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Getting Set To Go?

_. Monday's Speech from the Throne at Ottawa is said to contain more legislative proposals than any other speech in the postwar era, all couch- ed in the sort of language that would ‘make attractive reading in an‘elec- tion manifesto. It has led many ob- servers to the conclusion that the Liberals are getting set to meet any election forced by a defeat on the floor of the House—or to call one

- themselves, if it looks expedient.~

4-Every Opposition amendment voted on in the Throne Speech debate is regarded as a test of confidence. Defeat of the government forces on one would force dissolution of Parlia- ‘ment and an election. With 129 Lib-

,eral seats in the 265-member House, .

this could happen by a combined Op- “position move at any, time:

Barring an election, what are the chances of the formidable program clearing the-legislative-hurdles?-The Canadian Press quotes “an official

close tothe government”. as conced- -

ing-that it is “a heavy program for one year.” Heavy indeed! It contains proposals that would-seem to call for 60-or more pieces of government - Jegislation. Last-year, at the opening of the 1964-65 session, the Speech contained about 20 such proposals— and the ensuring session ran for 248 sitting days. — : By agreement between all parties, the Throne Speech debate will be concluded by -Thursday, April 15,

after which there will be a recess un-"

til after Easter. By this reckoning, it is regarded as probable that Finance Minister Gordon will present his third budget on Tuesday, April 27, the day after Parliament reconvenes. In any event it will be presented some time that week. It is expected to reduce taxes atthe expense of an- other heavy deficit in the current budget—almost certainly, if the gov- ernment contemplates calling an elec tion. It would be the ninth annual deficit in a row, though Mr. Gordon used to warn that such a course— under the Conservatives—was threat- ening to land the nation “on the rocks.” :

If there is to be a spring election, the government will have to move fast indeed. It takes a minimum of two months to go through all the campaign motions and get the voters to the polls. A delay beyond April would schedule the election into the midsummer holidays. Former Prime Minister St. Laurent actually succeed- ed in rolling up a big majority on a play of this kind, in 1953; but a holi- day campaign is not regarded as a likely way of appeasing fhe voters. Too many of them have other more entertaining things on their mind at that time.

But it is the politicians that will * call the tune. We shall have to dance

to it, whichever way it goes. Into The Past

Canada is reg as a “new” country, but an eologist at the University of British Columbia has turned up evidence which he believes will establish the fact that we have, on our Pacific Coast, the oldest con- tinuous habitation in all of North

America. Artifacts gathered at three ° Earl Montbatten, who is to retire

sites in the Fraser River canyon, about 90 miles east of Vancouver, sup- port the theory that human beings were living there 12,000 years ago. The evidence came to light when a rockslide fell on the mainland of the Canadian National Railways some years ago. A systematic search re- vealed traces of inhabitants who had moved into the area following a great ice age.. It is believed these people went there from what is now northwestern Washington, and _ that

they were remnants of a prehistoric. migration from Asia to North Amer-

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se : now in the Bering Sea. This: occur- red possibly during a warm interval in the ice age between 30,000 and 50,000 years ago.

It is assumed that a corridor be- tween’ the ice sheets extended from Alaska along the eastern slopes of ~ the Rockies, permitting game herds

hunters. Many of these nomads. re-

which was never iced over and had enough vegetation to support larg game animals. os These intriguing assumptions are based on scientific findings which

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1965-~

are too detailed to go into here. In

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| to be a definite sequence of occupa- | tion in the Fraser River area extend- ing back over 20 centuries. Some 12,000 artifacts have now been stud- ied: and labled; their age being de-- termined either by radioactive carbon tests or through consultation with | geologists. Experts can ascertain within a few hundred -years when the-type-of_rock_used. for primitive implements*would haya been on the surface. -... ; ~It’s a fascinating occupation, this

digging into the past. We ‘usually’ associate it with Mesopotamia or some other old-world region; but we have barely scratched the surface of our’ own vast Dominion, and who

‘may yet come to light? ‘The. pressure of modern life. doesn’t give us much time for think- ing about such things, and that is a pity. They could give us a sense

of losing—if indeed we haven't al- ready loss it beyond recall.

__ Still Held Up.

‘By last reports, seven provinces had ‘ratified the controversial form- ula to amend the Canadian constitu- . tion, but it faced stiff competition in

Quebec and Saskatchewan. Manitoba is the third province that has not acted on the formula so far. If and when all the 10 provinces approve, it will be introduced in Parliament— if Parliament is still in session, and . has not run-upon the rocks of dis- ~ solution. - ‘— oe On: the federal: level, three Op- position parties have come out against the measure for a variety of rea- sons. But the Pearson government, reportedly, will reject all attempts to change the draft formula because, it

new federal-provincial. conference to. review the whole subject. =~

In the brief and superficial’ dis-

cussion. which the formula received in our local Legislature, it was repre- sented as something which had been agreed upon “in principle’; but it seems that Ottawa takes a different view ‘of the matter, holding that Jit is sacrosanct in its phraseology and must éither be passed ig toto, or re- jected. — :

It is to be hoped, at least, that the Opposition will insist on getting an explanation of the mysterious dlaahe in the formula which permits four provinces and the federal govern-

cial powers to each other. That is, of course. if they get a chance to dis- cuss it at all. '

New Edition

The 1965 edition of the Atlantic Year Book has just been published— bigger with 448 pages instead of 432 as before, and better because not only has all the information been revised, -but there are some useful additions

as well. ; A section on transportation lists principal harbors, coastal shipping services, and airports, with interest- ing data on railways, road, passenger’

The trade directory has again been prepared by APEC, with more than 6,000 ‘entries of producers and pro- ducts. The weather records are more extensive, and there are other notice- able improvements. :

» This book has become indispen- sable for its compact, accurate and up-to-date information on the. Atlan- tic Provinces. Published by the Brunswick Press, Fredericton, N.B., it sells at $3.50.

