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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30th, 1941 - XE A i) \ THESE ARE THE FACTS of the Dominion-Provincial ~Co HON. T. B, McQUESTEN, K.C, ONTARIO MIN. ISTER OF HIGHWAYS AND MUN. AFFAIRS, (Vol. 2, pages 83 10 87): ictedL "Mr, Prime Minister and gentlemen, bef, i conference dissolves, the province of te a e to before it its financial position with regard io Be effects of the Birois report on the province's FR Hi ot 3 might properly preface what 1 have to : referring wo points touched upon b) the Premier of Manitoba Mr" Rracken) in Be Tid 0 a ¢fore the ing session of the conference yesterday. Hon. Mr. Bracken made what I might call an earnest plea to the delegates of this conference, and particularly to the Premier of Ontario, to consider the attitude taken by the late Hon, George Brown at the various conferences leading up to confederation, In bringing Mr. Brown's name into the conference he has suggested that Mr, Brown hin A proper; fer ot his own personal feelings in the pe tor and 0 i id hands with Macdonsid 3nd others shaping confederation as expresse. the British North America Act. 4 7 1 'consider it rather an unfortunate choice of argu- ment to ask that the Premier of Ontario emulate Brown. I hold that ig taking the attitude he has, Hon. Mr. Hepburn bas been but living up to the traditions of Brown, and has defended and upheld all that Brown stood for, and is safeguarding the rights and responsi. bilities vested In the separate provinces by confedera- tion, I prefer to support and adopt the material structure which was created by Brown, rather than attempt to interpret its spirit, as Mr. Bracken has pur- ported to do: If Mr. Bracken's argument were to pre- vail, higtory would be degraded, our ideals shattered, snd the Dames of our public men cast into the ossugry of time. Mr, Bracken was on better ground whén he advance. the idea that provicelal without ad {l _revenues for discharging the functions of government for which provinces are responsible, is but little more than a farce, To put the same idea in another way, without fiscal independence there can be no provincial autonomy, 1 am prepared to-day to review the financial history of the province of Ontario, particularly relating to the years since the present government has been in charge at Toronto: | | Ontario Balances Budget Briefly, let me state that we have followed sluce the 1st of April, 1936, a sound fluancial policy, as shown br our budgetary position. In 1936-37, 1937-38, and 1988-39, we had balanced budgets. This year we are romised by our premier who is also the provincial ' heures, a balanced budget, a surplus and a reduction ¢! ' This whol. and '4 has placed us In a position to Sarey out a policy of assist: ance to the 900 municipalities which form the local government administrations of Ontario. For example, the province has_assumed the entire capital cost of construction of out great highway system, the financial burden of which formerly rested in part upon the municipalities, The province also contributes in various ways 'toward "highway construction expenditures by municipalities. In matters of public health, Ontario has made great strides and has, since this Jorcrnment took charge, at an annual cost of millions of dollars, assumed the entire burden of the care of indigent tubercular patients. Public health In Ontarlo costs the province of Ontario a» sum exceeding $900,000 per month. + Then, in exchange for the Income tax, which was formerly collected by a few of the 900 municipalities, we have' substituted a provincial income tax, an have assumed the entire cost of the share formerly borne by the municipalities of old age pensions and mothers' allowances. . The annual cost to the government of Ontario for old age pensiony, as representéd by the present fiscal year, amounts to three and-a half 'million dollars. This in- cludes the province's ghare of pensions for the blind. The annual cost to the province of mothers' allow- ances this year will exceed the sum of five and a quarter million dollars. All of these items--that is, old age pensions, pensions for the blind a mothers' allow- » y n t. I quite sgree with the eati made by P inent ii that they will continue to increase for the next fifty ears. It is difficult at this time to estimate lhe final mit of the cost of-these three soclal services, which, as you are aware, were never dreamed of by the Fathers of Gonfederation. X We slso pay to the municipalities an annual subsidy of one mill, based and this in round figures to the sum of three million dollars per annum. Another function of government that is growing annually is education, and it is estimated that for the present flscal year the province will spend upwards of thirteen million dollars. ir ; Compares Relief Costs One of the services that has cost enormous sums dur- ing the decade is that of the cost