THE OBJECTIVES  In the Field of Human Relations and Development  To encourage and assist each individual to achieve a full and abundant life through the exercise of personal initiative and the assumption,of individual responsibility.  To mobilize and guide the collective knowledge, experience, and strength of organized society into channels which will ensure the maximum opportunity for individual self-development and achievement.  To establish and preserve a truly democratic form of society based on the rule of law in which each individual will be assured:  1) Social, economic, political, and religious freedom.  2) The impartial administration of justice.  3) An opportunity to attain through individual and collective effort a maximum measure of prosperity, security and cultural progress.  In the Field of Economics  To achieve the orderly development of Canada's material resources in the interests of all her people under a system of free and competitive enterprise in which the Government's function will be to encourage and assist individual effort and prevent the abuse of freedom.  To operate the national monetary system in a manner that will ensure:  1) That the nation's aggregate supply of money and credit will always be sufficient to finance the distribution of the entire national production for which there is consumer demand.  2) That the nation's money supply is distributed in such a manner that all citizens will have an opportunity to acquire sufficient to ensure at least a basic minimum standard of living.  3 ) That the national economy will be safeguarded from the evil effects of both inflation and deflation.  THE FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES  1. The individual is the most important factor in organized society and as a divinely-created being with both spiritual and physical potentials and needs, has certain inalienable rights which must be respected and preserved.  2. The major function of democratic government in organized society is to secure for the people the results they want from the management of their public affairs as far as such results are physically possible and morally right.  3. Security with freedom. Material security alone is not enough.  4. Whatever is physically possible and desirable and morally right can and should be made financially possible.  Social Credit is unalterably opposed to communism, fascism, and all other forms of socialism which make the individual citizen subservient to the State. Social Credit recognizes the family as the basic unit of society and regards the sanctity of the home as fundamental to the preservation of Christian civilization.  AN OUTLINE OF POLICIES  FISCAL POLICY  The effective regulation of the nation's aggregate supply of money and credit to ensure a proper balance between consumer purchasing power and gross national production, including flexible measures to control both inflationary and deflationary trends and preserve the value of the Canadian dollar.  The development of procedures to ensure the widest possible distribution of purchasing power to provide the maximum opportunity for each individual to improve his standard of living.  An intelligent reform of the national tax structure to remove inequities and eliminate those forms of taxation which unduly retard development and penalize individual enterprise. The objective would be to establish an equitable tax structure through which:  1) The people of Canada could finance collectively those services which they require the state to provide and pay for on their behalf:  2) The Government of Canada could withdraw excessive credit when necessary to control inflation.  The progressive transfer to the Bank of Canada of the national debt and its orderly and ultimate liquidation.  The extension of the functions of the Bank of Canada to include:  1)  Making available to the provinces and their municipalities, capital     for public facilities necessary to provide essential services.  2) The provision, directly or indirectly, of capital necessary for economic and industrial projects considered vital to the economy and wellbeing of the nation but of such a nature that they cannot be expected to attract private capital through ordinary channels.  The promotion of programmes and the provision of inducements to encourage thrift and personal savings, and their investment in private and/or co-operative enterprise.  FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL RELATIONS  To develop, in co-operation with the provinces, a joint programme for raising public revenue for which all participating governments would assume responsibility and from which each government's direct sources of revenue would be augmented sufficiently to enable them to discharge their constitutional responsibilities in such fields as education, public health and welfare at a level compatible with the national good, and Canada's over-all economic status.  Except where joint projects are approved by mutual agreement, a Social Credit Government will replace cost sharing programmes by unconditional fiscal aid to restore to provincial governments the maximum measure of independence in all matters within their constitutional jurisdiction.  To strive for the mutual agreement between the Federal and Provincial Governments necessary to convert the B.N.A. Act into a wholly Canadian constitution domiciled in Canada and embodying an acceptable amending formulae [sic] that would make possible a clarification of the responsibilities of both levels of government with provision for the delegation of powers by mutual agreement and within clearly defined limits.  DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES  To encourage the orderly and continuous development of Canada's vast resources under a system of free competitive enterprise with proper regard for the preferred position to which Canadian citizens are justly entitled in such fields as management, employment, investment and in the national and regional benefits made possible by such development.  