Change Proposed For Slander Act TORONTO (CP)--An amend- ment to Ontario's Libel and Slander Act that would protect reporters who refuse to disclose the sources of their information has been urged by a Progres- sive Conservative member of the legislature. William Nickle, member for ston, speaking in the budget debate in the legislature Tuesday, said he is concerned about freedom of the press and feels the day is past "'when a judge should have the power to put a man or an in jail one-time British Columbia at- torney - general. Mr. Fraser's defence was thrown out in the B.C. Supreme Court when he refused on examination for dis- covery to disclose his sources of information. The B.C, Appeal Court dismissed an appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada declined to intervene. Subsequently the libel action was dropped following publica- tion of an apology by the mag- azine. Mr. Nickle praised his city's for not disclosing where he got newspaper, The Whig-Standard, for its reporting of the news. Policy On Eggs Said Creating Big Problem WINDSOR, Ont. recently by federal agriculture minister Hon. Alvin Hamilton has created a serious problem for. the Ontario egg producer, Hon. Paul Martin, Liberal mem- ber of the last Parliament for view Tuesday. eggs in' cartons to the retail _ | stil there. (CP)--The}|tario's small egg producers de- trade for the specific benefit of large commercial ese opera- tions who sell om this market," lingustry who will capitalize on|tion or country shipper as eat se pe : > Mr. Hamilton the new pricing policy is the|cheaply as possible, carton the chooses to ignore it, the Tor-|°rento wholesaler," Mr. Mar-\eggs, and then he will sell to holesale egg market is tin said. "He will try to buy|the retail trade for as much of oot ane' . his eggs from the grading sta-|a premium as he can get. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, February 20,1963 |] ] Next Time You Wake Up with a Morning Headache You Can Feel Fine by Breakfast Time! . the day feeling really fine. Mr, Martin said '30,000 of On- There's really no need to let a as well as for the discomforts new policy on eggs announced pend on this market to sell their Ladies! Be First! products. The 300 egg-gtading stations in Ontario who service these family farms will be forced to buy eggs on. consign- "The farmer will send his Do your decorating early. Let us show you the latest in fashionable home decorating ideas, using the finest paints and the very tatest wallpaper patterns. ASK FOR YOUR Essex East, said in an inter- eggs to the grading station and will accept whatever price the "The federal government pro-| tation operator is willing to poses to replace the Toronto|pay after the eggs have been wholesale egg quotations in our|graded a daily papers with a price on|Six weeks later. sold some three to "The one segment of the egg FREE COLOR SCHEME PREST '19 BOND WEST DECORATING SUPPLIES morning headache upset you and ruin your day. 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A reporter might be co . \ afraid to publish a story of wrongdoing because he could be held in contempt if he re-| fused to name his sources when > called upon to do so by a court | ; TR OPEN EVERY NIGHT TILL 10:00 P.M. Sat. Till 6 p.m. CLOSED MONDAYS or commission. A spy, for ex-| ample, could 'be allowed to! carry on unmolested the break- | ing of security measures for | a our country because a reporter has the story, is afraid to pub-| men. | WANTS FACTS "A newspaper reporter should | be allowed to honor the confi-| dence he gives to the one who gave him his information. If a government department' is wrong, if a corporation is wrong in what they are doing, in the name of justice let us have the facts and right the wrong no matter what it may be." Mr. Nickle urged that the pre- mier and attorney-general cgn- sider the question of an amend- ment to the act during the current session, although he did not specify the form he thought | the amendment should take. 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