Nase Novine, October 04, 1978

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J blnj; , copygQt i pn of_, the, Association of
Unledj Ukrainian, Canadians and the Wor-kers
Benevolent Association of Canada,
. held In Winnipeg May .19, 1978., to mark
their sixtieth anniversary passed a reso-lution
entitled "Our commitment to the
future In a united Canada"; here are parts
of the resolution: -
Our country today is at the crossroads of
its history'.. We are a people divided by the
burdens of the past, and. confused and
uncertain about the future. If there is one
question upon which most people agree,
It's on Canada as a land in trouble.
Confederation, as we have known it for
more than a century, Is breaking down as a
viable federal state. Old arrangements and
relationships, set in the twilight years of-Briti- sh colonial power on this continent,
are now out of joint with the new reality.
The country's capacity for growth and soli-darity
is Inhibited and diminished,-Ol- d concepts and -- values are being uprooted.
And tensions grow apace as the quality of
life deteriorates.
What is at stake Is the survival of a
country, that has outgrown its pastj and
now confronts the future. The real cha-llenge
Is to turn the break-dow- n of today
into a break-throug- h for tomorrow; We
havethe people and resources for thelask
if. only) we can liberate both from the
shackles-o- f the past.
What is missing, and urgently needed,
Is aconcensus on the nature of thecrfsls.
The public is;not being enlightened by the
leaders of governments and the opposition
parties in parliament and the legislatures.
Until this Is done, much of the road ahead
will remain in darkness and confusion. The.
most that governments and, politicals have
offeree! are more patches jfor.theweake?.
ning fabric of Confederation, and an empty
slogan (or Canadian unity.
Unity has neverbeenjhe strongpplnt of ''our nalloriaf''exf8tence'. We. formed and
grew In bits, and pieces. Arid "even now,
those who speak -- In the name of Canadian
unity, are divided and in conflict.
The unity Issue is not only political and
constitutional, but a mix of many prob-lems
and tensions. There Is the concern
with regional disparity; the foreign take-over
of our resources and economy;
massive unemployment and creeping, po-ve'tr- y;
and alienation of our cultural values.
But it Is to the national question that we
address this statement, and to the Issue of
unity. ''
- The political slogan for unity was
Inspired by the federal response to the
threat of Quebec separatism. It expresses
a sentiment to which most will instincti-vely
react. But with all Its appeal, it, is no
substitute for leadership, and' policies to
.resolve the crisis, Nor is the federal task
force an example of leadership in search of
solutions. " b
„,,.,Џр seryice,,tp unity, without .commit- -
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ments to change, is an exercise in futility
and a cover-u-p for the status quo. Unity
must be sought In the solution of the prob-lems
that divide and incapacitate us. It
cannot be reduced to a popularity contest
with the separatists, nor to a choice bet-ween
separatism and the status quo.
The key to any democratic solution of
the crisis Is in our recognition of Canada
as the homeland of two nations, and in
constitutional terms -- of union in which
both are equal and voluntary partners.
Only then will we open the door to the
"third" option to the two unacceptable
extremes now before the people. The first
step, we are convinced, is to recognize the
bi-natio- nal character of the Canadian
reality.
The question of union Is not new to
different periods of our history The Royal
Commission,, as recently as 1965, called
for fundamental changes in the structure
of federalism if the country was to survive.
They openly warned that "if Canada Is to
exist, there must be a true partnership, and
that partnership must be worked out as
equals, They (the two nations) must be
prepared jd discuss In a forthright, open-minde- d
way tho practical Implications of
such a, partnership".
This was the thrust of the AUUC brief to
the Commission in 1964, and of the Cana-dian
Council, of National Groups In which
we participated.. Not only did we urge such
a, partnership of. our two nationsin more
definitive terms, but-w- e called for a new
Canadian constitution (of our own making)
as the bedrock of union and equal rights.
.
The Commission, failed,to,heed its own
warning In 'the reports that followed. A
"forthright and open-minded- ;: discussion
,
rjas yeUo beg In; It has faecbhie clear that
the Issue, cannot, be left, to ' governments
ahcfpbiltlclansuThe people must intervene.
There itf more to tfircrislsiof unity and
survival' than a'confllct between the two
dominant ethnic groups in Canadian soci-ety.
Our population Is the historical sum of
peoples from many lands. There are more
than 100 ethnic origins according to the
1971 census Thus It Is that the, ethnic
communities of yesterday and today-cam-e into being as the natural consequence of
historical development. -- Active and viable,
they are also highly visible In contempo-rary
life and politics. But as the "others";
It may seem strange that, after more
than a century, and with almost a decade
of official approval In the name of rnultl-culturalls- m,
they are still regarded as the
peripheral "others"; the traditional-strange- rs within our gates; as permanent out-siders
on the fringes of society. It Is a
climate and state of mind that has been
, cultivated over many generations.
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Government policies and programs have
rhot dissipated the sense of ethnic aliena-tion
that pervades the life of the people.
There is the patronizing concept of ethni-city
as some .exotic mosaic of colourful
folk cultures., It Is seldom, however, that
the 8amj9;pe6p{eJaV'pj9rpejved'a8 full-fledg- ed уШ$Џ$о$Џј.ftooliv or birth, belong'tplslj citizenship
„slogan
,
Hasfjohg describedCanadians as
.Immigrants all".. Appropriate as that may
be ina historic sense, if Is time we
changed It to "Canadians ail".
