Capilano MP Ron Hunt- ington believes Canada has lost its sense of national purpose during the past two years and seems to be ‘‘in a drift that is fracturing soc- iety.”’ In a recent speech he called on the community to take the lead in combatting that drift as an urgent priority. Addressing © the Industrial Relations Management Ass- ociation in Vancouver, Mr.— Huntington said the rights of the individual are being diminished in the rapid growth of large institutions— big government, big unions. and big corporations. “There is a growing mistrust of the way. these large institutions are being _ managed. There is a feeling . that they are not responding . to, nor serving, the comm- — unity interest,’’ he declared. In reaction to this trend’: people were collecting into interest groups | such . ‘as business. . “Huntington, _interest. groups which are | environmentalists and con- sumerists, which, although ‘troublesome to. the estab- lishment, had brought about a. collective awareness that all is not right. Rea. Huntingtox. “ -In. ‘addition; said’ Mr. we have self- leveraging the system with an ‘I’m all right, Jack’ attitude that says to hell with all of you—we want all we- can get for ‘ourselves, and . right now. — “These inputs and stress- _ es, no matter how respons- ‘Head hanger “Although HABITAT Fo. ‘RUM : was: - convened — Vancouver for the purpose of ‘discussing,: and possibly solving, housing and ecolo- ° gical problems | throughout. the world, it certainly could ‘not have been convened here : for the purpose of displaying - the advantages:of our Public. School system .of. education, especially as far as a is concerned. ; On "posters and signs throughout the old seaplane ' where ene _ hangars at. Jericho. Beach, 1 Lo Habitat Forum is | _ ible or irresponsible, are. all working against the whole. We have become a fractured society.”” - Mr. _ Huntington recalled that the North . American 7 society and economy- had been based originally on individualism, the right to property, the ‘Sanctity of * contract and competition in a free market place. But today competition had been eroded and replaced with price _leadership by large corpor- _ ations and conglomerates, which controlled the market place with sheer money power. State ownership. was ob- solete as: an. alternative, as the failure of. Britain ~~ gationalized . indusiries haa shown—and, closer to home, B.C. Ferries and B.C. Rail. : The working | person today, he said, needs more than a pay cheque. 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SUPER SUMMER SALE Mr. Huntington noted that - JUNE 17,18,&19 . over 328,000 U.S. companies ae have initiated employee S ownership plans, and Can- ada also has examples of successful plans. ‘From the beginning of the 20th century, he said, man- tion had been seen as the | pursuit of profits for the benefits of shareholders, | rather than pricing policies designed to advance the interest of wage earners or | the sharing of new technol- ogy for the benefit of the community as a whole. “If we are to regain a national purpose and. direc- tion without a war or. a revolution, then a lot of us attitudes and fixations,’’ declared Mr. Huntington. “The central problem of its inability. to distribute equitably the bounty of our creativity, labor and produc- tion. Until we resolve this, I suggest that we will continue to be a fractured, disruptive and angry society.”’ ~_— —plants, discontinued ‘imported wools. Oddments. _ —Afghan saddle-bags: _ a Natural jute & sisal. 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