To pursue an aggressive programme of scientific research into the human, physical, and technological aspects of resources utilization and industrial development.  AGRICULTURE  The recognition of agriculture as an essential primary industry and the implementation of such measures as are necessary to preserve the incentive for production adequate to provide for the full needs of the Canadian people with sufficient surpluses to enable Canada to assist in banishing world hunger.  To make whatever provisions are necessary to relieve the hardships occasioned by the inevitable adjustments in the agricultural economy dictated by changing circumstances and the progress of our times.  To inaugurate a two-price system for wheat under which producers would be assured a fair minimum price for that portion of their production absorbed by the domestic market with the balance to be sold on the world market at prevailing competitive prices.  TRADE AND COMMERCE  International  To strive for mutually advantageous trade agreements with other nations based on absolute integrity and honesty of dealing.  To accept the currency of other nations within the limits of feasibility and to extend credit to other nations for the purchase of Canadian products on mutually acceptable terms.  To work actively and contribute generously in co-operation with other nations to make possible an orderly programme for the banishment of hunger and want without disrupting world markets and creating international friction.  Domestic  The elimination of unnecessary restrictions which impair domestic trade and commerce and which are incompatible with a free enterprise economy.  The prohibition of monopolies and cartels and the careful supervision of trade practices to prevent abuses of freedom and the unfair exploitation of the Canadian people.  LAbouR  The goal in labour-management relations must be to establish and maintain a recognition by both management and labour that they have a joint or co-equal responsibility for the level of national production which determines the standard of living possible to the Canadian people. To that end, as far as labour matters lie within the jurisdiction of Parliament, a Social Credit Government would:  Promote and encourage harmonious and responsible labour-management relations.  Protect impartially the just rights of both employers and employees.  Protect the rights of employees to organize and prevent the domination of legitimate labour unions by management or foreign labour organizations.  Protect the rights of employees directly affected by a labour dispute to strike, conduct peaceful picketing and employ any other lawful means to attain their objectives.  Provide fact finding, mediation and arbitration facilities and special tribunals to aid in resolving labour disputes within federal jurisdiction and to co-operate with the provinces by putting such facilities at their disposal if and when requested by the parties concerned.  To protect the public interest in cases where labour disputes threaten to inflict loss and hardship on innocent sections of the Canadian people or the national economy by designating such disputes as disputes in which the findings of a special tribunal shall be final and binding.  To establish a Labour-Management Advisory Council to advise the Government in matters pertaining to labour-management relations.  INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  To give leadership in promoting and establishing non-military international organizations to stimulate international understanding and goodwill.  To maintain a national pool of technical and professional personnel whose services would be available to other nations to aid in the development of their material and human resources in the interests of international co-operation and goodwill.  NATIONAL DEFENCE  A realistic defence policy based on the following premises:  1) Canada is and intends to remain a nonaggressor nation.  2) Canada's geographical factors and small population make sustained effective defence against a major aggressor impossible without the aid of other nations.  Having regard to these facts, a Social Credit Government would:  1) Redesign Canada's defence strategy and military forces to eliminate useless expenditures on forms of defence obsolete in the light of modern circumstances.  2) Concentrate on establishing powerful wellequipped, highly mobile forces strategically deployed and capable of immediate airborne transport to any area of Canada.  JUSTICE AND THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS  To exercise every effort to ensure absolute justice and equality for all, irrespective of colour, race, creed, or social status and to uphold the rule of law without equivocation.  To ensure an efficient and respected judiciary by making all judicial appointments on the basis of qualifications alone.  To reform progressively the national penal system to ensure more efficient custodial care and the maximum opportunity for rehabilitation of those guilty of offences against society.  SOCIAL WELFARE  To assume responsibility for the provision of national minimum standards of social services for all Canadian citizens in such fields as education, health and social welfare.  To ensure such national standards without infringement on provincial autonomy and in full co-operation with the provinces to ensure flexibility in co-ordinating national services with the social welfare programme of each province.  To review and progressively raise such national minimum standards as the growth and development of the national economy makes possible.  CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION  To enhance the value and meaning of Canadian citizenship by making Canada a land of real opportunity for all who assume their responsibilities as citizens.  