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Mavch 26 ® | Drew Defends Outlay | For Provincial Services As 'Wholly Justified" ' Whether a taxing agreement or failure to reach unity is the out--| While criticizing costs, he pointed | $ come ~f the Dominion -- Provincial| out, Mr. Nixon had questioned the| also might be expected to go up Conference, Ontario will be in "an| "small allotment" to the new Travel| It might be found, too, that ma-- exceptionally strong financial posi--| and Publicity Department. 'The| terials would not be available to tion," and the undertaking of ser--| $150,000 might seem small at first| carry out the Highways Depart-- vices which this year will create a) glance, but the department would| ment projected $47 million pro-- 21--million--odd deficit are "wholly) receive much aid from other de--| Sram or the program of Public justified," Premier George Drew| partments Game and fish, high-- Works and other departments. declared yesterday in the Legisla-- ways, lands and forests, education "One can hardly credit," said Mtr ture. through training courses in resort| Nixon, "that capital expenditure On the other hand, the premier and hotel management, public works| , Will jump in one year from $8,600,000 said in replying to criticism by: and so on. The department would| to $32,300,000. I cannot credit that former Liberal Leader Harry Nixon _ be a co--ordinating office largely.| our cautious Provincial Treasurer as Chief Opposition critic the until it ascertained many things, |will actually put the old Tory Government "would be open to far which it would report back to the |spending machine in high gear and greater censure if it failed in this. Legislature next year. E]"{ her £0 headlong down the moun-- postwar period to provide for those When Mr. Nixon criticized for t&in with the accelerator clamped things needed to ensure us going not "signing up" at Ottawa, the! Gown on the floor--boards." ahead, such tasks as new roads to| Premier said, he was in the posi--| Mr, Nixon regarded as signifi-- open new areas and provide new : tion of not having been present at| 'cant the statement in the Treas-- jobs." The future, he said, was: the conference meetings. On the| urer's Budget address that it was secure, and, after quoting Omar's other hand, he (the Premier) had| .the intention of the Government on philosophy as representing Mr. been and he assured Mr. Nixon that| 'the .tormination of the Dominion-- Nixon's beliefs, he said: a true spirit of co--operation had| Provmqml Conference to overtake "We are not going to take the existed from the outset, that not| the deficit {rom future ordinary rev-- cash in hand and waive the rest. one Province had been prepared to| | ONUOS. "W hen is this m'ertaql'{mg We are not going to sign on the sign forthwith, and that even Mr.! | business going to ftake place? he dotted line merely because the King, announcing adjournment, had, |4Sked. _ "How """'," be affected dotted line is put before us. I may announced that amendments had DA 'n("'f':"';ged taxation or reduced say that neither was any other been made and more were con--' spending? Government prepared to, despite his templated. | Claims Continuity Lack (Mr. Nixon's) impression that they Ontario, he said, wished it clearly Mr. Nixon criticized the Govern-- were and thzu_ we shou'l(i sign Aany| understood that "an agreement is! ment for what he termed lack of Aagreement quickly. We will take| profoundly desired and is sincerely}! 'continuity of policy in the extra the cash only if it is clearly in keep--! expected." But the Budget must| school grants and wondered what ing with the needs of this Province: not be criticized, he said, because| the grants would be next vear in| in the future." of conference outcome; in any!