HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1966-04-06, Page 14THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL,, • LUCICNOW, ONTARIO'
(by .lehn Loney ,1%/1. PPs). "
,Parliament this Week began the
• long-awaited and historic debate
on the ,Abolition of Capital Punish
went. This issue, which .arouses.
,strong feelings both pro and con
was last Considered by the E ousee in
196 , when a.,private•Member's
resolution presented by Mr, Frank
'McGee., the thenConservative
Member•4for York- Scarborough, ;
.was debated,. At that time, no
vote on the issue was taken.
The, resolution which is now be-
fore the Commons was presented in
the namesµ:of four Members, two •
Liberals, a Conservative; and an.
NDP Member. The procedure of -
allowing the resolution to stand
i►n'the name of fourP rivate'Mem- •
bersis an unprecedented one, and •
was allowed as,, an indication of the
'. fact that on this issue:the vote will
not .be, along Party lines •
The Government has indicatedd'
that three days will be 'allocated to
the debate. Under, the rules' of the.
House .each Member ispermitted
to speak ,for twenty minutes in
support of his p sition ; Many Mem
bets have expressed a desire:; to pun.
forward -their views and it is ,a
possibility, thatif a vote is to be
taken additional time will have'
.to be.' made available for. all Mem.
bers •who .wish to do' so to partici
pate;:
The resolution; which would. . �•
have to be. followed by legislation
if it 'passes, reads as follows
'Resolves that it is :expedient, to
introduce a measure to amend the
Criminal Code' for the purposes of
(a) abolishing the, death;penalty
;: in respect of all offences underthe
study, Many Canadians have tak-
en the time to write.their M. P.
and let him know where they. stand.
This expression of opinion has been
Much appreciatedby the Members.,
It should •be pointed out that
some criticism has been made that
few M'P.'s•are listening to then/
debate, .This,point of view fails
to take into account the facts that
almost one-third of the Members
have indicated an intention to
speak on the resolution :and that "
all Members are weighing the pros
-and cons very, seriously. Whether
the vote is in•'favour of abolition`
or retention of the death penalty',
there is no question but that each
Meritber will�:cast• his vote after
long and serious consideration oh,'
a'most important. subject.
The introduction oriMonday of
a resolution which wouldappear
to the uninitiated to be a very*
(b) substituting a mandatoryi'sen-
•
tence'of life imprisonment in
those cases .' Jhere. the death penal-
ty is now mandatory;
(c) providing' that no person upom
whom a mandatory sentence of •life
imprisonment is.unposed Shall be.
released from imprisonment••with-
out the prior'approval of the Gov
ernor in Council (i=e.the Cabinet).
'It is not my intention to set out •
herethe arguments which are
being •so well put- on each side..
Thesearguments have been ;con''
'sidered` and debated outside Parlia-
mint tot -some time now , ,. and Pari''-
iamentary consideration of the
pro ition first began .in 1914 and
hast ontinued fron time 'to time
since then. .:l umerous.Committ-
•' ees and 'Royal Commissions (Can-
adian and British) have considered
the matter and a Wealth . of rna5er-
ial is available to 'Members for
simple proposal, was the occasion
of a two-day.,debate which culmin•
ated in the Government's survival
of two:non-confidence votes. The
motion,:made by. Finance Mini-
ster .SharP,
inister.Sharp, was that the''House go
into Committee of Supply. It. is'
:on this motion that amendments
are traditionally made by the. Opp-
osition Parties. These amend-
mens, reflect a' want of confidence
in the:Government and, if carried,
mean defeat of ,the.`Government.
Two 'amendments to•the resolu-:
tion were. made. The Conserva,- •
tive amendment, moved by Opp-,
osition Leader John,: Diefenbaker,
criticized the Government 'for
failure to hold down, the cost' of .
living and combat the ever -rising
spectre: of inflation•. NDP Leader
T. C. Douglas. •'called in his
amendment forthe establishing of
a Arices Review Board. empowered
todeterrnine the extentto which
price increase& are justified The/
NDP proposal was presented as an
`adjunct to. the Conservative amend:
ment , and did: not reflect disagr-
gement"with the criticism of the
Govermnent inherent in the mot-
ion put forward by the Conserva-
tives.
'The Conservative motion was
based: on the fact that the cost .
of living in'Canada'has reached •:
�an'.ali-time high. Using 1949 a:
the base year, and assigning to
prices at thattme a standard of
100, the cost of living index ,in
February. of 1966 stood at 142.1-
• The pinch is. felt most by those
in•receipt of•pensions' and fixed ,
incoines. :These of courseremain
the sante despite the.fact that the
purchasing power of the. person:re
• ceiving there declines,
finance Minister Sharp admitt-
ed that :the Government 'was con-
a cerned about inflation, .which. he '
described as a "serious problem"' ,
and stated that the budget"of next
week would. take steps to counter-
act the.trend toward an ever-in-
creasing decline;in the purchasing
power of the Canadiadollar in
the domestic market
The NEP proposal .found 'little
support outside the ranks of that ..
p.arty. It was pointed out that to
implement their suggestion Woolf}
involve setting up a,Wages Review
Board, since .wages have a large.
bearing On prices. This -would " •
mean, in effect; a return to the
controls which`,existed during.World
•
,,War II.
