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June 1,1977
SB) SBD 6BI
By Mike Bosnich, Business
Local 523, Welland
It Is reported today that a
delegation of 1,000 Indians,
Eskimo and Mete surroun-ded
the House of Commons
while 200 thousand Elk ram-bled
the streets of Ottawa.
Chief Mukluk of the Osso-ju- s
Tribe of the Northwest
Territory, as spokesman,
demanded that the Federal
Government guarantee a cor-ridor
5 miles wide from the
Territories, through Nort-hern
Canada, right through
the middle of Ottawa, Toron-to,
Hamilton and across to
the American border at Fort
Erie.
Chief Mukluk stated that
this corridor was needed,
even if it brought to a
stanstill life in these south-ern
cities, because, the
northern tribes had an agre-ement
with the American
packing houses to supply
200 thousand head of Elk
every year for the American
market. He was supported in
his demand by a delegation
of American packers who
maintained that such a route
was needed if relations
between Canada and the
USA were to remain at a
mutually beneficial basis.
Otherwise the packers spo-kesman
said, they would
have no recourse but to buy
Argentine beef instead.
Far fetched? Maybe. But
isn't this exactly what is
being done today on the
question of a pipe line.
Considerable interest is
now being generated on
such vital issues as the
MacKenzie Valley pipe line
and the Berger Report. Even
more interest is prevalent
locally because of the direct
relationships to jobs in
Welland pipe mills.
A valid question could be
asked: "Where does the UE
Union stand on this issue?"
The answer to the questi-on
cannot be a simple yes or
no. The UE Union has . established our credentials
on the question of a National
Energy Policy. As far back
as the early fifties, we acti-vely
campaigned for a Natio-nal
Energy Policy to protect
and to utilize our energy
resources by and for Cana-dians.
We are not opposed
to some surplus being expo-rted
as long as future supply
of Canadians are protected.
Back in the 50's we sugge-sted
to the management of
Page-Herse- y Tubes Welland
to commence the building of
a Big Inch Pipe Mill and to
join us in a delegation before
the National Energy Board to
urge the building of an All
Canadian Pipe Line. The
i"M'MWMMi3-jMVf--rn(f- 'r "Ј1гГ ""
Agent, UE Union
management refused and
said that the expenditures to
build a Big Inch Mill would
only result "in the exchange
of an old dollar for a new
dollar". In spite of this
attitude by management, the
Union sent a delegation to
Montreal and appeared befo-re
the National Energy Board
to urge a National Energy
Policy and the building of an
All Canadian Pipe Line.
Those who are old eno-ugh,
will remember the 1956
debates in the House of
Commons on the pipe Issue
of that day. The government
steamrollered through the
House a line, primarily to
export gas and oil to the
USA, but also subsidized its
construction by millions of
dollars of taxpayers money.
This action led ultimately to
the defeat of the Liberal
Government in 1957. The
management of Page Hersey
also changed their mind and
in a joint venture with Stelco
decided after all to build the
Welland Tubes Mill. The
plant cost about $20 million
to build and in the first two
years of operation netted
$20 million profit. In 1960
Stelco and Page Hersey also
built the Camrose, Alberta
Big Inch Mill. Lots of "new"
dollars have been made
since.
Then as now the real bene-factors
of "pipe lines" are
the American owned gas and
oil companies as most of
this energy, will be for
export to the USA. Neither
the Canadian nor the Ameri-can
government know the
extent of gas and oil reser-ves
nor future potential.
Only the oil companies seem
to have this information and
they issue conflicting state-ments
depending on how
they want to influence gover-nment
and public opinion.
There is a shortage if they
need a price increase. There
is no shortage if restricting
availability will cut into their
profit margins.
In any event, It does not
matter much which route is
taken, all presently propo-sed
roads still lead to the
USA. Yes, its true different'
routes lead to different amo-unts
of mileage involved and
different ecological prob-lems.
Mackenzie may be
more direct and economical-ly
feasable from the con-struction
point of view.
