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From the Government benches came a reference to the bilingual report of 1927 and its findings with regard to Russell and Prescott. "Exactly that," said Mr. Belanger, "It should be taught in the langua®ze the child best understands." It was his contention that history should be taught in French, with the English vocabulary given afterward.. Teach-- ing of French, he said, did not inter-- fetre with the teaching of English, any more than did the study of French with the study of English, As a matter of fact, he said, French was largely the basis of English. Sixty--eight per cent. of the words in the first column of the Speech from the Throne (as printed in The On-- tario Gazette) were words of French origin,. (Applause). wanit ineimn hampered with the par-- ticulars of a lanzuage they. at that age, muet know itmperfectly." The same argument, he said, could be ap-- plied to the teaching of geography. He cited the story of Laura Secord as one which--if its value and its Spirit were to live--had to be told in an impressionistic manner to the youth--in a manner which details from the English instruction book could not achieve. *"'Then you think it s taught in French?" aske Shields, Toronto--Woodbine "A bilingual speech," smiled Pre-- mier Fepguson. want them hampered with the tieulars of a lanzuage they,. at age, muet know imperfectly." UO]}, J. A. Currie, Toronto--St., Pat-- rick's, asked what objective the Rus-- sell member had in mind. "L1 don't mind telling you.'" came the prompt repiy. ("Our children should have with your children an equal opportunity to acquire an equal education, and a mental and moral foundation, When we are try-- ing to imhbue our children with the history of the country., we do not Col. J. A. Cu: rick's, asked wh sell member ha. equilaily in the honoer of iaying the foundations of this Province, and whose sons« died side by side in Plan-- ders fields? Surely, in Ontario, these principles should not be re-- striected, but, rather, extended." The speaker made it plan that, while in his opinion, the evils or the old Regulation 17 sarrangement had not been enred, nor objectives reach-- ed, -- French--Canadians eo--operated ""mmediately _ and _ spontaneouslyv' with the recent chanse--'"not." he said, 'because we believe that ali our problems are solved, but becanse we believe that owe have at last achieved a common -- ground-- from which to direct an inaviry towerd the real solution of the bilingual question in Ontario." Laura Shoutd Extend Principles. Last year, he maintained, Ontario stepped into line with other coun-- tries in the world which had the same problem of "dual racial groups" with which to deal. While the Prime Minister, in 1925, had claimea that Ontario was not a bi-- lingual Province, he wished to point out that it was--in fact, if not in law. One--tenth of the population. he said., was French. Citing treaties creating Czechoslovakia and other new countries established after the World War, he exnlained that in each country the rights of minarity national groups are protected by guarantees that their children should be taught. in their earlvy vears, the lancuasge of the home,. bhut that the State might Accoree comnulsory tult-- tion ir the official language of the countryv Mr. Belanger began his discussion of the "bilingual" question with the statement thiit, whatever might be salid ot him, he could not be called "coward." The findings of the Mer-- chant Committee in its last inquiry "ad conformes "to the hilt" with representations made by him in the House in 1925, "A new start," he gaid, "has been made. 'The door is open. I trust that the Government wi.! not be content to halt on the thresholda." Secord in Fronch it should be asked George _ en--operated | pontaneously" *eo--"not," he lHeve that all :munny. And having studied the |!»Hin:zu:1! question 'ton the ground " \the members should go to their dis-- }trir"s and lead in shaning opinion. [ -- "Out of tHis." Mr. Belanger con-- | cluded, "wiil come harmony. A new spirit, a better and greater Canadian citizenship in the Province of On-- tario." "If you were 1,500 feet from a power line you couldn't get service on one contract." Some farmers had to put two or three contract mort-- gages on their property to get Hydro. This, he declared, was a matter that should be straightened out by legis-- lation. Hamléets, -- villages, reaped benefit from cural Hydro lines Such lines were used only partially for farmers, said he. 'Only &A small per-- centage of Hydro dAistribution -- on rural lines ever gets to the farm-- er," he emphasized. If, he added, things went along at the present rate of progress it would be a l:\\un: dred years before the folks in NO thern Ontario got Hydro. »'!. memp Drotgnt to the attention of the members the subject of rural school taxation. Then he spoke of J P. Earngey's picture of the men on the outposts in Northern Ontario There were men on the outposts in Fouthern Ontario--farmers on the back concessions. And such farmers were not getting real benefits from the rural Hydro extension, Mr. Kemp declared. Mr. Kemp brought to the attei of the members the subject of : school taxation. Then he spok J P. Earngey's picture of the on the outposts in Northern UOnt There were men on the outpos Southern , Ontafti0=~--farmars n Next, on the subject of old--age pensions, _ Mr. Kemp -- scored the Government -- for its attitude. If charity organizations carried on the work, the Government would be paying 100 per cent., but if the sug-- gested plans were adopted the Fed-- eral authorities would contribute 50 per cent. * R. HR. Kemp (Progressive, _ Lin-- coln}. continuing the