The first' vote came on.the NDP
amendment, 'which:was defeated'.-•
200 to 20. Support for the Conser-'
"native "amendment came from all
but one Member ' of the NDP, The
Social Credit' Party and;one Inde-
pendent. .Three Social Crediters,
'one •NDP and one Independent supe•
orted the Liberals.' This support
was sufficient to allow the Govern-
ment to defeat the Conservative
motion by a margin of 121 to 108.
The. Government has now, sur
vitved, five non -confidence' motions
since the opening: of the session.
The first three came during the,
debate on the. Speech from .the.
Throne, In all.: cases the. Govern-
ment has had, support •:from one of
the smaller Opposition Parties in
order to survive.,'
A dairy .policywhich will 'ensure
a price of '$4,-00 per hundredweight
of milk to Canadianproducers was
announced by Agriculture Minister
Greene; ' •Inhis announcement ,Mr
'Greene pointed: out that there con
tinues to be a deterioration in the
economic position of the dairy
farmer.. He described 0.7 'disturb
i ng the number of those'who are
moving out of farming and going
into industry and. other urban occ,
-upations because they cannot make
'a living ontheir'dairy,'farms any
More-. ;.:
"Unless' the pronucers confidence
in his ability, to make a decent-
living from dairy farming is rest-•
ored, w.e. face the possibility of
;shortages" Mr: Greene told .the,
House:
• He also said'that the registra-
tion of fluid milk producers under.
the .new policy would require
'sorne time and -the first payments
• to•fluid milk producers will there-
fore ' not be made•as quickly as to
manufacturing milk producers:
The Conservative :Party, have
been advocating a '$4.00 'minim-.
uin per hundredweight price for
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GODERICH.- Equalized assess-
ment, on which the 1966 county
the last twelve, months, and'it •
was supported by the dairy indust-
ry in this stand, • The Government
has adopted, point by point, the,
Conservative dairy 'policy and in
dicated that close scrutiny would:
be given to the announcement to
ensure that it gives effect,to a
Minimum price, of $4.00 per htin-
dredweight, and 'not merely am
'average price of that amount.
ate` SHURGAIN
LIMIT FEEDING PROGRAM
a new concept in hog feeding
...cuts feed .costs. .. irnproves
grades.:. increases profits!
CUT FEED REQUIREMENTS by up to: 50 lb.
per hog with the new SLUR -GAIN Limit
Feeding Program.
MORE GRADE 'A's MARKETED because the
limited energy feeding with the SHUR' GAIN
Limit Program helps control the development
of excess fat, allows hogs to grow more lean
melt.
•
YOU POCKET THE EXTRA
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• "lower feeding costs per' hog,
extra returns from more 'A'
Grade logs marketed ..
limit hear finel�
rate is calculated, is :tip $1,296,291
from 1965, and the' levy is higher,
accordingly, by. $141,75o., reflect•
ingthe increases in mill rate to 8
for.general' purposes and •9.3 for
roads.. On equalized : assessment
of $61,593.052 the county will
collect $540,744 for general 'pur-
poses and, $628,615 for the roads -
department.
...Assessment . increases apply in, '
all 26 municipalities with sole .
exception of McKilfop, where
there is a slight drop, and even
that, township will pay higher taxes
Goderich, on, assessment tip $466:
815, will pay $13,796•.78 more on
the.general rate and $58;356.78
More for county roads; a totalof
$72,.155.56.
Exeter'will pay $.14',L5.13 more
Wingham.$6,949, Clinton $5,785,
Stephen,• highest assessed, township
at; just under $4*,000,000., will dig
up. $8Q,457.80 for the county, an
increase of $5,752,09.
The overall increase intaxes is
about 14%, to $1,1694.3'0. 'Other
items of :revenu'e are $276,
from Huronv.iew;.` an offset, to the •
county grant of:$55,000;.
from the registry office; SC,5u0
in plumbing,fees from the 'health
unit, and $6,006 from the emus-
eum. . The budget shows $1v66L
•for salaries; utilities and traintem
• ante at the museum,, Including •,
$200 for the Dunlop tomb: The
EMO• budget is $18,028,'
Under "general government;
executive'and legislative,'' $11
000 is put down for count;," council,
$8,000 •for' committees and` con-
ventions, $6,200 for grants and
memberships, $2,000 for warden's
salary and expenses`and $650,for
the warden's ba�t,. m
pay for health, :HuronvnqueiCoew , mittee Libr•
ary and roads committees is not
included in the $30.400 total'.-