However, it may be the most
destructive to the ecology
and livelihood of the native
people.
in the face of all of this,
we have ministers of the
niilHMiW1 ин
Mike Bosnich
government making state-ments
to the effect that we
are dependent on Arab and
Venezuelan oil and gas
imports, and that their uns-table
situation could create
future problems of supply.
This in the face of the fact
that we on the other hand
export much of our gas and
oil to the USA. In order to
assure their supply, we
again will spend millions of
taxpayers dollars to assure
Uncle Sam a safe and relati-vely
cheap supply. The re-sult
will surely be that our
present supply and future
reserves will be expended by
the insatiable appetite of the
giant to our south at the peril
of supply to future genera-tions
of Canadians. And to
make it more ironic, we are
subsidizing with Canadian
dollars our own self destruc-tion.
In the face of all this... it
would be easier for us to
simply look at jobs and
quick money potential and
to hail the coming of the
pipe lines.
Unfortunately, life is not
that simple. Certainly we
and our Union members will
welcome the additional jobs
and wages that will be
available, even if only on a
temporary basis. Certainly
we realise that many thou-sands
of jobs that will be
created in the Steel industry
and the construction of a
pipe line of such a magnitu-de.
Most importantly however
if Canadian gas and oil, at
reasonable prices, was utili-zed
to stimulate Canadian
industry and construction
this .would create more long
term jobs, rather than expor-ting
our energy. In the long
run it costs us the loss of
more jobs in the future.
Don't we also have a long
range responsibility! Isn't it
important that we look to
what is in the interest of
Canadians now and in the
future. Don't we have the
responsibility to see that our
native people have their
rights protected as well. Are
we again going to ride
roughshod over our own self
Interest and our children's
heritage to satisfy the "two
car garage" mentality and
the neon jungles to our
south.
Therefore what is the
conclusion. It's basic. A
pipe line if absolutely neces-sary
because it serves Cana-dian
Interests but not neces-sarily
a pipe line just becau-se
it is of benefit to the USA
at our future detriment.
Citaoci
Profcitao sam u "NaSim
novinama" odgovor druga
MioSica lliji Novacilu, kao i
llijino pismo drugu MioSicu
u vezi Nova6icevog protesta
zbog toga Sto je Glavni
odbor Hrvatske Bratske Za-jedni- ce
usvojio rezoluciju s
kojom se ogradio i osudio
aktivnosti hrvatskih ekstre-mist- a,
koji su oteli ameriCki
avion i ubili jednog policaj-c- a,
6ime su nanijeli sramotu
svem naSem narodu, pa i
HBZ.
Nisam mislio da ulazim u
ovu polemiku i da troSim
stranice "NaSih novina", jer
dobro poznajem Novafiicev
standard razumijevanja i ono
Sto on zastupa. Vjerujem da i
MioSic znade Nova6i6evu
ideologiju i da nema zaSto ni
s kirn da vodi diskusiju. Ja
se necu osvrtati na Nova6i-6e- v
protest protiv Glavnog
odbora HBZ, buduci da sada
nisam clanom iste, pa smat-ra- m da nemam pravo. Na-pust- io
sam HBZ nakon 36
godina. Ilija, raspitaj se na
sjednici tvoga odsjeka zaSto
sam je napustio. PiSem ovo
kao odgovor Novafcicu, jer je
spomenuo i moje ime i joS
trojice Slanova bivSeg Jugo-slavensk- og
Doma.
Novafiic okrivljuje starije
ljude u Vancouveru za slabo
interesiranje mladih za druS-tve- ni
rad u torn gradu. Pitaj
sam sebe, Ilija, Sto si ti radio
zadnjih tridesetak godina.
OtiSao si u Jugoslaviju sa
izjavom: "Komunisti odlaze,
slabici ostaju". To svjedofii
tvoj kum, koji je ove rijeci
ponovio stotine puta. Kad si
se vratio iz Jugoslavije uzeo
si drugu lozinku: "Bog i
Hrvati". Stajao si po strani
godinama od bilo kakvog
druStvenog rada i zivota,
osobito kad se nije slagalo s
tvojom lozinkom. Konacno
si se ponovo uclanio u Dom,
aii ne za napredak i dobro
MvXt Wttf.tt1UtolrWl#ftm№WJ4M'.i
govore
istog, nego na njegovu Stetu
i smetanje.
