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I do not think the average French Quebecer has the slightest idea. that if it were not for the effect of the proâ€" gressive ‘neighboring territorâ€" ies, he would still be locked=up solid in the most underdeyelâ€" oped part of Canada, If the French speaking people in Quebec want to get into the stride of things in Without the heavy overlordâ€" ship of the clerics ‘and the feuâ€" dal selgneur’; I believe that the new British citizen would have been well blended into the Canadian fabric by now, The reverse of that unity of . language, has allowedithe U.S. to advance into worl aderâ€" ship. It therefore follows %ery simply from the evidence of present facts that one basic language will prevail as our common means of communiâ€" cation, and that is the lanâ€" guage spoken by 195 million people on this continent, inâ€" ,cluding. about 75 per cent of thosé in Canada â€" North American English, We, the major portion of all Canada are interested in deâ€" veloping into a unified Canaâ€" d:an nation. I see no equity in giving Quebec equal rights to that of the rest of Canada. When France lost a large portion of its North American eripire in 1759, those who wished to return to France could do so. Those that wished to remain here were permitted to do so, thereby ceasing to beiong to France, and become Bntish citizéns. Similarly, in 1807 after the Louisiana Purâ€" chase, the remaining French people became Americans. On the cohtrary, the differâ€" ences in languages will only serve to continue the conflict that has been going on for 200 years. On the basis of studied cbservation over the past 15 years it appears to me that the militant element in Quebec is only interested in furthering the aims of the Roman Cathâ€" oli@Church and a French culâ€" ture. THE ‘ADVERTISER â€"â€" Fridoy, January 3, 1964 Under the present talks and plans on biculture and bilinâ€" gualism I see no gain in the direction o\natlonal unity, That is the attitudeâ€" which kept the original inhabitants from resisting the white man‘s dntrusion. s TO,OUR CUSTOMERS OLD AND NEW In order to take a proper part in the development of this pattern, Canada must be strong and speak with one voice, not a double or multiple of tongues and cultures, forâ€" ever bickering among ourselâ€" Similarly, our measures of defence are being correlated into a North American region; and as we already know, our greatest trading customer is the United States. In this modern world of communications, C a n a d a, along with its neighbour the United States, is . steadily shrinking in its geographical dimensions; and the distance from coast to coast is now only a matter of a few hours. Dear Sir: This is in reference to a reâ€" cent Report from Ottawa. However, the General Course of educaâ€" tion must and can be revamped to induce thinking without raising the already exorâ€" bitant tax bill for education : one way is by Miss Robinson‘s speech may have raised a few eyebrows, but she extinguished any flame of hope by admitting a change in our education system would cost a great deal of monevy. The Robarts Plan for education was & healthy stimulant to Ontario‘s education machine and has prevented hundreds of youngsters dropping out of school by offerâ€" ing them technical and vocational training. This form of mass education is necessary in Ontario. > PUNGENT K POST & K It ) ~ Those who ploughed through cight grades of elementary and five years of secâ€" ondary schooling in Ontario were not too alarmed by Margaret Robinson‘s statement this province‘s education system has proâ€" duced a society of mediocre conformists. Speaking to the Ontario Secondary School. Teachers Federation convention Miss Robinson, as the retiring president of the Federation, said publicly supported education has failed abominably to produce thinking human beings. To date mass eduâ€" cation has tended to produced an average conformist who thinks what he is told to think and generally does what he is told to doâ€""or else!" she told her audience. 290 DUNDAS ST. E. COOKSVILLE AND FRON , Argyle Chrysler Dodge Ltd. AND MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE HAPPY HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS! BILL PANES SEASON‘S GREETINGS Schools Of Robots This is the year New Toronto would be wise to give serious study‘ to a partnership with Metro government in redevelopment and land clearance of some sections of the municipality. The city in 1963 jomed forces with Metro on redevelopment and now the older suburbs should follow along the same way. This is the year that the Lakeshore municipalities must put some real as well as verbal effort behind findâ€" ing a suitableâ€"site for a Metro home for the aged to serve the Lakeshore area. This will be the year that someone will have to push for greater equalization of s 1 costs in Metro suburbs thatâ€" accept public low rerzzxiohousing projects. . This would at least reduce one of the reasons for stubborn opâ€" position to such housing projects. . North America they had betâ€" ter change their views about holding onto an insular culâ€" ture, while the previous Briâ€" tish