of relief. Under the presenf basis of contribution the dominion pays 40 per cent. of direct relief costs, Gadluding medical . Including medical services the dominion con: on the general assessment of the. ference on the Sirois Report (CONTINUED) ht Ro, of Ontario. This inaccuracy amounts fo the large figure of $11,758,000. The reconciliation of these amounts is available and can be explained by the technical officers of the treasury department. With respect to the present fiscal year, the situation Is infinitely worse. If the Sirois plan were adopted and made effective for the present fiscal year, which ends on March 31 next, the province of Ontario would be faced with a certain net loss 'in revenues of the dum of $17,000,000. This fog the present fiscal year alone. The province will be required to give up annual revenues of .......... $40,000,000 Deduct from this, expenditure as- ' sumed by the dominion, and the one mill subsidy to the municipal- ities, which could not longer be paid, a total sum of... vesees 28,000,000 Leaves a loss of... ..vvverennens $17,000,000 One of the first results of this loss In revenue, brought about by the giving up of the succession duty taxes, would be the loss in revenue to the University of Toronto of the sum of $500,000, I would refer you to the Revised Statutes of Ontario (1937) chapter 372, section 129, which is the statutory authority for pay- ment from the proceeds of succession duties to the University of Toronto in the sum of $500,000 per annum, : Set Education Back 30 Years But that is just one indication of what the loss in revenues would mean to education in ovr province. Education in Ontario would be set back fifty years. This would aply particularly to the "little red school house and to the struggling separate schools, which under present conditions require the same as public schools--annual grants from the provincial treasury. The splendid work done by the department of health of Ontario in waging a successful fight to stamp out the menace of tuberculosis, which fight is being con: ducted at an annual cost to the province of upwards of $3,000,000, could not be carried on, unless revenues from some other source were forthcoming. This would involve some new type of taxation, but inasmuch as taxes on estates, taxes on incomes, taxes on corporations, and taxes on mining profits, would no longer be available to the province of Ontario, any dditi | burden of t tion required to raise revenue to continue a reasonable standard of education would inevitably fall upon real estate--upon the farmer, the home-owner and the business man. 1 also bring td your attention the fact that muni- cipalities of the province of Ontario will suffer for the present fiscal year by the implementation of the Sirois report, the 16:8 in revenue exceeding $5,000,000. Now, if you will add the net loss in revenue to be sustained by the province of Ontario of $17,000,000 to the $5,000,000 cértain loss to be sustained this year by the municipalities of Ontario, you have the enormous sum of $22,000,000--net loss to the province and the municipalities. This, Mr. Chairman, is only the beginning. These losses are bound to increase, becauge the functions of government left with the province are; from their very nature, increasing in their burdensome character, in 80 far as the need for revenue is concerned. Real Estate Burden Intolerable No one conversant with the probléms of public fin. ancé that beset the provinces and the municipalities in Canada to-day will attempt to deny that the burden on real estate at present has reached a point where it is difficult for the farmer to meet his rales and taxes; it is discouraging for anyone to attempt to build a home; and, in fact, daily in Ontario discouraged home- owners are altempling to salvage something from their equities, and are parting with thelr homes, which rep- resent In large measure their only life savings. The real estate owner to-day, who can barely raise the amount of his taxes, will ind that for every dollar of taxes he pays to-day in Ontario he will be called upon next year to pay $1.20. And this under war condi. tions, where the cost of living is already mounting, and is, generally speaking, fen per cenl. higher than It was at the outbreak of the war. As the Prime Minister has sald, "You leave us with the expensive functions of government." ~ And I hold that the figures I have submitted prove that we will have insufficient funds to disch these functions of government, that health and education in particular will suffer, and the standard of living of our citizens who are in the class of what might be described as the lower economic scale will be akin to a condition of servile depend s Now, Mr. Prime Minister, I have finished with m p ion of the fi ial effect of the report as it 2psar to this province, and I am authorized on behalf of the premier of the province of Ontario, the Ontarlo