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't..0-8%.8Mtt+t88-t-8%rrsdmthttWt9" be. The Ctiy of Toronto recently voted overwhelmingly in favor of petitioning the provincial government to force am- algamation of all municipalities of Met- ropolitan Toronto. Perhaps it is because the City of Toronto would be one of very few winners in the Metro area if amalgamation is brought in. After seeing the results of the creep- ing 'togetherness' of some of our public facilities under the guise of 'eentraliza- tion', we in the suburban areas of Tor- onto should be definitely united in a stand against further amalgamation of our communities. Amalgamation is like a cancer, spreading over an area the size of Lux- embourg. infecting, one by one, the in- ternal organs of our communities and our homes. The tentacles of the octu- pus are stretching out from City Hall embracing our public departments and civil servants, warmly at first, then suf- focating until we, the taxpayers of the suburbs. will be squeezed out of the folds leaving the succulent tax money and facilities to be gobbled up by the central hub. - . We used to have a local police de- partment to which the private citizen could complain in time of trouble. Try to complain or to gain access to the rec- ords of a Metro Police Department div- ision and you will receive an Emnire phone number to call. This is amalga- mation. . Open a store on a Metro road and watch while Metro trucks come to nlace no parking signs in front of it. Try to get permission to raise a sign on 3 Met- ro road and wait for three months to get a flat no. This is amalgamation. Why is it your tax money goes to build more schools in the City of Tor- onto proper while it is the suburbs which are growing faster? This is amal- gamation. If amalgamation gnu through. then try to have your sewer unoluzged. vour drains unfrozen. Your street cleaned, your garbage picked up on time, your How do you feel about your children and your neighbours? Does it matter if your child has no-- where to go to enjoy himself, construct- ively. Do you care if he roams the streets or goes joyriding in speeding cars? Do you care if the gigantic housing project to be built in your midst is ad- equately serviced, and the occupants of the type to add quality, through neat- nesa and thoughtfulness, to your com- munity. Ttaffie prnhlems that Ire culled in speeifie areas are Mtert the result of some other re- lated action adjacent to the are“ involved. " " example: VIC- We Village, hem: " urea local ed between Lawrence Avenue and um. and Victoria Park and the Du River. has " intensified tune pmblem, " I result of the Don Veney Parkway being com- Meted to Ellinwn Avenue When H h extgttded to Lawrence Ave. he only In! mmmer. this in. - mien will move up to pull d Do- In]: and the O'Con- - Hill! gttttdivUittet. Our truffle Meat la condudinl I turv my h the Victoria Villue are- na“ to provide immediate re- BeftirtHtrafBetmRrlem and. " h an. ttme, an new to see b! he an. problem will ttot he - h part' ot Dan Miiig " be 0'0. m Wain. " - D. Vino! hum, Judging from the response given tn the Social Planning Council of Etnhi- coke at the meeting held last week, most of you don't give a darn. Only 18 persons showed up at the meeting at which the major topics: were the provision of facilities for the youth of the Rexdale - Thistletnwn area, and the "population explosion" which will result in the area from the building of the Thistletown Housing Project. Dear Sir What fools these amalgamationista More than 100 invitations were sent letter GEMINI!“ RATES "lit "' you ll lav-neg In any nun-I I. c...“ Elf STAMP OUT AWil.thWiTlilli EDITORIALS Tilt "MES ADVERTISER Annual-Ind u Ioeond Clu- lul. Pen! 08!- Dunn Ottt and tor ”yuan! " you“. I. “I " "new“ Nun-In. Lil. ovm Thur-0“ ililli'T YOU BARE ? V. a, tMMTIa.AN, "an“: 3:0 Pub“... Hill-II“ " '" D130. M Wm... moves farther north This action duties will ref1eet itself in the' is as a result of discussions be- effectiveness and efficiency of the tween the Reeve Councillor Ken committee and the department In- Ganepy. the traffic committee volved, 1931-1962 Committee chairman end the traffic coord- Chairmen are " follows: Works mater. Mr Sid Cole. and in- - Baler. Industrial - Aldcorn; eludes several on-the-spot obaer. Traffic. Fire - Gariepy; Prop.) rations by all parties I cite this erty - Paisley; Parka - Sere as " example of the way the ice. The committee aysteln council’s committee ayatem worked well in the past, work when functioning properly. However. it has been obvious to Under a committee system. the me tor " least two years now. Reeve must rely on the Commit. that a nine member council can tee chairman to be responsibleino longer cope effectively with to a great extent, to see that the‘the work volume and reaper-ninth husinenotthe committee and the ity that emanetea trom a town- department is carried out effect ship of I!!!” people, spread ively and "rteterstly This. ot over a seventy equare mile area, course means that when a mom. with " assessment at over seven her of council accepts the Prtt'le million dollarl. To eomA manshtp at a committee. he re. l plot: the picture. add to thin. the contra the responsibility he nit-ct that In In tor-inmate. our mum on heha»! at the new “simulation bu Increased by n.