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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, THIURSDAY, MARCE 7th,, 1968 REPORT FROM OTTAWA Russel ýC. Honey, M.P., Durham The vo te of confidence, taken this week estabiished the author- ity of the governmeýit to remain i office. For two days after the lost vote no pro gress was made. The Opposition Parties demand. ed the resignation. of the govern- ment and refused to consider any busiess until the confidence mo- tion had been decided. This was a sound and reasonable position for the Opposition to take. It was flot, however, reasonable for the Opposition to take ad- vantage of the rules of 'Parlia- ment ahd refuse to start the de- bate on the confidence motion until 48 hours 'after it was intro- duced by the government. By do. ing so they paralized Parliainent by relying oni a technicality and nothing was done for two days. The people of Canada had a right to know whether or not the governmient had the confidence of Parliament and of the Canadi- an people. The governiment had an obligation to have the question settled. The question at issue from the constitutional standpoint was whether or tiot there should be an election each lime the govern- ment, loses a vote. The great weight of public opinion which 1 receiveci indicated to me con- clusively that Canadians do not want aài election at this time. Importarit as that fee ling was, it could not be a> controlling con- sideration. Our parliamentary in,- -stitution bas been'established at great cost i blood 'and tears and we must not do anything to weak- en the institution. The government took the posi- tion that. it had an obligation to submit its, face t a vote of the Rouse of, Commons. The resuit of ehat vote would determihie its future. The great weight of par- liamentary and constitutional authorities support the position tahen by the government. Beau- chesne,, Bourinot, and Erskine May which are leadffig recognized writers on this 'subject were un- animous in support. .In the past 5 years Canadians have been electing minority gov- ernments. It is reasuiriable to in- fer that the people did not in- tend to give a firm mandate to any Part.y. We must interpret thue House of Commons in this atmosphere. 'It would be ridicu- IOus to have a firm rule, and particularly-ridiculous in the coù- text of a minority governmnent, to have a constitutional require- ment that there must be an el- ection each time the government loses a vote. When Canadians eleet a' min- ority government they' take the chance that it will be defeated. The wonder is that Mr. Pearson's governments, which have been in a minority position sice 1963, have flot been defeated before. In 'effect, when the people elect a minority government they ask the government to govern as best it caËi. They do 'not expect-,it to cali an election each 'thue it is defeated and there is no consti- tutional or parliamentary pract- ice requiring it to do so. To Put the question of confid- ence to the House of Commons, was a reasolnable - and logicai thing to ýdo. Now that the govern- ment bas received a vote of con- fidence it bas a mandate to go ahead'and govern. If, it bas realIy-. lost the confidence of the people as the Conservatives and N.D.P. Parties' allege, the tfact will be made kionatthe next general election. LclNewis The Gymh-astic Team of Clarke High SehqoolPut. on a demonstra- tion at Pie Ridge School, Bow- manville ,on Monday evening. 31r.Win. Reid, Jr., bas accepted a psition at the Armstrong I.G.A. Store in Peterborough. Trudeau (Centinued from page 1) corne very.great i some areas. To becorne good at some things, to accept the challenge andi to funnel energies into the areas whicli could 1o most. good, is the approach Mr. Trudeau féegs Can- ada should take in the chatiging world. As regards'the economic world, it was important for Canada not so much to buy back the past, but to buy the future; important to decide now what areas of econ- omic development were import-ant for the world of tomorrow and become good At these things. The same applied to the intel- lectual sphere, he said. Cana da should be able to formulate i the area of foreign affairis or in the field of parliamentary dem- ocracy or the techniques of com- municatiodi between, government and people. 'We should be able to invent, adapt a nd move quickly and change quickly keeping al the basic principles imind but not being stuck to any doctrine or any theory which was perhaps in- vented 20, 50 or even 100 years ago. We should ih the. area of sci- ence, for instance, understand that it is no good being extremely productive in one type of idustry because it is very efficient but tends to pollute our rivers and make the land unliveable for the people around it.' The old theory in the area of weif are had to go ahd it had to be iealized that in the affluent So- ciety, it was not as important to make sure we are giving a cheque or a payment to everyone who was a member of society. The re- placement should be a greater concern for 'those individuals and those smail grouips of people who are living on the mfargins of our Society and to bring them into the mainstretam of our economy ahid culture.' 'It is flot enoutgh to give them a cheque every month - it is more important to retrain them, to help them adapt to our society' he said. -Port Hope Guide Cobourg Lawyer (Continued from page 1) We have to stretch Our minds in the years that lie ahead. We have to recognize our ways are ,not. neces -sarily the best ways,' he said, calling for understand- in1g and charity. 'If you're going to succeed as a party,' he charged the 200 Lib- erals present, 'You as a party nieed unity.' >'Let's not let dissension creep into our ranks.' E. R. Lovekin presented the new conistitution for, the riding. It was passed on condition that it corne up for further discussion at the Saturday meeting in Port Hope. Flowvviers Ideal GiLft CANAMWOOD Phone 983-5539 Orono, Ontario Gana raska (Continued from page 1) Hope is paying its fair share. I thihk it should be, $3,500. In 1967 the town agreed to paying a levy of $3,000 after balking at, a pro- posed hike from $2,868.50 ln 1966 te ý$6,379.79 in 1967. The town's levy in 1968 was proposed for $2!,982. Mr. Foster wondered whether the members of the authority re- alized the benefits of the levy that the Ganaraska Authority used. J. A. Reynolds, the Port Hope representative 'agreed. "We should'n't be too local in our in- ferests," he said. "This $7,500 budget is getting te the point where it is only an operational budget. Mr. Foster recommended the authority members give serious consideration to taking the bud- get levy proposais back to their respective municipal councils for study. Finally Elmore 'Scott, the Hope Township representatve,- broke the deadlock in the discussions when he came up with a solution by juggling the major portion of Newcastle's share inc^reasei a- mong five of the other six con- tributing muncipalities and thus retaining at least the $7,500 bud- get total proposed. Mr. Cunningham finally agreed to let Newcastle's contributions bear: a $50, increase and stand at $350 instead of the basic $300 whiehi it paid iast year. To, make up the difference, Cavan Township's proposed share was raised from the basic $300 to $325; Clarke Township went a- long with'an increase from $1,611 to $1,800: Hamilton Tow nship's levy was h-ept at $300 insteadi of., a proposed $403; IloPe Townshiip's contribution was approved at $1,400 froni the proPosed $1,127; Manvers Township stayed at $325 and Port Hope'slevy was raised from $S2,982 to $3,000, the same ,amounit as last yeýar. Mr. Scott saidý he thought the authority should stay with this budget for this year and if Gra- ham Creek goes ahead they should go hack to their councils for more money next year. Mr. Foster. said he would ad. cept the budget as it is this year but reiterated his feelings about the low amounts of the levies. "I think we are dead wrong i this" RAINEY'S Oonfectionery Phone Orono 983-5733 Glen Rae Dairy Produets Wm. Neilson's Tee Cream Assortment of Cho&toate Bars Sehool Supplies Cgarettes & Tobaceos L.P. 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