A programme of immigration which will provide a regulated flow of new immigrants to Canada comprised of individuals desirous and capable of accepting and being assimilated into the Canadian way of life.  To stimulate pride in Canadian citizenship by:  1) Raising Canada's prestige in the eyes of the world as a leader among progressive, peace loving nations.  1)  Ensuring to Canadian citizens rightful priority in employment,     investment, and development opportunities and in the benefits     accruing from the growth and progress of their nation.  To strive to raise the standard and prestige of public life to the end that public service will be accepted by men and women of the highest character and ideals as a welcome privilege and responsibility of citizenship.  CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT  To strive for a distinctive Canadian culture that will retain and further develop the cultural heritage Canada has required from citizens of different ethnic origin.  To raise national standards of culture through national and regional agencies including the radio and television and other mass media facilities.  To provide maximum opportunity for appreciation of, and participation in constructive cultural activities decentralized to local community level.  To facilitate the training of local leaders in recognized fields of community cultural activities.  RECREATION AND LEISURE  To promote and encourage the constructive use of leisure time and the development of worthwhile recreational pursuits.  To assist in providing at local level practical recreational facilities and trained local leadership to promote maximum community interest and participation.  YOUTH  To provide practical leadership in assisting Canada's youth to recognize and exploit their potential talents and abilities for their own advancement and the good of mankind.  To co-operate with the provinces in promoting constructive youth programmes at local community level in such fields as vocational pursuits, sports, recreational activities and affording maximum participation and having as their objective the physical, mental, social, and spiritual development of youth and their preparation for the responsibilities of leadership and citizenship.  THE SPIRITUAL VERITIES  No nation can be truly great or permanently strong unless its people recognize and acknowledge the eternal Deity, Sovereignty, and Righteousness of God and His meritorious right to man's worship and allegiance. The voluntary acceptance of this individual and collective responsibility is basic to enduring progress and the dignity of man. DRAFT MINI-PROGRAM  INTRODUCTION  The New Democratic Party believes that the destiny uf Canada must be share:. by its people.  The development of Canada's vast resources, and the way in which the benefits should be shared, are matters which Canadians must decide through their own democratically-elected Parliament and legislatures.  New Democrats want to hand on to the children of Canada a new society, where excessive privilege and wealth for the few will be replaced by equal opportunities for the many.  They want to create a society where the technological revolution - computers and automation - will be used to create an exciting environment in which greater knowledge and human fulfillment will enrich the quality for all.  They want to create a society where the individual will not be dominated by any organization, public or private, and where the dead weight of one bureaucracy will not be substituted for another.  To make such fundamental changes in society is an exciting project. Ordinary and extraordinary Canadians can join in the task of demonstrating the belief of the New Democratic Party that it is people who count.  I. FULL EMPLOYMENT IN AN INDEPENDENT CANADA  The Trudeau government deliberately chose to induce paralyzing unemployment as an answer to inflation -- an inflation which is largely imported.  But, in the longer term, our vulnerability to recurring unemployment crises is also imported -- the inevitable result of a foreign-owned, branch-plant economy, based largely on the exploitation and export of raw materials.  Canadians are becoming ever mire convinced that -- if we are to progress beyond hewing wood and drawing water -- the Canadian people, through their government, crust take command of their economy.    UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION   Unemployment is not just a statistic. It is over half a million Canadians unable to find work. It is a $4 billion loss in annual production and a $1 billion less in tax revenue. It is a staggering increase in welfare costs. It is the incubator ;,f social unrest, of blighted lives, of young people unable to find a meaningful role or future in our society.  No government which has looked these .costs in the eye would deliberately choose unemployment as the answer to inflation. Yet that is what the Trudeau government did.  New Democrats put full employment as the primary economic goal. If some price rises occur because of full employment, it is far better and cheaper to compensate the victims of inflation -- those on fixed incomes -- than to squeeze the life out of the economy.  To meet the immediate crisis, a New Democratic government will:  . Institute a massive public housing program across the land;  . Invest in anti-pollution programs and accelerate socially useful public works;  . Increase purchasing power through tax relief for low-income groups and through increasing allowances for pensioners and others on fixed incomes;  . Provide funds to increase employment opportunities for young people in the area of services to people.  Include a meaningful cost-of-living escalator in pensions, allowances and unemployment insurance benefits.    ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE FUR CANADA   New Democrats have become convinced that recovering our economic independence is a crucial step in assuring full employment and achieving future prosperity. It is not merely a question of the nationality of the owners of capital; domestic monopoly is only marginally different from foreign monopoly. It is, rather, a question of effective control of our economic future and the freedom to plan and to create the kind of economy that produces maximum benefits for the Canadian people .  