culture is steadily growâ€" ing into a North American culture, with its roots deriving strength from many other naâ€" In Etobicoke a total of 670 appeals have been heard, 1,380 in North York and 1,806 in Scarboro. In all more than 6,600 appeals have been made by home owners, apartment owners and others against assessment for taxation in 1964. At the same time municipal government in the Metro area is once again going to be a post season Santa Claus and hand back more thon $450,000 in tax payâ€" ments made by apartment owners and office building owners. They can get a tox rebate if they have a dwellâ€" ing unit or office space vacant for three months . An example of how home owners are beginning to worry about 1964 taxation can be nd in the number of appeals against assessment for foxation this year have been heard by various courts of r@vision This is the year two transit commissioners will see their terms of office terminate and wonder if Metro will reappoint them for another term. This is the year some Metro municipalities could suffer some severe laborâ€" management problems over new wage negotiations. * It mdy be the year that certain community organiâ€" zations gather up another petition and force a second areaâ€"wide fluoridation vote. In all it will be a year of financial headaches for Metro and of course the 13 member municipalities It will also be the year that the civicâ€"representatives will have to explain themselves to the voters. s This is the year Metro School Board will ask Metro to assume all outstanding debt of local school boards and may move to increase maintenance assistance payâ€" ments to local school boards. This will be the year of a record Metro school spending program. This is the year Metro returns to making hospital building grants, starts paying off a $51,000,000 TTC debt, assumes the cost of 90 percent of all mandatory welfare services and pays out $19,000,000 in debt charges for past civic projects. . All aecrogs the Metro area, city and suburbs will battle in voin to hold the tax rate in line but as conâ€" tinued efforts are made to equalize the cost of municiâ€" pal services in the Metro area without political amalgaâ€" mation taxes will spiral upwards. This is the year that the impact of the civic deciâ€" sions made in 1963 will come home to the home owner This will be the year of the big tax hike. . _ _ ZRMETE@ 279â€"5830 eliminating the ridiculous Departmental University Entrance Examinations at the end of Grade J3; another way is by estabâ€" lishing peri of discussion gt each <ourse of study. â€" Grade lSQl nothing but a "cram" year for the examinations produced by the Onâ€" tario Department of l'giuc;tion. High tenâ€" sion and the concentration of pure facts and figures have contributed to the last moâ€" ment failure of many deserving students who should have gone to university. Conâ€" troversial argument in essays is not enâ€" couraged ‘because the student‘s view may differ from those of the examiner. Since Grade 13 is supposed to be conductâ€" ed as an introduction to university it should be run similarly to a year at college. Lecâ€" tures and discussion should be the method of study instead of "spoon feeding", acceptâ€" ance to a university course should be based on the students‘ ability to think instead of their ability to impersonate a computer in the feedâ€"back of facts andâ€"figures. By encouraging children to discuss their course of studies and providing the time for such discussions much can be accomplished in reducing mediocrity. Another inexpenâ€" sive way of producing thought would:be to eliminate those lines in the Charge of Light Brigade: "Ours not to reason why » . ." On this basis I believe John Diefenbaker has a point. If carried to a successful concluâ€" sion now, much trouble can be avoided. If deferred, matâ€" ters will worsen, and be setâ€" tled in the time honored cusâ€" tom of hashing it out. â€" tions. . > To me the Quebec culture, much valued historically as it may be, is now like my own Welsh â€" Scottish origin â€" a thing of the past. & So far, historically, we have never been able to carry out important decisions > axcept under the latter course. Yours Truly, J. A. C. Bowen, Long Branch, eaul cce 00 O3 00 OME T Strife And Struggle Of ‘63 Sets Stage For Prosperous ‘64 _ The énd of the election camâ€" paign produced only a brief lull in the political fury. The Liberals came to power full of bright promise, a glittering array of talent apparently available to fill the cabinet benches and an equally apparâ€" ent desire to provide more mature and decisive leaderâ€" ship. But great expectations were followed by disappointment as the Liberal Government strivâ€" ed desperately to live up to its unfortunate election promise He resorted to an old dodge, seeking to arouse antiâ€"Amerâ€" ican sentiments through chargâ€" es of US_ interference in Canadian affairs. As many of the major newspapers turned against him at home, he sought to link them with the shadowy figure of Big Busingss,. sugâ€" gesting that the vested interâ€" ests wanted to eliminate him because he was a pchampion of the littke man. When the sound and fury died