FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1972 WHE Where Prices | Work, Pum —2!ng stations. Now B.C. users face a boost in gas prices. RE B.c. GAS POURS INTO U.S. — AND NOT A WORKER IN SIGHT. This photo shows Huntingdon, B.C. Pumps of Westcoast Transmission pour millions of cubic feet of natural gas into the US each day at wer than Vancouver consumers pay. When our pohotographer took this phere? are wisn net a €r in sight. The pipeline exports thousands of jobs to the U.S., but provides only a handful in B.C. at — Carey Robson photo ne five candidates nominated Conte B.C. Communist Party to are ®st the August 30 election ence wididates with a differ- Workin thout exception they are 0g cla ions SS, members of trade ground. With a trade union back: ly eS NDP, Tories, Social Putting and Liberal parties are ates § forward a bloc of candi- heay Which in each case is top Work. With lawyers, social » _'S and business men— in the case of the old-line parties, some very big business men. Nigel Morgan, who heads up the Communist slate, is running in Vancouver East. Nigel was elected to the leadership in 1945 from the ranks of the wood- working industry in which he played a major role in the initial organization of the I.W.A. The Communist Party, under his leadership has taken the front role in fighting the sellout of B.C. resources. Long before it was the “‘pop’’ thing to do, the party organized fightbacks against the giveaways of the Columbia river and B.C. timber, coal, natural gas and minerals. For some years through a series of radio broadcasts, Morgan brought to the attention of the public the dangers inherent in Social Credit government legis lation. At the age of 58, Morgan, a See CANDIDATES, pg. 7 VOL. 33, No. 33 gees, eee eros so By NIGEL MORGAN, B.C. leader Communist Party When Premier Bennett announced recently that his government had approved a 20-year deal which will see the export of millions of tons of Peace River coal he was serving public notice that the Socred government intends to push ahead with its resources giveaway policy. More than that. There are strong indications now that one of the main reasons why Bennett wants to get the election out of the way is because vast new give- away deals are planned in the next few months. The reasoning is that if the Socred government could be returned with a fresh mandate it would be in a stronger position to ride out the storm some of the new give- aways are sure to stir up. This also explains the fact that the giant monopolies who now control our resource industries are pouring millions of dollars into Socred election coffers to help ensure re-election of the Socred government. They have big stakes in the outcome of the present election: hundreds of millions of dollars in profits and continued control of our resources. At the meeting in Dawson Creek where Bennett announced the latest coal deal he admitted that other large coal deals are in store but he said he would not reveal details at this time. It is also known that nego- tiations with Brinco for a huge power and resources giveaway in the Stikine area are well advanced and are being with- held until after the election. The Bennett government has deliberately held back releas- ing the report on power develop- ment in B.C. until after the election. From all indications, the report will project large scale hydro development favor- ing big business and will also turn a large portion of future hydro development over to private monopolies in B.C. This has already been indicated in the attempt by the Socreds to hand. the Vancouver Island gas franchise to private interests until public protests forced a hearing. Also coming up next year for renewal are the tree farm licenses for most of the 20 million acres handed over to the giant timber companies in the last 20 years. The forest barons want the Socred government back in office to ensure that there will be no difficulty getting the licenses renewed. Instead of renewing the licenses notice should be given now that all tree farm licenses under which Crown lands are handed over to private com- panies will be ended and the forst lands revert to public control and management. Big deals are also mooted in the mining industry, not only on coal, although there is growing world demand for coal, but also See RESOURCES, pg. 8