The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 6 Jun 1922, p. 1

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TUESDAY, JUNE lie.. "V - _-. . l [heard. It should be an easy matter,' Kenora Member Objects to he declared, to tget together and ar-' . . I range for future storage and regula- ' Ontario Not Being Rep- ( tion at; both the English and Winni-' . . i, peg vers. rlstented at International . VF i, "Why is not. Ontario represent) W .in the framing of the treaty be- aterways Conference' .tween Canada and the lfnited P . . Ittt.uets," he asked the Premier. "Both - remier Promises Minnesota and Manitoba are con- . . suited. Ontario is vitally interested Province Will Ask for and should be represented, or' at . . least consulted." Place at Deliberations l Mr. Heenan declared he knew the _ .. _ 4,, c __ ._ . proposed agreement was not a good T ' ' business arrangement. Even the V LAKE OF ODDS BILL , Manitoba interests admitted that, f when working to the maximum, the AGAIN NDER FIRE) 'present method was preferable. .1 [ In regard to a Montreal newspaper -.t.-. article declaring Premier Drury to Representation for Ontario in . e' have been made the tool of the Mani- th , t b . t t M H d 1 international treaty ne otiations be-l, [to a m eres B, " , eenair ec ared tween Canada and the 8United Statesi' lhe itc'iad never 8&1? d anything that . . l ieou be in erpre e IO mean any will be asked for by Premier Drury,; {such thing. He did object, however, . according to promise made in the: .to the Premier going to the proposed :Legislature last evening during the; grain, to please the people of Mani- . _ l . " Iconti-nuation of the address of Peter) After a technical explanation of iHeenan. Labor member for Kenova,i the storage and water flow pro- !who vigorously opposed the Pre-, szzlg'newt: eagliing: 525d fthat "a!" mier's bill to establish a Joint con-; I '.m e or se e- ' ment as to how much storage was re- itrol board to regulate the waters. I quired for m; present and for the I - , future, and t e cost. apportioned to "Tr',', Joint Control. . : those who benefited. including the . r. eenan resumed his address: Manitoba. power interests. at 10 o'clock in the evening, after IthHei reiterated I": fio/,)tegtiioog that . v. . e n ernaiona reay s ould be having on a preuous occaSion "/"" signed first and Ontario represented sumed an hour and a half setting at the treaty negotiations. forth the arguments of Kenora dis- -T"" .-- trict againSt the proposed agree- ment arrangements. He contended that there should not be contem-s plated a system of Joint control oi" the Lake of the Woods, English; River and other waters. but that! Othtario's engineers should regulate Ontario's waters without outside in- T terference. H. H. Dewart moved adjournment of the debate. ----------------- I Another important concession secured by Mr. Heenan from the! GIVE THIRD READING '; Premier was that Pelican Fall. w would he safeguarded for Sioux! TO 21 NE BILLS: Lookout. . ' ---------_ _ Bad. But Honest, Mistake. 5 Many Measures Are Rush» Resuming his address on the Pre- IV . t mier's Lake ot the Woods Control: ed Through Final Stage Z Bill, Peter Heenan. Labor member} . . i o for Kenora. said he had too much) "I Legislature E respect for Premier Drury to im-! ------'--""""'". . '3 pute anything but honesty of pur-l Third reading was given In the) pose to himhin the 2,t,n'gg1"tc%' Legislature yesterday afternoon to agreement w ich he now sought to n ill . Included have vatitied. His contention wan'; no fewer' than "1.131 s. t that the agreement, while a, bad mis- ' among thtm, were bills to in-corpora e 'take on Ontario's part was never- l the Association .ot Professtonai Pr: theiess, an honest mistake. ' i gineers of Ontai'io..and Mr. Oke s bill "The agreement." he said, "could- to remove from Nspection regula- . not be anything else but one-sided. tiOns steam boilers of 25.ho.ttrrytel' Manitoba's interests onlv were I and under, used for agricultural and heard, and their interests only con- thorticultut'al purposes. th Premier sidered. How could it, in the face ( An was anticipate ' e . of that fact, be any other wav? In' i announced for the .week Torninr, fact, that agreement having been: iatternoon and. evening sesswns, Ill reached. makes it muct1aarsijurpow; if: effoei": y,,'p'ind Up the. sessxon by . . ---.--_ h , it "tew- , e we - . 2ti,,fecngT,tde'etJ.y to ave 5 h 3 Hon. Mr. Ferguson expressed anx- p Proceeding the member for Ken- _ I iety in the last week's rush over a list . ora said that, the people of his dis- . l of motions/and .nues.tionn still stand- trict had no desire to make a politi- l inst PM the Premier assured him cal issue of the question, although; thr: ould be dealt with. it was a. vital one to the northwest-I ern section of the Province, but they! t intended to make their views known q ' and to rely upon protection from an l informed Province. A square deal for Kenora. he de- . . . clared. was a square deal for Ontario, and that was all Kenora district de- _ _ sired. Manitoba, however, in hitr _ opinion, asked more than a square i. , . - deal. 1 . . Mr. Heenan declared that Ontario) . iwas paying too high a price tor the! . . idesired harmony and co-opel'ationi . . ' _ 'with the sister Province. He urgedl . . t? . . . arrangements for a further confer-l . . ' . .ence in which all interests could be. . . _ ". i." a." ..' l F ," i" . q. . . _ , . _ . . J t .1

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