More than any other sector of the economy, Canadian resource industries are characterized by foreign ownership and high monopolistic concentration. Fir most extractive industries, half a dozen or fewer foreign-based, multi-national corporations account for nine-tenths of the output.  The raw materials extracted by these corporations are inputs for the economies of other nations. By an"' large, they are shipped unprocessed to manufacturing plants in other countries. So lung as this continues, Canada will be unable- to find enough jobs to employ its growing labour force.  New Democrats believe that cur natural resources should he managed in the long-terra best interests of Canadians; that Canada's natural riches should be the basis for highly efficient and competitive processing and manufacturing industries which provide well-paid jobs for skilled Canadian workers.  A New Democratic government will:  . Increase public investment in, and public control-of, resource industries by all available and appropriate means – including public ownership and joint participation with private industries. The first step in this process will be to acquire public ownership of oil and natural has distribution systems.  . Veto any continental energy deal.  . Establish a Canada Development Corporation totally owned and controlled by the Canadian public as a primary investment tool in new resource development.  .Plan and direct investment, to the end that more gnu more Canadian raw material provides opportunities for processing and manufacturing in Canadian plants before export.  II. PROVIDING SERVICES FOR A MODERN COMMUNITY  In a complex industrial society, people must turn to government to provide them with a broad range of community services and to guarantee that the necessities of life, like feud and shelter, will be available at price-s we can afford.  Entangled in their conservatism, Canadian governments have been slow to assume these responsibilities and faltering in carrying them out. A New Democratic government will take office with a long agenda of community needs to fulfill.  In Canada's federal system, must of the services which affect the quality of our quality lives are the direct responsibility of provincial governments. There are, however, many fields in which the central government must give leadership. It is an obligation which arises from its duty to provide all Canadians with fair share of opportunity and social justice wherever they may live in our country.  One of the first jobs of an NDP government in Ottawa will be to tackle Canada's housing crisis. When a quarter of our people live in sub-standard housing and when young families cannot fine a decent place to live it is a national disgrace that housing construction should actually have slowed down.  For 25 years, the shelter needs of low-income families and the aged have been almost totally neglected by all levels of government, while the only serious federal housing program was largely devoted to serving the needs of those with upper and middle-level incomes.  To New Democrats, housing is a basic social service, not a matter to be left to the vagaries of the market. Its financing is an urgent priority, net an easy source of revenue or a fiscal tap to be turned off and on at government's whim.  An NDP government will create a federal Department of Housing and Urban development. Working closely with the provinces, it would:  Provide generous financial assistance to meet the housing crisis 100% of the cost of land assembly and servicing, 100% of the; cost of public housing and 75% of the cost of rent subsidies.  . Bring down the cost of mortgage money by setting a subsidized ceiling for co-operative housing, homes for low-income families and for the ` rehabilitation of present housing.  Support the principle of integrated community development so that transportation, schools, recreation and shopping facilities are developed together with new and renewed housing.  Encourage the development of New Towns in areas of urban congestion.  A Program for Consumers  Canadians expect their government to protect them in their role as consumers, having learned from experience that the market does not automatically serve theft needs and wants. Extravagant advertising, promotional and packaging:, expenditures add to living costs without creating product improvement consumer enlightenment.  Now Democrats will establish a government department exclusively concerned with working for the consumer: It will:  Test consumer products and publicize the results.  . Enforce honest labeling and packat in regulations.  Regulate the operation of credit bureaus to protect consumers against erroneous information or the invasion of privacy.  Create a Prices Review Board to investigate unjustified price increases and publicize its findings.  Consumers have already banded together to help themselves in organizations such as Cc-operatives, Credit Unions and Caisses Populaires. A New Democratic government would help these movements by allowing incorporation of federal co-operatives and of a Central Credit Society with access to the Bank of Canada.  There is a special need to protect the public in the field of drugs. An NDP government will license drug manufacturers, and, if necessary, produce drugs under public auspices. It will encourage the sale of drugs under their generic names and provide more means to test drugs before they reach the market.    THE WORK FORCE   New Democrats recognize that a healthy trade: union movement, exercising the rights of free collective bargaining for working people, is an essential ingredient in a free democratic society.  