- the Cmncil out people (which in equal to the It therefore follows. that the the d a Imall city) "ttttmt at time and interest that‘ Reeve Norman Godhead. I! devoted try the chairman tn hill. North York. It More fo0ows. that the In”! M time and interest that in Maud try the chairman tn hi: OHIO! non-uh. " J. GARY RAL'II. “no! water supply increased, your child en- rolled in a nearby, uncrowded school, or your welfare money spent on your neighbours instead of a person down on Sherbourne Street. , We have lost too much to nmalgamn- tionists already. Read carefully the two Toronto Daily newspapers which have been screaming for amalgamation and you will find widely divergent opinions which under- lie the confusion about the advantages of the combination of cities into one. The Telegram, stacked with editor- ials of how we can live Conservatively under the "Mayor of All The People", recently called the suburbs "big eities" in their own rights in a weekly supple- ment editorial. If Etobicoke, North York, Weston, Searboro and Forest Hills constitute cit- ies or towns, why must we have amal- gamation? The Toronto Daily Star calls amalga- mation the idea of the century in edi- torials but Pierre Berton, the most pop- ular writer of the paper, is now describ- ing the City of Toronto as a stagnant city being left far behind by Montreal in civic planning. Is this the kind of city we want to be tied to as amalgamation would have it? We now have community thinking and planning. We know our neighbours and we have the certain prestige of be- ing able to say we live in Etobicoke or in Weston. or North York, Downsview, Revdale, Thistletown. _ We are served by community facili- ties which are scarcely adequate even on the local level. If you want to see your tax money go to make up the deficit of the City of Tor- onto or to build Scarboro into a Town- ship with the stature of Etobicoke, then. by all means say yes to amalgamation. If you want to support the townshin or town in which you live: if your area is big enough as it is: if you want to see your home services improved in this ar- ea: *hen you must be against amalga- mation. out to leaders (so-called) of the com- munities involved. They were sent to ministers, principals, service clubs. and home and school associations. We know there are such organiza- tions in Rexdale and Thistletown. But only 18 persons cared enough to attend the important meeting. P" Don't try to tell us the churches and jc; schnnls are interested in the welfare of at the community. Don't give us tales of ant how concerned the parents are aboutorn their own children. Don't give us 'niee- ll)" ties', about the work the service elubs"m are doing, when only a handful of pen- ',C1 ple cared enough to spend one night Orr,',', the week talking a6out the area. 'wa If you didn't receive an invitation to the meeting, you are still not exempt from this slack attitude. Every government from that of anc- ient Rome to Hungary failed because ton few cared until too late. Put pressure on your civic leaders, who are. in the end, your servants and your voices, to care. duties will refleet itself in the' effectiveness Ind efficiency of the committee and the department In- volved, 19014962 Committee Chairmen are u follows: Works - Baler. Industrial - Aldcorn; Traffic. Fire - Gariepy; Prop.) erty - Paisley: Perks - Sere we. The committee lysteln worked well in the past, However. it his been obvious tn me for " lean two years BOW, that a nine member emmeil can; no longer cope effectively will“ the work volume and responsibiM ity that emanlles trom I town." ship of homo people, spread over a seventy Mill-r? mile area, with In asset5gtttettt of over seven I had the good fortune to be chosen as one of the three Tor. onto Members ot my party to take part in the Throne Speech Debate. Dear sir: I am enclosing a copy of my) Maiden Speech, With kindest regards, Yours sincerely. James E. Walker, WP. for York Centre. . . . I believe I will be forgiven, Mr. Speaker, if I make personal reference to my political ties with the constituency you so ably represent - Edmonton West. My interest and participation in politics started in that wonderful friendly city when fresh out of school I took an active part in the last election of Hon, Charlie Stewart (way back in the thir- ties). As a troy in Edmonton I earned my pocket money by de- /ivering what has turned out to be a most politically enlightened newspaper - The Edmonton Journal. Not too many months ago I would have willingly dis- tributed that paper without charge. I also want to thank the Prime :1 Minister for the personal interest 31 he took in my efforts. as far} back as July 29th of this year. to U have the people of Canada,:', through the