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Opposition Leader E. B. Jolliffe charged the Premier with deliber- atoly plunging Ontario into a gen. oral election by asking and obtain- Germany may have been crushed before the vote is taken. But wheth- er that hope is realized or not. it is elear that no Government could carr} on in the face of the bitter animosities and reckless statements of political opponents who are seek- ing to undermine every effort that is being made to give good govern- ment in this Province, "It has been suggested that tho Legislature eontiHUe in session to deal with hills now before it. At ytd.iournmpnt them were a very 'laige number of hills; already in rations stages before the Legisla- Iture. Many more are ready for in- .trodurtion and were to have been :mtrndm-ed as we proeeeded to deal with the business of the depart- ments affected. Altogether mole say whom they wish to govern them during the wars of hope and op- portunity which will follow peace." Opposition Leader E. B. Jolliffe m accept all reasonable suggestions from the Opposition. or from out. side the Legislature. an election has been forced upon u& through no choice of our own. and wn will now Fave it to the people of Ontario to "ln spite of th- efforts we havo made lo give good Government and "lt is more Ihan clam that the has! interests of tho poopie of On- tario will he served by bringing on an election as soon as possible. after which a spacial session can deal with pending 'ogislation and new legislation with a proper re- ttard for the teal business of the Legislative Assembly. than 100 hills toquiro consideration. in viots of the opmtly doclared t'OlllS!' of tho Opposition groups. no usvfui putpou- could possibly be SNVl'd by making any attempt to tieal with thew hills, catch of which would afford the opportunity for "ndlors political spew-hos by mem- brink of tho Opposition who started thoir political campaign the mo- mrmt the debates of this sesston Hogan. Bent Stop for People the men ind women overseas any real chance to take part in that oloction. Fortunatesl.v, the Active Service Election Act of 1945 has boon passed and has been pro- claimed. It is now law and will pro. vide a military Totp in accordance with our domocratic traditions. Hopes War Wilt End "It is my oarnnst hope that tho rapid succession of arr-at tttries over the enemy in El that with Europa vie. Mr. Jolliffe said the Government (' had not even attempted to get leg-i islative authority for its expendi-Y tures after March 31, the end of the " fiscal year. He termed this "grossly," improper." The GOP. Leader qpot- I ed what. Sir Robert Bordon said of; Sir Wilfrid Laurier when the latter, dissolved Parliament in 1911. _ Historic Precedent ,' "What Mr. Drew has done is to follow the unconstitutional prece- dent set by Laurier in 1911 and de- nounced by Sir Robert Borden," said Mr. Jolliffe. "Mr. Drew will enjoy the. dubious distinction of heading the first Conservative Government in Canadian history thus to violate lies." Mr. Jolliffe said. "He well know the Opposition had expressed willingness to complete such un.. finished business. Mr. Drew pre- tends that the new Artive Service Voters' Act ttill enable overseas votes to be polled. The fact is, however, that such voting will be difficult and impracticable as long as hoavy fighting continues in Europe." "In his usual high-handed way Mr. Drew has ended the session without giving the House a chance to vote supply, or to pass the new Election Act. or to deal with im- portant hills sought hy municipali- ing dissolution "when it is neither nm'ossary nor desirable." _ Nanak 2é A few days' further sittings would have cleared up the whole situation a n d p reve n t ed the "slaughter" of private bills of con- siderable importance, he declared. "As it is, to suit the arrogance and captive of Mr. Drew and his Government. the Constitution is violated and the public interest is flamed." asserted Mr. Jolliffe. A. A. MacLeod, Labor-Progressive House Leader, criticized the early dissolution, stating that since Pre- mier Drew had not given the Legis- lature an opportunity to vote in- terim supply, "he will have to re- sort to illegal methods to finance Ontario in the coming months, since under the law only 10 per cent of the Budget can be made available by Royal Warrants." recognized British constitutional usage."