While living lip service to the right to organize and bargain collectively, Canada's old-party governments have, in fact, shackled trade unions with more and more: restrictive labour laws: compulsory -arbitration, denial of the right to strike, ex parte injunctions. Further, these governments have failed to pin responsibility on industry for the consequences of automation, plant relocations and shut-downs.  A New Democratic government will not only "unstack" the law so that collective bargaining can once again fulfill its function; it will move beyond legalistic considerations to establish -- in the federal government and federal crown corporations -- a new model for labour-management relations. To that end it will enact a Labour Bill of Rights guaranteeing:  The right of 411 working people to join a union of Chair choice;  The unfettered right to peaceful assembly and picketing;  The right to bargain collectively on all matters arising out of technological change and automation.  . The right to trade union representation on Crown corporation boards and government boards administering social programs.  The right of a worker to his job until he resigns or retires -subject only to discharge for proven cause;  The right to obtain certification of a bargaining- unit without management intervention;  . The right to a clean, safe and healthful work environment.  Further, where a company proposes to shut down a plant employing a substantial number of workers, an NDP government will require full disclosure of the facts, and will assume control and operation where the facts warrant such action. Where a plant is closed, the company will be required to bear the full costs to the community and to the employees concerned.  Sharing Affluence  There are still many whim our society has failed to serve. Hundreds of thousands Canadians suffer the effects of unemployment or underemployment. Millions of Canadians are ill-housed or pay too much for their shelter. The needs of working women (particularly working mothers) are still largely ignored.  To New democrats, correcting these failures is one of the highest priorities facing Canadians. The huge resources of Canada make it possible for us to eliminate poverty and to provide this range of community sex-:rites which are necessities in a complex, urbanized society.  Social Priorities  One of the priorities in the face of poverty is the provision of an income ' f lcor ` below which no Canadian should be allowed to fall. A New Democratic government will ensure a minimum income for every Canadian. This income, when combined with a broad program of social services, would ',e: set sufficiently high to ensure a standard of living compatible with health ante self-respect.  The guaranteed income would not replace other existing social insurance schemes but New Democrats relieve that it would -provide the way of ending poverty and of wiping, out assistance programs based en needs or means tests. The level of guaranteed income would be subject to regular review, not only to preserve its purchasing power but to keep it in line with improvements in our standard of living.  In addition to the guaranteed annual income, a New Democratic government is committed to immediately increasing the old age pension benefit to ;125 a month without a means or income test. Further, the NDP will provide tax credits which will ensure that no pensioner pays any income tax unless his income is above an adequate basic level. Future benefits and tax credits will be tied to the cost of living.  Beyond Medicare  although prepayment of doctor bills has been an important forward step, it falls far short of meeting the health care mooed of the Canadian people. Indeed,, the present administration of medical any: hospital plans is tending to ''freeze" a system of health care delivery which is fragmented antiquate,"', inefficient and costly.  The New Democratic Party believes we should move quickly toward a pros-ram, of health care services which  . are comprehensive;  . are oriented toward prevention;  . encourage innovative approaches to the organization an(' delivery of health care.  To that end an NDP government will extend coverage to include dental., para-medical and medical-social services. It will .-also assist in the establishment of community-sponsored group health centres through capital grants any: long-term leans .  Canada's Native Peoples  after inure than a century, Canadians are coming tc. understand their responsibility for the position .:f the Indian and Eskimo. It is o history of paternalism, exploitation and cruel indifference.  Canada's native people must have the right t; make theft own decisions. May must have the dominant rule in controlling the economic development of their communities and they must have the resources to make it a success.  New Democratic government will -recognize the aboriginal and treaty rights of North American Indians and Eskimos in terms of modern equivalents. It will also establish a Native Reparation Funs' to be administered by and for the native peoples.  Education  Education in Canada is a provincial responsibility; but there are areas where a strong federal initiative is possible which, always respecting the particular position of Quebec, may be welcomed by the provinces. Many provinces will need federal assistance to achieve the NDP ;cal of free higher education for all who can qualify academically for it.  Broadcast in,.-..  A New Democratic government is committed to increasing the financial support of the CBC to make it less dependent on commercial advertising to make possible long,-range dove development planning and to expand encouragement and development of Canadian talent.  The fields of cable TV and community programming must be predicated on service to the public need rather than operation solely for private profit and advantage.  Women in- Canada  Equal pay for equal work an equal minimum wages, long advocated by the New Democratic Party, are essential programs to improve the position it ion of women in Canada. But women arc discriminate.: against in many other ways, both hidden and overt. Much more is required if women are to achieve equality in fact.  