1 e P eaesessasemaaaeaaaenenennenenent e eA March 14 l nc ce 7'__--__--------'_____---"--_'..' x Bill Ai Smoother Work Bill Aims at Smoother Work " j d Devel f | row In Planning and Developmeni Legislation to clarify the func-- tions of the Department of Plan-- f ning and Development and to per-- g \mit closer_ functioning between % | municipalities and the dcpartmontf was introduced yesterday in the| \Ontario Legislature by Hon. Dana ;3 \Porter. The bill was entitled The: 'Planning Act, 1946, and replaces the f original legislation which estab--| * lished the department. | Under its provisions the Minister| is authorized to approve the alloca--| tion of planned areas which have been selected by a local planning council to consist' of three, six or nine members not elected to mu--| nicipal office or in the employ of the municipality, plus one repre-- sentative chosen by the municipal council, for every three appointed.| He also is authorized to approve| and assist in creating plans for mu--| nicipal areas, and municipalities are given authority to enter into plan-l ning understakings for various pur--| poses, including housing. Other Government bills intro-- duced included an amendment to | the Workmen's Compensation Act which will provide all workersi under the legislation to have the same medical care and eliminate! |abuses where, as Labor Minister' lDaley explained, some employers hire their own physicians. | | A third bill introduced by Pro-- 'vincial Freasurer Charles Dunbar' | permits the Province to establish \industrial farms anywhere in On-- tario, and for cities or counties of \50,000 povulation or more to estab-- h