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THE LUCKIVO'W SENTINEL, LUCKNOW ;ONTARIQ
AL daunt ges Action To. Stem Ercision.
pportunity dor Rural Area Youth
?n his maiden..speee�h7 in, ,the Every young Mali or young w0 -
'Ontario ' 11 Tdegislature, •urray . ran who lea'Vets. the .•farm to gQ,
'Gaunt,, Liberal member for Mr- to the city takes with hien a oust
on Bruce urged 'Governnnent. ;ac- omen of the Merchants .in ;the
. Mian to turn "wasting aaural• .areas: • nearby. • '"to�w.n; 'The
customer
Into Pockets of o ress." The shrinkage, when' ippiected to
te*t• int . P .� . PrOgress." ,
. of .phis. speech .is as. follows. hundreds •or thousands,• means'
p•
MT, Speaker, • fewer •'and less; prosperous aver..'
hen: •this house spas. before it chants,. •',fewer., shop . • workers,
n ide ation . of: matters affect- eventually 'smaller town spopula-
c'osa_r ___ .
;ins agriculture, it is inclined to tion; And, as the town shrinks;
dwell on priesnmarketsand so .does their attraction% for new
distributive practices and • itax- industry, ' . .
ation. 'Likewise,• when this; house • It is a vicious • circle of aban-
:iias before, it matter's .afif eeting donment with ,the •econorniv .bar-
industry .it is inclined: ,to follow ureter steadily ,plummeting,: The
•• much the same procedure: It is farms get larger and:. 'efnpti& ,
altogether proper that, such pro- the, towns get quweter•:and •less•
cedure should ' be observed be :prosperous, The area vouchers.
immediate concern ,and, conten- bud. is, �' Speaker, benefits no=
cause these • are • • the questions o f •
.tion. • : •And yet, practically nothing is
While this subject touches On; being '.done to remedy the situa
both agriculture and 'on industry lion, Nor have any:,steps . !been/
1n ,the arena, '1 have the honour' taken that•warrant hope for the
to represent it touches,--- ,it .pres. future . .
res .rather —,on the. lives esf .those . Take any own.. area; , Take, Hu
who: 'dwell there and; 10...the ex- ron-Briuce as, an example, No.
tent that ,the strength of ail On- one. of any generation has seen'
: tario depends on the tstrength of• ;the slightest effort ;to plan,. Hy-•
a]} the ,parts, this subject is --the dro has. been made available as.
Concern of all Ontario and should. it. hasin: most of ;. Our settled
'bet caminuruties. Roads.. have :been
the• immediate concern of
49ruse:, ° : sur�faeecl,• 'providing a little nig,
This 'subject is the erosion of`,gling -local employment, But +hy-
ooptortunity for youth , in Our • ru-• . dro lighting what? Roads'.*adug
sal .areas.. whither? There has been no :plan -
When the area that is. Huron-. ','Hing " for the • .There &>
re, .There
Bruce • *as settled 'between. •a been. no enquiry as .to where the
hundred and :a !hundred and fifty future might • ,lead ..There has,
years •ago:—. settlement in pretty, ''been no. governmental interest in'.
• much the ':_preserit , pattern took whether this area dwindled . •
about:'fifty .years to establish prospered. `
it was already .behind that area The hard fact of •t = tter
to the south known as: the Huron. that•.the, rural ,areas Ontario..
• Tract ' and behind the, Lake:' area. have.: not evolved with..evolution
to the ' north /because it has -•'/been to the inter-:
W:infgh:am., now .the .centre', of est of thegovernmerit:'of..Ontario
the riding,.• the largest.: town ...in to, keep the • people • of these `.areas
:the. trilling . with a population" of ashewers• of wood. and drawers
dens 'than "3,000: was •not settled- um
of water..Great sums are being
• until 'a Man on' a raft, • coming spent and Much:. publicity: has
down river frorn Brussels, stuck been' given to job, retaining. 'This.
