The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 19 Mar 1934, p. 1

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legislation, is said to be definitely "out." Restaurants and eating places below a specified standard will be out-- side the licensing provisions of the new liquor regulations. Responsible to Board. The proprietors of the duly autho-- r'zed beverage rooms, or where beer end wine may be sorved with geals. will be ipso facto Liquor Control Bsard agents or representatives--being di-- Beer to be available to high--grad> clubs and military messes. Wines to be sold only with meals. No beverage rooms to be established outside of hotels. Retain Many Control Features. Among the other possibilities grow-- ing out of the proposed legislation, it is anticipated that many of the "con-- trol" features of the present Liquor Control Act will be retained, but will be merely realigned to meet the new conditions. If the above lsgislation materializes, it is understood that the Liquor Control Board of Ontario nwould recast its regulations sufficiently t3 permit liquor advertising in the <ailly press and Provincial pericdicals; allow banquet permits; lower present individual permit costs, at the sams time maintaining sufficient vising of liquor store patronage t> keep adequate check on stores being used as source of supply of liquor for resale pur-- Other features likely to be fitted into the complex liquor control puzzle-- picture are: The "Tavern" sale prin-- ciple, as permitted under the Quebec The proposals are likely to include, | @mong other provisions, the following: ' Beer and wine to be sold with meals | in dining--rooms of standard hotels and . high--grade eating places. s Beer--including draught beer at an : expected price of 5 cents per glass-- to be sold in hotel beverage rooms. _ . It is anticipated at Queen's Park that disclosure of the Government plans with re-- yard to beer and wine sale in Ontario will be made mid-- week, and that the suggested legislation will be presented to the House by Attorney-- General Price on or about Wednesday. Strict Supervision, Local . _ Option in Queen's : Park Plan QUEBEC SALE RULED OUT Hote!l Beverage Rooms Vend Draught Beer at Five Cents Military Messes, High--Grade Clubs To Get Privilege Maxrch \9 to rectly responsible to the board for the l'eom!'uct, of their establishment in ac-- cord with the law. It is further said to be the intention of the Henry Government, not only to approve the new Liquor Control Legislation in the current session, but to leave it dormant on the statute books, on a& proclamation basis--if if and when returned to power, The introdustion of the suggested legislative enactments at this stage, would indicate a midsummer appeal to the voters of Ontario it is said. The first sensation of the dull ses-- sion came Thursday, with Liberal D. Paul Munro's charge that the Gov-- ernment gave a clean bill to highway payroll--padders, and this allegation _ now goes to the Public Accounts Com-- mittee for investigation, probably next week. Now before the committee is , House . Leader McQuibban's effort to trace the Henry surplus to a heavy _drain on Liquor Board profits, while in the offing are three motions by ©Progressive Leader Nixon. The Pri-- vate Bills and Agriculture Committses expect to wind up the session's activi-- ties with meetings this week. The House made good progress dur-- ing last week with the mass of bills from the Government and private members. An important item on this week's list is the debate on the motion of Russell Nesbitt, Toronto Conserva-- tive, for a committee investigation of construction industry abuses. It is understood that the Government will Aaccept the motion. The H ing last from th members to leave boolks, c if and v _ The i1

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