CapitalismCreatedtheGlobalDepression!

FinanceMinisterFlahertyandHisCorporateAdvisors WrackedUptheBudgetDeficit! WeWillNotPayForIt?

DonCurrie,EditorFocusOnSocialism,ChairCPS
March24,2012

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CanadiansforPeace&Socialism www.FocusOnSocialism.ca Box168SlocanBCV0G2C0 Canada 12503552669 OnThursdayMarch29ththecorporatecontrolledmassmediawillmoveintohighgearand attempttobullyCanadiansintoacceptingPrimeMinisterHarpersIMFausterityandNATO warbudget. Conservativeshillswillassertthatwagefreeze,reducedfarmincome,germladenhospitals, overworkedteachersandnurses,17%youthunemployment,andpovertyriddenFirstNations communities is the price Canadians must pay to reduce the federal deficit and set aside billionsforthenextNATOwar.

WhoIstheEconomyFor?
Finance Minister Flaherty consults his big business pals on how to manage the economy. TheyconsidertheFederalTreasurytobetheirpersonalaccount.Workersandfarmerswho createthewealthofthecountryareexcluded. PrimeMinisterHarperpromotestheprofitgoalsofbanks,bigdomesticandforeigninvestor interestsasthefirstpriorityofhisgovernment.

TheFederalTreasuryisWorkersMoney!OnlyaStruggleLedbyLabourWill EnsureitisSpentOnWorkersNeeds!
CanadianworkersandfarmerproducerscreatethewealthofCanada.Federalbudgetsare cleveraccountingbygovernmentmandarinstoensurethebulkofthatwealthwindsupin the hands of a small class of wealth and privilege that live parasitically from the work of others. The media is lying when they speculate that there may be something in federal budgetforwageearnersandfarmproducers.

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GoodIdeasandLogicCannotPersuadeCapitaliststoCeaseBeingCapitalists.
Reformershaveproposedapeoplesalternativebudget!Thatisanidealsolutionandmerits support. 1 Howeveritisillusorytobelievethatcapitalistscanbepersuadedbygoodideas andlogictostopbeingcapitalists.Whenhasthateverhappened? Whatisthestarkreality? CanadianfinancecapitalanditsrightwingConservativeandLiberalgovernmentslongago abandoned the needs of Canadian workers and farmers. Prime Minister Harper and his government uphold the profit system on behalf of the biggest profiteers, foreign and domestic! Workingclassandfarmfamiliesareexcluded! IftheHarperConservativescaredabouthardworkingCanadianstherewouldntbeasingle unemployed worker in our country. There would be a lot of unemployed bankers and corporateexecutives!

CanadiansareHighlyProductive,HardWorkingandCreative!BankersandBig InvestorsareIndolentandParasitical!
EveryCanadianwantstoworkandcontributetosociety.Itisaslanderonourpeoplewhen rightwingthinktankssuchastheConferenceBoardofCanada,theCDHoweInstituteand theFraserInstituteaccuseCanadiansoflowproductivity. Capitalistsareresponsibleforlowproductivitybypromotingunemploymenttocheapenthe costoflabour.Theyhavenoplantoemployeveryone. Jason Kenny and Brad Wall are making it up. There is no shortage of skilled labour in Saskatchewan or Canada in any of its sectors including the energy sector. With 17% youth unemploymentintheagecategory1524,withskilledworkersineasternCanadalaidoffin manufacturing, with hundreds of thousands of university and college grads forced into minimum wage unskilled McJobs there is a back log of at least a million out of work Canadiansreadytogotowork.

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Jason Kenny is changing the immigration policies to flood the country with low wage unemployed from the USA and other crisis ridden capitalist countries to undermine trade union gains and living wages of employed workers in Canada. He does that on behalf of FinanceMinisterFlahertysantiunionbigcorporatebusinessadvisors.