government, share l the burden and tragedy of the I Thalidomide babies, There has ' been some considerable corre- spondence between the Prime) Minister and myself and it was,' at his suggestion that I delivered a brief to the Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare for consider- ation when he convened the national meeting of health offici- als to consider the problem. In these cases the machinery of government naver moves fast enough to satisfy a member who becomes personally involved in a human tragedy of the scope and intensity of the Thalidomide dis. aster, andI impatiently await for the good intentions expressed at the conference of Provincial and Federal Health Officials tn orovide cantata and specific} iproposals that will relieve the) 1anxiety and heartache of the par- ents of Thalidomide babies. I will not be satisfied. and in this I ;am supported in a non-partisan May by the three Toronto Daily Papers. until the Federal Govern- [ lment assumes the full, final and, iultimata responsibility of organ- izing and putting into effect a comprehensive plan of present caret future rehabilitation and tinan¢ial assistant. for the vied tims of the drug Thalidomide, ‘witti or without the participation ‘of all the Provincial Govern- ments. In this any the Canadian people may be given the oppor- tunity of becoming, as it were. the "God Parents" of the victims of a Dominion wide tragedy.,' this whole affair is too personal a grief for Thalidomide families. for ANY Party in this House to attempt to use " in any manner.) as a weapon with which to pound i the government and I suggest,l 'Mr. Speaker. that anyone who would endeavour to do so will Hiring on himself the disgust of all tenant people I am sure these remarks will be concurred in by a particular member on the government side of this Home and by my Colleague tron ‘York West who were ready to ar- lrompany me to Ottawa at their own expense in a bipartisan " fort to see the Prime Minister and lay before him all the tarts Ineidenully. Mr Speaker. I be- ‘lieve the drug campanha involvr , ed have escap'd all to. liahtlv "the ahare of responsibility that >maybe theirs As my brief P‘pointed out. in the year ending June M. 182 the not profit of 'llii,e,e'gt't,'st"Il Ine Drug Company rose to 'itasttJttt0rt0 o CANADA'. lETTERS . . . . . from the previous year's profit of $17,025,139.00. A substantial an; nual contribution to assist in re- lieving the disastrous effects of, one of their products (Thalidom, idet could very easily be set; aside from such profits or from) their mush/o advertising budget. Mr, Speaker. for those in this“ House who may not be aequaint- ed with the large and vital; Riding of York Centre which ll, have the honour to represent, It will simply say that it is the sec- ond or third largest by popula- tion in the whole of Canada. Asi well as being part of that lusty giant of a Township - North York. which is the largest of; Metropolitan Toronto‘s thirteen: municipalities. hork Centre has; the good fortune tn contain with-' in its borders the historic settle- ment of Woodbridge. part of the charming Village of Thornhill and a large rural area of Vaugh- an Township. So we have a vari- ety of people With diverse inter-' ests and backgrounds and a ‘wealth of human talent which is 'placed at the service of the com-: 'munity through our many serv- ‘ice clubs. church groups and :ratepayers organizations. We are ‘sportsminded people and, be- ;cause of the inspiration and (splendid example which a certain 'red headed' member of the Tor. onto Maple Leafs has provided to the thousands of young people in our Minor Hockey Leagues in iYork Centre. we are able to ‘completely understand the devo- 'tion and loyalty of our Quebec brothers toward that other great Canadian Sportsman - Maurice "Roeket' Richard, Of great assistance to those of us who have lived there longer has been the decisive contribu- tinn of vitality to the develop. ment and growth of York Centre provided by the thousands of Canadianrborn abroad (most of them coming to Canada in those good Liberal years) who have moved into Ycrk Centre and brought with them their great skills and abilities. We need imore of them and one can only ‘tervently pray that one day soon ‘Canada will have an economic policy and an immigration policy that makes it possible for us to welcome many thousands more to this lann of freedom. The particular genius of York Centre's suhstantial and older Jewish population for scholar- ship. the arts. profesmnnal life and philanthrooy has led them to contribute in a measure for he. yond, their numbers to the cult. ural life of my Constituency. s, we are a heterogeneous group but somehow held together by our common desire to build I better community in our corner of Can- nda. Mr. Speaker, " is not only this‘ minority Cmviefvative Govern. ment's reputation that is at stake) at this time. and believe me it is at stake. there is something of much greater importance about which I “an! to speak, although the Government's