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Fe,bvumf\\ 22 é A | G. : | ". ~' val UIven _: _ ApprO | By Committee 4* | To Election Act _ ' | | Ontario's new Active Service Elec-- . tion Act, giving the diréct vote in _ Provincial elections to active service personnel and providing the prox,\" vote for prisoners of war, passed ; through committee stage in the! *# Legislature yesterday, with amend-- + ments that satisfied Opposition x'c'-!t quests for improvement of the Ori-|; +4 ginal measure. I f The act follows the Dominion & Elections Act--the War Service| _ Voting Regulations, 1944--as closely | 'A as possible, Attorney--General Leslie, 9 Blackwell explained, and the regu-- lations must be certified by the, C chief election officer of Ontario to| this effect. | & Most important difference between| the new Ontario act and the Domin--| "x ion Act is a provision in the Provin-- icial measure by which the soldier ult voter does not make his declaration| +% _as to his electoral district, etc., on + > !an envelope which contains his bal-- lot. Instead, he will be sworn by feace areniesy affidavit and will then place his bal--. tA lot directly into the ballot box, thus | R l d O fo d M t yA |ensuring full secrecy of the ballot. | | ue U+ O r el', PP LeaVeS HOUSe S Opposition Approves 'Sh Id B S k d H b R k | i Opposition Leader E. B. Jolliffe | ou e pan e I ep urn emar s; said his group regarded the amend-- A I 'mpms as a "substantial improve-- Ruled out of order by Speaker W., of us who have been here for some' f 'ment on the original bill, because it J. Stewart, William J. Duckworth years have seen members who could | fre;a.trs it tohlhe Domi::io;: law, (P. C., Toronto--Dovercourt) failedlge;ltlgg.,have been=led . out of the | 30 \which is on the statute books and arnt P | * ean be referred to at any time." He (o RAel t}.'e U i le aan Continuedt Squestioned by Aurelien Belanger| j Ithought, however, an effort should to speak in the Legislature yester-- (Lib., Prescott) about an article by | ~ be made to incorporate it in Ontario day. Premier _ Drew conferred | Beverley Baxter, British M.P., in the, [statutes and to reach an agreement briefly with him and Mr. Duckworth Montreal Standard Dec. 9 concern--| Iwith the Dominion Government to t{aen left the Chamber, 'followediing remarks allegedly made by, 3 include sections which would be op-- s'mrt],\: after by the Premler.' 'Premier Drew on his recent visit to erative in a wartime election. To a| The incident brought from Liberal England, the Premier said: "I have | question by Robert Laurier. Lib..] Hm_xse Leader Mitchel!l F. Hepburn, no recollection of making any such Oitawa East, Mr. Blackwell said| amid general laughtgr, the sugges-- statement." The purported state-- 4 the proxy vote for prisoners of war| tion that the Premier "spank the| ment was to the effect that Premier _ would be cast by their next of kin, unruly member ou't; in the front| Drew desired British stock in On-- as listed by military authorities. '| vard so. all can. see, ~lz o. (r 4 , _ [tariv as theone thing "that_ can |_ W. B. Reynolds (Prog. Cons., To -- this Provincnal( Secretary keep _ French--Canadian -- pressure, |Leeds) was chosen chairman of the George H. Dunbar replied: "Those within bounds." 'House Committee of the Whole for' 3 | this session. * l Two bills introduced by Health \ \ Minister R. P. Vivian also were ad--" _ {vanced to committee, one to facili-- 'tate police aid in apprehending -- ,, patients escaped from mental hos-- |pitals. Police officers are loath to _ § accept an order for help from:| [superintendent under the present: f system, Dr. Vivian said. C The bill amending the Mentai : Hospitals Act will give superinten-- : dents power to issue warrants, ¥ A bill amending the Children's ' Protection Act provides for medica}' \ "attention for pupils neglected by 3 parents -- pupils -- excluded _ from y school because of communicable| _ _ [ skin infections, for instance, Dr.|_ Vivian explained. hok