WeareNOTallinthistogether!
The capitalists view real producers of real wealth workers and farmers with contempt. Whatacapitalistvaluesistheabilityofworkerstocreatewealthbeyondwhattheyarepaid inawage.Thatiscalledsurplusvalue.Surplusvalueiscreatedoutofunpaidlabourtime. Whatisthat? Aworkerworkspartofthedaytocreateenoughvaluetopaytheirownwages.Therestof thedaytheyworkforfreeforthebosswhopocketstheresult.Thatiswhereprofitcomes from. Unpaid labour time! That is why employers strive to lengthen the working day, intensify labour and cut wages. The more they do that the more surplus value can be squeezedoutthe18milliongainfullyemployedCanadians. Overthedecadesthathasmadebankersandindustrialistsandbiginvestorfabulouslyrich. Thatswhatunionnegotiationsarereallyabout.Thestruggleofworkerstogetmorepayfor adayswork!Thatswhytheemployerclasshatesunions. Placinghopesinacapitalistgovernmentandacapitalistbudgettochangethefundamental operationofthecapitalistsystemanditsbasiclawofvalueisillusory. Shouldwe giveup?Ofcoursenot!Organizedlabourwillalwaysfightforeverybenefitwe cangetoutofthisunjustsystemuntilwecanuniteandgetridofitaltogetherandorganize somethingbetterandforthemajority.Thatsomethingbetter,issocialism. Socialism means that instead of a few billionaires privately owning the results of work, workersthemselvesbecomethegovernment,owntheworkandthemeansofproduction thatcreatesrealvaluesandbegintolabourforthemselvesandtheirfamilies. Workers and farmers will continue to fall behind so long as a banker/corporate boss governmentrunCanada!

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Considertherecord!DoWeWanttoContinueThisWay?
The Harper Conservative government doesnt have the courage to defend Canadian jobs extinguishedbyforeigninvestors.Suchagovernmentdoesntdeserveworkersupport. 2 TheHarperConservativeGovernmentabolishedtheWheatBoardonbehalfofaminorityof uberrichcorporategrainmarketers.Suchagovernmentdoesntmeritthesupportoffarm producersthatworktheland. 3 The Harper Conservative government is attacking workers in the service sector, whether employedingovernmentasfrontlineprovidersorinprivateindustryinahostofnecessary jobs that keep the economy moving. Such a government does not merit the support of servicesectorworkers. 4

TheFlahertybudgetisabigbusinessbudgetPERIOD!
WhetheratworkoronthepicketlinewageandsalaryearnersrecognizeanotherFlaherty HarperCarneyfraudwhentheyseeone.Thereisnothinginthe2012budgetforwageand salaryearners,retirees,pensionersandtheunemployedamongwhomtheyouthintheage group1524nowconstitute17%. Regardless if it is included openly or hidden in the fine print of the budget, the Harper Conservativegovernmenthasalreadydemonstrateditsintentionto: Forceworkerstoworkto67beforequalifyingfortheoldagepension. Freeze wages and salaries of all workers beginning with front line public service employees. Carryoutmassivelayoffsoffrontlinepublicserviceworkers. Reducefarmincomebyabolishingallsingledeskmarketingandfacilitatethetransfer andsaleofallfarmercooperativelyownedenterprisestoprivateinvestors. Impose austerity and underfunding on all government funded social programs includinghealthcare,pensions,childandseniorscare.

2 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1125718electromotivetocloselondon locomotiveplant
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http://friendsofcwb.ca/news/newsreleases/89nfuviterra_sale http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/03/23/aircanadaworkersinclappingincidentwerecalledanimalsbylisa raittunion/

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Sanction the use of back to work legislation as the principle means to scuttle collectivebargainingrightsofallunions. CriminalizetheyouthbybuildingUSstyleprisonsrunbyforprofitinvestorsthatwill causeincarcerationratestosoarinCanadaasithasdoneintheUSA. 5 PutthefederalbudgetatthedisposalofNATOmilitaristsandarmssupplierstofund warsagainstpeopleandnationsthatposenothreattoCanadaanditspeople. AbandonAfghanveteransreturningtoCanadabrokeninbodyandmind. 6 BlametheFirstNations,indigenousandnativepeopleonandoffreservesforbeing pooranddisadvantaged. 7 Promoteanimmigrationpolicytoservethedemandsofcorporateinterestsfornon unionlowwageworkers. 8

