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-- l l 1Rilhl5 MOTION DECLARES POLLS I I 1jllltl.nll)l(hlf Legislature Refuses [IBERAL REGIME ', fo Extend Inquiry l r'nstuvvssfully, () , insilion In" (in I ""0174" Drvw t-tttriIt-ld to a mtiliorlt Eric Cross Lauds i, . . I . . i/,'/,""pl1r'i'riielyi,C'i)1,1"tir his of- Po I I CY of Taxatton ' - . . and in Public . Accounts Committee, to extend tn- Before the Legislature will? into Government "xpvndiiurrss into tho current. fiscal yt-m; tummy The peoplo of Ontario will not ht. is now limited to the fiscal )eat'l unmindful of the fine record of the Hitting last March 5;]. He citotl as Liberal Government when the timI- . his reasons for extending: inquin comes to go to tho pulls. bhir W, tho Gorrrumcut',; "million dollm' thos, tLih.. llaldimand-Noifolk» do- tax bill" of tho lust fiscal year 3,, elated in tho L";;l.~i'dlu1(' )t'sttt'tlét) well as affairs concerning tho Rain-', qluiin,c, " BUM"! debate adore». how Bridge at Niagara Falls. iii,,' "Will the honoiahlo momhoi- tr-lL motion was defeated 48 to 17. l Us who will he Loader of the Lih- The account for cost and maintm' eta] Patty?" asked \\'iiliam Din-k- nanco of tho Government's cars for: worth tProp. Con., Dovrrrourt I. tho fiscal )ear ending March 31.' Mr. Cross smiled. "I have I'M"; 1942. was given hy Col. Drow a" that m) honorable "mild i, [tir- S070.000. N. o. Hipel. Minister ofl pared to vote for me." ho maid. Lands and Forests. objected thatl' directing his remark 8l Mr. Dusk- there was a vast difference /rJiJ/l, Worth. a "taxi hill" and mileage paid lo Ary Cross. a former Minister of mvnor< of "a". a practice found' Welfare, dealt with the tecotd of more economical than the Govern-f the Government over the past nine mom, owning tho (an. "Mid. t years. drtclaring, that the direction "Spending" monoy like drunk-mp of tahittion had been changed in milors" was Col. Drew's chateoi Older to "WWW". WW for real against the Government which hattl e.mlatl'. Mur1irir'iyi/i'":_ Ill Ontaiin noon "so concerned saving mont'; "In" my" hrvilthiol, "Mi ill") "l" n" automobiles a frsw Boa". "$10."; .10de the lowest poi t";'.|til.'l "tl"s, ll 'rofcrrtng, osjdontly lcr 'ho famous' a (lot-atlc._;i\ well as >ll£tlli l't'(lUt'lltil' Hepburn sale of Government can; in mummm Vit'. when ho came to power in 19il4i.' Claims Sound Policy. With the wartime "tendenr: to F'N-' "Thorr comm a time when Gov- travaganco." Col. his". urged: "lt'si ernmont~ must d ('t'ldt' how-err. not much use 5me able to r,xanoino' human tlrotls and the nrcris of Public accounts to March 31, 1943,i money." "lid Mr. Crosr, dealing. with whrm it's now' March 30. 194.l" an Opposition member's statement Both Leopold Macaulay tProg' that a sinking fund should he sol Cons., South York) and George S. up for t'CtIyCn1t?nl of highway dobt. Henry iPros,r. Cons. East York)! "When it Comes to a choice hotween supported Col. Drow's criticism of 't.rovitiing social services and \ot- the public accounts system. Tics tmg up " sinking fund "ll making adverse \oto on tho Opposition ntO't any o/her financial provision along lon was taken after the Sppakpr this lino. 'thero can he only one had objected to futther debate. choice. I; H a sound taxatton policy A flat tate for Hydro power and! to take from tltoso who can afford decentralization of industry as aids', in oy/y' to provide "Hum for tho to elimination of labor, tramportal needy. " lion and housing ptohlems .di//i' Mr..Crosy spoke of th.P.x'"r,it role advocated by J. de C. Hepburn Ontario would play ltl gh'lllg loader: Ping. Cons., Fiucr, Edward-Lem: :htpntio IU?: of CHINE" in strum}. . . . . , oc . I. I o toptz. ems witct noxt, continuing tho Budget-debate. the Social Security Committee in Ontario would face wa< tho will. stitutional relations with the Do.. minion and with tho other Ptoxu. inces, he said. One of tho problems was that, the Provinces did not have a taxa- tion base sufficiently broad to sup-l port the varidy of social services; required by tho citizens. Mr. Cross) ' expressed the opinion that the cow; tributary feature should be main-) tained in most social services. l Dealing. with requests that the; age for old-age pensions should boj ' reduced from 70 to 65, Mr. Crore . told the Home that in 30 years' . time in Ontario, without any in-: crease in population taking Placer "we wiil have twice as many people! . on old-ago pensions as we have to..l day." A plan to reduce tho old-age: pensions age from 70 to 65 would ' involve Ontario in an additional ex- ' penditure of 14 millions, he said. i