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'Revamping Electoral Map Must Be Impartial: Jewett OTTAWA (CP) -- A promin- ent Liberal MP and _ political scientist has joined the three splinter parties in the Com- mons in opposing a key feature of the government's redistribu- tion bill. Pauline Jewett (Northumber- land), on leave from the politi- cal science department at Car- leotn University in Ottawa, ob- jected Wednesday to the sec- tion that would empower the prime minister and the opposi- tion leader to appoint 20 of the 31 persons who will be assigned to revamp Canada's electoral map. She suggested that the 20 ap- pointments be made instead by the Chief Justice of Canada, now Hon, Robert Taschereau, and the president of the Ex-| chequer Court, now Hon. J. T) Thorson, from among impartial) experts such as the provincial chief electoral officers and oth- ars. This would show clearly to fhe public tifat the next redis- tribution of commons seats will be "thoroughly impartial' and out of the hands of politicians.| She had no doubt that the) bill was impartial in its present) form, but she urged the change) "to make it appear to be com- pletely impartial." | The same position 'was taken) Tuesday by spokesmen for the) New Democratic, Creditiste and) Social Credit groups. The de-' bate continues today. | PRAISES BILL press were urban-oriented and this influenced the government considerably, 'Miss Jewett acknowledged that her own riding is three- quarters rural and faces a dras- tic realignment in' the next re- distribution, The Ontario consti- tuency either would be ex- panded greatly or would be carved up to enlarge the- area of neighboring ridings. The bill provides that changes in electoral boundaries for the first time will be drawn up by 10 commissions--pne for each province. Representation Com- missioner Nelson Castonguay would sit on all 10 commissions. The three other members in each province would be nomin- ated respectively by the prime minister, the opposition leader and the chief justice of the pro- vincial supreme court. COME AFTER CENSUS Since 1903, redistributions have been carried out after ev- ery decennial census by a Com- mons committee, where angry cries of '"'gerrymander" were common. notes the carving up of consti- tuencies along irregular pat- terns to favor the party in handled by the cabinet and the charges of gerry mandering were even more frequent. In other developments during Wednesday's abbreviated sit- A gerrymander de-) thousands of Canadian mothers who haven't' anything more around themselves than is per- mitted by their family allow- ance and unemployment insur- ance cheques, They also bring into the world little Canadian princes who will have to' face tomorrow the economic. uncer- tainties of life in this country. ARE IN DANGER "If the monarchy is in danger in some corner of the empire, I would like to say that the sub- jects are in danger in more cor- ners of our own country. In any event, I hope that the respect and love our sovereign com: mands will be of a nature which will inculeate in our gov- ernments a better understand- ing of the needs of the people over whom they govern." Trade Minister Sharp tabled a report showing that Canadian business firms plan to invest a record $10,100,000,000 this year, a jump of eight per cent over 1963. The Senate gave approval in principle to a bill changing Trans-Canada Air Lines' name to Air Canada. Senator O. H, Phillips (PC--Prince Edward |Isiand) sought to. kill the meas- ure, but withdrew his motion |power, Before 1903, the job was/after protests from both sides jof the upper chamber. | Louis - Joseph Pigeon (PC-- |Joliette - l'Assomption - Mont- icalm) moved for a special de- jbate on the rising cost of liv- jting, the Commons unanimously|ing, which he blamed on tax jpassed a motion congratulating|increases and other government Miss Jewett praised the bill|Queen Elizabeth on the birth of/moves. His motion was ruled as a milestone in Canadian his-| her son. out of order by Speaker Alan tory, but suggested a second) The 13 - member Creditiste| Macnaughton. major change. group abstained from the gen-| A private bil to incorporate The measure provides thatieral applause. |the proposed Bank of Western constituencies could have a pop-| Creditiste Leader Real Caou-|Canada made no progress in the ulation 20 per cent above or be-jette, wishing the Queen and the! Senate. Senator M. Wallace Mc- low the provincial average. She|baby 'prince good health and/Cutcheon (PC--Ontario) said he urged that this 'tolerance' fig-|long life, said there were many|jhas been assured that the bill ure be increased to 25 per cent|Canadian mothers who had to|will be held up until the royal to prevent a sharp drop in rep-jlive on family allowance and|commission on banking and fi- resentation from rural.areas. |unemployment insurance pay-jnance reports its findings. Rural districts needed special| ments. The other Creditistes ap-| The Commons talked out a consideration because their| plauded while the rest of the}motion by Gerald Laniel (L-- MPs usually were the only link|house was silent. |Beauharnois - Salaberry) call- with the federal civil service,| 'This morning, in a Montrealjing for conscription of all men Ufilike city ridings which haijnewspaper, I saw a photo ofjaged 18 to 21 for one year: government branch offices. Also, most of the pressure groups and the majority of the the Queen walking among her most beautiful surroundings. I could not help thinking of the Spokesmen for all five parties attacked the idea as unneces- sary and too costly. | Prime Minister Pearson said Canada has been in consultation with the Scandinavian coun- tries for a good many weeks on the designation of armed forces which could become a permanent UN police force. He recalled that Canad& at the last