The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 15 Mar 1944, p. 1

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r" Bill q f F'rh I I I Appom s a er ', Q q f ' S I G di l The Dionne Quintuplpts otCallan. the overhead to which the family" der, who have been wards of the'ha's been subjected," King and the Ontario Government! rhe fityrrHntnt'tVp.ovo, was re- . . h . bi th10 ear suit of personal meetings he had since soon after t eir ".' y s had with Mr. Dionne, said the At. .go, May 28, hereafter will be under; torney-General. Mr. Dionne had ex- the sole guardianship of theirP.r.ysed, satisfaction with the draft father, Oliva Dionne, under pro-l bill and he had said in a letter that visions of a bill introduced in theihe was satisfied. Legislature 50stei'day by AMONG-j The hill, vesting guardianship in General Leslie Blackwell. The On-;Oliva Dionne, repeals existing legis- tario courts will continue, howevttr,':lation relating to the Quintuplets to pass on all contracts entered intoiand their guardianship. In provid- b: the Quints, or their renewal. 'ing for the passing of the accounts' The Attoruv.t-Goneral explained to of the present guardians, the pay-, the House that the children hadjment out of court. of the amounts! been under the guardianship of a:rtsquirctl for the maintenance " board consisting of their {hi_itf'l'.'tlie Quintuplets and similarmatters. Judge J. A. Valin and the oir1iailthe established practice of the guardian. Judge Valin's refuonatityr,court is prescribed. The only ex-1 through advancing 820. "t NHidJception is the provision requiring; "seemed to create a pror"'r tlmtt "3,0011" otpproval of all contracts or) tpriew whether the nature of the,!renowars.' ( present guardianship is suitable." I Mr. Dionne becomes the Quints'] Under One Roof. tsole guardian from July 1 and untit.l "After a long and protracted the girls r.eafh.tht age of 21. Each. struggle," said Mr. Blackwell. "Mr.|°f the Quints is deemed to have a. (Dionne now has all the members oflom'fmh. 1ntoreit .1" 11o.ir' "OWN-"i his family under one roof instead} "The hill was $UVCtt first reading) mi in two separate units. (The aurrit/"vithout comment. i had been housed in separate quar- ters from the rest of the Dionne family.) It appeared to the Govern- ment that intervention in their " r es ans Be tsd fairs should not persist beyond what a e was necessary, and that this should rontinue only where it was demon. . strably necessary." o a e o I e r ofe Under the hill, he added, Mr, Dionne H ould become the sole physi- "al.,?ey1i.1y.,o/,,1' Quints." . The question of the soldier vote "lt there was a general erection This family, he said, lvill y in the Haidimand-Norfolk by-elec- then these men would havethe right ,':'istt'rt'e/j',vtrn',1,g,',yauat"h1lul,irts, tion was again taired in the mi" lo vote for Tlf, other ir,1/i,ilei',',d!l,",', . .1 F, t 'rrc .~ ram, , , the Premier. " n agenera e intervening only where necessary." iatute I'?,','.),'.??"') when ey. header these active service members would The move "will substantially reduce E. B Jolliffrs asked Premier George vote for candidates in the riding: Drew tf Ontario could make ar- from which they came. Icannot see rangements with Ottawa to have the weight of the argument ty them this vote taken along the lines of to vote tin lla. rfingnxlgggrlif as: , . theirs a a . ny the vote recently held l? Red Deer. forces who is qualified to vote can Alta. In that by-election polling do so hy being sworn in and those booths were set up in the camps in who do not find it convenient to be the riding and soldiers with more _1v,t,",',nin, can vote at an advanced than two months' residence were poll. given n vote. Mr. Jolliffe wanted to know what "I quite realize that soldiers and the distinction was between an air, airmen and their families living in force man living outside his stationi the riding in the ordinary way will and one living itt the camp. He add-i, A be able to vote," said Mr. Jolliffe. ed that probably one was single andi "But no provision has been made {the other marrieid. Every man in or: for active service personnel within 10M If the right to vote, he main-i . tamer. _ the camps and that would necessr- " g . ' ,t ' tate arrangements with the Domin- A "31:50" living outside of the, ion Government. 1 suggest that it cy/li' has taken up residence m the is not too late to arrange with Ot- riding and-to 2,a.t. extent. has .be- tawa to have the vote taken in Fyne a resident, said the Premier. those camps in the riding. A mar; 1:; the. camp Who has not "A clear distinction must be drawn e.stittli? e "we" still has the} between men in the camps and men right tlo 1W"? elyyvh.er.e and in a', outside the camps," replied the genera eection his "PM. would be' Premier. "If they come from the [adiabllsfhed' We haven't limited the, riding, then the fact that they are (right 0 any man in any way. i in camp would not deny them the right to vote. There is no reason why a man whose normai place of reSidence is 100 or 1,000' miles from the riding should have special ma- chinery set up for him to vote in a riding where he is not resident.

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