delegation, and the people of the province, to announce that our association. with this so-called conference Is over. Some other-members may take this opportunity to present their reply to the financial address of the Hon. Mr. Ilsley, and to withdraw as we are doling. We leave it to the rest of the members to continue thelr efforts to do what we are bound to sayeifould result in wrecking confederation, as we understand it, and in destroying provincial autonomy and rights. We are returning to our business, and our final word to the dominion Is that word with which we opened: If the ser tribution is 88 per cent. of the total For the present fi ar, that Is, the period ending March 81 next, rellef cost Ontario the sum of ten million dollars. Of this the dominion's share will be $3,800, 000, the provincial share $4,800,000, and the muni- clpalities' share $1,900,000. Estimating the cost of rellef for the fiscal year which begins A 1, 1941, calculated on the present basis of sharing the cost of relief, and estimated from the best available information, the relief picture in Ontario will be represented as follows: Dominion share..... vos $2,555,000 2,892,000 1,278,000 It the Birols basis be adopted, for the flscal year 1041-42, the cost is estimated as: eves § 666,00 4, «4,927,000 _ Municipal share .....c0000. 1,202,000 Thus. it will be observed that by adopting the Sirois basis the dominion would enjoy a saving of $1,989,000, while the province of Ontario would be cal ed upon to increase tA expenditures by the sum of $2,035,000, and the burden of the municipalities woul race tically the same as under the B esent plan, the differ- ence beifg less than $50,000. The officers of the treasury and welfare departments are here, and are supplied with all details with respect to relief figures, and in fact other relief Sgures, and we are prepared to discuss these matters in detail if dnd when yequired. 41 At this juncture I desire to make a statenient with respect to the estimated saving or gain to the Jroyiace of Ontario, ss contained on page 96, Book II, of the recommendations of the Sirois commission, 2. The estimated savings or gain to the province of: Ontafio, on the 1937 But a careful analysis of the figures indicates that in- a galn of $5 26,000, the actual net loss to the province for the 1937 period would be $6,432,000. Thus it will be seen that the information given on page ,96 of the Birols report as to the improvement in the financial position of the province on the 1937 base fs ina te and not in accordance with the findings of {be treasury department of the provice base, Is $5,826,000 per annum. of 3 dominion decides to prosecute the war on a basis of cooperation we shall be ready, as we have always been in the past, to cooperate in evéry known way and to dominion's war endeavour." r RT. HON. ERNEST LAPOINTE, MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF CANADA, (Vol. 2, page. 100)1 "I read the Ontario néwspapers, and this inorning I read a statement in a Toronto newspaper to the effec! that this commission report was a Quebec report, prepared by and for Quebec, for the benefit of that province. That article urged the people of Ontario to oppose it. My friends who are here know that at the same time in the:province of Quebec this report Is considered by some as leading fo the destruction of provincial autonomy and the sacred rights of the. citizens of that province. It bas been stated that the French-Canadian race will be enslaved If this report is adopted and accepted. ra 7. HON. W. L. MACKENZIE KING, PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA, (Vol. 2; page 112) "May I say this next. When my colleagues and I con- sidéred the calling of this confer there was bet us a great diversity of view és to the wisdom of having such a frhezin at, this time. In saying that 1 do not think I am betraying any cabinet secret which I am sworn {o respect. I for one took the view that It was very doubtful whether it would be wise to have a conference In war time." R HON. ADELARD GODBOUT, PRIME MINISTER oF THE PROVINCE OF QU HH Piime Minister's remarks were given in French, the followinig is the English translation): "ughould th a oe co lon of this con* siifute a menace to Canadian unity, ] would suggest, * y Mr. Prime Minister, that It be dissolved." throw the full weight of our great province into the EBEC, (Vol. 2, page ¢ i. wes Frit 3nd 32" AE ' a Aw vi --_--r YR ---- a - = ] Lh 5 Ride A v Cn TITRE Spa TY ~ . . * rat BROCK THEATRE Phone 618, WHITBY All shows Daylight Saving Time Healthfully Air Conditioned. