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'"ARCH 29 Confidence in Hepburn @ Shown by 60--22 Vote; _ Budget Likely Thursd *# _ ® # # Criticism of Ottawa by Ontario Government Is Not Sign of Disunity, but Indicates Healthy State, Hon. Harry Nixon Declares in Reply to Attack _ by Tories Who Charge Failure to Confer Scoring the Drew--led opposition | its municipalities. It is most essen-- for its "unfair and untrue" sugges--| tial for the future of Canada that * tions that Queen's Park had failed | this key province be kept solid and to co--operate with Ottawa, and prosperous. When you read that branding its demands for an im-- out of $141,000,000 collected in in-- mediate appeal to the Ontario clec-- 5 come tax this year practically $70,-- torate as "absurd" and "ridiculous," | 000,000 came from Ontario it gives Provincial -- Secretary _ Harry C. ' you some idea of the importance of | Nixon, yesterday, ended the Legis-- i this province in the national 'lature 'Throne Speech debate in aischcmc. typical Liberal flourish by aulhor-;l'redlcls Consternation. ing a straight vote of confidence in; "The Leader of the Opposition the provincial government and Pre--| wants his amendment to be a vote mier Hepburn's "able and coura+ of want of confidence. He says: geous" leadership. | *Make this a want of confidence is-- The motion, in the form of a | sue, vote him (the Premier) out of sub--amendment, carried on a regis-- office, create an election.' Well, tered division of 60--22. On the same ' just let me inform my honorable division the HMouse stiflied 1he:(riend that this government will Opposition's amendment, and car--| never shirk its duty, but I have too ried the main motion. With this much respect for the intelligence first stage of the sessional ('ourse',and common sense of members of of 1939 completely cleared, the | the House, including the Opposition House now stands ready for theimomhors. to ask them to vote on Budget which Mr. Hepburn, in his such an absurd amendment, so I added capacity of Provincial Treas-- ' propose to move an amendment to urer, will bring down tomorrow |the resolution offered by the Con-- | afternoon. | servative Leader. | The Opposition amendment oI' "I hope," said Mr. Nixon, "that 'which Mr, Nixon was so caustically | my honorable friend doesn't think critical would have committed the : he is fooling anybody by demanding Assembly to regret that Mr. Ilep-ian election. There would be utter , | burn, in effect, had not conferred in | consternation in his camp if the the past and did not intend to, in i Prime Minister were to take him the future, with the federal govern-"at his word, and ten seats would ment in joint action "to increaselhold every Conservative member employment and reduce the cost of |after the return from an election. government." Hon. Earl Rowe, after he was elect-- . Bees No Sign of Disunity. ed leader, challenged the Premier "I wonder how proud my honor-- | from every platform to bring on an able friends of the opposition are of ' election but none complained more this amendment." Mr. Nixon asked.lloud'-" than he did when the vote 5 £{ 1937 was called. He said we | "HMow much confidence have they in (_' h R oo ap o | the present federal authorities to':hot';:d ;a;r,:)fo(;lurar:olt'l:r two years increase employment and reduce the l °' e en en i cost of government. If we have been | "Faculty of Being Right. critical of the federal governmcut' "I don't think my honorable for lack of action it is not a sign |friend has so soon forgotten the of disunity, but a sign of a healthy sweet trimming handed him in condition, just as I would have a South Wellington by that doughty, lo. more respect for the future of | the present member. Surely he wili the Conservative party if my hon--} admit that we have a mandate from orable friends when told they }\ that riding in any case. And be-- couldn't speak in this debate had | cause he was extended the courtesy raised a protest. f of an acclamation in East Simcoe '"The inference in their amend--|\ he should not take that as an ex-- ment is most unfair and untrue. It| cuse or justification for challenging refers to the 'past failure' of the|our mandate. I can tell him now Premier of Ontario to confer with| that he won't get an acclamation the Premier of Canada. There has in a general election. That goes for been no failure to confer. I remem-- | the member for Parkdale (W. J. ber two occasions very vividly when | Stewart) too." our Prime Minister went to Ottawa. In submitting his sub--amendment The conference certainly failed but| Mr. Nixon declared that the bright-- through no fault of ours. There|est spot in the provincial picture ® have been many conferences. Last| today--not only to him, but to the week the Highways Minister spent | people generally--was the fact that two days there. We are always| Mr. Hepburn was "on the job, ob-- ready to do our part. But if we|viously restored to health, full of have learned through many bitter--}the old fire and drive, and able yes--humiliating experiences that| to meet any issue that may develop there is little use to go to Ottawa,|overnight in these difficult times hat in hand, are we to be blamed?}|with direct and vigorous methods, Our first care and duty as a gov-- | quick decision, wisdom and courage, '|ernment and legislature is the af--|\and the most marvellous faculity of |¢airs of the Province of Ontario and' being right." |