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S 0 the PubNc %C Committee "ast) _ M Ino Depermmentralght think --wise , on«' Acequnts" Comnt cted -- F and expedient in order at the ' _-- Fear, large sums had been diflb do;:: might cl;,rry out the spirit of the bllly. N _pther purposes. It should not be | Replying to a further question, Mr. N 3 n this case. | McGarry said if th'e war were over in B R $ eases Too Soon. _ | a week they could not expect the $ 4 trimg Cense re--| money to be spent for war purposes, t' | Continuing, the Liberal leader ing | but if the war was not over for a .o M old !o despatches in & morhiU's year the present intention of the Gov-- 7M fpaper that further recruiting in Catnl [ernment was that every dollar of this ~ h ada for the war would only be to fili |money would be for war purposes. ~H ':]lptthe gaps. He hoped the ngws t"'g: Ad f i . ot correct. K had been understo ' * / . tR that Canada would send three or fourf | Mr. Rowe" 1\_/008 esl t * > M contingents. td Premier Hearst said there was "0' " ax on incremen o ;caus:! for alarm that the I_)mniln'i;){li At the evening session Mr. Rowell £ °_ § '::u](ltal'\l:tdaen'i'i'::mgx?tt v(lg;ngton;an lni?f:! advocated raising revenue from land he Up to the present time the Dominionl taxation. He remarked that whether! i of Canada had done its duty well | they said this was a war tax or not, | E |and had come forward with the rost' it was the introduction of a prin--| | . . to stand with the people of the Em--| l('iple of taxation into the Province| t ~< pire in the great struggle. | 4 y im.] + e > 0 E. s ( which they might recognize as im--! ¢ 22 ne Example Already. 5 portant, and one which he feared hadl ' ~.;_' tiMr. Bowman declared thatl Dflt};il' come to stay. Jt would be recalled + ~R% Ootic speeches had nothing to do with | x s t ' 6 the specific object of Mr. Rowell's that in connection with the flnancial' *.: s amendment. They had before them 'DYOI"U-"'"S made some two or three * .0 the record of the Government in the years ago in Great Britain, and more' v e Northern Ontario development case, |recently in connection with some of | % : where the Assistant Treasurer said |the.western Provinces, they had tak-- . © that $4,362,000 had been raised under en into consideration the question qf' f the act, and $3,062,000 applied _ to taking for the service of the public other purposes. a portion of the increment value of . Ack Mr. McGarry challenged this state-- |land in urban centres. HMe had just ' . 9 ment by saying that to--day the loan !been looking at the report of Assess-- wth under that act was $4,400,000, less ment Commissioner Forman of Tor-- -- MA $1,500,000 that had been returned to ionto for 1914, and he found that the: i5 pay off a short term loan, and prac-- | land values 'n that city increased . tically all the balance had been spent from $130,000,000 in 1911 to $291,-- 8 on Northern Ontario work. 000,000 in 1915. It was true that in is Mr. S. Carter (South Wellington ) 1315 the area of the city was some-- . o said his only experience in the Public what larger than in 1911, but mak-- $ c Accounts Committee was suflicient to ing allowances for these, the assessed h warn him against leaving public value had doubled. Supposing in . Re money to be expended at the will of 1911 the Province had passed a law ?' the Government. Mr. Thos. Marshall which would take even 10 per cent. ' - y (Lincoln) said patriotism was not of the increment value of the land, considered as different, one man and assuming that the assessment in "*&e from another. 