It will be the business of a New Democratic government to establish the role of women as equal participating partners in today's home, social, public and economic life.  Working women need laws with teeth in them to prohibit discrimination based on sex or marital status. The agency administering these laws should have broad powers of investigation and enforcement and be able to guarantee protection against discriminatory action for those who file complaints. Laws should be applicable to all employers, and to hart-time as well as full-time positions.  Maternity leave with pay, and without penalties, should be mandatory.  Vocational and technical training should be made freely available and tailored to the needs of the mature woman entering or reentering the labour force.  Mothers who are making a full-time job of caring, for their children deserve credit through the taxation system as a partial offset for the salaries they arc foregoing.  An NDP government will make available free information on family planning and birth control devices to anyone requesting them. Section 237 (Abortions) will be re-moved from the Criminal Code.  h New Democratic government will enact a Child Care Act, making available federal funds on a cost-share basis, with the provinces to organize, build and operate child care centres.  III. PRIMARY PRODUCERS - AGRICULTURE/FISHERIES  Capitalist economists, bemuses: by the process of industrialization in a private enterprise economy, have created a myth. This myth maintains:  . That urbanization is synonymous with "progress";  That primary industry -- particularly food production – is an activity of a lower order which is appropriately less rewarding than industrial employment;  . That the faster people are forced off the land into the urban labour market, the mere productive and advanced is the society which forces them.  10. r Whatever grain of truth lies suspended in this myth derives from the early nays of industrialization when struggling entrepeneurs required cheap labour for industries which were highly labour-intensive. Today, as ever more sophisticated technology displaces workers, the labour requirements of secondary industry arc actually declining.  As fur urbanization -- it is questionable that the congestion, pollution aims social malaise which infest our large urban centres make the ideal habitat for man. Is it demonstrably clear that it is better to have 95 per cent of our population in cities than -- say -- 75 per cent?  The problems w:; face in our cities are enormous. On the other side of the coin are the problems faced in our de-populated rural areas: the erosion of small communities; the disintegration of a service structure and a social system praised in our literature but damned in our policies.  Economists can find a hundred reasons why this process of rural de-population must move inexorably onward -- presumably until we reach that ideal state when no-one lives in rural areas and we are all happily stacked up in high-rises. Fur proof of this brand of economic thinking, red; the report of. the federal Task Farce on Agriculture, which is the basis of the Tradeau farm policy.  New Democrats believe there are rational answers to the problems of agriculture and rural life:  Intervene to stabilize the agricultural population at a level which will support a reasonable range of rural services.-,  Make farming; more rewarding by stabilizing costs of Production and raising form incomes  Implementation of policies to achieve these ends will require close cooperation Between federal and provincial governments.  Costs of production will be stabilized by (1) regulating, controlling and standardizing the farm machinery industry; (2) creating Public land banks to lease lane to farmers, thus lowering the cost of capital; and (3) extending a wide range of credit programs at low cost to farm families and cc-operatives.  Numbers of farmers will be stabilized by limiting farm size, the upper limits to be set regionally by the; farmers themselves. This will be buttressed by laws prohibiting foreign or corporate takeover of farm lands.  11.  Farm income will be raised through a combination of regulating domestic prices at the producer level, establishing national, producer-controlled marketing boards, and an aggressive export sales policy. A basic guaranteed net income fen farm families will underpin. pricing and marketing, policies.  Federal policies affecting Canada's fishing industry have, in the post, been initiated without proper consultation with Canadians whose livelihood depends on fishing. Consultation on, an'? endorsement of, fisheries policies will be undertaken by the NDP with producers to;  Establish a Frozen Fish Corporation-,  Assist in rationalization and modernization of the industry through training, ii: ing, marketing and development programs;  Establish and enforce a 12-mile limit for Canadian draggers, 100-mile limit for f ire inn draggers s : seek an international catch quota system beyond 100 miles;  Use Canadian Forces, in a coastguard function, to enforce limits.  IV. AN INDEPENDENT AND POSITIVE ROLE IN THE WORLD  New Democrats believe that Canada is ready to play an independent and positive role in the won la . On a p genet threatened by nuclear destruction and already afflicted by widespread starvation, Canadians are involved in humanity's peril.  Speaking and acting fir ourselves is net abandonment of traditional friends and allies. Canadians arc becoming aware that we can serve our common cause gutter by speaking out than by standing silent while folly and wickedness are committed in our name.  Canada has an enormous stake in helping to build a world community responsive to the rule of law. ro Lack that stake, :,re need a new set of ,priorities and a new style in the conduct of our international affairs.  