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1».,' W'- m! e APRIL 18 | For H This Week Oor ouUse 1S eeK, $ Premier Hepb + + Ontario Has Two Bills Prepared, One to Be Used as ' Complementary Legislation, and the Other to # ® Stand as Its Own Measure: No Constitutional # # # # Bar Seen to Action by Any Provincial Authority STILL HOPEFUL OF MOVE By OTTAWA The Ontario Government stands | duced. While they were of the opin-- ready to bring in legislation this ion that unnmplo,xmenj insurance week making effective unemploy.| N38 3 maiter for the Federal Gov» s s -- ernment to deal with, they realized ment insurance, either as a proVv!n* | that a step forward would be taken clal responsibility or as legislation | in the legislation. mmplemen[.ry to a {federal meas.g "While we prefer a federal unem-- ure, Premier Hepburn disclosed yes--| Ployment ins-uram-e bill," said John s W, Buckley, secretary of the Toronto terday to the Legislature. , Trades and Labor Council, "the very _ > The Premier, in answer to a ques--| fact that unemployment insurance tion by Col. T. A. Kidd (Con., KingS-l has been or will be instituted as a * ton), did not indicate definitely the | bill in one province may have its administration's intention. He em--| reflex in the enactment of a federal phasized that the government had | bill in which all the provinces will been keeping in close touch with | unite." developments at Ottawa, and,. in He expressed as his opinion, as pointing out that the solicitor of| well as that of other labor leaders, the Senate had recently advised | that an unemployment insurance there was no constitutional handi--| bil} by one province would affect cap to a federal unemployment n only those who were permanent surance scheme, gave the suggestion | residents of that province. The Gov-- that the Provincial Government was | ernment of Canada must of necess-- still hopeful that a broad federal | ity realize that the country can only scheme would still be brought down. | achieve prosperity by having a large In any event, he added, the Pro--| migratory army of workers who can vincial Government had the two | transfer their services from one bills under consideration. 'prm'im'n to another, he said. o "If the Dominion does enact legis-- "For this reason a national unem-- lation, the enabling bill gives us ployment insurance bill will ulti-- power to enter into and to consum-- mately be essential," he continued, mate certain agreements with that | "to the prosperity of Canada. How-- government," he said. ever, I am not knocking Premier The announcement by Premiler Hepburn's bill; he is doing his best, Hepburn was greeted with approval | and the lead of Ontario may be fal-- by Toronto labor leaders. They stat-- | lowed by other provinces. Other ad-- ed they had been informed some vantageous legislation was put time ago that the government plan-- through by a single province before ned such a step, but with the end | being adopted by others and by the of the session approaching they | Federal Government, and this may lwore beginning to think that no happen in connection with unem-- bill on the question would be intro-- ployment insurance."