away and the voters had their say, Mr. Diefenbaker had lost his case and a minorâ€" ity Liberal Govertment was installed in his place â€" cal life, he used every ounce of cunning at his command. He‘fanned the nuclear weaâ€" pons issue into a white heat, inciting a usually phlegmatic nation to passions of which it thought itself incapable. Report From Ottawa And old advocate John Diefâ€" enbaker did just that, waging the greatest‘defence of a lifeâ€" time before a jury of his peers. Fighting for his very politiâ€" *The year was still very young when the minority Conservative Governâ€" ment, wracked by internal disâ€" sension over whether or not to acquire nuclear warheads for weapons already purchased at a cost of some $700,000,000, beâ€" gan to come apart ~at the seams, First Defence Minister Douglas Harkness â€" resigned. followed by Trade Minister George Hees and . Associate Defence Minister Pierre Sevâ€" igny. Those who remained in the fold were bifterly divided over the leadership of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. It was not many days later that Canada witnessed the rare‘ sight of a Government defeatâ€" ed in the House of Commons by the combined ‘weight of the Opposition Parties, compelled to dissolve Parliament and take its case to the people. In factories and farms across thehation the wheels turned ever faster, producing a new level of prosperity for Canaâ€" didns. By year‘s end, the econâ€" omy was bent on one of the longest upturns in the postwar period, in contrast to the slowâ€" down some had expected. The national political stage. frequently a dreary scene, was a lusty, ®igorous place. made more so by the offâ€"stage noises coming from Quebec. Any way you care to look at it, 1963 was quite a year in Canada. Any Make or Size PIANO WANTED PAY CASH LE. 49419 Standing at the Portal of a Hopeful Year . Storm after storm swept the Hause of Commons as the parâ€" ties again took up their partiâ€" san battles. But as time wore on the fury began to moderate a bit. In a changing political ~climate, it became obvious that not only was the electorate not prepared to see the minâ€" ority Liberal Government go the way of its predecessor, but it was also getting sick and tired of wrangling carried on for the sake of achieving narâ€" row partisan advantage. Then too all parties required time to lick their political wounds. The Liberals hoped the passing days would proâ€" Quebecois dormant, if not dead. More {important, the voices of of real power had already begun to subside. Theinotorious Â¥ront Liberation The most critical domestic problem facing Canada was the growing n alism . of Frenchâ€"Canada, #which threatâ€" ened to drive Quebec out of Confederation. . History may fof both groups time to yreâ€" bfiild was of the essence. } s the year came to an éMd, some of the issues which aroused the greatest passions were beginning to go off the boil. With a Government unâ€" dertaking to accept atomic warheads and a report by a special Commons Defence Committee expressing qualiâ€" fied endorsement of this polâ€" icy. the nuclear questfn was fast fading into the backâ€" grqund reached its peak in 1963 and The Social Credit â€" Party found itself rent assunder as a dissident group of Frenchâ€" Canadian members broke away from the leadership of Rob@rt Thompson to rally beâ€" hn;? Real Caouette. Obviously of "sixty days of decision". Inâ€" evitably it began to stumble, one blunder being added to another. The first and worst was the budget brought down "By_._jinance Minister Walter Gordon to tak® severe meaâ€" sures against foreignâ€"owned capital and slap sales taxes on machinery and building materials, Under the force of public opinion, the Governâ€" ment was, forced to make a sorry retreat. The New Democratic Party. which failed to thake any sigâ€" nificant gains despite its new alliance with organized labour, Pequired time to take a new look at its position. Within its ranks there Xere some who even conclud {hat the posiâ€" tion was hopeless, the best alâ€" ternative being to merge with the Liberal Party ~ ary vide an opportunity to restore their lost sheen. The Conserâ€" vatives continued to be in deep trouble, with deep divisions continuing over the leadership of Mr. Diefenbaker and the rift threatening to widen as the party approached its anâ€" nual convention next Februâ€" Health Minister Judy Laâ€" Marsh further tarnished the once bright Liberal image when she jumped into the Onâ€" tario election campaign over the pension issue. Postmasterâ€" General Azeliug Denis added nothing with the disclosures that indicated he was restorâ€" ing freeâ€"wheeling patronage practices in a department that never has been quite able to shake itself free of them. As it turned out, the econâ€" omy was only pausing before beginning another long upâ€" ward climb. In Ottawa, some of the experts are hopeful that the years of sluggish growth are past and that North Amer ica is poised for a .