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i n l zie 0 ph o 10 01 o (~ (~C Th 09c meeemine A&PRIL 10 BARGAININGBILL _ Y BY COMMITTEE : Enactment to Follow Routine Formalities: Speaker Explains Court Only routine fm'maliiit-s--«lhird' | reading and officiat consent of the | | Lieutenant--Governor--stand in the | 'u*u.\' of enactment into law of On--| tario's Collective Bargaining Bill. | Guided by its chief sponsor, Labor | Minister Peter HMeenan, the mlu'h-f debated bill passed through mm-} mittee stage in the Legislature yes-- | terday afternoon, the HMHouse's last act before week--end adjournment | | which will be followed by pl'()l'088°§ 4 'tinn next week. | l Before final approval the }Inuso} agreed to several amendments, one | in Section 5 to exempt the learned | 7 and scientific professions and an--| other to clarify Clause 12, guaran--| ltooing the rights of service person-- nel, to apply with full effect after | demobilization. Speaker Defends Court. | To defend the much--criticized and + : probably most fundamental aim of the bill, establishment of a one-- Jjudge Labor Court instecad of a | suggested Labor Relations Board of three, Speaker James H. Clark | (Lib., Windsor--Sandwich) took the unusual action of availing himself of | the privilege of debate in the House | he directs. He revealed where the idea of the one--man court came from. "W. H. Furlong, K.C., «-ommmoo' counsel, and 1 discussed it. 1 mok' it up with the committee and the | committee thought it was an e.\'cel-i lent idea," said the Speaker. | Mr. Clark said the Supreme Court | was sympathetic to the idea. Mr.} Furlong had seen the Chief Justice | of the Supreme Court who had rp-i ceived him "with the utmost kind» | ness and thought the Supreme | Court should take cognizance of it." The court, he said, would take | labor affairs out of politics. [ Also, Mr. Clark said, since On--' s tario had had six different Minis-- ters of Labor since 1934, the one-- Judge court would establish perm-- anence, unaffected by changes of Government or "whether a Minister resigned or was fired." "I1 certainly do not question the capacity, integrity or ability of the Supreme Court judges," replied Op-- position Leader George Dreéew, "as long as they are dealing with legal matters in their judicial capacity. "Judges, right up to the Chief Jus-- tice of Canada, when not dealing with judicial matters, have done things which endanger respect for the Bench which they are serving," Col. Drew declared. Hydro Employees. L. M. Frost (Prog. Con., Victoria) wanted Hydro employees brought under the act, and H. N. Carr (Lib., | Northumberland) asked that the' learned professions be included. Hydro Vice--Chairman W. L. Houck (Lib., Niagara Falls) objected to in-- cluding Hydro employees since Hydro was a publicly owned, non-- profit--sharing body. To inquiry by H. E. Welsh (Prog. Con., Hastings East) as to status of hospital em-- ployees, Mr. Heenan said they could be included if they wished. § Col. Drew made it plain that h felt the bill was "loosely drawn and uncertain in its meaning and is go-- ing to cause endless difficulty as well as the friction it seeks to s avoid." ooo