Morecouldbesaid.ThisisonlyapartiallistoftheamoralstanceofPrimeMinsterStephen HarperrightwingConservativegovernmentofausterityandwar. The Flaherty budget has already been rejected by the actions of striking BC Teachers, Toronto Librarians, Quebec university students confronting steep tuition rises and locked out Aveo Fleet Maintenance Inc. workers, Air Canada employees and scores of unions confronting tough bargaining in the antiunion environment promoted by Prime Minister HarperandJimFlahertyandLabourMinisterLisaRaitt. 9 , 10 CanadianfarmersdeprivedoftheWheatBoardalsorejectthenewoligopolyViterra.Viterra hasalreadygougedanotherchunkoutofhardearnedfarmincomeandpocketedobscene profitsandcorporatesalaries. 11

http://poorrichardsblog.blogspot.fr/2012/03/therearenowmoreamericansin jail.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews&m=1 6 http://www.canadianveteransadvocacy.com/board/ 7 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/12/03/polattawapiskatthehousestrahlfontaine.html 8 http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Kenney+points+transformational+changes+immigration+system/626613 1/story.html 9 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/03/19/aveolayoffsaircanadamonday.html 10 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globeinvestor/ottawareadiesaircanadabacktoworkbill/article2365060/ 11 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globeinvestor/bigpaydayawaitsviterraexecutives/article2375617/

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Opposition Parliamentarians Must Stand With Canadians Against the G7 IMF Fraudsters!
The HarperFlahertyCarney budget will have IMF austerity stamped all over it. The Harper Conservatives are committed to G7 IMF financial oligarchs representing foreign and domestic banks both viable and bankrupt. Capitalism looks after its own. Prime Minister HarperatDavospledgedhisallegiancetobanksandcorporateinterests. 12 The HarperFlahertyCarney troika is committed to underwrite bloated USNATO military budgets at the expense of the needs of the Canadian people. Flaherty seeks to hoodwink Canadians that the government can squander billions on clunker British used subs and a CF35USproducedjetaircraftandatthesametimesustainamodernCanadianhealthcare system.Theyarelying.TheFlahertyBudgetwillensurethatmilitaryspendingtrumpshealth care. The HarperFlahertyCarney budget is the Canadian finance capitalist variant of what the European Central Bank has imposed on the workers of Greece. The Flaherty budget deservesthesameresponseasthePAMEWFTUledmanifestationsinGreece. 13

FlahertysfirstcommitmentistohisIMFpals
TheFlahertyHarperCarneybudgetistheCanadianfinancecapitalistvariantofinternational finance capitalist collusion. Their mission is to bully Parliament into rubbing stamping a madeattheIMFbudgetintheinterestsofbothforeignandCanadianbanks,energygiants andtheglobalprofitsystem. TheIMFonbehalfoftheglobal1%haveagreedtocutspendingonsocialneeds,reducefront line government employees,impose wage freeze on collective bargaining and use back to worklegislationtoenforceitinallcapitalistcountries. Theunderlyingprincipleofallcapitalistgovernmentsistoimposealldeficitsarisingoutof theUSinstigatedglobalfinancialcollapseandNATOimperialistwars,onthebacksofthose whohadnothingtodowithit,theaveragetaxpayerandwageandsalaryearners.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/primeministerharperunveilsgrandplantoreshape canada/article2316795/ 13 http://www.pamehellas.gr/main.php?lang=2

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TheAlternativePeoplesBudgetenunciatedbyCCPAMonitorandsupportedbytheCLCand theNDPisallverywell.Morecanbesaidbutitisastart!TheAlbertaFedhassomegood ideas on a supportable struggle to changed energy policy! The Ontario and BC Fed have indicatedtheirsupportforteachers,librariansandallpublicsectorworkers! Itisnotyetenough!Whatismissingandwhatisrequiredisallinunityaroundanalternative labourfarmerprogramofplannedeconomicdevelopmentandanendtosupportforNATO Wars! PeaceisPossible! FullEmploymentIsPossible! IncreasedPurchasingPowerintheHandsofWorkersandFarmersIsPossible! EarlyRetirementOnGoodPensionsIsPossible! FreePharmacareisPossible! CleanHospitalsandMoreHealthCareProvidersIsPossible! Decent Housing and Clean Water and Health Care for First Nations Communities Is Possible! Affordable Housing and Universal Free Child Care for Working Class families is Possible!

ABetterCanadaIsPossible! EverythingfortheWorkingPeople!NothingfortheWarPlannersandthe1% RejecttheFlahertyBigBusinessBudget!

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