• Several members of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers were among fellow trade unionists demonstrating their support for organized fishermen at the March 29 UFAWU lobby to Victoria. Shown here are Jean Hardy, CBRT Local 276, Victoria, with Neil North, left, and Dave Forsyth, both from CBRT Seamen's Local 400 in Vancouver. Other union representatives participating included Bob Hamilton, Letter Carriers Union of Canada, and Jim Mc-Naught, United Electrical Workers 552.
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The federal Indian Fishermen's Assistance Program should be empowered to purchase boats at full market price from the salmon vessel buy-back program as a means of upgrading the Native-owned section of the fishing fleet, UFAWU convention delegates declared last month.
Endorsing a resolution to this effect from Kitkatla Local, convention also reiterated demands that:
• The board which now administers the assistance program be restructured to "allow for direct election by Indian fishermen of their representatives, rather than the present method of appointment by government."
• Ottawa inject $25 million into the assistance program over a five-year period "to help meet the urgent needs of Indian fishermen."
At present, delegates noted, a majority of Native fishermen "cannot take advantage of the assistance program because of the high down payment required."
In other moves, delegates endorsed resolutions demanding that Indian affairs minister Jean Chretien be fired and that a halt be put to efforts by Chretien's
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department to implement the federal government's discredited White Paper on Indian Affairs.
Pointing to the "ever-widening gap between the Indians of Canada and the present minister," the convention, approving a resolution from the union's Indian affairs committee, called for Chretien's replacement by "a new minister willing to view Indian problems in their proper perspective."
In debate, UFAWU northern organizer George Hewison said federal government proposals for transferring jurisdiction over Indian affairs to the provinces are being put into effect — despite official assurances that the White Paper, which made the alleged desirability of such transfers its central theme, has been withdrawn.
"Ottawa is trying to wash its hands, through implementing White Paper proposals, of problems created over the years," Hewison said. "The federal government talks glibly about 'local initiatives' but does nothing to provide the wherewithal that could make such initiatives possible . . ."
The convention also passed a resolution calling for amendments to the Indian Act which would give non-status Indians the right to be placed back on their respective band rolls.
'Labor made scapegoat"
Reiterating firm opposition to any form of wage freeze or control, UFAWU convention delegates last month charged that organized labor is being made the "scapegoat for inflation and economic chaos" brought on by corporate profiteering, high interest rates and heavy taxes on working people.
Pointing out that the federal government's "pathetic" anti-inflation policy has been one of deliberately creating mass unemployment, the convention warned that "corporate pressure" is now mounting for placing controls on wages and salaries along the lines of those imposed by the Nixon administration in the U.S. — and by the Socred government of this province against teachers and civil servants.
Backing up its opposition to wage controls, the convention called for action by the federal government to:
• Place a freeze on consumer prices, roll back unjustified price hikes already imposed, and permit future inceases only where it can be shown that there is "absolute justification" for them on sound economic grounds.
• Force down interest rates by extending low interest loans to home owners — and also to Canadian industries in order to encourage domestic utilization of resources and the growth of "wholly Canadian owned secondary manufacturing."
• Eliminate income tax for workers earning less than $6,000 a year and "substantially reduce" taxation on incomes up to $15,000.
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