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e i it t 0 1. e e y Crm ds ~ * 3 Ps" Mrarch 10 P Opportunit Wasted, Says Roebuck Ontario' 1d rtunity" to i Tok Noh | rlo's "golden oppo | «4 s , settle its interprovincial difficulties | p]','l:dt:: I:::.gz:-: St,\ste_m wa Cont with Quebec and its internati0n@l | minjon Govern "t' f"'"h the Do-- difficulties with the United States| jng of w, ment for the carry. over the use of boundary wWaters| Cang ,:v:':rdihr;'""h the Welland has been utterly wasted by the HeP--| Falis, We had c oprr;e:atdat Decew burn Administration's attitude 10-- | yeys for 1 nomplefed the sur-- ward Prime Minister King And| apq we hh':,, Ogoki River diversion, President Roosevelt and by its re--| hn Ln:g ';'accod'?'f:e:i"d "vrgrk O fusal even to consider the situati0n | earried T eioll hk had on the St. Lawrence, former At-- on nesotiations with the torney--General and Hydro Commis-- m\'\:'ery a\:(thfomies 6f the State of| , sioner Arthur Roebuck charged in| water from th the use of additional the Legislature yesterday pamp ;'gm the Niagara and we had Willing effort toward the solving| some equitable undcceim.,ath, "Cath of these problems would have equitable understanding with achieved success, Mr. Rocbuck r?spect dipring Ogoki and Long Lac stressed, but r.\;).thing. could be ;Iu:r:::io'r;: an;l Nn tespect to the hoped for from "a do--nothing policy the Niag;xiaoan:lh:h;vastfri rFente: or from an attitude of antagonism." | for submissi e nnvavige And now, he added, opportunity for of "',: {}',,?f;{,'"s}:,;f; (Z'ognrgents a major development--the develop--| _ "Neve h . on C S! ment of another milli hors o Te o Ohtel' SHk fistory jof million orse= _ these two countries have both Gov-- power at home, in conformity with ernments b j Queen's Park's once--avowed policy posed toward stgr%t: :::?'::w: (:1';: "thrown away" by the extension of | SaBfAFeouts arrangoment with | re-- the Gatineau and the Maclaren con-- fl'\):n thos ehusedod doundary nipiaat s tracts until 1970, and of the Beau-- few year.'se h;a l\(f;r. Il?i':\r;zg ;:5 pfiit, harnois agreement until 1976. Roo.sevolt. But the golden oppor." Reversal Called Shocking. tunity has gone--has been thrownf "Public ownership In the produc-- i oonee idel:beratel_x by the Govern-- tion of power in this Province has m;:;t ?l Ol;n (ar io: been deferred for many, many years To snemick expressed his keen to come," Mr. Roebuck warnea. fisaPho'ntment over the "miscar. "From a constitutional standpoint, rilage of plans for which he claimed this reversal of policy on the part :i:,v:,;' srist;:q,,hta"eh.fouzlht with "ob-- « of the Government is most disturb--; in his o inio: lmsledf, and which, Ing. In the recent general election so much to (he 'Ind hiave Aant the Government submitted its policy -- of the Province ndustrial welfare of public ownership to the people Hi a In terms which could not be mis-- ." Conservatives as Well. understood and asked to carry out 'And I regret to say," he con-- the very program of which I have tinued, "that I can find no grounds 5 been the chief advocate. That policy for hope from the Conservative and program was overwhelmingly Party. It is at least equally respon-- endorsed. But the electors had. &ible for what occurred. It was a hardly reached home from the polis| former Conservative Government | ere their policy was reversed and | which was guilty of the first greatl their mandate repudiated. Those of| betrayal and in terms more flagrant . us who still hold to the well--proved than the recent capitulation. Both | forms of British democracy are in and out of the House, leaders of shocked at this flouting of the prin-- the Conservative Party have fought ciples of responsible government." for the private power interests "Hear, hear," Opposition Leader| °VC"Y SteP of the way. They havei Macaulay approved. sought to justify the price of $15 After the first revision of the| PS horsepower and the purchase: Gatineau and Maclaren contracts--| Of large blocks of unwanted power,| and these were on a ten--year basis| °VCO when the cost was ruining --Hydro, said Mr. Roebuck, had| HYGro, and they engaged in an| ; embarked upon a program of sup-- alarmist campaign, dgring the l_ast, plying Ontario's needs from its own | election, misrepresenting a pending | resources. "We acquired control| POWST Shortage in the hope of driv-- of the Trent River from the Do-- ing the Government into the suici-- minion Government," he added dai Dhlirke Jt nas now adopted of "and we purchased two privatels; sa(i'rig.iclng public welfare to private owned plant > . |, S ent our Ea'st:'r'nt:\:p;il'\'rer \"!(l,e haq | °_ "At least we didn't get an election commenced work on .tire Ma da-' verdict on false pretenses," Mr. > waska, for which the former Gov-- S?Ct?':ltayl c}!'\ je7 in. "You'll grant ernment paid $1,800,000, and upon « i P . which we have been paying inter?est "Of course I will," said Mr. Roe-- charges ever since. The work is e nehent af 'a" bon aubt ny .. P NoE now stopped. es;;lo:sal of a rfnewatl) glt the can-- "We had & plant A celled contracts is probably account-- Hion on the Mgskos):"l"\'di:r:rcgg:t::; ablehfor tlIl\e"poor showing it made plying the needs of the Georgian m --Kp--v4l | Bay System, and in Northern On Since the Legislature assembled, | tario we acquired the Crystal Falls declared Mr. Roebuck, he had heard lant f mils at Sar ';':ll'l'qb';n dwr:"'";:ali';g no criticism from the Conservatives | We added 150.000 'horsepower topthno.; OO , fhie, New bontratts thahigeINes: capacity at the Abitibl plant, ang| | PuL onlX of Ihe manner in whit we were improving the water re.| |!N°Y, had been brought about. '"It serves at the Canvon is all very discouraging," he said, ut "for it does seem as though the Leaders of both the Government -- land the Opposition have been tarred with the one stick."