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THURS., DECEMBER 2ist, 1944 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE NINE Col. Drew Reviews Progress 0f Ris 22-Point Programme <Continued from page 1) eae of the imit of time at my aImy statement must of ~ess'ity be condensed te essen- xial details. 1. We said we wouhd maintain British institutions anid strengtlicn the British partnership in every way within our power. That we have donc and wili do. We have opened Ontario House in London te maintain direct contact in Bni- tain and te, prepare for the open- ing of post-war trade. Today, the name of Ontario is better known than ever before throughout the whole of Britain and that is go- ing te produce many valuabie re- sults in the days after the war. 2. We undertook te work in effective co-operation with the Dominion Government and with other governing bodies in Cana- da for the prosecution of the war and for the welfare of our people. That we have donc. Severai of our Departments are working with Departments of the Domin- ion Government under very satis- factory joint agreements. One hundred and forty-eight build- ings belonging te the Ontario Government are being used for varlous purposes by the Dominion Government. Since taking office wc have continued to press for a Dominion-Provincial Conference and have aiso urged the setting up of a Dominion - Provincial Joint Planning Board. Most other provinces have indicated a simi- lar desire. We are still awaiting the decision of the Dominion Government te caîl the Confer- ence. 3. The farms, the factories, the mines, the forcsts, and personal services were te, be assistcd in their efforts te increase employ- ment and good wages. That has beco donc with positive and sub- stantial results. 4. Agriculture was te be or- ganized under a plan prepared by farmers themselves, called te- gether from ah over the province. For those who have left their -Christmas Gift buying late, we would suggest you shop at our store. Borne lnes are low but there are rnâny others where variety makes shopping easy. Gift Purses A purse is always a welcome gift and our large assortrnent makes it possible for you te choose juit the one wanted. We have ther n i various colors and shapes, ail the latest styles, in leather, imitation leather and fabrios. Values te suit every requirement. ILadies' Warm Winter Coats This cold weather makes you feel the need of a new, warm coat. Our large stock should satisfy that want and at economy prices. Gits for MEN4 If you still have to buy HIS gift, you '11 find many prac- tical suggestions here, including suits, overcoats, gloves, sweaters, beits, ties, socks, braces, shirts, etc. Couch, Johoston & Cryderman PHONE 836 BOWMAN VILLE DAYS FOR COLLECTION l~ote the new changes of collection and deiivery in jour district. This in made necessary by new gevernmeat regulations which permit us to cover any one district one day a week only We wiil, tixerefore, be in flowmanviile MONDAY ONLY HAVE YOUR BUNDLE READY Oshawa Laundry & Dry Cleaning CO. LflWIED FOR ECONOMY Send your leaalng witliyour laundf!y PHONE - 419 That has been done. On Septem- of its members is awaiting the ber 2, 1943, more than 400 farm- completion of an inquiry now be- ers, representative of ail agricul- ing conducted into the procedure tural organizations in the pro- which has been foilowed in vince, met at the invitation of awarding contracts and establish- the Ontario Government and ing cutting rights. We have, how- chose a permanent agricuitural ever, made sweeping changes in committee of twenty-three. Much has been accomplished and legis- forest practices, resuit in g in lation was passed at the iast Ses- getyicesdrvnet h sion providing for the organiza- province and a general improve- tion of county agricuitural com- ment in forestry conditions. A mittees, with Government assist- week after taking office we took ance, to plan and stimulate pro- back 13,729,280 acres of forest duction in each county. We un- land under the control of the pro- dertook to place the Ontario vince because of failure toi carry Stockyards under the control of out promises to construct miils on farmers themsçlves, and this we toeaes sarsl fta have done. In accordance with action, two new milis have al- our undertaking, Ontario now has ready been assured and arrange- the most advanced agriculturai ments are now bcbng made for organization in Canada, and i tes A Frs Sho a procecding month by month to startcd in Haliburton County, strengthcn its position. where 10,000 acres of land wcre 5. Ontario has the fairest and set aside for that purpose. Two most advanced îaws governing great provincial parks have been labor relations in the whole of established at the Head of the Canada. The McTague Com- Lakes. The Nipigon Forest Vil- mission Report was rcceived by lage project has been authorized the Dominion Government ait the a oe oetdvlpet very time we took office. We A t present it is impossible to im- learned that it was the intention pose some of the cutting restric- of the Dominion Government to tions which are desirable because impemet te ecomenatinsof the urgent need for timber for of that report by Order-in-Coun- war purposes, but as soon as we cil, and that they were going to return toi normal conditions the introduce a Labor Code f or, t he long-term cutting policies we whole of Canada. Wc had no have already laid down will be choice but to accept that Code strictly applied. without attempting a separate in- 8. We undertook to set up an quiry of our own