Sense the construction of the pipeline
by the Canadian people, at great cost
to themselves would be a form of sub-
Sidization of the USA: Alberta would
become a corridor, like the Panama
Canal, for the shipment of natural gas
and oil to the USA., and all this guar-
anteed by Canada. The pretence that
Canada could “close off the tap” later
On if it wished to, is so much hokum.
We have the experience of the Colum-
bia River Steal, and other sellouts, to
Show this will not be the course of
development.

NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT
FOR WHOM?

4. What is involved here is not
Only the construction of a pipeline.
he core of the problem is the devel-
pment of the North and its resources
— by whom, for whom and under what
COnditions. Shall the North be taken
Over, lock, stock and barrel by the
‘S. multi-national corporations? Or
Should it be developed in the overall
Interests of Canada and her people,
Mcluding the Native Peoples, at a
€ and pace in line with these inter-
sts? We believe the latter course is
© correct and most beneficial course
to follow.
Sg Sharp’s statement recently, to
© effect that the Government may
Proceed with the pipeline before Justice
€rger reports on the economic and
Social consequences of a pipeline, un-
€rscores that it is committed to the
Pipeline and that the main question
efore it is-how to build the pipeline.
‘i The question in our view, is not
Sy, how to build it, but who is to
ed and control it, when it should be
uilt and whom it should serve.
f is question cannot be separated
the recognition of the justness of
€ land claims of the Native Peoples.
th € Native Peoples have made it clear
i at they are not opposed to the devel-
ebment of the North. They want to
ystablish their land claims first. They
ant to have a say over development

of the North. They want to be bene-
ficiaries of such developments. They
want to protect their culture, their iden-
tity, their fishing, hunting and trap-
ping rights. These are just demands
which ‘cannot be ignored. Tokenism
cannot and must not substitute for
recognition of these rights.

"CANADIANIZE'
NATURAL RESOURCES

5. A fully integrated all-Canadian
energy policy cannot be achieved
without coming to grips with econo-
mic development, resources develop-
ment, . regional development, invest-
ment policy, processing of raw ma-
terials and transportation policy.

The people of Alberta, indeed of all
provinces, have the right to expect
that resources in their province will
benefit them through the establishment
of industries based on these resources,
thereby creating new jobs and raising
living standards. But the Canadian peo-
ple also have the right to expect that
these resources will benefit all parts of
Canada, and not be detrimental to any
of its parts. This would be in line with
the longterm struggle waged by the
Canadian people for a truly united
country, for equality of opportunity and
‘universality with respect to social serv-
ices. No province can exist by itself
without the assistance of other prov-
inces and federally; Ontario cannot ex-
ist without Alberta. But neither can
Alberta exist without Ontario. And this
goes for all provinces. In this sense
they are inter-dependent. This inter-
dependence is particularly vital today

if Canada is to withstand the domina-

tion of U.S. imperialism and of the
multi-national corporations.

The attempts of the Lougheed Gov-
ernment to counterpose the interests
of Albertans to those of the rest of
Canada, neither serves the economic
interests of Albertans nor that of the
rest of Canada. It is a trick designed to
divide the working people of this coun-

‘try and facilitate the robbery by the

wee ese

multi-national oil corporations of this
Canadian resource.

Federal-Provincial agreement is ne-
cessary to undertake the balanced in-
dustrial development of Western Can-
ada and the Maritimes. A policy which
bases itself on keeping Western Canada
and the Maritimes as underdeveloped
areas limited to resource development
and agriculture is. harmful and self-
defeating and cannot succeed.

With this in mind legislation should
be adopted to “Canadianize” the nat-
ural resources sector through majority
Canadian ownership in all new major
projects in the natural resource field.
This should include measures to pro-
cess natural resources in Canada
through Federal-Provincial Crown Cor-
porations or other forms of Canadian
control and public ownership.

A TRANSPORT POLICY

6. Transportation is directly related
to such policies of industrial develop-
ment and should facilitate, not hinder
it. This would require a restructuring
of freight rates, as well as putting an
end to the abandonment of rail lines.
It is time a truly all-Canadian trans-
portation policy was adopted based an
integrating all aspects of transportation
under public ownership. Transportation

- must serve the people, the communi-

ties and the all-sided economic develop-
ment of the country.

SHAMEFUL PICTURE

7. Not least, what is required is the
need to submit all aspects of Cana-
dian development to Canadian laws.

As we know, Canada has been faced
with the shameful picture of being sub-
ject to extra-territorial rights with re-
spect to trade with other countries,
in addition to the overt and covert
pressures of the U.S. government on
Canada’s economic and trade policies.
It is under pressure to water down or
eliminate the Foreign Review Invest-
ment Act, which, inadequate as it is,

could serve as a lever to slow down
U.S. takeovers in Canada. Canada is
faced with the reality of a U.S. import-
ed economic crisis and inflationary
pricé spiral which aggravates the cur-
rent downturn in Canada arising from
internal factors generating crisis un-
employment and inflation.

Canada should have all the necessary
levers to ensure industrial and regional
development, trade and resource devel-
opment, investment policies of growth
and balanced development, control over
prices and credits. All of this makes
it essential that all aspects of Cana-
dian development be subject to Cana-
dian law.

CREATE JOBS FOR ALL

8. While the Conference may not
have as a priority task the state of
the economy, except indirectly, it is
fairly evident that special measures
are required to protect the Canadian
people from the effects of the down-
turn in the economy. We believe that
a new budget must be adopted in Par-
liament, based on achieving full em-
ployment. Such a full employment pol-
icy of providing jobs for all should
have as its ingredients an all out hous-
ing program of 400,000 housing units,
reduced taxes on earnings of $10,000
or less, increased pension payments,
family allowances and unemployment
insurance, special assistance to the
young people just entering the labor
force, the further diversification of
trade giving particular attention to the
possibility of establishing greater trad-
ing partnerships with the socialist
countries.

We enclose a statement being dis-
tributed by our Party on this and re-
lated questions.

We urge you to give consideration
to these views and proposals of the
Communist Party of Canada. We be-
lieve they correspond with the real
needs and interests of Canada and her
people.

PAGIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, APRIL: 4,.1975=Page 7,