General Assembly of the UN suggested nations desig-| nate special forces to be ready at all times for UN duty. Since then, the Scandinavian couniries had been working on plans to designate some of their own forces for such duty. Can- ada had been in touch with them about it and hoped to get in touch with other countries as well, Mr. Pearson said that Canada for some years now. has had a portion of its forces equipped and ready for possible use by the UN. He said that if more nations had taken such action a per- manent force might be avail- able to the UN today and the world organization would not be facing some of the difficulties it now faced. CANADA IS READY Mr. Pearson made his state- ment shortly after External Af-| fairs Minister Martin reiterated in reply to T. C. Douglas, New} Democratic leader, that Canada| stands ready to provide troops} for a UN peace force for Cyp-} rus. Mr. Martin said financing the force remains the sole obstacle} to participation in the force by) several countries, although it was not an obstacle to Cana-| dian participation. Opposition MPs kept up their running attacks on the CBC during the question period in| the Commons. Creditiste Leader Real Caou-| ette asked why the CBC is. pre- paring a documentary on Red China when it fails to inform (* {ft Coffin Case Split QPP Ex-Officer Testifies QUEBEC (CP) -- There was no animosity among Quebec} Provincial Police before the Coffin case, former QPP Sgt. Henri Doyon, 54, testified Wed- nesday before the royal com- mission into the Coffin affair. But he told a tale of events following the shooting of three Pennsylvania hunters in Que- bec's Gaspe in 1953. The death of the hunters led to the hanging of 42-year-old Gaspe prospector Wilbert Cof- fin Feb, 10, 1956, Coffin died maintaining his in- nocence. Mr. Doyona said that when he was replaced as chief investi- gator in 1953 by Capt. J. A. Matte, now chief inspector with the QPP, and Capt. Raoul Sir- ois, he felt relieved. Replying to a question by commission counsel Jules Des- chenes, he said it "quite pos- sible' he might have referred to them later as "the disgusting ones from Quebec City." This he does not intend to give or- ders to the CBC. SUGGESTS COURSE Louis - Joseph Pigeon (PC-- Joliette - |'Assomption - Mont- calm) asked the minister to "suggest" to the CBC that it stop using freelance commenta- tors who know nothing about politics and what is going on in Parliament. He said more mem- bers of the Parliamentary Press Gallery should be used. Auguste Choquette (L -- Lot- biniere) suggested that the CBC obtain legal advice to fight an '"'unusual and incomprehen- sible' lawsuit that another Lib- eral MP plans to launch to pre- vent CJBC Toronto from being turned into a French-language jstation next fall, Ralph Cowan (York Humber) said 'huesday, outside the Com- mons, that he plans to begin court proceedings' next month. He said tax-supported French broadcasting is illegal outside Quebec, was because of the way they treated him. He blamed the case for his dismissal from the QPP in 1961, that the rifle had been thrown in. the St. Lawrence prompted him to do so, he said. Mr. Doyon said he sent the piece of the rifle to the QPP laboratory in Montreal for iden- tification, and later took it to the Gaspe. \ He said Jack Eagle and Wil- 'fred Patterson, former owners of the rifle Soffin had hidden, identified the lever as a piece after 21 years of service, He asked for his release June 5 but of the 1893-model .32.-40 calibre 'THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, Merch 12, 1964 J] Mr. Doyon said he made three reports to Solicitor-Gen- eral Rivard and spent several hundred dollars on the investi- gation in the year before Coffin was hanged. But he said he heard of no reaction to the reports. Earlier in the day, he testi- his home during the coroner's inquest. Mr. Deschenes announced that -the commission will sit in Montreal April 7-9 to hear testi- mony from Francis Thompson, an ian who told po- lice in 1958 he and another man killed the hunters. 4 Thompson later retracted the carbine. fied that Coffin had stayed in|confession. ; was notified 11 days later he was fired, without pension, He will be cross-examined to- day several of the lawyers, among them Jean Grenier, ap- pointed by the Quebec govern- ment t@ represent civil servants) and police officers in the case. The government also ap- pointed Mr. Justice Roger Bros- sard the one-man commission following publication in Decem- ber of a book titled J'Accuse les Assassins de Coffin, (I Accuse| Coffin's Assassins.) Mr. Doyon said that years af ter the trial, Donald Coffin,| brother of Wilbert Coffin, told) him that he had gone to Wil- bert's camp with Raymond Ma-| her, one of Wilbert's lawyers, | and another man the night fol-) lowing the coroner's inquest. Donald told him he had found a rifle behind the camp and they took it away. | Mr. Doyon said Wilbert Cof-| fin himself told him he had} hidden a rifle in a tree at his) camp. The sergeant went to the' parish hall in Gaspe, where the coroner's inquest was about to take place, and told Capt. Matte of the rifle. He testified that Capt. Matte) told him that night to go after) it the following day. | Sgt. Doyon and other police-| men found fresh car tracks at! Coffin's camp at daybreak, but! no rifle. He produced as evidence the lever, including the trigger ring, of a rifle. He said the rusty eight-inch piece of metal was found on a cement piling be- neath the Quebec Bridge in the spring of 1955. Mr. Doyon said he had asked bridge employees to look out for a rifle or pieces of one. Stories PPREL i ES Sh ae ew Sis | PEULELIIT EP ERETLIFULPEPEE KRESGE SV EKISIE Pees Te LADIES' $i if i233 °3 LARGE ASSORTMENT JUST ARRIVED! . «In time for Easter! 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