<h:§rp eco nomic breakthrough. and influence in Quebec were beginning to have a more modâ€" exate tone, the result perhaps of the reaction to their striâ€" dent demands, in other parts %; Canada ' in 1961 showed signs of runâ€" ning out of steam. There were many who considered, on the basis of the cyclical pattern of the postw@r period that the economy was heading into anâ€" other mild recession. When 1963 began. the long economic upturn that started Plus Installation costs of $20â€"$40 mmmmmum teed by Mydro against leaks or rusty water tor ten years. The electrical parts are serâ€" viced tree byâ€"Mydro tor\ life. PURCHASE PRICE HOT WATER IN ONE HOURâ€" 150 ,\GALLONS A DaAY! COMPARE YOUR "CASCADE" sAVINGS ETOBICOKE HY Here‘s How to Get Your "Cascade 40 GALLONS PER DAY FAMILY OWNED __ _ _(purchase plam 125 50 75 x4Â¥ oY ~\T MAPPENS _ EVERY DAY &# ETOBICOKE CASCADE (ELECTRIC) $3.21 $3.21 $3.21 $3.21 "UOnce | smoked, but 1 swore off last New Year‘s, so I had to find a cause. J did. I joined the John Birch Society. 1 denounce all those trying to undermine our fine Ameriâ€" can way of life.. Like those whose grandfathers looked at a picture of Karl Marx or indulged in other subversive activities. | ferret them all out and put their names in this briefcase. I‘ra one of America‘s saviours." No you see kiddies there are worse things than sntokâ€" ing (This is me, C. Foster talking). Don‘t get me wrong 1 think smoking is harmful, but it‘s much more socially acceptable than being a vampire. The booze and fag firms can afford to foot the bill for the antiâ€"antiâ€"campaigns, so let‘s all make them spend more money. experiet coholics moral ing th "That‘s a good juestion", he replied: "I‘m either in Richmond Hill or Thornhill". 1 don‘t know Richmond Hill, but I was certain there aren‘t any oases in Thornhill where one can partake of the bubbly. vy °> td ie l wr m "Anyway, where YOU catiing from", he asked adamâ€" course, they indulged in resolutionâ€"breaking ad ‘campaigns to regain their straying flocks. I can 9&411 now (to use a retread cliche) : Ragged man with red nose crawls onto TV screen (from the inside) looks at audience with bloodshot eyes. Speaks: "I once amoked, but I made a New Year‘s resolution and gave up, now I‘rg an alcoholic. Reaches in shredded pocket, ;uu.l out bottle of shaving lotion, removes cork, crawis out of view. You can‘t drink alcoholic beverages on Ontar‘,o TV, screens. HT x ol t e e on e es vhaped like bat wing. Eyes overflow with blood lust. Monster speaks : "1 was a normal everyday slob who drove i truck, but thought for himself, was a partâ€"time neuroâ€" Surgeon amd smoked. I made a New Year‘s resolution and took up Voodoo instead. Now I‘m a vampire. Another one : Ramrodâ€"like figure enters with stars and stripes tatooed on forghead, carrying bricfcase emblazonâ€" ed with large eagle. The figure turns (right) and speaks: Would the shaving lotion companies counter this one? Another one: Preceded by piercing shriek, shadowy figure flits into view, partly concealing face with black cape 1CcO ns . .. 7 W d ) 1 wwdeed anyone ever reads it) many will have lM brden resolutions they made whileyn the fog of the festive season. Lâ€"-\ "Boy ! thish ish it for me", he‘ll say, "I‘m gonna give up those African safaris an‘ deep sea diving expeditions for sunken treasure an‘ meshing around with those Hollywood stars". Some partygoer with a lampshade perched atop his skull teetering on the brink of his equilibruim, glass in hand â€" we all know the scene. No doubt if all New Year‘s resolutions were carried out 0 the letter, most of the tobacco and liquor companies would e hanging up their gloves during the year. Unless, of m un * "uood ol Claude, just jump in your heap and pick > up . he pleaded. Quite frankly I think he was on the ind day of a big bat. vince he had explained to me he belonged to A.A., I «l him who else he knew in the organization. He was \I was Clarde so there was no use trving to get him _ ~ ~.another number for Claude. "Look Claude". he said, "you know where .1 live. well go west a coupla blocks and turn right. Can‘t be anyâ€" > en« haii mile downa pike". "What‘s Claude‘s last name", I asked thinking if I > d check the phone book I just might be able to give de a ring, if 1 ever found out where this fellow was, â€"~ ever he was. * % "Wassamatteryou Claude, you gettin‘ stoopid. Don‘t vxver lastname?" he asked scornifully. [ke seemed in be oattine stiffer all the Hines and‘ o ndie 0d LOST PHONE CALL M3 OPERATING COSTS PER MONTH assamatteryou (Claude, you gettin‘ stoopid. Don‘t c lastname?" he asked scornfully. seemed to be getting stiffer all the time and was reaching the point where he was ‘completely unâ€" »le. He sounded like a rock ‘n roll singer. lon‘ think 1 wanna talk to ‘a man so stoned he now his own name", he said indignantly and hung eached for the bottle. onder if the A.A. ever got him back. If thec did must‘ve heen raked over the coals for letting down Souny s 1 & T PHONE CALL. Had a rather stimulatin e the other night. It seems a member of AE Anonymous had been tempted to partake of the 1 aiter a couple of drinks decided to phone for pport. _ He misdialed and got my number insist» | was his buddy Claude (name fictitions). wle". he said. "Ya gotta help me. I had a couple P are y« YEAR‘S REVOLUTION. 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