on a : sand bar and. settled • !there: to the interest of industry and
t was in 1&59 • to the other monied classes the
in. 1 am's ,first industry was a government serves: ,
- grin it ` t serve the"'cse'ttl'er far- But what has ' been done in
'inners in' the immediate 'viol:PUy, • like measure for the .Ontario far-
.And.' as th'e land: settledand the m
.er.and for. the resident -worker
area '.:grew' in ipopulatio�n, • :•other or small '.)business man of the
Industrie*, ,grew :-,up to. serve 4 it; . small .towns? "Npthing ::pori
'They grew, not ,only yin .Wingharn, tiwely, unequivocally nothing! '
but in Lucknow,• in -Brussels, in What '• should ' rte , done? What
Blyth, .inMildrn,ay, 'in Teesy_v_ater, steps /should ; be.' ' taken by . local '
an: Ripley and in the ..smaller residents,, :,by: local merchants?
What steps should••,.,be .taken''by of crops, our Atransportation' ,fac-,
the. igovernment of • Ontario? The ilifies, our domestic .market po-
answers' to these ;questions are tential•,our ..housing. availabili-•
controyersial but " • 'somewhere,: I ties and <all the= other factors in_
somehow, action must be .'under'. eluding , . if reight, • .refrigeration;
storage ,and: ,insurance that •'in
4ustry needs to know: be f Dire it
es'tablihes. '
:When this..i.urVeY is Completed,
its findings shOauld !be '•anralysed.
and . .there should be ,established
from' •those findings;;realistic tar
-
zeta in terms 'of industrial attrac-.:
ti.or
When the survey and -the Sur-
' vey analysis• • have :been. . noir--
pleted, 'there should be set lup a
meeting •of. the Wardens:, • the.
clerks,,and ,the reeves and mayors
of • the ;region and these . • •f acts,.
'Should.:be made known to ',tihem'
of a. •localmunicipality May ex-,
pend in any_ one year :a aum not
exceeding the amount of one mill
on the dollar on the total of its..
taxable assessment and as, an
.additionwal one=tenth of one mill
on the dollar on that part of its,
total: taxable assessment in ex- •
cess of ten million dollars for the
purpose o paying any .expenses:
of its department• . and commis
sinner of industries, if any, end
for the' ipurpose of .distributing
information ,respecting the ad-
vantages oaf: the municipality as
an industrial, !business, educa-
tional, .residential or vacation
centre but no• local municipality
shallexpend.'"in ones year, ..an
amount exceeding $60,004. for
such purijose,
'A11 this: high sounding phraseo-
logy is ,totally. ',meaningless '
the 'areas. to , swlrich I refer. -
In. .Huron -Bruce, for instance,,
the largest .town, is Wine -pm with
a popu'la'tion of . 2,800, The ,Act
does not 'permit. Wi n.ngihaan,, as a
.town, to act.. to save itself. If.
Ontario is to .grow . in opportun
ity, if the deep rural areas are. to,
benefit • '•from. 'such growth;, if
these ,areas are ..to continue to, b&
an. asset to .rather than a burden
on the body politic, then t
ac.'t must be revised to help sma -
ler towns .•to hep themselves:,
I know, that there Will be,re
sistence to these two suggestion's,
I 'know that there are those Who
will say ;that places ' ''ke •Huuron=,
Bruce want to be . supported -by.
,government, that 'these . places
want iproteotion and crutches to
lean on and someone' else= goy
ern+ment-' perhaps to "support,
t'hern, : . •
Mr. ,''Speaker, . the ,person who
Makes Stich a 'statement slanders,
all the :good people who live in
hese areas, To ;borrow from :rhes-
tory and to adaipt; a great quota
,bion to the ipresent .discussion , 3
State ' here` . and now` • that, far'
: from 'wis+hing to lean on;' .the ef-
forts of anyone else, .the people
of Huron -Bruce' will :fire the last;
shots in the :defence oi; -freedom=
of ',enterprise All they. •, cask,: all
they. seek,: is ;equality' of :'oppar-
tunity �7 �'
First;,' then,. a• survey. ..