1911 and 1915 were approximately on The amendment was lost on & the same basis, they would have a standing vote, | gain of $13,000,000. If five per cent. * f s 8 | went to the Province and the other * \Only Statutory Exemptions, | five per cent. to the municipalities | Farly in the afternoon jxr, |! the Province would have from this | n | MeGarry _ intimated that the | Do 2C on i0 ons 16,500,000--. : 4€ 'subs| a |\ _ Government had decided not to i mitted t'his was a source &um v.vhlc.hi ' k : permit any exemptions under the | the Gov ernment and the Auunlmpalx-g \o act, except those contained in =1 P¥ might derive a substantial return & section 5 of the assessment act, --| ,tor ""f'.""' P0 s 8. He favored 16-- such as schools, churches, etc. ! |cal option in taxation. $ < 3 There was some discussion as to | | An Emergency Measure. I O the meeting of cases of fixed as-- | ' ; l ' § e . Soksments, but Mr. McGarry said | |_ _ Provincial Treasurer McGarry de-- | ; ¥€ this would be done if the muni-- | ! clared the war tax was Aa temporary; e cipality had carried out the pro--. | | and emergency one. With reference; f ber assessment for school pur-- t '1:» the suggestion qf the leader of the; s poses. . The provision to exempt t ,',gpl)ositloxl, he said this was a tran--; + the families of soldiers by muni-- | | sition period with respect to real | cipal by--law was left un("hanged | estate matters in the whole Do-- | M o 4 is A | minion, and the present would not be | Mr. J. C. Tolmie _ (Windsor) ro-- | an opportune time to effect a change | sretted that the Government the| of this kind. When the times were | other day did not Kee its way to | | more normal they might be able to | L 4 + change the clause in regard to tha| |\ deal in a more extensive way with | 1 ; tax as it would be applied to the ; 'the whole question. | mothers, fathers or wives of the sol-- | i 5 | diers at the front. Tt was said that | Future in Melting Pot. | the exemption could be made by the } Mr. Russell remarked that the! focal mnmcipalfty,. that they had the | Premier had stated it was the inten-- | power, but"he believed the Govern--| tion of the Government to take into, ment ought to do it right here. He did ; consideration new sources of taxa--| 1o! i"?lmkl't'% should be left to -- the | tion, and he felt this was the proper | L "",',':v' P id uns gs,, . | time to vent this view of the case. | _ y, C hre, _ faying to the municipali-- | Premier Hearst replied that it was | ties, !|l'm.Prnvmmal Treasurer --re.| the intention of the Government to plied, _ we Abelie\'o' the members of consider -- every aspect. Whether it | vyour Council are just as patriotic as would be wise and proper for the| the menjhers of th?s Gm'ernme'nt. and Government in the future to take a] we are just as willing that you should portion of the increment value was & be the Judges as to who should be ex-- a matter which would receive atten-- cluded as we here in the city of To-- tion. They would have the benefit ronto. of the experience the Provinces in % Borrowing Two Millions. th%wes;{ W"fi hz;)vmlg ondthis subject. im L Mr . owell----Do understand this Mr. W. Proudfoot (Centre Huron), bill will be repealed when the war ' 'ref';errmg to the cl;u;m: giving power is over? to borrow a sum of $2,000,000, which Mr.: McGarry--My frien -- '?hall n(\tt)eexcgsgiar)ygabx%p within _ a stands me onrr)é'('tly.s 4. under erm ve years, sai e bi as Yyr | when they were raising noney '}:"'_ tee'.rh bill [passed through commit clok only a temporary purpose he did not see any particular reason for taking mmermmcmmectme | '"Ye the power for five years. } 3088 Mr. McGarry said they did not in-- ?sg tend to raise the $2,000,000 until the necessity of giving more donations | \ e |aroae and until the exchequer of the | K€. Province required it. I * WKF | "wiet \ Government's Intentions, | "aree I Mr. Rowell intervened with the re--| ~T. 'mark that there was no provision in' 'the act as bhe read it requiring that this money should be applieq solely | (3> ; lfor the war. | To |\__Mr. McGarry replied that there | \ l'"" no provision solely for the war | P M 'tax, but to show the intention of thel 2. -- We bil} he read the preamble. It was tho l ol intention of the Government to sena ue to France and Belgium a representa. 3 tive to ascertain the wants of the p ts diers in the field, ana they would 5 | e as the occasion required from s ' consolidated fund such amounts t wet