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JULY 19, 1963
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VOL. XLV, No. 42
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THE JEWISH PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT THE CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS IS ALERT TO
THE PROBLEM OF CRISIS IN CANADA TODAY,
AND IN POSSESSION OF ITS IMPORTANCE
AND APPLICATION
BY MICHAEL 6AMEI, Q.C.. OF MONTKEAl, MtlSIRINT Of 1MI CANADIAN JEWISH CONHESS
has had hundreds of lecturVweet, ings at which the audien.ce times over 50 per Its secretary has gress in many, mo useful conferences and meetings" French language Journalists, educators, and teachers.
(b). Recently the National Executive Committee of Congress authorized the formation of a national ad -hoc committee compris-. ing professors of law, Sociology, Political Science, Economics; lawyers, and others with Officers of Congress ex officio. This committee has already been set up and will study the relevant material, express views on a questionnaire and meet in conference in due course. Its aims and objects are to advise the National Executive Commitee of Congress on the issue of the Jewish position before the Royal Commission and related matters and to recommend course of action.
(c). A senior officer of Congress has had candid discussions ' with a very senior civil servant
The crisis in Canadian life today had failed because a bilingual-bi- responsible for. the implementation,
on natters of" an accommodation <riilta^'^^ederation waif guar- �i'~~---------�-'--�-.. - t,���--�-
those of English and anteed'Jrat has never been practiced, andr that unless we nave a live and meaningful bicultural and bilingual Canada with two nations as its prop, i.e. the Anglo-Saxon and the French Canadian, Quebec may not tolerate living in such a Canada.
Many federal campaign (1963 election) promises were made in recognition of the serious situation. We now have the Federal Government's proposal for a Royal Commission to enquire into the entire matter, "Taking into account the contribution made by the other ethnic groups to the cultural enrichment of Canada and the measures that should be taken to safeguard that contribution", and we~ have a Cabinet Ministry (the portfolio of the Privy Council) charged with the responsibility of discharging government policy on the holding of this Royal Commission and all matters related to the French Canadian position. Mr. Maurice Lamontagne, the President of the Privy Council and the Minister in charge, is himself a graduate of Chicago University (Economics) and a well known figure in French Canadian intellectual circles.
Obviously any proposition that calls for basic discussions, enquiry into the "existing state of bilingual ism and biculturalism and to recommend what steps should be taken to develop the Canadian Confederation on the basis of an equal partnership between the two founding races" fundamentally affects the status and dignity of others not of the "founding races".
Ft is important for members of the Jewish Community to note
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Common Sense frequently, charges that Communism is simply jpajf^ 6i H4^ intartiltipnai Jewish
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Ir> addition/to attacking Jews, Catholics, and Negroes, Common Sense has come 'out ajjrainst the United Nations, integration, fluor-idation, tajtafe* disarmament, the Supreme Court, Harvard University, the State Department, unification of the Congo, and all Presidents of the United States for the last 80 years.
In addition to its admitted circulation. Comtnon Sense often has been mailed out free in large volume. In 1964 the House Un-American Activities Committee identified fienjaman H. Freedman, a retired toilet goods manufacturer, of New York, as one of the paper's financial backers,
During the time of the riots last year at the University of Mississippi, Mr. McGinley shipped 10,-000 copies of Common Sense to Gov. Ross Barnett, of whom the paper said, according to the New York Herald Tribune. "God bless this man � may his tribe increase."
Ffench origin represents the most serious one in many decades and may, when historical perspective is possible, be adjudged the single most important aspect of Canadian development.
The intricacies of the problem are many and this letter does not purpose to analyze le fait franca is but to acquaint you with certain phases. Primarily the problem is a concern for every single resident and citizen of Canada whatever his ethnic, cultural or religious origin and irrespective of the date he or his ancestors settled in Canada. But there are phases which do and will concern the Jewish population of Quebec and indeed elsewhere in Canada.
What is popularly called the ferment or revolution in French Canada is basically a new phenomenon though separatism and na-tionartsm have a long career. The latter goes back to the Rebellion of 1837 with sporadic outbreaks ever .since, the best known of which are reflected in the politics early this century of Henri Bourrassa and Armand Lavergne, and more latterly by the group known as the Bloc Populaire and the Jeunes Ouvriers Catholiques. The newer ferment is of course much more than a political, chauvinistic or isolationist philosophy but stems from real changes in French Canadian thinking, the apostles of which were Fathers O'Neill, ^>ion, Levesque and the missionaries, many French Canadian intellectuals who received their broadening education at Harvard, Chicago, and in Europe. The problem has become, therefore, one inextricably made up of economics, politics, and government and social changes including cultural and demographic ones.
W� are now at the point where responsible, as well as irresponsible, French Canadian leaders have laid down an ultimatum, based on
policy on bilingual-ism and biculturalism. This same officer was requested to meet with the Hon. Maurice Lamontagne, President of the Privy Council. At this meeting it was understood that in addition to the formal representation to a Royal Commission, Congress would be welcome to hold discussions with the Ministry in charge.
(d). As to the provincial aspects very little has yet been attempted. It should be stressed that were the subject fairly and squarely one of bilingualism, it would be much easier to consider and plan remedial action though difficulties here must not be underestimated. However, it is enormously complicated by the issue of biculturalism and an overlay of political calculations. Perhaps it is not out of place to quote one French Canadian leader of finance, not a political figure, who represents responsibility and moderation who, in a speech in March of this year, was not inhibited from saying, "Quebec is at present no longer engaged in soul searching psychiatry. She is sure of herself and of her mind. Her question is whether she can be sure of Canada when she looks to the future and to the world".
The Jewish public should know that the Canadian Jewish Congress is not only alert to the problem but is studiously seized of its importance and implication.
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der Section 5 of the Public Order Act, 1936, were derisory.
While the words proposed by Mr. Iremonger added nothing to the Act that was not there already, there would be a considerable advantage in adding them. Insulting behaviour leading to racial hatred was a particular form of abuse to which it was desirable that attention should be drawn.
Mr. Shepherd (Cheadle, C.) said there were people in Britain who were capable of recreating the horrors of~Naxi 'Germany, but the difference was that the vast majority in Britain would not be prepared to allow it to go on once they knew of its existence.
He wondered whether all minorities were carrying out their responsibilities as well as they might. The great problem with the Jewish community was that they lived as a race apart. Good relations would be better served if there was less positive seclusion among the Jewish community. Now that there was a Jewish national home it was desirable that there should be more integration and even assimilation.
Mr. Michael Foot .(Ebbw. Vale, Lab.) said it was one of the most miserable little Bills he had ever seen. It would do nothing to prevent the spread of racial hatred but it might increase the penalties against innocent demonstrators who were trying to put their point of view.
There are many people in London today (he said) who want to protest against the visit of Queen Frederika because of what they consider to be the tyranny prevailing in Greece. They have a perfect right to demonstrate. Somebody has interfered with their right; that is a police decision. If this Bill was in operation some of those people would have their penalties increased, possibly to �600 or 12
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Mr. Norman Pannell (Liverpool, KJbrkxUle, C.) said that if Mr.
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