.This survey, should 'tell', us in.
specific ter what :we have
'this 'area,•: in. trhese,towns and 'OP,
lages; that wi11;7attract. what kinds
of :employer. This survey should
measure • • our. water* supply; : our*
labour. pool, our hydro load, our
sod' capacity. for various'' ` types
communities that grew . to. serve
the farni• 'community during the
last century. •
And then,' begintring with the
last', 'generation and .accelerating
into' today, /began .what I refer ,to.
as ,. the,popUlation erosion., First
young anen and...then. young, w,o•-
wen ',began to . leave the.' farms
and.. ••to seek. ernplaymelt. _ '-in.
the • Ford ;factory in Detroit, em=
ploymel t inI:o iden, in Kitchen-.
..er, 'in Toronto and :further. afield:
• Coincidental :with •. this' .exodtis•
...from the farm : came the great
developrnents in farm;:/,inechani-•
zation. The area. of Huron Bruce.
visas at one time noted ,for its`:
horses;' Tommarrow, if •the trend
coritirvues,.:.horses will be ..ex-
• plaided to Children' rby means. Of
ietures
Today.the farms •are .larger,
the people fewer,. theopportune
tiles less. We, on the. farms, des-
perately ..seeking some • holding\
back of the clock,; are inclined .to
,point fingers 'at- vertical integira-
tion in -agriculture, at, the made-.
gtiacy of agricultural products
price floors, 'apt. the inequalities of
taxation, particularly in the field.
of advanced -education. •
This starvation of : opportunity
which ecpels our vallis; ;people'
from the ifarms is. ' more than a.
• • social phenomenon to note in pas-
sing. Int is much more than that.
It ,is a shrinking ' of the small.
farm family ' circle and all that
circle means ii religious good,
" in ,social. good and ' , in economic.
good. I,t•,is a negation of•'the as-
pirations which brought our fore-
bears to clear and to plough and
to settle with the thought that
there would be plenty for those
who followed;pafter.:
Butthis • shrinkage of popula-
tion does not affect' only the farm
home and, the family circle
In one :Way Or another it at -
feats everyone who works or lives;.
in On.tario...
�.
tainin g an; i:rduatrlaI, commiss*obit ,
there , would. seem to be no. other,
choice • than 'the•establish�rnent o#'
spine: ;such ;bodys
Let us suppose for a moTnent
that such a• body exists, Let tis
su .ppose it has been in operation
regionally tor a,year or so.
Could we not visualize a stop in.
the ',emigration .of young :peopll e,
an Increase :in the gross product
of the region, a:. reduotion in .the
individual tax burden 'because. of
industry sharing sha '.in ithat. burden?
I.
think we" could..; x' know. we
could for this; ;has been the •ef,
feet of iiew industry establish-
ment.: elsewhere. And we could
have it too in thesepoor little
taken because ;the Passing:of ,the
,buck• has left: us' woefully little
time in. • :which to..reverse our
'down'ward'trend. •
It must . he,, obvious to :.a11, who
study • . this important problem'
that the:;. first requirement' in
amending a condition :that is ra4.
pidly becoming intolerant is ade-
quate information — regional in-
fork ation.. . .
A 'survey is:•neededto measure:
the fall off in ;,opportunity arid
the, • same survey •,:coul4 . readily
be . employed to reveal' avenues
of new opportunity. The `inaking•
of such a. survey Is surely a gov- ui .-an exhaustive presentation of
ernnient. obligation and one •thatperhaps one, or two days .dura
should a undertaken invnedi 1 tion: .
ately; -his', has been ddne before:• 'Opt. of this' presentation there
and done successfully.:R�ight.now Should come the fo •.
Irmation:of re-
the .goverunent, of Alexico ispay-. gional committees which will
ing.:out many ,millions of dollars meet from .time " • to ': time and
to :have a professional assessment ;which will ,iiva'ke requests'
. ...to'
made ofthe potential of 'its vari- specific ,government : departments.
ous areas. And 'yet '• Mexico is for specific ''further information
co
backward c
e cornpared to us, •a as the need arises. a.
