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| | Horizontal Increase s is Not Contemplated, l Says Premier Conant : The Ontario Government plans an additional expenditure of £1,000,000 on old--age pensions in the Province iin 1943--44, Premicr Gordon Conant | revealed in closing the Budget do-- ' a . s ;balc in the Legislature yoesterday t afternoon. The Budgeot was adopted on a straight party vote, 48 to 16. _ _A "horizontal increase" similar to |the recently announced 20 per cent 'increase in mothers' allowances was not contemplated, Premiecr Conant explained, since mothors' allowances are Provincial and old--age pensions a Federal responsibility, he told the House. "A survey is being made and allowances will be increased where | investigation indicates need for in--| creased allowance on the basis of an approved budgot and considering s other incomse," he said. It would apply with regard to what other sources of income the pensioner might or might not enjoy. The mothers' allowances increase al-- ready announced will cost $800,000 o additional. To Examine Cases. The Government, the Premier said, cases on its files and increase grants With his GCover h8 BriAe according to need. Meanwhile, the ,Oml;a're(;:t%]'g\;;).',]4"]0}'3" "ifib?dfif he Dominion was considering lower age ;hc }Liborals can;)n to L:fo'if,m_ \;):&e lsli':':t:fargg"g%c?;";gnng'o';m:?' P°"* ing ordinary revenue of $30,067.000 Ai Ihe o&lsm O'f' his spnm:h. the and ordinary expenditures of $80,-- A sp e L encee a, 7 7,000, $30,600,000, "the Premier objected to the term "pup-- E?;g?gstaég}ft\,l ?1{ OA"?(')HQO:J lili]: pet Government" applied to his ad-- °T. > t on go y 32:;3)23;?" l?)(;cau:;gn:): lh;l\;s::?:; Increase in the Province's net debt powgrs by Otta\\'; '"h d(*('iakred from 1930 to 1934, he said, averaged 3 . & L C '-w . 7 car,. imi ~ tz 9:\ that "in its business with Ottawa, Q'"GOOO..OQO e mas, "mll(,' ,{".Jr.". 1934 this Government is not going to to 1943 it 'f",'-"ah@d oni> '.lb.wr),opu. resort to abuse \iiifiudtioo 0"' re But, he said, with the net debt in-- $ se I 'C 11 ' re« m « \*% o ervesiyr Plcks ons crease of $144.000,000 since 1934 the ;fig;}l"}d;:?:'(:'l}:'u;']'ltla:::)ehu;.'::)c':1°);)i'? Governmerit has "created tangible & »rcums es. T §i ! acses 9 m tehwavs Oltawa phobia, the Leader of the d"et_al of.Sl'SZ.qO0.0l)U vm ?11511\\d'\p. Opposition is disposed to believe ,pubI}'L buildings and lands and for-- that all thc;n powers may no: bé ests." True, ordinary expenditures SC 2 LC 3 t tA 9 s * . ®aj exercised honestly in the best in-- -%'&g%og?'gg&r%utlgfif;;:eaf;fién;E terests of the war effort. I take |gos= n i hn f % the opposite view." $23,000,000 increase there had been & Mr. Conant pointed out that the ;'(',\;:,pf"digcg)l&l(&?g?(.és té}essgoosgéx\)- Budget revealed the largest net ) La.s'ar. 2 (y "vhde inuiftina debt decrease, $2.833.000 T'wtlx * l'education, $3,000,000; agriculture, se, »3,809,000, the larg-- s EyA t s ar 4+ , est gross debt decrease and largest 2';(?8800880 r':)llfri]i\cria))al S'&'S:m?n_d%%e' overall 'surplus, $20,000,000, in the $00.000; jands and forests. 1600 history of Ontario " oo ts ankl, tofenis Loo ;" o Premier ar 000, and Provincial police, largely ie PFremier aroused Opposition for enlarged war policing needs, :aughtex when, on an interruption, $500,000. In addition the Province a 'v en iurelins PS S s on ties o fiiJre:;arlo};'e?ho Ygt't\c' be.»ll qllzalm? had saved municipalities $12,700,000 mae M ave 'a cha?x: w e}<l*}.\1 or so. Let _ on mothers' allowances and $7,100,-- Ce aWIC: 000 on pensions to aged and blind.