We have no alternative to the United Nations. We must back k it in every possible way, by channeling; cur external aid through its agencies, by providing it with the services of our armed forces and by assuming a greater share of its financial burden. In spite of disappointments, w,: must support the establishment of a permanent U.N. peacekeeping force while insisting, in future, that social and economic changes must be promoted in concert with any police duty .  The time is overdue to dismantle the series of military alliances which were ,cur foreign policy twenty years ago In the mortal struggle for peace we must  . Work for a world disarmament treaty and oppose use or testing of nuclear weapons, above or below ground, anywhere, anytime;  . Withdraw from NATO and NORAD  n a world of nuclear weapons, no conflict can be tolerated and no threat to world peace ignored. For its own sake and the world's, Canada must use: all the influence it possesses to end wars before they begin. That is why the NDP fully supports the principle of universal membership in the United Nations.  The war in Vietnam must be stopped. It is a threat of fearful dimension to world peace. It has also become a war of 1 unit less and pointless barbarity. Canada must use every influence at her command, public and private, to end the conflict. When fighting has stopped, Canada must help t o rebuild both parts of this tortured land.  In Vietnam and elsewhere, the real enemy of world peace is net conspiracy but human misery. This is the enemy which Canadian resources must fight. But despite the aid programs of developed countries like Canada, the gap between the developing countries and ourselves continues to widen. ?, New Democratic government will:  Immediately increase our external aid to one per cent of Gross National Product;  As far as possible, remove requirements for Canadian content to maximize benefits;  it a ct the greater portion of Canada's aid through international agencies.  V. NEW KIND OF GOVERNMENT  What kind of government do Canadians want?  :vow Democrats think that they want a government which is as confident about Canada as they are - and just as determined that long-standing national problems are going to be solved .  They want a government ready to serve the needs of a modern industrial economy, with policies to cope with our housing crisis, the rising cost of lining and the unfairness of our taxation system.  They are looking for a government that knows its own mint:, with a little flair and a lot of determination to ;et things done. Canadians are ready to back that kind of government in renewing Confederation, regaining control of our own economy and giving Canada her own positive voice in the world.  That's why Canadians are looking to New Democrats to establish the first truly, progressive government is our history. We don't make light of the problems and we don't promise never to make mistakes. But we dc: challenge Canadians to join in building, a society as free and generous a s the lane in which we live.  June 15, 1971. 0TTAWA More than half of the bills brought by r Trudeau's government have been simple housekeeping measures revisions to existing laws of nearly enough attention is being given to the pressing problems of the future."  A P C government would prevent large-scale development programs which delete our natural resources and provide little return on the form of permanent jobs.  APC government would be committed to a policy of full equality for Canadian women. It would thoroughly review its own hiring policies to encourage absolute equality of opportunity. It would provide training programs for the development of a system of day-care centres, to be established in co-operation ,&:!h !lie provinces.  APC government would put forward a Charter of consumer rights for Canada, integrating all consumer legislation with new policies and involving greater public participation in their formulation.  AA P C. government would supper t Canada's largest primary industry agriculture, through greater emphasis on product sales promotion and world market research, on the availability of farm credit, on the development of farm management programs.  Of particular importance would the appointment of a grain transportation control to ensure against the loss of world markets through failures in transportation.  A P C government would undertake, at once, new initiatives in the fields of housing and pollution control. Through the establishment of federal Department u• Urban Affairs, a P.C.. government working with the provinces -would help to tuner the acquisition of land banks' around major urban centres; it would promote the use of new production techniques and innovative design in housing; it would provide federal assistance for the development of mass transit systems. both urban and inter-urban.  A P.C. government would create truly effective Department of the Environment, with stronger regulatory powers. It would enact an environmental Bill of Rights, clearly guaranteeing the purity of our air, soil and water. And it would vigorously enforce effective standards, in a joint effort with the provinces.  “Making Canada better tomorrow means changing a lot of-things about Canada now: the ways in which we . work together; the ways and the degree to which we care about each other; the way we feel about ourselves and our country's future. s "I believe it has to mean changing the way we are governed What we feel for Canada is our common bond. What ewe do about it is our common purpose. We can create a better life for more Canadians . And I am confident, with your trust and support, that we will."  Robert L. Stanfield.  "I have always felt that people wanted to be connected to their society by contributing something to it. Here they are in this land of unquestioned riches, yet for so many of them the future suddenly offered nothing more than the prospect of putting in time, along with the assurance that their basic necessities would be looked after through some form of payment out of public funds. This country has to have direction that is oriented to the real social and human needs of its people." Robert L. Stanfield April 29th,1972.  