• y• . The end function of.these re -
.So let us have •a. survey which gional cortimi'ttees would be to
will tell us in what direction we act to attract' industry .through
should look
the dissemination of .information''
• Then let tis ''revise 'the Muni- essential to in•dustryrand through
cipal 'Act* to enable communitiessuch local ,attraction to industry
to effect' the remedial measures. as seemed advisable to• the re-.
indica'ted by the survey, gional body. as a Miele.-
._
Today., section ' 422 of the • You may say that this is no'.
Municipal Act provides that the 'different 'from coothe establishment
oun cil of. a municipality having' of` an, , industrial the,
co'I
sthan5,000 agree pula�tion .of •not less that; .in . simony ways, it " is
may pass 'by-laws for • the esti- similar indeed to such• a •,bo.dy,'
blishment and Maintenance. orf a And .yOu , are aware that such
departmentofindustries and 'for, bodies have done much to attract•
appointing'a commissioner of'in- industry and to create prospeil:ty
dustries to bring to, the 'notice of in their areas, •
manufacturers and others the ad., ' But,- Mr. Speaker, I submit;
vantages• • of the rriunic •, that if the municipal act ,of On-•'
tario ,(I am referringe to. section•...
422)large towdisbars
nthfromprivilege all of butmain-
the
1Lty as
'ucation-
n centre.
the council
an nd
ustrial business,.
al, .residential or, vac
Itt also states
T1J.
rich' regions tli t,tr
donee . RbP an .exp.
!gears i'ts •e#ort tc
cen�trat'ed. -area$
Mr. Speaker; for
rural areas runi• d'o`
productive capaciW
.the same as nesiectin
tenance of a .house.'
deteriorates.
T his situation. can •�.- this situ,.
ation. must -t be refit' 1
ple survey and irnpleme 'cation of
.its findings . pan turn ntario's
Wasting " rural' areas into pockets
of progress that will at :root in,
vestment and .provide jobs to
keep Our. youth at. the e and' as,
'
'Sure them a career. .. _ •
1
RY ` 1st, 1963
ve been aba rt.,
ediency which,
serve' the con -
Is 'to let our
in, in' their
is exactly
the main.
e 1),FQperty..
•
•
"Maybe you can't divide .1963 'by four- but in my book
stillradds up to a Leap Year:
`"`I'M starting the�,
h New Year with'� a bi leapforward. .'
Tomorrow I take delivethere's
m ry of ,a brand-new 'ear, and
a modern stove '.for Mollie . on the:, way to replace that
monstrosity in the kitchen:'`' '" ••1 '
"Mild you, we did a ,whole • lot of Ido
king
• decided to leap. That's whywe settled e t
on the. B:of M•
Family Finance' Plan in buying_our' New Year resents to
ourselves. The: monthlyaP
Payments; • are well: within our `.
budget; and. we couldn't ask" for better terms All our
credit needs fitted,snugly under that, one broad B
d of M roof...
"This, New Year,it's` off with'the'. old
and on with the,
new, .thank's to the B of Family Finance :.Plan."
•
BANHBr. 11 You have so
in mind .that. would
10JAl!1UONr�KOMS give :a. new zest .• to hvtng-a new'.car .:a.
new model TV...a. cottage ' in. •
the country, even... why . npt see your •
neighbourhood' branch of the Bo
,The people: at "MY ,BANK"' will be ,glad
• todiscuss a low -cast, life insured •B o/ M
Family Finance: Plan loan that could
brighten. your days in . 1963. ; '
r'nance .
t•OWCr ST, LIEF -INSURED L9ANS
ucknow Branch:
MILTON RA►YNER, Manager
WORKING WiT4 CANADIANS IN 'EVERY' 'WALK OF LIFE •SINCE. 1'0'17'
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