| face of an expected deficit. He| The Premier's Budget "'l'"'""';" Wws event, Ontario would be strong. He charged that the announced surplus a.l'm:)vt' wholly an answer of Mr.) recalled the 1942 agreement under| of $6 million was misleading, since| I\l..\!)n.\' ('l'lll.t'l.\'n'.\'. Bl.l'"fll'.\':. he which the Provinces l'('"ll(]lliSh('di it was spent in school grants be--' smd. he hohp\-(.\(l Mr. Nixon was taxing authority, quoted it as|! fore the end of the fiseal vear. "The sincere and fair, was moved by "clearly designating those powers| 'Treasurer might as well sav he had illollgh.ts of Onlf'n'u'»s'n.n'm-('.-;l.f. an'_(i as Provincial powers." Ontario, hef a surplus of $127 miIlién if we ;w\"lh thm; r'h(-' .PI','_m'_f" ':'f)l"ll',"f'_"? '!--' said, did not wish double taxation:| hadn't spent anything." he com-- Iérin .hnd been fortunate." posmop because if agreement failed, 1 the schools last year had been aikt f e all taxing powers, plus a 1942 Fed------quplicated this year, the Province Not Tied to Pattern eral pledge of restricted taxing in would have a deficit of $2.700,000. Criticism because Ongprio's ad--| those fields (income and corporat he maintained, adding: "I condemn vances on educational gir:mls l'ariu(i' tion tax), would give Ontario am-- tho lack of consistency and continu-- this vear fmm Iho,\:o in 194;).' the | ple revenues to meet its budgeted ity in budget poli('\'.\\'hi('h makes P.-s.mx(-x said, was without consider-- expenditures and meet any deficit c&nparison of one \:e-ax' with anoth-- ing that the pi.f\'mr-nis.\\-;'\'y-p Y'J.Ud"f predicted for this year. er impossible." * | from .~<urplu>'n\"nn yeat's financins, Former Premier Harry C. Nixon The Government's greatly in<| nnd':?l.\o were "not I'I('d to any pa.l- introduced an -- amendment , con-- creased grants to school hoardsf o '.i)A('L'c'lU'\'('"lhv Government did| demning the Government Budget were not benefitting the taxpayer :I'Or:] \\\'l};lhlpto Rf)r\?vlz%olnlq'z.l.ny &)" ftor.ocast of a.d.efi(-it of $21,065,694 ;, many instances, he said, citing s . studving en COd ffon wWas| "without provision for reventes (0 increases in tax rates in many lo-- siudying education and would pos-- meet increased expenditures" and calities in spite of the additional sibly make proposals "for better| said that the estimated expend!i--) |crants § -pa('\)'men! mvthf)(l.;.'.' fure of §$200 million --during --the -- '~ as to Ontario's attitude _ toward tod mf:rlll(l: l(:e\:(s:x xl:nd(-lx 'i':-l"-'tfxl'ldgfnt- ;':gllsr;)iyfiar constituted a "spend-- Dominion subsidies in lieu of tax-- ces 92 se ns 1 e. ati rers, . Nix eclared P soa onl Lu' ol Oftawa® as Mr. Mr. Nixon said the Budget was ;:;?)'Lfi{)i?':l(;z'sthlzzdtl Pl:el\o('i]ou(:)ted "if Nixon Chal'é'"} Revenues were not! produced more for the Dominion-- any (Eoverr{ment would dare to leliberately discounted: This year's| Provincial Conference, to reassemble ;l) k away from the Dominion sub-- highway gas revenues would lack; in April, than as a forecast of what I(fd : df iure." and added: "I can. the $3,000,000 grant from Ottawa;| would actually happen in Ontario| 9!UY '!" 'NU!UTE: flo can do oth restriction of liquor production had| d@uring the year. | not see how Ontario can do o [.er becn anticipated by a $4,000,000 cut| Why, he z;sked, should the Gov-- Ulllap" sign on the dotted line {in-- in estl.mated revenues. Nor _hadl ernment estimate that liquor rev-- a}){. had t, he said, denounced experditures keen over--rated. High--| enue would drop $4 million within e_nad _"0' se > s wall ways required much work, not only' the year? Gasoline taxes and rev-- !he Govcxn.ment fo'n nol «wallomws for reconstruction of wartime rav-- -- enue from motor vehicle licenses| NS hook, line and sinker, the offer ages but in opening new areas, and ' 'n»laced before the Provinces at the _ _every other increase to departments was warranted by postwar needs.