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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-03-26, Page 2PAGE TWO THURSDAY, MARCH. 26, 1964 0.0 ZURICH Citizens NEWS HERB TURXHEIM -- Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for the payment of postage in cash, Member: Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS r' NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 7 cents and Welcome (?) Change! Many years ago, when the taxpayer was younger, his idea seemed to be, "Let's spend some money, and the purpose of the spending doesn't matter much". That particular taxpayer is away at the moment so one can't check to learn if he still thinks that spending, of itself, is a virtue. But the philosophy seems to prevail in political circles. It's difficult to decide who brings on the new taxes. Spending among the public may have convinced poli- ticians that spending is a good thing. But it may be that the politicians are activated by the feeling that a new highway, a new public building, a new transfer payment, a new handout to the prairie farmers will make for votes. Others who may lip involved in this planning for new spending and new taxes are bureaucrats who are empire builders. These people know that if you are going to impose a new tax that requires the policing of an entire industry, there will have to be more government employees, with deputy minister supervisors, directors in ever greater numbers. It is probable that the military would like to spend more regardless of where the tax money comes from. The cutting -back occasioned in the last month or so, through the Hon. Paul Hellyer as minister of de- fence, probably makes him unpopular with the brass in all three services, Included in the brass, of course, will be the would- be admirals who find it difficult to adjust themselves to a desk job at headquarters when they might be cruising in the Mediter- ranean at the right season of the year.— (The Printed Word) Accident Often Not Accident! "Accident" is one of the most weary words in Webster's dictionary. It is stretched to cover auto crack-ups killing or maiming people for life, chil- dren who die after gorging on "candy" aspirin, a person crippled for life after a crushing fall downstairs as well as spilling a glass of milk. The Iabel "accident"—credited with more than five thousand lives last year —• actually poses a stumbling block itself. "It was just an accident" is a socially accept- able excuse, even if a person is killed or maimed for life. Even accident statistics—by their great diversity—confuse, rather than clarify the issue. For example, more than ten percent of 19V1* accidental deaths were due to falls, and about ten percent of the victims burned to death. So what do you do? .Avoid stairways or eliminate fires and heating equipment from your home? That would hardly be the answer. Accident prevention today mainly con- sists of safety check -lists and slogan cam- paigns. But hopefully, in the future re- searchers may be able to paint the true epidemiological picture, much as was ac- complished in the last ten years with polio. Some research has been done, but the fourth dealing cause of death presents a mammoth and diverse challenge. Indica- tions are that there is more involved in an accident than just a simple occurrence —fall, poisoning or burn. The most dangerous time of the day, as far as home accidents go, appears to be the period immediately preceding the eve- ning meal—between •three and six—the highest point of hunger and fatigue of the day. Children in families under stress of some temporary type are more susceptible to ac- cidents. As far as cause -effect relationships, little is known. And unfortunately, much of the available knowledge and just plain common sense go unheeded. For example, we know poisons can kill, but babies con- tinue to crawl under the kitchen sink and drink to the death the poison left there. Although we don't have all the an- swers, we can apply knowledge that we have and question the label "accident" be- fore stretching it to cover a death or injury in your home.—(Gilmer Mirror, Texas) T ELCOME e; .NHEREVERYOU Gk ' Phone first! Family or friends, doctor, dentist, hairdresser, g'a- rage—;you lighten the load of a busy day when yotallow you're expected because you've called before. (And there are so malty things you can. settle over the phone without even having to go out!) It's hard to believe, isn't it, that there was a time when people didn't have a phone! 141 BILL IBUIL'T, MANAGED AND OWNED BY CANADIANS 47114.4 likeh and Neat By RAY ARGYLE The dominion -provincial fis- cal conference in Quebec City next week marks a new round in the stiffening struggle be- tween Ottawa and the provinces for supremacy in the collection and spending of taxes through- out Canada. As such, the conference will touch on the most sensitive nerve -end of the entire Cana- dian Confederation—more sen- sitive even than such emotion - charged issues as Quebec sep- aratism and U.S. control of Ca- nadian industry. The reason for this is that while all these issues are bound up together in the general question of Canada's future as a nation, none is more funda- mental than control of govern- ment revenues. The Confederation that we know today is not the Confed- eration as laid down in the Brit- ish North America Act of 1867. And it is efforts by certain