The campaign
for

Meares Island
— page 6 —

Wednesday, December 19, 1984

Newsstand Price 40° Vol. 47, No. 48
“BORER rors

© Unity campaign
ow backing Yorke
i) governments told {iitg- Wal (i (:-

— page 2

be qi
§
t, 4
i, 9 : i ;
ef ~ This 24-page season’s. special edi-
a i tion of the Tribune marks the end of
ie = our 1984 publishing year. We at the
d Tribune join with the thousands of |
d others around the world in echoing
y the spirit of the season with a wish for |
peace and renewed disarmament talks
1S in 1985, :
at When the year began, the echoes of
pe the Solidarity struggles of late 1983
as were still ringing. The Socreds,
ry meanwhile, pushed ahead with their
te legislative attack human rights, Labor
le Code protections, and tenants’ rights.
1€ _ Similarly, the U.S.-led arms race
. continued, with deployment of cruise
ne missiles in Europe, insane proposals
ts _ such as the “star wars” option, and
la the first tests of the U.S. air-launched
of cruise missile in Canada.
_. Yet in spite of these developments,
ag . people rallied and fought back. :
de | Tenants, despite the toothless new
he Residential Tenancy Act, organized —
ut building by building and succeeded in

forcing Vancouver’s worse worst .
slumlords to roll back astronomical
rent hikes. And currently, the cut-
backs in education and health have
brought the Socreds’ popularity to an |

. =

a 9£| all-time low, and have involved thou- |

3} sands of more British Columbians in

’ iS] the protest against the increasingly
"7 | |] unpopular “restraint” program.
of | S| And the 115,000 people who
nd | =| marched in Vancouver's Walk for
) : 5] Peace — bolstered by several large
n =| rallies around the’ province — show
a Project Ploughshares representative Jean McCutcheon talks with reporters after leading 100 supporters down to _ that Canadians are continuing to res-_
mS the Holiday Inn Harborside to protest the ‘‘defence procurement” seminar being hosted by the U.S. Defence ist the drift towards nuclear war. _
ny Department and the federal and provincial government Dec. 10. They joined scores of others from End the Arms ~ __ We look forward to 1985 and the
ig veh alli “seminar. McCutcheon was one of eight community leaders who signed a Tribune’s continued involvement in
no Race picketing the military contractors’ seminar t “i g! ity leaders who sign ine ul ent in
; : letter calling on the government to shun wasteful and immoral’’ arms spending. Story page 4. that struggle, and victory, beginning
ick | with our first issue on Jan. 9, 1985.

UAW council sets independent course

— pages 9, 24