Nova6ic kaze: "Ti si MioSi-cu
uvrijedio moj karakter i
ocrnio ugled koga posjedu-je- m
u Vancouveru". Ja pak
kazem: Ti si sam sebe ocmio
i pokopao svoj ugled kod
svega naSega naroda koji te
poznaje. Da li se sjedaS
sjednice Doma u mjesecu
januaru 1975. godine u Rus-ko- m
Domu, kojoj je prisust-voval- o
109 dlanova, kada si
govorio i vikao, i zbrku
pravio; samo su dva bila za
tebe, a svi drugi su bili protiv
tvog drzanja.
Da li se sjecaS, mislim da
mozeS, kad ih braniS, onih
60 koji su silom htjeli uci u
Clanstvo Doma, sa namje-ro- m da ga upotrebljavaju za
Sovinisticko-ekstremistiCk- u
politiku? Predsjednik ih je
upozorio, da se tog puta
пебе primati clanstvo, neka
idu ku6i. Nisu se dali odstra-nit- i,
pa se moralo zvati poli-cij- u
da napravi red. Ti si ih
branio i zagovarao. Od onih
60 "dobrih ljudi" vidim ime-n- a
dvojice u Fishermenu, sa
onima koji su protestirali Sto,
je ribarska unija osudila
paljenje Doma u Hamiltonu i
zgrade "NN". Takoder mi je
poznato, da vecina daje
novae za obranu ustaSkih
otmicara, a neki sudjeluju i u
sabiranju. I ti sesada usudu-je- S
tvrditi da su ih "stari"
otjerali u ustaStvo!
Ovo nisam napisao ni radi
mene, ni radi NovaCida, niti
naroda u Vancouveru koji ga
poznaje, ve6 radi javnosti
opcenito. Neka se tafino zna
tko protest ira i zaSto.
Preporucio bih lliji Nova-6ic- u, neka kale svome sav-jetni-ku ako u budude bude
zelio da mu piSe u neke
novine, neka potpiSe samog
sebe, a ne da upotrebljava
njega za Charlie McCartya.
M. Siaus
Vancouver, B.C.
fflraurt
254 Marlee Ave., Toronto, Ontario
Telefon 789-717- 9
Na vefier poslije 7 sati, ili nedjeljom
nakubni telefon
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| OCR text | I-t4.- wMiiityM li, If ~ i 1 1 hi II It June 1,1977 SB) SBD 6BI By Mike Bosnich, Business Local 523, Welland It Is reported today that a delegation of 1,000 Indians, Eskimo and Mete surroun-ded the House of Commons while 200 thousand Elk ram-bled the streets of Ottawa. Chief Mukluk of the Osso-ju- s Tribe of the Northwest Territory, as spokesman, demanded that the Federal Government guarantee a cor-ridor 5 miles wide from the Territories, through Nort-hern Canada, right through the middle of Ottawa, Toron-to, Hamilton and across to the American border at Fort Erie. Chief Mukluk stated that this corridor was needed, even if it brought to a stanstill life in these south-ern cities, because, the northern tribes had an agre-ement with the American packing houses to supply 200 thousand head of Elk every year for the American market. He was supported in his demand by a delegation of American packers who maintained that such a route was needed if relations between Canada and the USA were to remain at a mutually beneficial basis. Otherwise the packers spo-kesman said, they would have no recourse but to buy Argentine beef instead. Far fetched? Maybe. But isn't this exactly what is being done today on the question of a pipe line. Considerable interest is now being generated on such vital issues as the MacKenzie Valley pipe line and the Berger Report. Even more interest is prevalent locally because of the direct relationships to jobs in Welland pipe mills. A valid question could be asked: "Where does the UE Union stand on this issue?" The answer to the questi-on cannot be a simple yes or no. The UE Union has . established our credentials on the question of a National Energy Policy. As far back as the early fifties, we acti-vely campaigned for a Natio-nal Energy Policy to protect and to utilize our energy resources by and for Cana-dians. We are not opposed to some surplus being expo-rted as long as future supply of Canadians are protected. Back in the 50's we sugge-sted to the management of Page-Herse- y Tubes Welland to commence the building of a Big Inch Pipe Mill and to join us in a delegation before the National Energy