,
The majority of the Ca'nadian peoplejare
'native born — the children of generations
of Immigrants. Nearly .85, percent were
,
born here according, to ;the 1971 census.
This represents a significant shift In the
demographic base of thepopulation, with
an accompanying reduction In the British
proportion of that base. Both develop-ments
have a direct bearing on an Impor-tant
aspect of the nattonal question. One
has to dp with tf new ethnic;c6hsciousness
In the make-u- p of tho pedple, and the other
with the changing face and personality of --
English-speaking Canada.
What seems to be emerging, however
ill-defin- ed, is a new ethnic model, for gene-rations
of native born. They .are gradually
acquiring a ,sense of .ethrilclty .that is
rooted In their, Canadian prig In Many- - have
abandoned thej hyphenated mark of na-- , tlpnajjdentlty, while" others are, .now. tal-king
about discarding i.t , .V. , .
The jo8s,,pf .the,.ethnic hyphen,, Is
, not
,t' it'jU I. f
necessarily a sign of diminishing roots in
the people of origin, but of seeing those
roots in the soil of Canada. What appears
to be emerging is a. distinct sense of
peoplehood that's indigenous to Canada.
One can best discern this in the national
community with a strong and highly active
ethnic presence.
What was once known as English Cana-da,
with emphasis on the British, is now
pbpularly referred to as English-speakin- g
Canada. It's a term that reflects the
changing character of the national popu-lation,
outside Quebec, if not In the power
base of society. It reveals a new ethnic
consciousness of ourselves as part of the
Canadian people.
The ethnic groups are also changing In
the process. And many important ques-tions
are now being raised. In the struggle
to redefine the Canadian reality, there is
the need to re-ass- ess the present role and
status of the ethnic.groups. It is an impor-tant
part of the search for answers to. the
national question.
The answers Will hot be found in the
federal concept of Canada as a monolith of
multiculturallsm. Federal policy on multl-culturalis- m,
now in its seventh year, was
the government's response to ethnic
tensions In: the F,rench-Eriglis- h crisis, and
to some of the recommendations by the
Royal Commission on Bllinguallsm and
Biculturallem.
There were mixed' feelings when the
policy was launched in October 1971, and
unallayed mlsgivlns.ever since.. It was
condemned, by some, as a policy de-signed
to provide an ethnic alternative to
Canadian bi-national-lsm.
,And there were
other concerns that are valid today.
" We were amongthose who welcomed
the positive features' of that policy" —'such
aV1bognitl6n'4ndald'tothAibeu'lture'8
and group life. We felt that' both were long
overdue. But we were aleo apprehensive
about its potential for political mischief,
favouritism and discrimination. Whatever
else It would come to mean, there was the
unwritten law of tokenism and coyert
discrimination against progressive organi-zations
and communities — including our
own. Equally disturbing has been the real
and present danger that .It could be .used
against the French Canadians in the. name
of Canadian unity.
The criterion for this policy has been
politics before culture. Seen over the
years, it has been reduced loan exercise In
conformity. And even though It has been,
tempered by token support to a' few
projects in the excluded communities,
these. were exceptions to the rule.
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Industrie I upvpjzemljl, he' samp u
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se ha razne ha£ihe, a ima I'onlh
koji ka2u da 'bi autb'mobilsku.lndustriju
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porastom cljena. 81 posto ne обекије sma-njlvan- je
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If ethnic cultures are to .be served, in
their own right and in the interests of
society, then steps must be taken to
democratize policy and practice. The' idea
that the government has a political mono-poly
In this field is wishful thinking. Ethnic;
diversity in our national life, as a state of
being, is not and can never be the property
of'any government.
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Textbooks hinder
Canadian national
consciousness
MONTREAL (PL) — The lack.of a sense
of national identity in Canadian students is
largely due to the use of foreign. textbooks,
according to reports published here.
According to, figures published by the
Independent Editors Association, of the
$87.3 million invested in the publishing of
textbooks in1 1973, only $28 million, 32
percent, were spent on Canadian books.
The country's schools dedicated ,only
2.6 percent of theirbudget to books edited
in Canada.
Of the 17 publishers that reached sales
of „more than $3 million in 1973, .12. were
(U.jS. subsidiaries,, and, one. British. Only
fpur.wpre' Canadian.
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LrThe''Quebey Teachers Union denounced
the domination of the publication; of text-books
by foreign monopolies, principally
U.S., which in many cases obliges the
Frenchspeaklng student to use books in
English.
All reports arrived at the conclusion that
the adaptations of U.S. books used in the
teaching of Canadian history — and which
are pot necessarily, written by Canadians
— lack vitality, and exclude controversial
elements, such as the causes and effects
of important events.
The lack of historic perspective and the
vague notion of national tradition among
Canadian students, created mainly by
those problems, preoccupies Canadian
teachers who are insisting on. the use of
books written and edited, in Canada.
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Л danja1strazne kpmisijerjedan od Sefova
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Londona, provincija Ontario.
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(podatak za 1976. godlnujtojeisaop-6i- o
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