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e i C 0C 00000 CC C 00 00 . e ce / C+ ~eZefefefffefeeeeteeeeeeeeeme i S ie Sa m es T m ie ' es # ® * | * Hepburn Says Ontario Protective _ Legislation | % . _ Introduced in House _ Won't Exploit Them | y t ' Labor relations legislation, which The Japanese from British Colum-- | stems partially from representations bia will not be exploited in Ontario ,mfldfrtodlhe Or:ltalx;io Gmgrnment b.\fr P s evchts Th3 f e Trades an abor Congress o 'b;n _"l"_bo pau.'l ihe pm\.allmg. létc |Canada, was contained yesterday in « _ of wages, Premier Hepburn declared the Statute Law Amendment Act in-- in the Legislature yesterday, in ttroduved to the Ontario Assembly by answer to a charge made by William | Attorney--General Conant. Duckworth (Cons., Dovercourt), | _ Legislation of a protective charac-- th heyv.were bel Drought j ter, and sought by the Congress, is at they were being brought into represented by an amendment to the the Province to provide cheap labor. Mechanics' Lien Act. By its terms, The discussion of the Japanese all monies which are advanced to a movement into Ontario as a war building contractor on behalf of con-- security measure, came after Oppo-- tracts, are held in trust and cannot sition Leader George Drew had be dissipated until the wage and touched upon his previous day's other obligations to supply men and suggestion that Ontario take steps workers are paid. to provide machinery for bringing The Congress representations de--| English--speaking people to Ontario clared opposition to the use of (-ou,rt; s after the war. Lieutenant--Colonel injunctions against picketing in la-- | Drew referred to a statement made bor disputes. By an amendment to by Premier Hepburn, in which the the Judicature Act it is proposed to latter expressed doubt as to On-- place a four--days limitation upon tario's constitutional authority. the duration of an injunction order. It was while replying to Colonel |_l7p until the present, no time limit Drew that Premier Hepburn brought i'_S set, although, it is noted, the up the Japanese question, and when judges of the Supreme Court follow Mr. Duckworth voiced the view the limitation of eight days set by that the movement of Japanese into the Rules of Practice, as the maxi-- Ontario was designed to provide mum time for which a county judge cheap labor, the Premier read a may grant an injunction. memorandum on the subject. The The Master and Servant Act is memorandum sets out that the Japa-- amended. It is explained that the nese workmen must tbhe paid the act provides simple machinery for prevailing rate of pay. The memo-- the collection of wages by bringing randum, to which the Dominion the employer before a justice of the Government agreed, also states that peace who may make an order for on conclusion of the war the Federal payment not exceeding $100. The authorities will remove the Japanese amendment increases the limit from itrom Ontario. $100 to $200. s | _"I have every possible sympathy , for the people of British Columbia," | said the Premier. "I believe we did 'a fair thing, a Canadian thing, in 'agreeing to take several thousand Japanese into Ontario. The Domin-- ion is entirely responsible for them and guarantees they will not be-- come a charge on the Province or on any municipality." The Premicr pointed out that the addition of some 3,000 Japanese to the northern camps meant that On-- tario lands and forests revenue would be increased by half a million | dollars annually. It also meant that | production of wood progucts would » be boosted, he said. Colonel Drew, in --repeating his case for a Provincial organization to ensure a flow of English--speaking people after the war, pointed out that under Section 95 of the British North America Act Ontario possess-- ed power to act in a matter of immi-- gration. The only stipulation was that nothing done by the Province -- should be repugnant to any exist-- ing Dominion law, said Colonel Drew. "The only act that could limit our authority would be one that strictly forbade the immigration into Cana-- da of English--speaking people," said Colonel Drew. "And as long as we live there will never be legisla-- * tion of that kind on the statute books of Canada."