https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/aeb6a79003e0fc3a2c1b8dc6089f1ce3.pdf 603cc63e57ab5f45e8984014a27555fb PDF Text Text isdesed underthe Access acces ^ DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS^ Subject Date .JLL.3....L1.?7? J.U5e.l» 1969 Publication T .h?....?.?.?..?H.?.. Talks quorumles NDP still anti-ABM The New Democratic Party's federal council yesterday ended its first meeting in Quebec when it lost the necessary quorum as Party Leader T. C. Douglas spoke against the U.S. anti-ballistic missile system. , ' Despite the lack of a quorum, >the council adopted a resolution describing the proposed ABM bases in North Dakota and Montana as "a threat to world peace as well as a particular danger to Canada." The council, governing body of the NDP between conventions, also condemned the Montreal firm of Canadian Vickers as "irresponsible for its announced shutdown of its Montreal shipbuilding operation. The resolution asked rae federal government to investigate "the use of public funds by Canadian Vickers." More than 100 delegates from 10 provinces attended the three-day session here to debate policy resolutions and lay the groundwork for the NDP's next biennial" convention Oct. 26-31 in Winnipeg. The council adopted resolutions calfejft^ee*, emergency federal payments to western grain farmers and reaffirming •the party's support for bilingualism in Canada. Another resolution condemned t h e present Greek regime. But delegates were unable to agree on a resolution on the Vietnam war, and policy papers on urban problems and w o r k e r s ' participation in democracy w e r e referred back to committees. The resolution condemning the present government of Greece and Canada's recognition of it was presented by John Harney, secretary of the NDP, who said "thousands •and thousands of people are still incarcerated and brutalized" in Greece; It was adopted after James Renwick of Toronto, NDP national president and member of the Ontario legislature, described Canada's relations with the present Greek government as "obscene" and "something that cannot be tolerated." Emergency federal aid to western farmers was recommended after Alf Gleave, MP for Saskatoon-Biggar, told delegates that prairie grain farmers "just don't have enough money to oggraje^gnd to live.'' ion � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDBM00270 Title A name given to the resource Transcript from The Gazette Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/3/1969 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-c, file 27-11-7, "DEFENCE - CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS - ANTI - BALLISTIC MISSILES (ABM) = DEFENSE - ARMEMENTS DE TYPE CLASSIQUE ET NUCLEAIRE - ENGINS ANTIMISSILES (ABM)," vol. 10357, part 6, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Anti-ballistic missiles Description An account of the resource NDP still anti-ABM Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en