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, JANUARY 30.31, FEBRUARY 1 Two shows at 7.30 and 9,30 p.m, I Saturday Matinee at 1,30 James CAGNEY, Ann SHERIDAN, in Pals 7 "City of Conquest" with Frank CRAVEN, and Donald Crisp Plus Latest Canada Carries on Series "CHILDREN FROM OVERSEAS" Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, FEBRUARY 3-4-5 Last Complete. Show at 8.50 p.m. Blondie Brings Up Baby with Penny SINGLETON, Arthur LAKE, Larry SIMMS, Also an ADDED Attraction WILLIAM BOYD, in "Range War" with Russell HAYDEN, Matt MOORE COMING Next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, February 6-7-8 Deanna Durbin, in "Spring Parade" Myrtle Station Mrs. J. Claughton, who has been with the late Mrs. Hughson for the past two years, until her death, is now, with her daughter, Mrs. W. Nicholson, of Whitby. Murs. Oliver Lane visited from Tues- day until Thursday of last week with friends in Solina. a. Mrs. Frank Watson, Prince Albert, is stopping for sometime with Miss L. O'Boyle. Mr. Willis Arnold of Oshawa, spent Sunday with. Mrs. F. Briggs and family. Mr. Lorne Johnson is cutting ice on Mr. George Wolf's ponds. . Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bowerman of Port Perry and: Mr. and Mrs. B .Ward of Oshawa, were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stacey. Mr. G. Magee, Miss Rose Brent, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Haghson attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Johnson Hughson, on Thursday. Mr. Frank Downey of the Dominion Bank staff, Mount Albert, spent Sun- day with his parents. Mr. Fred O'Boyle of Oshawa, visited on Thursday with Myrtle relatives. A special train on Sunday from To- ronto, brought hundreds of skiers to the Dagmar and Bethany hills, which were in excellent shape for the sport. Already shipments of baby chicks are arriving at the C.P.R. station for local poultrymen. Mr. Harry Briggs received, on Wednesday of last week, a shipment of three hundred New Hampshire chicks from the Fisher poultry farms at Aytoh. ~ Mr. Donald Johnson visited with To- ronto friends on Sunday. The fre- suency of these visits is beginning to make the neighbours suspicidus of DON'T GET their nature, Donald. Gbod luck. The euchre and dance sponsored by the Evening Telegram for the henefit of the British War Victims Fund will be held on Friday evening, Jan. 31, in the community hall, Bentley's or- chestra of Port Perry, will provide the music, Miss Ruth Ives spent the week-end with her parents at their home in Bowmanville, Mr. R. C. Pike of Toronto attended the funeral of his sister, the late Mrs. J. Hughson, Myrtle's oldest resident in the per- son of Mrs. Johnson Hughson, passed away on Monday, Jan, 20th, at the age of ninety-two. Mrs, Hughson was the daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs, Lloyd Pike and from her very early cnitanood, resided Yn this district. Her nusbana, the late Johnson Hughson ated in 1925. The, oldest son Frank, preaeceased his mother in 1933. Two sons, Norman of Myrtle and Harry of vakville, and one brother, Mr. R. C. vike, of Toronto, survive, Mrs. Hugh- son was a member of the Methodist Church and United Church since union. She was well known in this and Pros- pect district and will be missed by many old friends and relatives, In- ternment was made in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert, Rev. G. S. Gervait conducted the funeral service. I'he sympathy of the community is ex- tended to the family. All subscriptions to the | Port Perry Star are due if the label does fot read 2941. Hubby--There, my dear, is $50.00 for you as a small gift, and it has meant a great deal of work to get it. I think 1 deserve a little applause. The Wife--Applause! I think you deserve an encore. i GREENBANK The annual meeting of the Red Cross was held Tuesday afternoon of last week. Mr. Edgar Leask was re- elected president, Mr. TI. Sharp, Sec'y, Mr. Blake Cragg, Treas. A committee was appointed to sec about a canvass for the Indies' work. 1940 was a fair- ly successful year. The Women's Organized Bible Class met at the home of Mrs. Tyson Lee last Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. Phoenix and Mary, Miss Jean Phoenix and Ma William Phoenix in Toronto on Sunday. - The Young People went to Uxbridge last Wednesday evening to a skating party. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot Brown and family, Stouffville, at Mr. T. Brown's on Sunday. " Mrs. IH. Stewart (nce Margaret Bagshaw) staying with her mother for a month while her husband is in training at Newmarket. Pte. Geo. Real is training in Nova Scotia. Mrs. Jenking, Oshawa, is nursing Mr. John Beaton. His former nurse had the misfortune to break her arm while away for a few holidays. Mr. and Mrs. J. Boe gave a birthday party for their daughter, rs. Gordon Ward, on Friday evening. We agree with the Editor in his Editorial last week on the mistake of Mr. Hepburn. COLD FEET Buy a Pair of our Good Socks, and be Warm this Gold Weather Work Socks--25e, 30c, 36c, 45¢, and 50c per pair Dress Socks--20c,-25¢, 30c, 46¢, and 50c per pair Over Socks, vers heavy, at 85c. per pair 'SPECIAL--AII 36¢. pair Socks, 3 pairs for $1.00 En SLL = --~ W.E. 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