The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 14 Mar 1944, p. 1

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F" March l4- l l (These si ns . r n "." -." .. . ' Brewers to beverage 1e,ii'stg'eort1/1.t,'t1 e32! It IS Just about as tiitrteult to L.C.B and informed the public I :t'range a conference between the . . . . . ; ea o . . nt B d t that restrictions in the sale of l anddthef htl,1aed f?h1t'ili.,1'u,1eog,e,,rle'J"d _ Meet oar l j tvPih7gi,,titiott,', 300:1?" patsied i it is for the head not the Canadiani . . "The notices 'l'i1lCvtorr'ht'ltti' the; Gfovernment to meet with the heagsi . . . b o 0 . t el. This Morning l, 'information that the alcoholic bev.) Empirtgi'er Governments m l erages available for sale at the sales! In "." . , ' outlet were restricted bv Dominion Ki his letter to the Premier, Mr" ' . Board officials and) order " said the Premier "That' mg said his G.oyern.rpent was .1n"l' Ontario Liquor i statement was correct M Ki i fluenced in reaching its conclusion! representatives of brewery com-i has not furthered the (gamut)?! to enact the alcoholics beverages; panics will meet in Toronto this, Domi/idniiGiirrciiiccipeiiiifa byi ye, by t.he statement_ of Mr. morning to consider how best tol, misrepresenting the facts to the, RE"; c','or,C,e/t'fsrsi,0r, m 'd/hilt tit . . . F . , . n. n a s e a. - take advantage at the! 11123323111132: M1910 ot Canada regarding the; awa on Oct 30 1942peMcr Conant , r F ' 's . . 0 ' " , " . ' t"' . . fi0nv,"1'y,lt'1dior,'i'm2"' beer it was "li/Ind,",),',!;?:'?,,,??;.",,:',',"?,),',; l, was reported as saying that it, as cent WW" "l ' . . ' s yp ? o 1 . 1ll5, con-l a war measure, the Dominion find learned last night. tinned Premier Drew, that he: . 'ANC"." ' . _ ... Tl beer plt'llll" appeared lo be failed to inform the people of Can.. it necessary to, curtail quantities to . . ight To 1 e of liquor or period of sale, all guns- somewhat confused "shilling f th ada at the same time that I had) dictions Involved would have to a latw.e extent the a iity o e written to him last Friday asking, , -. I . _ brcwecry interests to meet thespd-r for an appointment so that thef 2:25;? li. as part of the wet pro- den change will be the determining Attorney-General. the Commissioner . . " t... . . . factor in whether Ontario citizens of the Liquor Control Board and I Dem": EH-th this. speeifie let are going to get much more beer. could meet him in Ottawa in an $31: D'/?,sri',",',d,'ti, ie,";,,?';,,",.,',','; 151:: than they are 1e1iye,,t,ot,ed,; unable: effort to find some solution of the ister that it was unfortunate the Irfetr, 3935's 011191110 situation unsatisfactory situation that had de. Dominion Government had not also to c1sr'l1lf.1.,i,ew, oint' that veloped. I presume I am to accept been intluence.d by Mr. Conant's He was definite 91110;: p 'e t t d " t hi . next words, which were: "Sueh cur- Ontario had n?t.iailt' o co-oprac; o as s announcemen, as .'11S idea tailment, however, "on as a war with,tle Dominion. m thiImattfltod ot an appropriate reply designed to measure. would certainly result in resttuctmg Peer _,",",,tir,. fsfi", iu"te encourage co-operation." oootltxgginz with all the other the _sutrg.estl.oy from. rlttV ",m Ir,'); Lett t M Ki troubles that arise therefrom in- Mackenzte hing that Ontario d " o r. n" volving the problem of law enforce- failed to dt) Its part, yy) produced ; Answering Ottawa's charge that ment." copies of correspondence o prove. 'Ontario was not co-operative in Continuing, Premier Drew oh- his contention that dhoh hdad iffgred. !tl e tt , n d 'ii' 1 served: "If the Dominion Govern- every assistance, an a as e as', , 1. ma er 0 Per an ltluor rer- ment found one part of Mr. Co- late as Mant'h lo fora conference' Nations, the Premier read tn the nant's statement so convincing it with Mr. King Oll the subject. (House. a copy of a letter which he: is unfortunate it was not equally Question of Labor. 'sent to Prime Minister King Olll impressed by a prediction which The problem of labor enters into March 10 This letter Wtt51 in reply has proved all too accurate." the beer picture, and out of today's " , .. . l . . . -.'__ conference between the breweries. to one from the Prime Minister of and the Liquor Board is likely to' Feb. 24, in which the action of the, Shem" a clearer "will" what "W1 'Dominion in passing the wartime) ominion's action wt mean in . . 'eha. [ terms of more beer for the _indirl,, -al(oholic order was defended: l vidual consumer. Any contemplated) In the last paragraph ot his lhl'i action on a single permit. for beer, ter to Mr. King. Premier Drew said:' . BrineI and liquor will await further ,"AS your letter did not give mel ' eve opmen s. i . . . Brewers indicated late yesterday: 'the information which I had hoped) that a beer shortage may exist for. Ito obtain, I would asrr for an early a few months. Time would be re-; 'meeting in Ottawa to which I will quél'ed.t they 3852330 ',Td1,t,a/i11v1roetii, swing the Attorney-General and the an ma ureana iionaqa y ', . '.,,,..t . ' beer. It was denied that large stocks! lgghifi-ofiaflgfisigniirieczfse'liieLgfigfiI. of beer were piled in..w.a.relPusesl 'bilitv of finding some 'li/iid/iii/ and could be made available imme- isolution for a si'.uation which i, diately. i U . . "." . . " ., . . . ' n i s 's' r s. informed while the Legislature) P'g/.ylr, increasingl) e iou. i, was in session that the Dominion. This was proof enough that hi, Government had rescinded its war-I fioe'/i/,T','vtithh11d1,t), 2:6:halrngg. time order as it affects beer, Pre-i the Premier assert d ' g , tr.ier Drew passed on the news tol, I . u" e . the members. and desks were? 'INot "Correct Reason. thumped . enthusiastically. Laterl i "From press reports which I have the Premier conferred briefly With! before me it appears that the beer Attorney-General Leslie Blackwell,!, (restrictions have been removed he. Before doing so, however. he readi cause of Ontario's failure to co- Copies of the correspondence ltd operate." said the Premier. "That tween the two Governments on the'; ,does not happen to be the correct beer issue. (reason. Says Facts Misrepresented. _ "Mr. King takes the position that Premier Drew charged Prime the wartime order called for a 10 Minister King with misrepresenting. perzccnt beer f.ut'/n,,1fne,r,l,o made the facts concerning Ontario's han- l 25 per cent. will have some tiling of the beer situation. l rigorous comments to make on 539,81 hours after informing the these glaring inaccuracies later on. Legislature that the Dominion Gov-' It IS 1bur.1dat1tly clear that, ittr . ernment had lifted the beer restric-' from refusing to co-operate, all .wt? gong, Mr. Drew issued a statement asked was a meeting to discuss it. in which he said the Prime Min- istendid '.'t.omf truly remarkable puzzling with figures in his attempt It distort the effect of the notices) (put up by the Liquor Control Board! to! Ontario." ;

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