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_ nnnnmmmmmmmmmnmmmmrmmmmmrmmmrmmmmmimrer omm mm n mm \oe%Aa\' a C office in any of tne other Provinces . | with those of Ontario, Mr. Ferguson An Educational Matter. thought that a Cabinet Minister in | o j the debate, Liberal * & | Earlier in i Ontario® was worthy of more r8} _ peader Sinclair said that he felt muncration.. The time had passed, that the Legislature would appreci-- ' he said, when a Minister could look ; ate this language question purely as after the affairs of his department' _ an educational matter in the best in sparoe time. He must give his interests of the people. 'lll;cy shg;llg whole timeo 'to the work. He knew lend their . assistance y whniec from nersonal expericnce and from French--speaking childrerz could 9b- 1 | intimate associations that the pres-- tain knowledge in the P.,nglish ld'n-- i ent Cabinct Ministers were making guage. R. L. Brackin (Llherali, Wurr n "flnancial sacrifices in continuing in i Kent) advocatedd"'l"' :tl)oli:&n;r ;;f L ; office. Regulation 17 and t lc..ca.c f | \ --~The Premicr reminded the Hnuscz 'I"rt'n('h as well as English in public . j | that a year ago he had heralded in-- | schools. _ ; ; ; crtases in stipends for members and ' |\ _ Resuming H]O debate on hl|is hm';1 Cabinet Ministers, and had said thull tion to teach Pr:"!:Ch :r"'r(\lcikx')rl'fs 8 an: he intendéd giving the House and | accordance with 1 C C i( 4 the country the opportunity of con-- | _ | methods applied in the Sf'zolnls of f sidering it for a year. During the in-- ! bilingual countriecs, A. Be angm 3 terval he had heard a minimum of | (Liberal, Russell) urged 'the Wi-"l"h"' | he proposed submitting it. grounds of tr: a shn. Mr. Heenan thought that the fact ihru) imc;rfistxn-':o'l'(;"'of:)"':j:'(':fiqh': r»tnni that conditions were none too good' origin of somt® «i. n' ( j at the present time ought not to| :frmn l'rench--Ixatin, and an immens -- _ bear weight, because, he said, that | |\ number of words of exactly the only added to the responsibilities of | | same spelling, such as words denot-- " [ s . t m % teod idely from the legislators. and the Ministers. (ing action. _HMe quoted wiIdciy C Labor, ho added, was particularly | "vminnnt authorities, who lf\:ull".spoken affected by the increases, because it | l or written in support ~ is con-- gave the worl_dngm'an the n'ppnr,= fentions for a proper instruction in | 8 tumty-_----finapc:afly at least--of rep-- both languages. f resenting his fellow--men in legisla-- | . W. Wilson (Windsor), in whose tive Councile. s constituency there is a percentage Mr. Doherty denied--as had been| of French--speaking population. com-- suggested by a previous speakor«-, mented upon the resistance to: bei that there had been any attempt to} -- found in the French--speaking people; play politics with the issue. The to intolerance. In this respect, he matter was. never discussed in for-- said, the French--speaking peoples mual caucus of the Progressives, he and those of the English--speaking said, with subseauent . decision, as peoples who opposed prohibition had had been suggested, that the group something in common. Like every would oppose. s other speaker in the debate, he com-- '. Both bills got second reading with-- plimented Mr, Belanger highly upon out 'division. . _ _ & the quality of his address. © : Need Special Teachers. é M '~ E.. Proulx (Liberal, Prescott) pro-- * | ceeded over much the same argu-- & ment as> had Mr. Belanger, and ; urged the placing of competent French -- teachers>~ in the normal schools; so that their pupilis copld attain the same degrece of learning in the French language. , | _ _ Charles Wright (Consoervative, North Simeoe) spoke highly_ot the 4 French--Canadians of his district, and E. P. Tellier (Liberal, North Essex) ' followed, stating that many English teachers were not properly equipped . | for French education and _ many utterly incapable of teaching French. If Ontario were going to properly wernnennrne mm nc mc me teach the French child in his mother x a tongue, then teachers must be o Teaching of French in properly equipped. > _ SChOO!S i Thinks It Did Harm. SUb]GCt Of H. Fisher, K.C. (Liberal, Ottawa) L0ng Debate expressed the opinion that Regula-- tion 17 had failed :and that it had T o. done a great deal of harm. For ~ EXCHANGE OF TEACHER those living side by side with French-- e , S speaking people, as in Ottawa, he -- o ondenimmrmenmnanrinteretie said, there was no need for a Bonne $ C linuan . Af i is Entente movement. With the pos-- ; .:u.r'\cy of educational conditions sible exception of the United States, in bilingual areas in Ontario is be-- he thought English--Canadians the ing undertaken. and will be under-- poorest linguists in the world. He $ n sER Sn ithe immoalars .f C :r] thought the weakness of the present | y xsuvuep ) future, said system of education rested in the A Premicr Ferguson last night in the high school, and that the attempts Legislature, in closing th #ly: to teach French in the collegiates 3 & the dobate on gi the bilingual issgue raised by the failed because the efforts were not | f resolution _of | Aurel: e started carly enough in the carecer of 4 s ' urelien _ Belanger the student, and, secondly, because + (Liberal, Russell). The resolution wrong methods were utilized. & was withdrawn. fim~_--mmemmucn on dammmaatime 8 (@ The result of the survey, by mak-- ; 'mg accurate definition of conditions } |and by honest effort on the part of ithf: department, it was hoped, would : | bring about a 'better understanding ; ,hntw'efm the English and French J ) speaking portions of the Province, , 4 the Premier said. The Premicr said he was not §( ® wedded to IKegulation 17, but whal § they insisted upon was whatever | methods were adopted by the de-- s « partmen_t must be observed by those t :f'h_'"'"" if they were to receive as-- i ;;Stti(:?;.(:[.' egulation 17 gave dis-- orthe LP'C'"_,OMY in the castern part = . (ers )i r]onncc' which went to show § rre had not been the same earnest > , ' :lesn'e in s')?le quarters as in others i § o co--operalte with the de & he said. partment, The Premier said that plans w ere f under way for an exchange of teach-- -- ers between Ontario and Quebec. % f --A J § o ons