provinces to get back •to the original intent of that act which has caused many of the current stresses between Ottawa and the provinces. Under the strains of war and the growth of government serv- ices undreamed of a century ago, the original spirit of Con- federation has been reshaped until today provincial authority has been eroded almost to the vanishing point.' Now, at a time when a min- ority government in Ottawa must deal with unusually well entrenched provincial adminis- trations, complicated by renew- ed French-Canadian demands for autonomy, the country is finally recognizing that the BNA Act is no longer a work- able constitution. The Act has foundered on two main obstacles. First, t reserved rights to the provinces which the provinces are today incapable of financing Education, highways and wel- fare, which a century ago were items of minor concern or most, remain provincial responsibil- ities. The cost of these services is today staggering and will grow as the country grows. This is why the wealthier provinces, and not just Quebec alone, are demanding a return of tradi- tional tax fields to the prov- inces. The second rock on which the BNA Act has foundered is that it remains an act of a British parliament, over which Canada has no vested control. Until it is replaced by a constitution of purely Canadian origin, it will be more divisive than unifying as a foundation for the Cana- dian nation. Is the solution, then, merely to rewrite the BNA Act with a Canadian constitution and re- store to the provinces such orig. inal rights as the raising of most faxes. Unfortunately, no, because it is only Ottawa's intervention in the tax field which has held Canada together. The principle of provincial taxation is incon- sistent with federalism, and will remain so despite such theories as "co-operative federalism" now being advanced by the Pearson government. Canada needs more than a new constitution — it needs a New Dominion which would somehow grant to the provinces a degree of independence with- out balkanizing the country to the point of destroying the na- tionhood we are now struggling to preserve. IIIIIIIRIMIN11111111111111111111111111111111M11111111111ONLEPAIIIIMINIIIIIISINISMITOMIIIMINIMISSIIIEV SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley A great load has been lifted from niy mind. For a while there, I thought that chap, Rich- ard. Burton, was not going to do right by our Liz. Now I can sleep o' nights. And I was delighted that they were married in Canada. Even though it took place in Mont- real, and everybody is aware that Montreal is a wicked, wick- ed place, being married in Can- ada is a pretty serious proposi- tion, as we all know, don't we? I wonder if anyone pointed out to the happy couple that a Quebec marriage can be dis- solved only by an act of parlia- ment. There •could be some mighty exciting times in the House of Commons in a couple of years. Or six months. Can't you just hear the sep- aratistes bellowing that the English are trying to ram this' divorce down the throat of La Belle Province, and thereby in- sulting her sacred traditions, detaining her ancient glory and honor? Anyway, it was a fine cere- mony: the English -born Ameri- can film star of Jewish faith, married to the Welsh Presby- terian stage actor by a Unitar- ian minister in a French-Cana- dian city. On Sunday. A pretty select company at the wedding, too. A few friends, a gaggle of lawyers, and a brace of public relations rnen. None of those maiden aunts weeping all over the bride's make-up. I`ll bef that, even if the groom was a riffle rusty, Liz knew her lines. This was her fifth ap- pearance in that particular scene. She'd scarcely nee d prompting, The groom had been through the ropes only once b e f or e. This culminated in a Mexican divorce last December, which is reported to •have cost $1,500,- 000. Question: Would you pay that to get rid of your wife? Depends on whether you had it, you say? Sorry I asked. I'll bet I know what you're thinking. You're thinking I am writing this snidely, with tongue in cheek. You're wrong, I'm just glad things are settled so my wife can get back to the ironing. A lot of people, including some who wouldn't give a nickel to their blind leper cous- in if he ran around with girls, have taken a dim view of the behavior of the glamorous pair. People have told me, with great satisfaction, that Toronto's up- per crust deliberately ignored them. Admit it, girls. Who would BIG SALE ON PEDLAR'S Metal Roofing Buy now before federal tax! Call and enquire! Wayne Smith Phone 83 --- Hensel! you rather be than I4z Taylor? Four husbands behind you, four kids, a couple of million bucks in the bank, and Richard Bur- ton and a ring, all at the age of 32, Admit it, chaps. Where is the hardship in getting home from work and having Miss Tay- lor throw herself on your bosom? They may not be Abelard and Heloise, Charles II and Nell Gwyn, or Napoleon and Jo- sephine, but they have given us a love story with enough color, dash and flair to stir even Canadians in the grip of March. Mr, Burton is the most elec- tric actor I've ever seen. Miss Taylor is a lady I would defin- itely cross the street to chat with. Good luck to them. And if it's •any help, my wife says, "This will definitely last. She's found the right man". Growing Beans! E. L. 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