at that time, in Ontario Housing Commission to view of the overriding power' of plan housing throughout the pro- the Dominion Government under vince. We have gone bcyond that the War Measures Act. We im- undertaking by sctting up the De- mcdiateiy directed our efforts to- partment of Planning and De- ward obtaining uniforma applica- velopment, which includes the tion of the Code toi ail labor rela- work of such a Commission with- tions throughout Canada. Because in its powers. That undertaking of the objection of one province, has been fully carried out by the that course was not followed and setting up of this new Department the Code adopted by the Domin- of Government. ion Government applicd oniy to 9. We undertook to assume 50 war industries. The Ontario Gov- per cent of the cost of education. ernment, however, pas$ed thie That wc have done as I have al- necessary ligislation to make the ready explained. Code apply in this province to 10. We said that our edu&ation- ahl industries and set up an On- ai systemi would be revised so tario Labor Relations Board with that children might have the equal representation from, labor gre.atest possible equality of cdu- and management. We wer-e the cationai opportunity, wherever first Government in Canada to they.lived throughout the whole adopt the 48-hour week, and to province. We also undertook to provide for one week's vacation expand vocational training and toi with pay. Many improvements recognize the place of our teach- were made in the legislation gov- ers in the community. Ahl that erning factory conditions and we have done and a great deal working conditions generaîîy. more. We passed an Act gîving Through the proceedings now tak- pur teachers professional stand- ing place before the Ontario ing and a wide measure of con- Labor Relations Board, the On- trol over their own profession. We tario Department of Labor, wiîî have set up a Department of Vo- continue toi receive useful sug- cational Guidance and have great- gestions for the improvement of ly extended vocational and tech- existing leigisîation. nical training. Our educational 6. We undertook to advance the programi has been greatly extend- great basic industry of mining 50 ed and has won recognition that it might offer the widest op- throughout the whole of Canada. portunities for empioyment in the I will discuss it in some detail on future. That we have donc. One another occasion. of our first steps was toi appoint 11. We have donc what we said a Royal Commission fuliy repre- we would do in giving our child- sentative -of labor, management, ren the greatest possible oppor- engineering, and other technical tunity to face life with a healthy skills, under the Chairmanship of mind and a healthy body. We Mr. Norman Urquhart. This prov- have introduced physicai instruc-, cd toi be one of the most success- tion ioto, the schoois, training in fui commissions ever se t up in citizenship and health measures, the Dominion of Canada, and its throughout the province. This excellent report, c9vering every has been extended and advanced phase of our mining problems, progressively year by year. We will mark a great milestone inhave laid an effective foundation mining development in this pro- for a sound system covering this vince. I think it only fair to say whole field. that every member of that Com- 12. We have prepared plans, as mission showed his great sense of we said we would, for great pub- public service by refusing to ac- lic undertakings which wiil be cept anything but out-of-pocket carried out when the war ends. expenses, although they were en- We have a five-year highway pro- gaged in this work for a consider- gram aiready announced, exten- able part of their time for over a sive hydro-electric power con- year. Convincing evidence was struction, public buildings, and given of the place the Ontario De- many other activities to be under- partiment of Mines has assumed at taken after the war. These will the Mining Conference held in be fully explained at another Vancouver a short time ago, when time in a review of the work of the other provinces unanimousîy those departments. ti requested the Honourable Leslie 13. We said we would adjustC Frost, the Ontario Minister of rates for electric energy and re- r Mines, to assume responsibility move the service charge in rural for co-ordinating aIl mining infor- areas. That we have donc. By e, mation for joint inter-provincial combining the Niagara, Georgian action throughout the whole of Bay and Eastern Hydro Districts N Canada. . in one administrative unit, wep 7. We have carried out our un- have increased the efficiency and h. dertakings in regard to the man- iowered the cost of operation. t, agement of our forest resources, Power charges have been sub- ei except for the appointmnent of the stantialiy reduced in the mînîng si personnel of the Ontario Forest areas. One hundred and twenty p Resources Commission. We took rural power districts have also t, the necessary action in the On- been combined into one adminis- tario Legisiature toi create this trative group. In spite of war-p Commission but the appointment time restrictions on supplies and ai _________________________manpower, more than 10,000 rural E customers were added during the si first year of our administation. c] Power is being extended toi farms h~ as rapidly as wire and other Business Directo I essential supplies become avail- a, able. F 14. Wc undertook to make plans tl Legal for land reclamation to be put ir Legl lto effect after the war. That bi has