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CoVéernm @nt Iindulged i bfl'fl i'i:E In "BIA I mA n 4T _0 its réferendum bill hn i & ori-- | ' @~ v'f:f entber. through a 'pri ter quoting eminent co | nstitu-- gona} authorities as to' a Gevern-- ne?its responsibilities in this con--} h:c l()m' he declared: '"There never . :sios een, Mr. Speaker, such an eva-- yr 'i' of responsiviiity in the most | 'ev}pr?gj days of any Government; | Llox n th dying days of the Ross f | f iA \e)ll'nment. they did not attempt | [ ;:hrs 'itk _their -- responsibility . by ' N owing it on the private members. F o irveraiague | trgdfig'é'l'nmem in Canada ever in-- : ed a measure I | command the n ppor? of n fares es Proportional Representation on. of its own followers. N % ( 8, No C'Ov- M i i . , ernment before has | ever dopisa to be Given Serious | in ' ge such as this in order « # | shirk responsibility of. their n eu /. Consideration | Yh'l}lr. Hill was diSDOSPd to ('rl".(?iZc", | | } haif""x(?xent(}"ture of "a million and a e e s ' I 1 the taking of a referendum | P _ jat this perlod in the affairs of the THE PREMIER APPROVES: | lHoon' nce, and was interrupted by eetuce ithaven haes e nanughintt e | q .& Mr. Raney, who asked him for f | lane n ) Thinks There Are Strong | ;('alls It Inaccurate. s i 3' 'Ali'i:l am rteatdlng from the Dominion Al'guments m FaVOI' Of | I Hliance statement," repiiecd Mr. Hi] * | and the House latghed, . Hil}, Its Adoption | Mr. Raney charactorize1 the esti-- | | mate as wholly _ inaccurate, . and wue s es I n as or his p ting . s | s on ' the m:;(']' f;;'m:'lifi"lflz\\qr:ir;';:lmato Premier Drury yesterday promised | { : cost will be perhaps in "the 'fpi"ge in the Legislature that a comimittee | I borhood of $200,000." eS' @"-- would be chosen to investigate and | Hon. Mr. Ferguson--That d t [ f hok iIncludle the cost to the ¥ oes report on a system of proportional 4 parties interested ?. : various | representation for Ontario. 'The re-- in wjf'lon. .\lrl. Raney--Why, the people ; quest was made by H. p. Hni (West J ' | pay their ow "OsSt e F | 11 j | S'hy. Aid. not nth(»:m(t;:wer » Ottawa), who 1'1as a t.nll in the Leg-;' | { Mr. Hill--asked, "bx'il{g in 1953?&8&;'0 istafure PrODO®INE JA o anaie! ( | abolishing the sale of mative W"?' W ~-- committee will probably take up the | 4 {'}']e':;pfi:'gri.rlx.cte a?dl thus em'g{)j,?; matter between the present sessxoni | 'ability of Bill 26?" ik-- s ed by Hon. Manning Doherty i;\b}]\p? and the next one. ] : ;"'?um support such li'i;islalidfxg 'Mir A Mr. Hill spoke explaining the work" | ( '{fltlflerfszi"n,,""S"'N'ed. "I "would.| ing of proportional representation,i 3 Mr. Hill, AfTter declaring that he? and argued it as a necessary reformi accepted full responsibility for ms'; in Ontario. He told intimately of] : stand on the McCreary resolution its success in other countrics. | f introduced his resolution f i f | Mr. Karl Homuth Soutix Waterl Mr. Hill was confident that the | al declared that conditions untllimc:rt(l)'xow l'tpeople T eresantation, . .b proporj;; § '__ old Ontario Temperance Act ha3' 'iona'. representation, | because it | T been most lamentable If j d' had become & plank in the plat--| 3 been claimed. men ha.d bee,n afE; l'adl forms of the Liberal, 'FarMme and | } L from liquor to drugs it was aog'(;?\ | Labor parties. He had o o ae ie af].' dition of affairs which the Govorn:l rocate of the eystem for years. I ment must immediately take 9191)5 m' regret that my OWn party has no't, R remedy. He was for a Si'étem of seen fit to take it up in i!s o cais Con | rationing of liquor to men who de.'» he continued, "but the great Con-- § clared their desire for it, with which | servative party moves slowly in mat-- ( system in effect he would "hax; [.'% ters of this kind. I hope it W.lll see a f"er'y bootlegger from the neares%l fit to make it a part of its policy. f £ f amp post." _ With Mr. J. W. Curry| he was totally opnosed to a ":tx("r;;; Majority Against Him, j which levied upon a man found with Mr. Hill quoted Burke's remark a bottle a fine of $200 and let the that -- Parliament iy "the expreEss | bootlegger escape with a penalty image of the "people." He traceo | 7 vety little more severe. the course of -- Parliamentary YC" | Eepeponemmmmmemmnmemementmemmemmed ' form through British and Canadian wee m t history. The franchise had been gradually extended until now in On-- tario every man and woman over 21 had the right of the ballot. But the + Province had never got awayfrom the gingle--member riding. l\fl.nori- ties were deprived of their rights, and sometimes even majorities, un-- * der the present system, were not re-- . presented. 5 s e megesmmmen > As an illustration he took his ov;n §I e case, where there were four candi-- s1X Of Them, PUbIIC Accounts dates in the field. Two--thirds _ of COmmtf the vote, he said, was againsé him ' c T yet he represented West Ottawa i % CC TOId, fOl' Ser- in the Legislature. He quoted in--| VJ stances from _ Canadian _ history | j ce Of A" Depal'tments where whole Provinces had elected | hi« all members from one party, al--| ' There w r though there were tremendous votes | (tot ere were ?o motor cars and 41 for the other parties. False majori-- | or. trucks in the service of the ties in a Legislature resulted, he| Jutario Government, Mr. R. P Fain ® said, in a Ministry out of touch with ' @ airn, Deputy Minister (;f .Pubh' the people. | ; Xnrlk e C « foxks, told the Public Accounts Has Succeceded Elsewhere. ' F JO;;lmuuqe yesterday. He then referred to the John Hare ' ere woere six cars, he said, for system of voting, with its big con--| 'he general use of all thnvd * stituencies and big ballot, on which | s f mehts of the CGovert e depart-- the people marked their preference | is Ro special iment. . There gmong the candidates by number--| a is san ecial car for any Minister ing them first and second choice, | n ne said, and so forth. He thought it was t "Is it so that ca just as easy to mark a ballot that | f rs R c | pack and call of priv were at the way as it was to mark the present| 4 Under the f e ate members ones. It eliminated the split vote, | P i f e former Government?" M h'e said. It was not a fad, a mere| B;i'r'i'l;lae:zglravastasked. %x{leo;){morl a '"new--fangléd notion.'" j @ er to use a car R Mr. showed the success of it in | x&~J :L';'Ollrgll; the Minister or De'f,'f,'f;, (iy\olm', \'ar{ous other countries and ga,\': | 3 : bair(r)w ublic Works," said Mr. Fair-- testimony after testimony -- from 4 : ET nliuinorn m minbe ies wpetne varilous parts of the world in favor | d |:.':;,7 $s