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Drew Sfresse On'r io Ontario is ready and anxious to proceed with the power de-- velopments of the St. Lawrence River and is prepared to assume the full cost of the power project on the Canadian side of the boundary, Premier George A. Drew declared last night in a radio address. '"We recognize it will be of C ---------- -- direct advantage to the people of' Individual Plans this Province, although it will un-- is Turning to construction, he said: doubtedly be of great indirect aq.| "One thing which is sometimes i to the people of Canad | everlooked in the discussion of Yantage io Ine people of Canada 351 plans for postwar construction is a whole," he declared, and, pointing ' the extent to which personal plans out Canada must still await ap-- Of individual members of every: proval of the United States Con. Community will play their part in| 4 h aded: "I cs t beliey postwar construction and creation ergss, ie audeo! caénnot beleye | of employment. The largest volume that their approval will be with= of construction in this Province will} held." be based upon individual plans de-- The postwar plans of the Provin~ termined by people who are build-- cial Government, he said, call for ing new homes, rebuilding old' an expenditure of $125 million and homes, making additions and im-- fully completed plans of municipali-- provements, and also by those in ties which have already reported Bbusiness and industry who have what they intend to do, will ap-- been compelled to hold back on proximately equal that amount. | m?)ny modern developments. "If the same proportionate rela-- f postwar immigration, he de-- tionship between private and public clared: "Provincial Governments spending is maintained in the years must, of necessity, assume the following the war, we can antici--| major responsibility for the social| pate a total expenditure on con--| gecurity of those who come to live, struction throughout the who_lg_ of! within their boundaries. For that| Ontario of more than $}.?00 mll.'m_n-' reseson it is not only the right, buti "The time within which that will| the duty of this and every other| be spent will, of course, depend upon : Provincial Government to assure a' other factors affecting the demand #ype of immigration that will bring! for manpower. Whatever the exact! the best results, both for our pres--| amount will be, it is clear there !s ent population and for the immi--] a tremendous backlog of constrUC--| grants," ' tion which will move into action Most important of the PI'O\'inC'P'Sl when v.'e"pass f1~9m a war to a peace' postwar planning, he declared, was| economy," he said. \ the development of the character of Hydro Expansion ' children through education. "It' Outlining plans of expansion of| Was as part of this training for the| the Hydrq-Elecu'm Power Commls-' citizens of tompr.row thqt we fx-i sion, he said the St. Lawrence water--| fha n dgd * t;ehgmulil' msl:ru;:tlor}, ay s iv i | throughout the public se s | way plan u.ou.ld give 'Ontano at' Onk & hW tpS ]t bb oos((i)\ least 1,100 million additional horse-| Ontario, and las eptember made| power, and "from the very outset| It a part. of our regul.ar pubhci will provide employment for scores' "h,%OI cx;rngutl)um.; he said. fJea'ag! ef thousands of workers. . . . This| , "No school board is compelled to| noew energy wil} transform Eastern1 permit th.e scho.ols.under its author-- Ontario and make it a hive of new ity to give this mstruc}ion. A_ny industry with direct access by water 1ez_ach.er who.does not wish .to give to all the great seaports of the ;hl.s mstrchon may -- refrain f(ri'pm f world." oing so. ny person or guardlan In addition, he said, there are five may indicate a wish that their chil-- power sites on the Ottawa River dren should not receive this instruc-- "which we wish to develop as soon tion. In that way, freedom of con-- as possible in co--operation \}'1th science is fully protected," he said. Quebec. There again the Province "Here we have freedom of of Ontario will assume the full cost thought as well as freedom of con-- of its own share of those power proj-- science. Here we have been the ects which will provide a further p.oneers of reli.gious tole'ration_ But additional source of 283% t}? the side by side with all this hat.)s been extent of at least s orse-- the fact that religion has been a power. I am not in the slightest ryock in the life and character of doubt that satisfactory w?rklgg ahr-- the British people, :pon whicdh the}t, rangements can be completed," he have built their hopes and cas gaid. their cares. This fundamental ele-- Engineers of the Hydro system ment must never be taken from our have made plans for the develop-- gchools.'" ment Oof NOW POWY StG§$ ANQG HAVE@ = --------mmemmmmmeeae e n e cce mmmmmammmman e e ce also completed plans lor the exten-- sion of electricity to farms 'undgr a plan which will be ~iven to you in full detail very shoi\vty," he declar-- ed.