been donc, and ncw plans are t W. . TRKEbeing made continuously through- t, continue to improve under the DR. J. C. DEVITT advicc and guidance of Civil Assitan: D. E W.Sh~>îi Servants working in co-operation Amisant Dr E. . Smon wxth thc Government. Graduate of Royal Dental Col. 17. Wc undertook to assure our lege. Toronto, Office: Jury Jubilee people the right to deîànd their Bldg., Bowrnanvlle. Office houri persons and propcrty beirire the 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. dally, Courts. That principie ha& been 9 a.m. to 12 moon Wednesday, carefully observed in the lehisia- Closed Sunday tion we have drawn, and liecr- Phono 790 - House phono 325 ever any restriction of this ri<ýht X-Ray Equipmenl. ln Office has appeared, measures have bêm taken to assure access to the Courts. This principle has been recognized, dnd will be recogniz- ed, in ahl legislation we introduce. 18. We said we would increase M4others' Aliowanccs and Old Age Pensions. We have done so. We have also succeeded in obtaining the consent of the Dominion Gov- ernment te the removal of the re- triction on the holding of pro- >erty by Oid Age Pensioners up to $2000. 19. We saîd we would assure >roper representations of veter- ans, labor and the public, on Boards deaiing with essential services. That principie has been observed in appointments that we have made. 20. We undertook te give men and women serving in the Armed Forces priority in employmcnt by the Public Service and protection in their employment. That has ceen donc through instructions to the Civil Service Commission and tothe various departments of government. 21. Wc said we would give pro- tction te members of the Armed Forces against various types of lgal proceedings. That promise âas been carried out in accordance with the exact wording of our .ndertaking. 22. We said that we would set p a Rehabilitation and Social Service Committee to draft plans [r social security and care for te rehabilitation and employ- mient of our veterans ând muni- on workers after the war. That committee has been set up and is xorking in co-6peration with the >cpartment of Planning and De- eiopment. You will sec from this review tat in nearly evcry essentiai de- ail we have put our program into ýffect. We have not yet appointed te members of the Forest Re- With the advent of Christmas this year, thege words hold for us an added significance: " Peace to men of good will 1 " sources Commission for reasons which I have explained. We have net yet been able te completed seme of our post-war plans be- cause of the refusal of the Do- minion Government te call a Do- minion - Provincial Conference. Some parts of our program cali for action which will of necessity continue year after year. Subjcct te these reservations, we have im- plemented our whohc 22-point program. Since 'I spoke te you hast, a vigereus effort has been made to misrepresent ftiy own position an& the position of the Ontario Government ho regard k> family allowances and other legislation passed by the Dominion Govero- ment. As recentiy as last week, it was stated in the House of Commons that I had been con- ducting a crusade against family allowances. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Let me quote my own words from a speech I made on this subject ever the radio on August 9th last which led te this criticism: "We are in favor of every pro- per step being taken to encourage large and healthy families. We believe in sound provisions for family allowances a nd social security." Those were my words. I thought those words were cîcar enough for anyone te understand and leave no room for misunder- standing anywherc. I have point- cd eut many times that socialj services have always been regard- cd as being within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Provincial Par- iaments and Governments. Fam- ily ailowances are certàiniy part of a system of social security. Our position is that if the Dominion Government is to deal wîth any of these subjects which fail within provincial jurisdiction, there must be consultation bctween the Do- minion and Provincial Govern- ments. This province offers great op- portunities for the future. Wc are preud of what we have donc and confident of what we can do to help that future. We are anxious to work in the closest harmeny with every other pro- vince in Canada, sharing our ad- vantages and accepting obliga- tions in equal measure. 1 assure you that the present Ontario Gev- eroment will do what it cao te buiid a strong Ontarie and at the same time will always be ready te take its full share i building an ever stronger Canada of te- mn orow. MILK.Oble. Keeps Santa on the Job! Sure Santa's job is bigger than ever in wvartime. That's3 whîy lie depends on inilk for that extra en.erÉy he needs to keep hlm iigeing. Take a tip from thîs hale and iearty victery worker . . . niilk lias a big supply of vitamins aîîd nutritive elements we ail need for abundant health. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ÂLL OUR OUBTOMERS AND FRIENDS j j,. ,pi, WE Canadians, whether we fight in over. We are fighting that the spirit of the factory or on the farm-in industry Christmas shall endure. And we rejoice or in the armed services, wish peace on that this Christmas brings with it the def- earth to men of good will the world inite promise of freedom for ail mankind. (Pr eCtojfe THE HouSE 0F SEAGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THURS., DECEMBER 21st, 1944 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO PAGE NENZ