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I was quite pleased to read the article by Emil Bjarnason in the March 24 issue on Canada’s Bat- tered Dollar. In fact, the article Was along the lines of Emil’s state- ment (made on the occasion of his being given honorary membership

in the ILWU-Ed.) which appeared’

mm the Longshoremen’s Union Canadian Area Bulletin. I find his Points to be 100 per cent accurate when compared with things I have observed in life.

Could you possibly run some sort of article on the Trilateral Com- Mission? I realize that that grand

band of rogues (multinational businessmen, compromised Politicians and “‘tame”’ trade union leaders) abhors exposure by the Press because, according to Michael Crozier, author of The Crisis of Democracy (the Tri- lateral Commission’s bible), they feel that the press can sometimes

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Another point I would like to bring to your attention is the book by Alfred Downie (a business editor of the Washington Post) Called A Mortgage on America. I

‘found this book to be most illuminating in view of the gang of Shysters we have governing this province. His main point is that governments which do not have the

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best interests of their urban dwellers at heart will simply ig- nore all urban transit. The next step is massive spending on high- ways. Then come the real estate speculators to work on the municipal governments. The end result. is the pave-the-farmland- create-the-slums-of-tomorrow syndrome.

In fact, virtually the whole collection of Fraser Valley municipal bodies from Surrey to Hope is solidly Socred, made up of businessmen and real estate shysters in general.

In my mind, there is absolutely no need at all to build a bridge across the Fraser River from Annacis Island to Surrey except as a first step in the subdivision of the Fraser Valley.

Where ‘s money coming from?

Peter Marcus, Vancouver writes: Isn’t it interesting to ob- serve how monies are directed in this city? People have been pushing for years for the improve- ment of public transportation and for a massive program of much- needed low-cost housing con- struction.

Suddenly we see all sorts of green stuff available for a fancy waterfront development, including a convention centre and a lot of swanky boutiques and restaurants which most people can’t afford. And the money seems to appear from underneath the mattress to spruce up the Pacific National Ex- hibition and to build a massive new stadium which we need like a hole in the head.

Where does the money come from suddenly?

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TORONTO — The Communist Party’s central committee met here March 24-26 and unveiled a draft of the CP’s federal election program aimed at creating one million new jobs in Canada.

The 60-member central commit- tee met to gear up the party for an anticipated federal election and projected that 80 to 100 Communist candidates will contest the elec- tion. About 75 candidates are already nominated.

The committee issued a call for electors to ‘“‘vote Communist’”’ and set out the goal of electing to parliament ‘‘a progressive majority, including Communists,”’ that would uphold ‘‘new policies to ensure real change.”

Party leader William Kashtan presented to the meeting a 38-page document that outlined a step-by- step program to create -jobs, stabilize prices and improve social benefits.

The CP’s economic program not only proposes action to make the economy come alive and to raise

living standards, Kashtan stressed, but it also points out where the necessary capital would come from.

Heading the CP program was a proposal for the establishment of an ‘All Canadian Development Fund” to finance country-wide building and construction projects. The fund should partially be raised, the CP proposed, by reducing the military budget by 50 per cent, restricting the export of capital from Canada and through tax reform.

The job creation program calls for the building of 400,000 units of low-income housing per year, improvements in public trans- portation systems and the building of a rapid transit systems in some cities, the development of an east- west power grid and federal and provincial funding for urban development.

The program also outlined an in- dustrial strategy that would in- clude the processing of raw materials in Canada and the build-

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Arms” in Centennial Square and a funeral procession through down- town streets.

In his proclamation, mayor Young stated, ‘‘The future of the human race depends on the pro- hibition of all weapons of mass death and destruction.”

In both cities, sponsors cir- culated a_ petition calling for signatures on a night letter to Trudeau. More than 700 people signed the wire in Vancouver which urged the federal govern- ment to support the following measures at the UN special session on disarmament:

e A comprehensive test ban treaty;

eA halt to research, develop- ment and deployment of weapons

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of mass destruction and all delivery systems.

The petition circulated in Vic- toria also called for action to re- duce stockpiles of armaments; monitoring and inspection by the UN; and the convening by the UN of a world disarmament con- ference.

The Ad Hoc Coalition’s cam- paign has also found a response elsewhere in the country and a similar brochure is being cir- culated in the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

ing of a Canadian merchant marine.

In a‘dition to direct job creation projecis, measures to expand pur- chasing power would both raise living standards and_ boost economic growth, the CP leader said. He called for the removal of all forms of wage controls and the institution of strict price controls, tax cuts on low-income earners, assistance to farmers and _ in- creased pensions as_ socially needed measures that would ex- pand purchasing power.

The central committee reaf- firmed the CP’s demand for self- determination for French Canada and for a new Canadian con- stitution.

‘In supporting the national, cultural and language rights of the French Canadian people we must nevertheless point out that language and culture alone cannot resolve the problem,” Kashtan stated to the meeting. ‘‘What is called for are structural reforms designed to curb the power of monopoly and the multinational corporations without which the economic difficulties of the French Canadian people will mount. The link between the social and na- tional struggle must never be for- gotten.”

Kashtan noted that the April 4 convention of the Canadian Labor Congress in Quebec City could ‘make an important impact on the coming referendum in Quebec”’ by advocating a “‘democratic solution to the crisis of Confederation.”

The CP central committee meet- ing also pledged the party to “‘full participation in the campaign to stop the neutron bomb.’”’ The bomb will bring nuclear war nearer, the CP warned, and called on the federal government to speak out against the bomb and to support the call for a world disarmament conference.

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