Board to urge the building of an All Canadian Pipe Line. The i"M'MWMMi3-jMVf--rn(f- 'r "Ј1гГ "" Agent, UE Union management refused and said that the expenditures to build a Big Inch Mill would only result "in the exchange of an old dollar for a new dollar". In spite of this attitude by management, the Union sent a delegation to Montreal and appeared befo-re the National Energy Board to urge a National Energy Policy and the building of an All Canadian Pipe Line. Those who are old eno-ugh, will remember the 1956 debates in the House of Commons on the pipe Issue of that day. The government steamrollered through the House a line, primarily to export gas and oil to the USA, but also subsidized its construction by millions of dollars of taxpayers money. This action led ultimately to the defeat of the Liberal Government in 1957. The management of Page Hersey also changed their mind and in a joint venture with Stelco decided after all to build the Welland Tubes Mill. The plant cost about $20 million to build and in the first two years of operation netted $20 million profit. In 1960 Stelco and Page Hersey also built the Camrose, Alberta Big Inch Mill. Lots of "new" dollars have been made since. Then as now the real bene-factors of "pipe lines" are the American owned gas and oil companies as most of this energy, will be for export to the USA. Neither the Canadian nor the Ameri-can government know the extent of gas and oil reser-ves nor future potential. Only the oil companies seem to have this information and they issue conflicting state-ments depending on how they want to influence gover-nment and public opinion. There is a shortage if they need a price increase. There is no shortage if restricting availability will cut into their profit margins. In any event, It does not matter much which route is taken, all presently propo-sed roads still lead to the USA. Yes, its true different' routes lead to different amo-unts of mileage involved and different ecological prob-lems. Mackenzie may be more direct and economical-ly feasable from the con-struction point of view. However, it may be the most destructive to the ecology and livelihood of the native people. in the face of all of this, we have ministers of the niilHMiW1 ин Mike Bosnich government making state-ments to the effect that we are dependent on Arab and Venezuelan oil and gas imports, and that their uns-table situation could create future problems of supply. This in the face of the fact that we on the other hand export much of our gas and oil to the USA. In order to assure their supply, we again will spend millions of taxpayers dollars to assure Uncle Sam a safe and relati-vely cheap supply. The re-sult will surely be that our present supply and future reserves will be expended by the insatiable appetite of the giant to our south at the peril of supply to future genera-tions of Canadians. And to make it more ironic, we are subsidizing with Canadian dollars our own self destruc-tion. In the face of all this... it would be easier for us to simply look at jobs and quick money potential and to hail the coming of the pipe lines. Unfortunately, life is not that simple. Certainly we and our Union members will welcome the additional jobs and wages that will be available, even if only on a temporary basis. Certainly we realise that many thou-sands of jobs that will be created in the Steel industry and the construction of a pipe line of such a magnitu-de. Most importantly however if Canadian gas and oil, at reasonable prices, was utili-zed to stimulate Canadian industry and construction this .would create more long term jobs, rather than expor-ting our energy. In the long run it costs us the loss of more jobs in the future. Don't we also have a long range responsibility! Isn't it important that we look to what is in the interest of