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Special attention, he noted,
should be given to those areas
where peace is still threatened.
Chile, where a fascist junta had
toppled the legally elected gov-
ernment of. Dr. Salvador Al-
lende, Southeast Asia, where
U.S. imperialism still raises its
ugly head, and where hundreds
of thousands of political prison-
ers fear for their lives in Thieu’s
dungeons, and the Middle. East
should be topics of specific and
urgent concern.

Anti-NATO Alliance

Dr. Rose Bronstein, who re-
ported on the World Congress
of Peace Forces, reiterated
many of the points touched on
by Prof. Blumenfeld in her pre-
sentation of specific actions to
be carried out. Among the most
important, especially under the
topic of disarmament and peace-

ful coexistence, is an increased.

campaign against. Canada’s con-
tinuing participation in the two
cold-war pacts, NORAD and
NATO, which are both costly to
the Canadian people, and a dis-
tinct threat to peace.
Resolutions on Chile, calling
for assistance to and an open
immigration policy for all Chil-
ean residents desiring to come
to Canada, disarmament (with-
drawal from NATO and NORAD)
and European Security were dis-
cussed and passed. During the
discussion on European Secur-
ity, delegates also adopted a re-
solution calling on the incom-
ing TAP executive to begin the
building, together with other
groups in the city such as the
Canadian Committee for a_ De-
macratic Spain, the Greek and

Portuguese democratic associa-,

tions, and the organizations in-
volved with the African libera-
tion moveniénts, of an Anti-
NATO Alliance.

Delegates also sent a wire to

Campaign

Pressure to recall Ambas-
sador Ross from Chile mounted
during the week. In the House
of Commons, John Harney, M.P.
had further leaked cables from
Ross demonstrating the ambas-

sador’s biased view of the situ- -

ation. .

External Affairs Minister
Sharp, under attack stated that
there would be teams sent to
Panama, Costa Rica and the
Honduras as well as Chile to
find out how many refugees
want to come to Canada.

This-does nothing to open the
door of the Canadian Embassy
in Santiago, which Ross ordered

the Canadian government ask-
ing that until Greece was re-
turned to democratic civilian
rule, diplomatic recognition of
that country be withdrawn, es-
pecially in light of the junta’s
present bloody repression . of
the student and worker demon-
strations against the’ colonels’
regime. A resolution on the re-
unification of Korea was also
adopted.

As well as adopting a resolu-
tion on the Middle East, the

TAP will be holding a series of

meeting to explain its position,
and to demand the immediate
implementation of UN Resolu-
tion 242 of Nov. 22, 1967, call-
ing for Israeli withdrawal from
occupied Arab territory.

Dr. Bronstein reported on the
World Congress of Peace Forces
in Moscow. This, she said, was
perhaps the most important
world assembly ever, or, in the
words of Romesh Chandra, pre-
sident of the preparatory com-
mittee, “the first general assem-
bly of the peoples of the world.”

After describing the extent of
the Congress, its breadth and
magnitude, she spoke of the
work of the commission she at-
tended that dealt with the prob-
lem of the Middle East — one
of 14 commissions set up by the
Congress.

Mideast Statement

This commission was one of
the most active, with over 100

delegates from around the world :

speaking on the topic. Because
of the great interest shown, the
commission could not adequate-
ly terminate its work, and the
drafting committee, with over
25 members on it, just managed
to present a statement to the
final plenary session.

The statement, said Dr. Bron-
stein, Was excellent, earning
approval from all delegates, as
it called for the implementation

of UN Resolution 242, imple-
mentation of the present UN
Middle East ceasefire, respect
for the rights of the Palestinian
Arabs, and the guarantee of firm
and stable borders to all Mid-
east states.

Jean Vautour, Canadian Peace
Congress executive secretary,
and also a delegate to the Mos-
cow conference, briefly reported
on the tremendous significance
of that event. Its impact will not
be felt immediately, she stated,
but it will be impossible to ig-
nore. It was there, she said,
“that the people of the world
have exerted their right to de-

termine the future of the world. -

They have seen that they can

impose, on the states and gov-

ernments of. the world, the de-

termination of people for peace.”
Impact in Canada

_Jean Vautour spoke about the

breadth of the Canadian delega-

-tion that, although there were

differences of outlook among its
members, “here in Canada there
is not one member of the deleg-
ation who will not, in some way,
reflect the decisions of the Con-
gress and bring them to the
Canadian people . . . their fol-
low-up will have tremendcus
impact on the peace movement
in this country.”

