weet) aa Pir Pin Ton Tea { \ \ into an instrument of is aggres- ive policy. The so-called agreement on ‘“‘de- fence” signed on February 12, 1947, calls for the standardiza- tion of Canadian armaments (in the main, on the basis of Ameri- can standards), for the main- tenance. of U.S. troops and estab- lishment of U.S. military bases on Canadian territory. The U.S. militarists have not only secured control over Can- ada’s armed forces; in the sum- PACIFIC TRIBUNE — APRIL 1, 1949 — PAGE * American octopus is strangling Canada By PROFESSOR A. SHPIRT mer of 1947 they secured ex-tel- ritorial rights as a result of the law passed by the House of Com- mons, under which crimes com- mitted by U. S. servicemen in Canada are subject to prosecu- tion only by the U.S. military tribunal. Entry of Newfoundland into Confederation will increase Can- ada’s military dependence on thé U.S. Three large American bases are situated in Newfoundland, the strategic significance of which has already been noted and the U.S. has no intention of ceding these bases to Canada. After Newfoundland is joined to Can- ada these bases will play the role of a Trojan horse. Securing the key position’ in Canada’s economy, the Americal monopolies are reducing it to am appendage of U.S. economy. Thé result is the exclusive develop- ment of those branches of nation- al economy which bring profits to the American capitalists, t0 the detriment of the most import- ant branches of production. Thus, although Canada has large geological deposits of oil, coal and iron, the output of these minerals remains on low level. Instead of exporting coal and oil; Canada is spending large sums annually on their importation from the U.S. The U.S. is plundering Canada® mineral resources on such a larg® scale, that even the big busines® magazine, Canadian Metals and Metallurgical Industries, con menting on the new Canada iro? deposits, wrote that the countly would like to be assured that these deposits would be exploited in the interests of Canada. As well as plundering the nat- ural wealth, the U.S. monopolie® are-profiting from the exploita- tion of Canada’s working peop!® The scope of this may be judged from the. activities of Canadia® Aluminum Company. With a view to increasing tb® production of aluminum the Arvid plant of this company was *& built during the war and a powe? station was built at Shipshaw- At the end of 1943 the Canadia? government allowed the Canadia? Aluminum Company to cancel i? the course of 4.5 years 177 mil lion ‘dollars as amortization and at the same time reduced ta¥* tion. Thus, the company received as a gift the plant at Arvid and power station at Shipshaw at th® expensd of Canadian taxpaye? Neither protests in the Canadia” parliament nor the U.S. Congres* brought any results. Contrary to the assertion of th® Canadian right wing Socialist about the “progressive role of thé American trusts,” U.S. expansiO? is bringing ruin and enslaveme? to the Canadian people. Whil? swelling the fortunes of the mo?” opolists, the fact is that tremen* ous military expenditures are foreing down the living. stand@™ of the working people.