reputation has a direct hearing on this other matter. and that is the question of the confidence of Canadians in the ability of our free Parliamen- tary Democracy to supply the answers and chart the course for the great social changes that are now underway in Canada We have not heen whacked by the world wide) currents of change Country after country has been mucht up in the gruesome side effects of Ieaderless social revolu» ton and my main criticism of the ttttverrttttettt in their failure to merino and - the re- sponsibility nf providing the emrageoua and inspired leader. Mup we need if we are to escape the ennsequencex of leaderteea \chanle. It lil ma tn uy w. are living in a revolutionary age but rrnl not sure that everyone on the) Government Benches, including, especially including, the Front; Benches, realize what this means, in Canada in "" and what it‘ will mean in the immediate years ahead, Canada's revolu‘ tion is still contained inside Petr ple. But is in there. bubbling away and slowly raising the tem- perature. People are beeorning, sore and disgruntled and telf) and insecure: the unemployed. the small business man. the im-i porter, the debt ridden worker.) the worried parents of sick child. ren and the pensioner who ean't make ends meet They want e change, and they are determined to get it at eny cost. If our Parliamentary Democracy will) not provide the answers. and I have become convinced it - will under a TORY Government} then our Canadian people may well try some other form of polit- ‘ical system in their despair and frustration. and if they do. the failure will be ours. Mr. Speaker. 1 would not be sitting in these Liberal Benches; under the leadership of the next, Prime Minister of Canada it I did not believe that true liberal- ism is the only political philoso- phy opabiq of understanding and leading the social changes that face Canada My deep con- viction is that lib-ralism with its; concern for the In. individual mi a free society is the only "to yet dynamic political ideology fur, Canada at a time when the unity of Canada is so essential. Since the Hon. Member for Algoma East took over the leadership of our Party. I think the greatest thing he has done for all of us and tor Canada has been to dem- onstrate and point the way to the I new Liberalism adequata to meet, the social and economic needs oi, people in this twentieth century. Broad new concepts on the same bed rock base of principle, wr change or we perish. We are a party of change and reform - not chained to doctrine and rigid Himitations of 19th century policy but over looking thead to the solutions of the great social and human problems of our people iand mankind. This man with the :incredibla courage that only a ‘statesman of his long years of experience could demonstrate Pas given us all once ttgain a ‘sense of urgency an understand, ing of the real issues facing us and the hop- of an answer This is why the younger people flock (to his side They can believe him - they can twat him _ and lthey instinctively know this, Our 'leader will never desert his prim iciples and the principles of (Twentieth Century Liberal Dem. ‘ocracy in order to win an elec- ’tion. or evade an issue, How many times have you heard Peo- ‘ple say “He: too honest tn he a good politician“ I tell you this," would ather to“ an elec- tion by being ociated with an honest Ma man hom I can trust to tell he whole truth than wm it by aligning myself with people who comtantly deal in hall truth. language manipula- ‘tion and high powered propagan- da in an effort to confuse and ‘tooi the people It is no eontrlbutitm to national unity to hear political leaders m and out of this House publicly intimate that those who disagree With them are either fasmsls or m "turn communists I can thmk of no [router handy for Canada than thgt doc-m and laboll. “In“ in “KIN amt di. vHo, should he wed in plus M run/nod argument and ennui" med proposals Mr Speaker, from personal experience an I municipal eounel I Imo- jun new hard it I: tn tn dinnplino the (can. but I for on! mil make In At, Gauge Show i We are curious to know why such a large vehicle :as a bus would wait for an amber light before begin- ining to move, if our friend is right, then come charging l out with the horn blowing. Of course we do not say‘the bus driver rammed in- to a car intentionally, or even that it was definitely his fault, but if it is it won't be the first time the TTC bus driver crammed his monster into a lane of traffic without giving drivers behind and beside the bus a chance to get out of the way. l I WONDER WHY building companies change names so often? I There are apartment houses in Weston which were built by one company. This company, then controlled by a man we'll call Mr. X, soon was dissolved into an- other construction company. which is now passing as a holding company. According to the information she gave. she was stopped, in her car, at Lawrence Ave. and Weston Road, for a red light, proceeding west on9wrente. - A friend of our: