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_ Fviéaq,\"\quh IT-i. .'. P , H . _ " --rra,tir-- 'iiiri:rli,ijr, ower (gun, Uan er I C"" .c-1' I t T In G . E I [an . g 1/ 0 . . Erhthasized ho p, m ' --- . tet -------- Provinces. The Federal Government Wh R I M has the right to use the water neces- en . fsary for navigation purposes, but the ca caning O surplus above that requirement be- . . longs to the Provinces for power Application for Charter purposes . . Q cstion ' 'r " N?. Renewal Is Known, Mr. ve', u . . tot ' ovu1c'e . F S H F I Itfhéhgteials allnilllon shtJ,ttitow,e,i er US on wa liver. ' o g on ays e ee s which belongs to Ontario, that fact Wi alone shows how vital the question Sure Members ill Re.. is to this Province. . . . "Should a private corporation be Ject the Proposition handed this tremendouply valuable public asset? The promoters may - urge that the proposed construction or a canal at all enormous cost will VITAL QUESTION no of great public service. it is FOR ALL CITIZENS doubtful if the canal will ever be constructed for navigation purposes, , ext-opt. possibly, the. French River 1 section We are spending millions , :0 enlarge the Welland Canal. Even (hould Valuable Asset Be., .t the Georgian Bay Canal scheme l . no assumed to be a practical one, is longing io the People Be 'ltetc any necessity for it, or should ' we undertake enormous expendi- Turned Over to Private tires to enable us to compete with our own present system of navi- I nteresls? He Ashs--Orr. ITn .'i.or: .' . . ' Need Power Rescues. Ar' ' iario Rccuires All Its "The whole Province ot Ontario, . requires all its power reserves. Eu'ct-; I Power Reserves em and Northern Ontario are: f I urgently in need of an increased sup-1 ply of power at the present time. ' "If the real meaning of this The Hydro-Electric Commission of :iegislation is made known to the Ontarijo mic Prepared hi0 ugldertaéte , . imme ately to nice t ese eman s. members of the llousc. I feel quite but no such development can be sure that they will, no matter what Initiated with this canal charter Province they may have come from. f carrying with it the power rights. nor to what arty the F ma . belon . I It stands in the way. promptlv reset 3'the , ' 5 ~it' 'i: "ft is said that the canal com- . J / T'?,"" Ion, pany expect to pay the cost of con- 883'3 Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, , struction through the sale of power. Premier of 19ntario, in a statement In other words, the power users issued last night respecting the all- in": tld' fortthe tctti1,1A'luyli's,kltlt . ' ' " . .. ncrease cos on o i n - plicatlon' at Ottawa tor the renewal lic. who may consume the various of the Georgian Bay Canal charter. products of which power forms part The. Premier declares that "in our of the cost. view" power rights belong to the "t am not at all sure that the "people ot the Provinces." If a half- development of power will not pro- million horsepower in the Ottawa vlde navigation with but very little River belongs to Ontario. that tact actual canal construction work. For alone shows how vital the question instance. I am advised that the is. he says. . erection of the dam at Carillon would The question. is not a party one, raise tho water level for 60 miles he says, but it is whether a valuable on the Ottawa River. and make it asset belonging to the people should navigable right to the City of Ot- be turned over to private Interests. tan a, without a dollar's necessary "Critical Situation." expenditure for navigation. The same thing applies in other stretches t Mr. Ferguson's statement follows: of the river where power works "The application at Ottawa for would be installed; so that the story renewal of the right of the Georgian of the huge expenditure to create a Bay Canal Company to canalize the canal will not bear very close Ottawa River creates a critical situ- examination. ation tor this Province. The proniot- ' r ers of the legislation claim.that the Mines Clamor for Powe . right to construct -a canal carries "The great mining development with it the right to develop and con- of the North is clamoring for power. trol the power on the Ottawa and Most valuable developments are French Rivers. located on the canal route, How "This charter was first secured in is it possible to undertake the con- 1894, and. although no move has ever struction of power plants if this been made toward constructing a charter is renewed in the face of the canal, the parties interested have claims made by the promoters! from that period up to the present "The question is in no sense a secured thirteen successive renewals party question, nor, indeed, is it an ot their rights. The act now pending Ontario problem. The important a is the togrteenth request. question is whether a, valuable as- "The rovinces are, of course. set belonging to the people and . strongly opposed to the granting of vital to the progress of the people these rights for many reasons. should be turned over to private "Our view is that the power rights interests. " the real meaning of belong to the people of the, this legislation is made known to the members of the House. I feel quite sure that they will, no matter what Province they may cotpsfrortt, nor to what party they may belong, promptly reject the proposition._ . . / "tn view of the fact that. nothing . toward construction work has been done. the application. I. have no _ doubt, will be viewed as it it WET? 1NY original application; and that should be suttteient to condemn it"!