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Mmss cmounlhiniidctad 'M Januagy 19 ificed Right rew Sacriftice 1gq As Critic, Says Lamport _ As Critic, Say p Conservative Leader Drew, by at--, Mr-- Lamport, citing resolutions % tacking the Bren gun contract with | PASSed by the Children's Aid Society "charges that wrere never proved, :"": fi'\isotcall.lted b((l)tdiest relaltmg ': Ap# P ntally unfit, strongly urge has sacrificed any right which he legislative action to provide for may have had to criticize Canada's|sterilization. "Surely this will be war effort," Allan Lamport, Liberal |considered this session and at this member for St. David, Toronto, de--| time when we find further proof of | _ clared yesterday in the Legislature.| '"* "%°4 of _strong _ bodies. | Mr. Lamport's charge fell within fifteen minutes of the time that he, with twenty--five other Liberal mem-- + bers, had backed the Hepburn--spon-- sored motion which attributed to Ot-- tawa a lack of vigor in prosecuting Canada's war effort. The Toronto \ mem#er rose to speak when orders of the day and the sitting proper was called shortly after 5 p.m. The | previous two hours were taken up | with argument leading to the pas-- sage of the resolution. | Just as the speaker was launch-- | ing into his attack against Colonel | Drew, the Conservative Leader was rising to leave the Chamber. _ Mr. Lamport warned him that his next remarks would be directed at him, but Colonel Drew proceeded and did not return for several minutes. 1 Mr. Lamport argued that the Bren inquiry had retarded the let-- ting of further munitions contracts e and that "many more British fac-- tories of that nature would have been here now had it not been for his ridiculous action. And he can | + take the blame for stopping Can-| ada's only and first preparation for |war effort of that time." , Agrees With Remarks. f At the same time, he said, he con-- | curred in all Colonel Drew said in his speech on the war efforts. "I concur in all he says," claimed Mr. Lamport, "but he paid no attention to the needs of this Province in' | his speech." |\ _ Himself a former alderman, he 5 'belie\'ed there was merit in, the proposal to place a moratorium on . civic elections for two years. In : Toronto, he said, it cost $67,000 to| elect a council and only $60,000 to| pay it "and no sooner do they getl their budget worked out than they | have to start preparing for lnotherl election." | Mr. Lamport warned civic gov--| ernments that they must pare their | les!imates. Money has to be raised . for the prosecution of the war in\ . 'large sums. "During the last war,| | in 1915," he said, "an act was pass-! ed that compelied the municipali-- | ties to raise one mill on the dollar' of assessment for war purposes and' to turn it over to the Provinciall Treasury. Ontario is now giving one and one--half mills to the mu-- = nicipalities. This might be cut. There is certainly every reason to believe it will be."