Canadians now and in the future. Don't we have the responsibility to see that our native people have their rights protected as well. Are we again going to ride roughshod over our own self Interest and our children's heritage to satisfy the "two car garage" mentality and the neon jungles to our south. Therefore what is the conclusion. It's basic. A pipe line if absolutely neces-sary because it serves Cana-dian Interests but not neces-sarily a pipe line just becau-se it is of benefit to the USA at our future detriment. Citaoci Profcitao sam u "NaSim novinama" odgovor druga MioSica lliji Novacilu, kao i llijino pismo drugu MioSicu u vezi Nova6icevog protesta zbog toga Sto je Glavni odbor Hrvatske Bratske Za-jedni- ce usvojio rezoluciju s kojom se ogradio i osudio aktivnosti hrvatskih ekstre-mist- a, koji su oteli ameriCki avion i ubili jednog policaj-c- a, 6ime su nanijeli sramotu svem naSem narodu, pa i HBZ. Nisam mislio da ulazim u ovu polemiku i da troSim stranice "NaSih novina", jer dobro poznajem Novafiicev standard razumijevanja i ono Sto on zastupa. Vjerujem da i MioSic znade Nova6i6evu ideologiju i da nema zaSto ni s kirn da vodi diskusiju. Ja se necu osvrtati na Nova6i-6e- v protest protiv Glavnog odbora HBZ, buduci da sada nisam clanom iste, pa smat-ra- m da nemam pravo. Na-pust- io sam HBZ nakon 36 godina. Ilija, raspitaj se na sjednici tvoga odsjeka zaSto sam je napustio. PiSem ovo kao odgovor Novafcicu, jer je spomenuo i moje ime i joS trojice Slanova bivSeg Jugo-slavensk- og Doma. Novafiic okrivljuje starije ljude u Vancouveru za slabo interesiranje mladih za druS-tve- ni rad u torn gradu. Pitaj sam sebe, Ilija, Sto si ti radio zadnjih tridesetak godina. OtiSao si u Jugoslaviju sa izjavom: "Komunisti odlaze, slabici ostaju". To svjedofii tvoj kum, koji je ove rijeci ponovio stotine puta. Kad si se vratio iz Jugoslavije uzeo si drugu lozinku: "Bog i Hrvati". Stajao si po strani godinama od bilo kakvog druStvenog rada i zivota, osobito kad se nije slagalo s tvojom lozinkom. Konacno si se ponovo uclanio u Dom, aii ne za napredak i dobro MvXt Wttf.tt1UtolrWl#ftm№WJ4M'.i govore istog, nego na njegovu Stetu i smetanje. Nova6ic kaze: "Ti si MioSi-cu uvrijedio moj karakter i ocrnio ugled koga posjedu-je- m u Vancouveru". Ja pak kazem: Ti si sam sebe ocmio i pokopao svoj ugled kod svega naSega naroda koji te poznaje. Da li se sjedaS sjednice Doma u mjesecu januaru 1975. godine u Rus-ko- m Domu, kojoj je prisust-voval- o 109 dlanova, kada si govorio i vikao, i zbrku pravio; samo su dva bila za tebe, a svi drugi su bili protiv tvog drzanja. Da li se sjecaS, mislim da mozeS, kad ih braniS, onih 60 koji su silom htjeli uci u Clanstvo Doma, sa namje-ro- m da ga upotrebljavaju za Sovinisticko-ekstremistiCk- u politiku? Predsjednik ih je upozorio, da se tog puta пебе primati clanstvo, neka idu ku6i. Nisu se dali odstra-nit- i, pa se moralo zvati poli-cij- u da napravi red. Ti si ih branio i zagovarao. Od onih 60 "dobrih ljudi" vidim ime-n- a dvojice u Fishermenu, sa onima koji su protestirali Sto, je ribarska unija osudila paljenje Doma u Hamiltonu i zgrade "NN". Takoder mi je poznato, da vecina daje novae za obranu ustaSkih otmicara, a neki sudjeluju i u sabiranju. I ti sesada usudu-je- S tvrditi da su ih "stari" otjerali u ustaStvo! Ovo nisam napisao ni radi mene, ni radi NovaCida, niti naroda u Vancouveru koji ga poznaje, ve6 radi javnosti opcenito. Neka se tafino zna tko protest ira i zaSto. Preporucio bih lliji Nova-6ic- u, neka kale svome sav-jetni-ku ako u budude bude zelio da mu piSe u neke novine, neka potpiSe samog sebe, a ne da upotrebljava njega za Charlie McCartya. M. Siaus Vancouver, B.C. fflraurt 254 Marlee Ave., Toronto, Ontario Telefon 789-717- 9 Na vefier poslije 7 sati, ili nedjeljom nakubni telefon |
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