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But Must Not Conflict With Dominion L aws, Lieut.--Col. Drew Says Conservative Leader George A Prew, who in his address in the Budget debate last week pressed the Hepburn Administration to or-- ganize a committee to co--operate with United Kingdom committcos on postwar immigration to Ontario, last night in a statement reiterated earlier claims made in the Housse, . that the Provincial Government's jurisdiction was "clear" and did not "conflict with any existing law of the Parliament of Canada." In discussion in the House, Pre-- ';, mier Hepburn stressed that he was wholly in accord with any sugges-- tion which would bring British immigration to the Province, but claimed that the Provinces had no power to deal with immigration. Lieutenant--Colonel Drew's statement follows: "The Province can make any law regarding immigration so long as it does not conflict with any existing law of the Parliament of Canaca. Section 95 of the British North America Act makes that perfectly clear. "When Premier Hepburn says that immigration of Japanese to British Columbia against the Province's wishes is proof that the Provinces have no power to deal with immi-- gration, it is clear that he has beeon misinformed regarding the effect of this section. "When the Dominion Government permitted the immigration of Japa-- nese into British Columbia, the Pro-- vincial Government could not pre«-- vent it because that would have been directly contrary to the law al-- ready passed by the Dominion Parlia-- ment. s "But that has no bearing on ths point that I have raised. If the Province of Ontario makes plans for the immigration of people from Brit-- ; ain, the Provincial Parliament has * just as much legal power as the Dominion Parliament unless there ; is a Dominion act prohibiting such | immigration. That would be the only way that the course of the j Provincial Government could be 're-- pugnant to any act of the Parlia-- ment of Canada.' That is definitely | the only legal restriction on the power of the Provincial Government ' to pass any law dealing with immi--' gration into the Province of On--; tario. '"It is utterly unthinkable that the Dominion Government would pass any law prohibiting the immigration of British people into this Province. The people of Ontario would not tolerate anything of that kind. It is clear, therefore, that the Govern-- ment of Ontario has the legal power to adopt the plan I have proposed."