Clinton News-Record, 1950-03-16, Page 7THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD �+ PAGE SEVEN
Torn Pryde Says Huron
Stands in Forefront
Thomas Pryde, 1'.%LA for Bur -
'on, delivered his maiden speech
of. the Second Session of the
23rd Leg,;slature of Ontario; Fri-
day, March 3. The NEWS -
RECORD is publishing the
speech in two instalments -the
first appearing last week and
the second herewith. ,
I mentioned assistance given
by this government to provide
'improved services of all idnds to
farm people and rural commun-
ities. First and foremost, and of
prime importance, is the aid giv-
en to education. I do not think
we should% minimize this aid.
Without it I fully believe that
many schools in the province
would have been closed for lack
of teachers. These grants have
enabled school boards to pay
better salaries. To city members
may I say that our rural, schools
bad no modern plumbing, or
hydro or central heating, nothing
except a box stove. This has
been rectified, Cod now we have
these facilities. It has been rec-
tified in a great measure because
of the grants given. Many of
the schools now have hydro in-
stalled, which saves the eyesight
of the children, and there is
modern plumbing. It could not
have been provided out of the
property tax on. which it existed
before. Again, here we have
something which will be of great,
help to many of the schools.
In Huron County the attend-
ance at secondary schools in the
last four years has increased fifty
per cent. It was absolutely ne-
cessary to find new and increased
accommodation, and you end I
know that would be a great bur-
den on property owners if they
were called upon to do it with-
out special , grants. In Huron
County we have four district
high schools, and we have 24
busses operating in the southern
port of the county, end they
'travel 1600 miles per clay and
provide transportation for 728
pupils. This is a recommenda-
tion, surely. The grants we re-
ceived in Hurtle this year total-
led $364,800, comprised of $181,-
400
181,400 elementary, $11.792 separate,
and $171,606 secondary, making
the total which I mentioned,
$364,800. This is of tremendous
assistance to the school boards
in Huron County.
Before leaving this question of
duration, let me tell yiou some-
thing that is operated wider their
upervision, and that is a travel-
ing library. We organized the
first travelling library service, It
is well " organized and supervised
the county and by the grants
from this government. A moving
icture has been made, entitled,
The Books March On." It gives
a picture of the rural life
n Ontario, and the library ser -
ice, and it goes into the life of
uron inhabitants. It shows not
,lily the work of the library, it
gees into the f"•m and county
and shows the horses end the
cattleand some of the crops, and
output of the county. It its a
real propaganda film and could
be a hint to other counties. ' It
has served an especial purpose in
Huron County.
I would like to go on record,
and give my views on Public
Health. Public Health is of prime
importance. In many small, places,
and in fact, the great majority
of small. towns and villages, there
is no sewage system and septic
tanks are the order of the day.
People in the country have a
right to live the same as the
people in the city. There is a
great demand for sewage systems
and disposal systems and the cost
of installing these is prohibitive.
They are almost beyond the
power of the municipality to
provide them out of their sources
of revenue. I believe when this
whole system of taxation has
been levelled out, the municipal
councils will be relieved to a
great extent. of the responsibil-
ity for providing services which
are necessary in the interests of
prtblic health. And I include not
, only sanitation, but also drinking
water. In many cases, wells are
not satisfactory. The day is not
far away when many small towns
and villages will have to bring
' water from the great lakes. . I
`
believe the time hascome when
a great deal of the responsibility
'will be taken off the shoulders
of the municipalities.
Hospitals also come under that
heading. I will not go so far
as to say they should be taken
ever by the province, until the
levelling out and allocation of
the ^esponsibilities of the gos-
ermnent is determined. What
has been done to date has been a
big stepin giving small towns and
municipalities necessary aid in
installing these services such as
I have mentioned, and making it
possible for them to do it. I will
take a few more minutes on this.
It has been discussed before,---
social service.
I would like to be able to say
that the' day is not far distant
when the government of Canada
will inaugurate a system of con-
tributory
old age pensions. There
was a great deal of talk about it
before the last election, but as
far as we have gone so far, is to
form a committee. I hope be-
fore another election that this
will all have been gone into.
Under the present Minister of
Welfare, we are having honest,
humane, and decent administra-
tion, riot only for our aged people,
but also for widowed and de-
serted mothers, and their children,
Some honorary members: Hear,
hear.