debate, noted that he was following the best or-- ator in the House., * Regulation 17. .where it has been |applied, has beer a failure. We have refused to obey Regulation 1%." | He voiced the thought: "It would | be a crime against our children if }(m' a few paltry grants we submit-- | ted to Regulatio_n %." "Dawn of New Day." Hydro Criticized. T ifniinbatiiit . uies A 4.4 "If," he continued, "there are schools in Eastern Ontario where English is being properly taught, | where we are producing as good re-- sults as you in your public schools without losing our mother tongue, we have nothing to be grateful for to the succession of Governments and Departments of Education. But that development was through our own efforts." He closed with an appeal to the members of the Legislature. He invited them to visit the schools in question, as the Commissioners had done, to go into the whole matter thoroughly before taking a stand or action It was the duty of every member to be a leader in his com-- munity, And having studied the bilingual question '"on the ground " Mr. Kemp deait briefly with the Government's liquor business. '"There is a 'Liquor Control Act,'"* said he, "but there is a question mark after control, There is a 'Strong Man,' but there is another question mark there." 'But," he continued., "I believe we see the dawn of a new day. Means are being taken to --train our teachers." ® Replying to G Mr. Belanger dec '"*We claim," he said,. "that there is no reason why they should lose that asset while your children in your high schools are making futile efforts to learn that language. Mr, Belanger replied vigorously. If, said he, there was anything wrong in Russell and Prescott, it was because there was a lack of properly trained -- teachers--educa-- tionists trained to teach both Eng-- lish and French,. In Essex, he went on, with teachers recruited from the Sandwich training school, if the pupils were progressing in English, it was at the expense of losing their own mother _ tongue. *The great asset of their mother language -- is lost to them," he added. No Reason to Lose Asset. A'v'. overnment queries lared emphatically : where it has been a failure. We have anything | Brantford) censured Liberal Leader Following dinner, Mr. Martin re-- sumed his speech to.a "thin" House; He expressed the belief that one of the greatest businesses of the pres-- -- ent day was the tourist business, and said that "we must reach out and get our share of it. We have the goods, and we should make the most of them. We have Commis-- sions for one thing and another.| Why not appoint a Commission to | advertise our scenic heritage clear ; across the world? Every effort should be made by the Department of Game and Fisheries, he said, to improve fishing in the North. On the question of education, Mr. Martin stressed the value of teach-- ing love of home, which, he said. would mean the saving of the home from "the wretchedness of the di-- voree courts of the United States." something else that had to be dons, he said, was to create in the pupils a proper love of country. Disagrees With Belanger. as follows: *"That all the words in the amendment after the first word 'that' be struck out and the follow-- ing substituted therefor: 'The fol-- lowing clause be added to the Ad-- dress: '"This HMHouse receives with satisfaction the announcement that steps are being taken to gather in-- ; formation regarding the better care of our dependent aged population,| so that the people of the Province may have a proper understanding of the importance of this great prob-- lem and of the financial obligation to be assumed by them under a plan of old--age pensions, framed to meet the needs of this Province and to receive the approval of this Legis-- lature.' " . E. Blake Miller (Liberal, East Elgin) moved the adjournment of} the debate. Mr. Martin was unable to agree with Mr. Belanger that Ontario was a bilingual Province. If the popu-- lation was split 50--50, such might be the case, but with one--tenth French and the remainder English, "the people," he said, "must learn English. "Whatever policy the Government adopts," he sa'd, "the fundamental statute niust remain unaltered. The schools must be taught English--no bluff about it." Mr. Martin sat down. Then rose again to move his amendment, which was seconded by J. F. Reid (Con-- servative, Windsor West), and read as follows: *"That all the words in While agreeing with the Russell member that teaching of history should not be hampered by difficul-- ties of language, he feared that many pupils who did not take up English when they e« were young would not take it up later. Possibly, he said, this condition accounted for so many pupills leaving school in French--speaking counties to the east with practically no knowledge of the English language. Sinclair for stating that he could not find much meat in the Speech from the Throne. "Of course,' said Mr. Martin, "any one who lacks insight may make such a remark." He sug-- gested that Mr. Sinclair had been wasting the House's time when he quoted the Mother Hubbard ryhyme about the bare cupboard. Jn fact, saiid he, the civil servants bowling in the new block were spending their time to much better advantage than the Liberal Leader. He thought that the Government members might de-- cide their problems over a game of bow is Mr. Sinclair wonde would be more cong: than the last eaucus. torted that the las been "a most enjoval Bow'ing or It will resume next Tuesday. wW. _ G. Martin (Conservative, . 9 auecus, c were spending their etter advantage than er. He thought that members might de-- ems over a game of 194 nial for theim Mr. Martin re-- caueus -- had (] affair.' bowling r them