had ardisconeerting brush with u TTC bus recently and it looks as if she might come out second best. A bus was stopped at the bus stop on Weston Road heading north. "When the light turned amber he was still stop- ped." she said. "When the light turned green I drove on since the road was clear. The next thing I knew the bus was blowing its horn." THE WALRUS Egg Skit)... il ttripe' She said she was surprised to see the bus bearing down on her through the intersection. although she was travelling with the light. She stopped her car, but the bus smacked into it with its centre section, she said. Since she was certain she was in the right, she signed statements telling what she believed to be true, and gave the name of her witnesses. She said the TTC used the list of names to "pester her witnesses" (a common treatment used by many in- surance companies). The TTC offered her 50 per cent of the payment for damages to her car if she would pay 50 per cent of the damages to the bus. This would not leave enough money to fix her own car by herself, even considering the 50 per cent the TTC was willing to pay. While we cannot say who is right, our friend or the TTC, we are interested to see what settlement she makes with the big 'publie owned' company. Although the holding company is now supposed to mm the buildings. the taxes are still being paid by the original building concern signed hv Mr. N. who is now president (we find) of yet another building com- pany. If this sounds confusing it will suffice to say that names are changing suddenly, although presidents rp- main the same, in dozens of building firms over On- tario. What's the catch? I asked a simple question three weeks ago, and this week I got a simple answer which, I hope is passed on to the people concerned. I asked why the Bell Telephone Company required a $225 deposit, or (as they call it) advance payment. from tenants of Rexlington Heights. Bell Telephone gave me an answer this week which sounds perfectly logical and fair. It is a personnal matter so I won't discuss the subject further except to say that curious subscribers from the area may find the reason from Bell or from the man- agement of the apartment project. This charge does not only apply to Rexlington. nor does it cast any aspersion upon the area. It is a com- mon occuronce in many areas served by the company. ACCORDING To our correspondent from IReX- dale. parents in the area are not helping to provide en- tertainmeni facilities for their own children. ',',t')','il,,tt'2" in this House of Parliam nt to work at producing unity in the interest of a greater union-l unity Surely at this crucial time in Canada's short history when subversive olomoMI of corruption, irrcligion and or- ganind disunity are 50(1)an into the lifeblood of our nation. we cannot afford the luxury of 1rre- sponsuhle name calling which contribulu nothing M curing th. nuns of mmmumsm and fase. ism or any other kind of dictator ship. Our t'rwrespondent is a man who is very interest- ed and ahmrhed in giving the kids healthy pastimes. We think he is doing an excellent job, considering the amount of help ho is getting. If Gord Camnholl decides tn quit his activities with the teenager: of Roxdale. the area will he losing a ded- irated person. They may also lose a few of the children of tho area to bruises of correction. How about some help fnr the kids? Our conduct m the interests of n united Canada could give Can. adians greater confidence in the ahihty of free men in I m. mneLv to govern themselves. I tern this responsmility deeply and if I fast at times to Idhore to this line n wilt not he I pre. mediated pnhhcal mlnoouver but a human failing for which I am sure my friends and opponents will (harden me, Mr. Speaker. the proposals put‘ forward In the Throne Speech provide a "fully tttadequate solu- tion to the urgent Immedilto lems hung the people In my crmstituencyofYork Centre Itt this year 1962 These 110.000) mun "I York Centre vowed thou lack of conndonro In the mm) of the Conservative Gov. Prttrnettt to manage the affairs cl the country on June mu list when a prevrous Conservative mummy over the Liberal: or “unsure: was Iumod Into I Llhonl mummy M 90m. 1 would‘ but thought mu um It“! re. by R. o. mun-u took place in Riding after Riding across the country would have jarred the most insomnia gov- ernment into realizing something had gonp wrong, However, in- stead of applying the lesson to the one place where it would do the most good, namely. to them- selves, they deeided, through the we1rd and wonderful process of TORY thinking, that they had re- ceived a mandate from a 37 31 percentage of the popular vote, to go over to England and in the most shameful way make things P' embarrassing as possible for et! country in her efforts " ‘oconomic salvation, The time 1might holler have been spent In :the C-mdim House of Commons ‘lormulalilg Can-dim policies of action designed to produce Cun- odlan economic salvation . . . verse] of public opinion which 8UPPOIT UNIYID AP'IAL