Mr, Pryde: On this subject there
is also another class of people,
and that is the retired people..I
am a rural member, and know
more of this, and how it is in
the small towns, than those of you
in the cities. I thinkthat the
honorable members know that in
small towns and villages a large
percentage of our population is
composed of retired people, . re-
tired sonic years ago, and hoping
that they would be able to live
on the interest of their savings,
and of course, the interest has
greatly dropped. The cost of liv-
ing has increased, and now these
retired people find it very diffi-
cult to make ends meet. They
are having a hard time, I would
like to say a word on their be-
half, and get them into our way
of thinking.. .They are too proud
to ask for public assistance. They
did not like the idea of an old
age pension because they think
of it as charity. I can assure you
that many of them are discussing
it, and they have discussed it with
me, and wondered if they would
make applications for old age
pensions.
I think perhaps I have spoken
long enough. But I do not want
to sit down without making
mention of the trip to the north
and northwest country which was
taken by many of the hononable
members here last fall. The hon-
orable Minister of Lands and
Forests (Mr. Scott) is not in his
place, but I believe it is the un-
animous opinion of all of us that
it was a very well -organized trip.
We saw a great deal which was of
interest, and I believe we all
benefitted from the trip. May I
say to those of the northern
honorable members who were our
hosts at that time, that their
hospitality was unbounded. T re-
member one day in particular
when we started at Fort Frances,
and we were banquetted at break-
fast; at noon, at Sioux Narrows.
we were banquetted . again, and
at Kenora in the evening we were
banquetted still further, and I am
sure those of us who were on the
trip will long remember the
hospitality of the people of the
north and northwest,
We saw the amazing develop-
ment of that country. I do not
like to mention any particular
project, but it has been mention-
ed several times in this debate,
but I would like to mention the
development at Steep Rock Mines,.
which is one of the most amazing
things we saw on the whole trip.
Many of you have heard people
say 'Why did we' not do this
ourselves." Mr .Speaker, I think
it is a tribute to free enterprise,
to the people who take the
chances, and if American capital
did come in and proceed with
work of this nature, may C say
that it has provided many thous-
ands of Canadian citizens with
employment, and with very badly
needed United States dollars. ,,
If we do not have enoughrisk
capital in this country' to take
the chance ourselves, how will
this country develop.. if we do not
welcome foreign capital„
Some honorable members: Hear,
hear,
Mr. Pryde: The remedy is in
our own hands. Let us do our
best.
Mr. Robert Thornberry (Hamil-
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AR OLD ALTON, left, R.R. 7 Lucknow, was the winner of the junior grain judging competi-
fion held at Clinton Saturday as part of the annual Huron County Seed. Fair. He scored 696
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An honorable member: "Over
'ome."
Mr. Speaker: Order.
Mr. Pryde: I think we have a
duty to perform, and I'think we
should acquaint . the people of
Southern Ontario with the facts
of the development in the north.
It has been said many times "You
do not know anything about our
country" I think that works
both ways.• They ado not know
anything about our country, I
was amazed to find so many peo-
ple who came from the western
'provinces and even from the
United States, who do not know
ai,ything about Southern Ontario,
Quite frankly I had a job telling
people where Huron Count, was,
I think it is a rather important
place, but I found there were
hundreds who never even heard
of it.
I may say, for the benefit of
the honorable member for Lamb -
ton West (Mr. Cathcart) that I
had to start at Sarnia, because
most of them knew *here Sarnia
was, and then work' 'up along
the shores of Lake Huron, and :I
was finally able, to locate Huron.
County for them in that way.
In 'the words of the Prime
Minister a few days ago -- this
government does not want to
have its usefulness measured by
the millions of dollars it spends
but by what it has done to im-
prove the lot and living con-
ditions of the people of this
province
We must meet the challenge
of the times. Much ' depends on
the actions of government at all
levels. We, of course, have no
direct influence in the interna-
tional field but in our own sphere,
sound legislation,- enacted to
provide opportunity and justice
to all will do much to maintain
peace and harmony.
This government has a sound
program which will keep the
wheels of industry in motion to
create employment for our people
and with a resulting demand for
the food produced on our farms.
This is the cycle we wish to
create and within it we will have.
prosperity a n d contentment
brought about by self reliance
and independence. Ontario will
then have gone far to help build
a strong Canadian nation,
A few days ago we heard quirt -
ed that good old Presbyterian
hymn—Lead Kindly Light ---which
seems to sum up the difference
in attitude of each side of this
House—Optimism on one side—
gloom on the other.
Mr. Speaker, I hope you will
excuse the pointing finger, but
indicating the honorable Prime
Minister [Mr, Frost), let us say:
"Lead, Kindly Light, amid the
encircling gloom,
Lead Thou us on."
Some honorable members; Hear,
hear.
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