The TAP elected a new exe-
cutive, which represents the

- blend of youth and experience

present at the meeting. The of-
ficers are: Hans Blumenfeld,
president; Zoya Stevenson, Ist
vice-president; Katie McGovern,
2nd vice-president; Vicki Barker,
recording secretary; Michéel
Phillips, corresponding secret-
ary; Helen Burpee, treasurer;
Irene Kuusela, assistant treas-
urer; Jim Lane, public relations
director; and Christian Negre,
assistant public relations direc-
tor. All organizations affiliated
to the TAP will also have a
representative on the executive.

to fire Ross spreads

closed, or indicate any govern-
mental oppositon to Ross’s de-

scripton of the supporters of the

deposed Allende government as

the “riff-raff of the Latin Ame-

rican left.”

In Toronto over last week-
end scores of ministers in their
Sunday sermons
moral issue of removing Ross
as Canadian ambassador since
he so obviously did not repre-
sent the views of Canadian de-
mocrats.

Earlier, on November 4,
William Kashtan, leader of the
Communist Party of Canada
had written a strong letter to

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raised _ the’

Sharp urging that “roadblocks
placed in the way for implemen-
tation of apparent government
policy be eliminated and politi-
cal prisoners and refugees per-
mitted entry into Canada.”

He added,. “Democratic Can-
adians cannot but note that
while entry into Canada of pro-
gressive minded people from
other countries is barred or hin-
dered, no such hindrance is
placed on the entry of fascist,
reactionary and rightest  el-
ements from other countries
into Canada. The interests of
Canadian democracy demands
that such an attitude be
changed.” a

Kashtan also urged the gov-
ernment to call upon the junta
to release Senator Louis Corva-
lon, secretary-general of the
Communist Party of Chile say-
ing, “If he has not yet been
murdered, as many Chilean pat-
riots were in the recent period,
it is due to world-wide pres-
sures. We would hope the Can-
adian government would add its
voice to these pressures.” ;

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_ and were simply ‘consulting’

in the sense that they were
simply .informing the Indians
and Innuit in part of what
they were doing; and they jpad
no intention to negatiate.”

He said that, “Now, the judge
has made it clear that this jJand
and. its natural resources, 2"
the fauna and flora of the ar©@,
and most particularly, the peo
ple in the area, have to be COM”
sidered from the standpoint Of
the rights of the people in the
area. This means that the g°V"
ernment will have to ne8°
tiate with them.

Decide In Every Case

“The fact that the cease-work
order has been given— and to
cease work immediately—in this
respect the timing is important
because it will take some t#me
before an appeals judge can Ge
cide to overthrow at least that
part of the interlocutory injunc-
tion that would permit them to
continue with the work.

“The judgement is extremely
important,” the Parti Commu-
niste leader said, ‘“becaus€ it
implies it is necessary for 4
judge to decide in every ©4S¢
where there is a call for a C&S
and desist on further WO,
temporarily, to decide whos€ 10-
terest. would be most effected
by doing it — the interests of
those who are asking for ‘We
injunction, or the respondents,
in this case the James Bay ©°r-
poration, the Bourrassa gove™-
ment, Hydro Quebec, etc.

“And in the opinion of the
judge, the Indians and {nnuit
were not responsible for the In-
convenience which will
caused to the other parties and
its employees; that’s the reSPOn-
sibility of the others. So that
this really is an historic jud&e-
ment which is greeted With
great joy not only by the In-
dians and the Innuit people
here, but, I think, by every PrO-
gressive section of the popula-
tion of Quebec who consider it
a great victory.”

Mr. Walsh said “this has

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nothing to do with the eventual
putting into motion or bringing
about an important develop-
ment of the North”; it. simply

established the consukation re-
quirement.

“The Native Peoples,” he
said, “have not indicated in any
way that they do not want the
Opening up of the north, the de-
velopment of the north. In no _
way have they indicated that.
As a matter of fact they have
left the way open for that but
they want to be consulted and —
they want to be negotiated with, -

They had also made clear, he

said, “that their pri

: ; primary con-
sideration is not m pay-
ment, b . noe ae

‘ ut conservation of the
pare and conservation of the
people of the north, as people,”

After seven months of hear-

‘ings, ending in July, Mr. Justice

Albert Malouf had studied
10,000 pages of briefs, to bring
forth his surprising judgement.
The document, which runs to
some 350 pages in French, deals
with all the questions raised,
including thase raised in what
Sam Walsh referred to as Bou-
rassa$ contempt-of-court book.”

. Weight of Evidence ~

This important decision, said
the Ommunist spokesman,
which shows “the weight of
he ae undeniably on the
rights of the Indian and Innuit
people ... exposes the al
rogance, not only of the Bou-
rass& government, but all the
provincial governments, and the
federal government, who, up to

now, have had to deal with’this
question,

“It exposes their —arro ance,
and even if, legally, it : not
sustained, and goes to the
a a Court of Canada, it

_ certainly be sustained in
public opinion, It will be ex

ine, “cult for them to _
future, at position in the
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f great importance,”

eine repeated, “for the

14 Coples of all Canada—

ar pied the northern areas—

in dians Sere where there are
‘* 8nd *Innuit peoples.”