'The Trudeau government has made unemployment a way of life in Canada.  And unemployment and inflation are still rising together. Yet still the government assures us that all is well."  -RLS  All is not well  What cost you live dollars four years ago, to-day costs you six.-Six hundred thousand Canadians are out of work right now, . . . an increase of two hundred thousand from four years ago. "'You don't have to know muck about economics to realize that creating unemployment to light inflation just hasn't worked-Arid worse, an that-it has hurt people.  Canada can do better.  A.P.C. government, led by Robert Stanfield, would make its first priority lobs for all Canadians.  A P C. government would stop , the personal income tax increases scheduled by the Trudeau government for January 1 st and introduce 1 immediate tax cuts to put more money in the hands of consumers. firs would stimulate demand for more products, generate increased production to meet this demand and. in the process, create jobs.  A P C government would eliminate the federal sales tax on building materials !o entourage construction because construction means jobs.  A P.C. government would expand the retraining opportunities available through ?he Department of Manpower, and make trot agency morn aggressive in searching out job vacancies.  Beyond these immediate measures. a P.C. government would act to strengthen our job c creating potential for the future. It would increase direct government investment in rest dish and technology, and speed up the process by which Canadian innovations can be marketed around the world.  A P.C. government would encourage ongoing labour/management negotiations to reduce the time lost through strikes. And it would encourage cost and profit snaring experiments to Chance productivity, and combat the growing sense of alienation felt by many workers.  I believe inflation must be dealt with in ways that don' affect lobs. n en emergency this would involve the use of temporary wage and price controls, as the only humane alternative to another massive economic slow-down.  the nation  "The consequences of Mr. Trudeau's economic mismanagement extend well beyond the obvious problems of increased unemployment and continuing inflation.  Over the past four years, those who have had the least have paid the most for the failure of government policy, and the lack of it." -RLS  According to the Economic Council of Canada, nearly half of all families in the Atlantic region are poor. Seven out of every ten senior citizens are poor.  income in Canada's rural areas averages half to two thirds that of urban areas, and is declining.  Canada can do better.  A P.C. government would work with the provinces to develop new programs, more realistically tailored to the needs of Canada's under-developed regions. It would fund a wider and better integrated range of projects. embracing more job intensive activities.  It would end cost-sharing programs that discriminate against the poorer provinces, and replace them with unconditional grants.  A P.C. government would end Canada's welfare mess by helping, through incentives and other means, those Canadians who can work to achieve independence from government handouts.  A P.C. government would increase old age security payments immediately, to reflect fully increases in the cost of living since the last substantial adjustment in basic pension in 1967.  These measures would meet the immediate problem.  But for the future we must think in terms of a stronger Canadian economy which rewards the participation of more Canadians.  The issue of Canadian economic independence has consistently received more attention from the Canadian people and from the media than from the government. Trudeau's proposed legislation fails to ensure the survival and expansion of Canadian companies, fails to increase a Canadian presence in existing subsidiaries, fails to provide for full financial disclosure by subsidiaries of foreign corporations; fails to invite the legitimate interest and concern of the provinces.  A P.C. government would provide incentives to increase the investment of Canadian risk capital in Canada and increase Canadian participation in our. economy.  And, recognizing a mint responsibility APC  What Canada has now is not a government in the proper sense of the term at all.It's a collection of politicians trying to preserve power without regard to long standing principles of democratic practice and ministerial responsibility." -RLS  In the 1950's and early 1960's, the support staff of the prime minister cost the people roughly $50,000 annually. As of October 1, 1971, Mr. Trudeau's office staff total d 90 people at a gross annual cost of 5915,684'~his increase in the power of the executive is a source of serious concern, since it reduces the influence of the elected representatives of the people.  Canada can do better.  A Progressive Conservative government would assure adequate power and resources for the Auditor General, one of !he most effective safeguards available to Parliament and the Canadian people against the abuse of government power and the misuse of public funds.  A P.C. government would provide greater opportunities and specific time allotments for individual members of parliament to bring forth private bills and have them considered and voted upon by Parliament.  A P.C. government would support the televising of Parliament on an experimental basis.  A P.C. government would introduce legislation granting to Parliament, the press, and the public, right of access to all government information other than mar class, under :he Official Secrets Act, or special categories o! information which-for clearly valid reasons - should not be publicly available (for example, persona! income tax returns).