pan a) February 25, 1980 Volume VIII Issue VI by Kim Manning In a wide ranging dis- cussion covering a number of issues Miguel Figuera, Vancouver: regional organi- zer for the Communist Party of Canada told the Socialist Discussion Group that the CPC would like a “third option’’ added to the ballot in the Quebec refer- endum to be held later this spring. ‘As it stands progressive ‘yes’ —for the pro-capitalist Parti Quebecois or ‘no’— for the pro-capitalist feder- Corporation, the Power Corporation, and the Liber- al Party,’’ said Figuera. The communist position calls for a new option that would allow the people of - Quebec to negotiate a new recognition that there are pecrition based on the Quebecois. can neither vote’ alist forces led by the Argus © two distinct nations within Canada and therefore an equal voluntary partnership should be _ established between them. The new constitution would be drawn up by a Constituent Assembly elec- ted 50-°per cent from Quebec and 50 per cent from English Canada and would have to be ratified by a majority vote in both nations. The Communist Party also calls for a House of Nationalities to be elected in addition to the House of Commons, and the abo- lition of the present non-elected Senate. Regarding the transition of Canada from a ‘‘mono- poly capitalist’’ state to a socialist state Figuera said the first step would involve an anti-monopoly coalition including workers, farmers | dougias college eae Crs newspaper College planner Hank Naylor keeps busy as he works on designing new permanent campus for New Westminster. Commie’s visit Douglas students, communists, as well as reform movements like the NDP. This would place public ownership and democratic control on all systems of. transportation, energy, and communica- tions. “In .a socialist Canada profit would still be an im- portant factor but profits would be distributed collec- tively and where they come into conlfict with working conditions in a_ specific workplace, working condi- tions will take priority,’’ he said. ’ The Socialist Discussion Group is a non-partisan educational forum _ that meets on the New West campus. every two weeks. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 5th and will feature a speaker from the Quebec- based Marxist - Leninist group In Struggle. ‘outcome stank’’ New Westminster, Surrey, Richmond, Coquitlam, Langley, Maple Ridge Students unhappy with election Affairs. | think she’s dang- by Dan Hilborn Only eleven per,.cent of the student population feel that last week’s federal election had a favourable result, according to a survey of one hundred students at the New West- minster campus. On a scale of one to ten, with ten being high, forty-five per cent of the students rated the election results a three or lower, however, almost the same number considered their own riding results to be an eight or higher. Comments such as ‘‘It was pathetic the way the country split,’’ ‘‘there’s quite a chasm between east and west’’ and ‘‘the were all common remarks but there were some favourable re- marks about the return of the Liberals to power. “The country has been saved,’’ said one student, ‘‘now Flo MacDonald won’t be Minister of External Construction near by Brenda Gough Construction on the New Westminster permanent campus. site should be in full swing by the end of May, according to project, assistant Soou Klinkhamer. Klinkhamer said that the inflation factor has been presented to the Sites and Building Board, and then it will go to Victoria, but she has no firm idea how long it will take. ‘‘There are many ways to go about establishing an inflation factor,’’ Klink- hamer said, ‘‘We have pre- sented two ways, and there may be negotiations unless the Ministry of Education accepts one of-the two.’’ On your [ZNS] — A new way to help childless couples have a baby reportedly has been . found by