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ward by Orders-in-Council passed either under the War Measures Act or the Mobilization Act. Must Set Example. “I believe it is of the utmost im- portance that all the Parliaments of this country should set an example | of common sense and industry to the people they represent. I am con- vinced the public will not be greatly impressed with any discussions which can grow out of a continua- tion of the debate upon the forecast we now have in the Speech from the Throne. There is nothing before us requiring immediate attent fon.) There is nothing to justify our sit- ting here day by day exchanging | platitudes. Again I urge the Gov- | ernment to adjourn immediately and | take appropriate steps to obtain | from the Dominion Government that | information to which we are en-. titled and without which our dis-| cussions are nothing but a time-) filling sham. When the necessary | information is available we can then be called together without delay and get down to our real job, which is to strengthen the ship of State so that we may be ready to drive into the gathering storm and through the storm to the peace and security which lie beyond." In brief reference to the growing war peril to Canada, Colonel! Drew at the outset stressed that Alaska was closer to Japan than Singapore. We in Canada are in deadly peril, he said, adding: “Our very survival depends upon the speed and energy with which we now prepare.” Speaks of Campbell. He brought applause from both sides of the House with a reference to Major Colin Campbell (Lib., Sault Ste Marie), and Lieutenant David Croll (Lib., Windsor-Walker- ville). He saw them in his fact- finding visit to England. “Both of them were looking fit and both of them are doing a very fine job,” he said. The Conservative Leader spoke at length upon the organization of British agriculture and declared that the County War Agricultural Commitices which are being organ- ized in Ontario “are but a shadow of the strong, well-organized and extremely powerful County War Agricultural Committees upon which the whole organization of British agriculture for war depends.” Starting with 12,000,000 acres at the outbreak of war, crops were harvested from almost 17,000,000 acres last year and this year it is hoped to add another 2,000,000 acres, he said. The organization was simple, he stressed. It is central- ized under the Minister of Agricul- ture in London who in turn has twelve liaison officers, each of whom is responsible for four or five coun- ties. “They have followed the prin- ciple of centralization of policy and almost complete decentralization of administrative control,” said Col- onel Drew. “The county commit- tees and their various sub-commit- tees have the widest powers to as- sist tne farmers in their counties, to direct the type of production, and to assure adequate manpower. “These county committees have, ‘the authority to retain men andj women on the land who are needed | there and their authority even goes | so far that they can withdraw men and women from the armed forces for agricultural services if that is necessary.” Colonel Drew said that in his re- cent trip to Washington he was “astonished to learn that they have { just as complete an organization in ° the United States.” Britain, he said, had the most ac- curate information available in re- gard to all details of agricultural | Felovu aXy \S production. This was necessary, he | said, “because they have established | the principle that the products of the farms are just as much war sup- plies as the products of the factories and the Government has taken steps to assure to the farmers of Britain the actual cost of production plus a reasonable profit. That was the policy I advocated here more than a year ago.” Industrial Organization. | Industry, he said, was organized in much the same way as agricul- ture and regional committees have | been given wide powers to keep men and women in industry who have | special qualifications, or even to | Sens men apd women back from the armed forces if they are re- | quired. | Turning to education, Colonel | Drew declared that the “main job | of education today is to teach a burning faith in those things we are fighting to preserve.” He recom- mended to the House the warning of Commissioner Wood of the R.C. M.P., that steps should be taken to / combat subversive propaganda that | is being spread through schools and unversities. Because of ihe “truly magnificent” stand of the people of Russia, there are those who are confused between communism and the bravery of the Russian people and are “inclined to be tolerant of communism,” he said. Communism, added _ Colonel Drew, “is just as vile a doctrine as | _it was before Russia came into this | /war.” He expressed hope that in | their admiration of Russia, “where I hope they will stamp out Com- munism for ever when this war is | over,” that the people of Canada would not be tolerant of Commun- ism here and of Communist affili- ates. “We spell it C.1.O, here.” broke in Colone| Fraser Hunter, Lib., To- | ronto-St. Patrick. “We have been tolerant of this ‘sort of thing far too long,” con- tinued the Conservative leader. “It is not only the propaganda con- tained in pamphlets that we must guard against. We have even been supporting with public funds some teachers who have done their ut- most to destroy the very principles which are at stake in this war.” Teaching of Patriotism. He declared there could be no sub: | ject on the curriculum of any school | so important as the teaching of! patriotism. “We must not tolerate any longer the anti-British, anti- democratic teachings which have |been permitted in some of our } schools far too long,” he said. “We must lay the foundation of reasoned conviction.” Much has been said in recent months of the need for nationa! unity, and, suggested Colonel Drew. “the number of occasions on which that has been said offers the most conclusive evidence in itself that there is doubt about national unity in Canada.” Ontario, ke said, could not be “completely disregarded” in the discussion of national unity. In spite of all that might be said to the contrary, the evidence did not show that “we have claimed any special privileges or sought to dodge our responsibilities.” As examples, he cited that On- tario had contributed 63 per cent jof the total cash contributions to ‘the Canadian Red Cross in 1941 land 42 per cent of the Dominion’s total for the Canadian War Serv- \ices Fund. Last year. the average purchase of Victory Bonds was $114.84 in Ontario and $52.90 in the rest of Canada. a Taking Defense Minister Ral- ston’s figures of Jan. 22, he com- pared the enlistments of Ontario, which has 32.89 per cent of Can- ada’s population, and Quebec, with 29 per cent. In the air force, On- tario provided 41 per cent of the total, and Quebec 11 per cent; in the army, Ontario 37 per cent, and Quebec 17 per cent; and in the navy, Ontario 32 per cent, and Quebec, 15 per cent. He stressed, at the same time, the percentage of enlistments in re- lation to population was still higher in the Maritime Provinces, Alberta and British Columbia, while Mani- toba had the highest rate of all, | with one out of every twenty uniform. “These facts and figures,” Colonel Drew, “are not offered in support of any special claims on behalf of the people of this Prov- ince, nor is it intended that they should convey any suggestion that we claim any other position than to be equal partners in a_ joint in said enterprise, Known as the Dominioa of Canada. “But these figures do suggest some reason why any discussion of national unity must not ignore the Provinee of Ontario. All this simply means that there can be no. real basis of national unity which is not acceptable to the people of On- tario as it is to the people of any other part of Canada.”