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soon as Britain’s defense chief, will step from that post into a new one which will demand all of. the qual- ities of leadership and diplomacy he demonstrated as Britain’s last Vice- roy of India.’ His assignment will be to head a mission to negotiate with

agree to curtail the emigration of their people to the over-crowded Un- ited Kingdom. In particular, agree- ment will be sought from India, Pak- istan and the West Indies, which have sent around one million people to- Britain since 1955. ; ‘

mained in central Alaska, an area’ |

to pass’ southwards, followed by |

knows what relics of ancient cultures ‘

of perspective that we are in danger |

is argued, this would ndcessitate a |

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and freight traffic by sea and air. .

various Commonwealth countries to. :

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' The teaching of oral French to

children of public school, age in

English -speaking Canadian cit-

ies is one of those notions which

seem ;splendid in theory but

prove to be something less than

that in fact. For what propon-

ents of the scheme seem to over-

look is that, while it is easy for - children at such an age to leearn

a language quickly, it is equal-

ly easy for them to forget it just

as quickly between terms unless they have. an opportunity to use it in everyday life.

It is a magnificent gesture on ‘the part of English-speaking Canada—. enlightened, forward- thinking, generous— but it will not make anyone bilingual:

Indeed, it should be recognuz-. ed that any notion of.a.truly bil- ingual state, with people equally at home in either French orc English, is mere delusion. After five years of school instruction anyone should be able to painful- ly degipher simple French texts or phrase, in clumsy terms,

PUBLIC FORUM

This ccluma is open te the discussion by correspenden2s of questions of in terest, The Guardian dées not neces- sarily endorse the opinion of corres pendents. All letters published are sub-

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gecessary, The Guardian is umable te

enter inte any corrrespendence regard- img letters §=submitted.

. WHY-WATCH IT? x Sir,— I am not a regular read-

port“to ask what would be con- ~ sidered as ‘‘normal good- taste” and for that matter what is a “typical Canadian family”: in an era in which divorce is ac-

‘pression’ methods. always taken place and , pre ashamed of visual portray- als of deprived society then it is of little use to blame the por- e-trayer; rather they shduld do

from the eye of society.

those of our children? The truth

‘is that we are/ ashamed of this and lands these

society we have created.

ple, one hundred per cent sure way of avoiding this embar- rassment (and sometimes dis- gust)—. I don’t watch the pro- gram. It seems that the ones who complain the loudest are “completely paralyzed when it

dial or disciplining their chil- dren. There are children’s books “and books for adults, children’s fikms and adult films, therefore we cannot expect all TV pro- grams to be suitable for all ages.

If adults need to watch smut and scandal (and they do or why else the popularity of such pro- grams), then there is. something sadly rotten in us and we

saint in Sodom.

The arts are an expression of thé times and so are our enter- tainments. Put ointment on the boil by all means, but don’t for- get to treat the inmer poison

which is its cause. ‘ ‘ - am, Sir, efe.,.. + (Miss) WENDY ABBEY

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THEORY AND PRACTISE

simple questions and answers in the foreign tongue. < IN PRACTICE

This is surely all that can he hoped for; to be able to taxe part in a conversation or follow the course of an address in French is “only possible after several years of study and a good deal of everyday use,- and moreover. this: constant prattice must be maintained or the -lan- guage will slip away quickly. For people in the vast’ majority of Canadian cities, such prac- tice is quite out of the question for either child or adult.

This is not to say that teaching of French is a waste of time for Englishspeaking Ca- nadian students: quite. the _ re- verse: Knowledge of any for- -eign- languafe is an asset to anyone, and it is surely only ap- propriate that English- speaking should: acquire some

knowledge of the language their sister race. . :

‘Yet in organizing such in- struction it should be borne -in

and give him a working knowl- edge of its usage much as he is required to master the vocabul-

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time when affairs on Cyprus are once again threatening to burst into conflict. A principal issue at the pres- ‘ent time is the reported arrival in Cyprus of Soviet anti-aircraft missiles. If these were installed could make very difficult any future air raids by Turkish air force planes. But the knowledge that it could conduct air raids at will has been one of the factors that

Turkish population on Cyprus. * By ‘installing such missiles, therefore, Archbishop’ Makarios would indicate that he intends to. proceed dismantling the rights of the Turkish Cypriots. | And in this, he is only encourag- .ing large, - scale Turkish inter- vention.

ss has been made in find- ing a peaceful solution of the bit- ter quarrel between and Turkish ‘Cypriots. Great have been made by United Na- tions mediators, and by the goy-

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SPACE STAMP ISSUED

MOSCOW (AP)—The ‘Russian | communications ministry was ready with a new postage stamp | when the Voskhod-2. space flight | team landed. The 10-kopeck i1

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sy report was positive. The ra- diologists did’ better with - be- nign lesions (itine “out of 10).

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but ning. before they grow large enough to be felt. In additicm, the method helps pinpoint thet exact site of the tumor when a biopsy is con-

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Our Yesterdays (From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO = (April 7, 190) tt The Rocky Point motor ship Fairview c opera- Char-

lottetown and the south side of the harbor. This Was the first

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shchev? More likely Mr. Jack Pickard will leave. iocai isons Hike

tornorrow for Halifax with his wife and two boys, Michael and Stephen. Mrs. Pickard and her chilciren will sail on April 9th on the. SS. Scythis for Seuthamp- ton, England, to spend the sum- mer with Mrs. Pickard’s mother and sister. ,

Cpl. Clifford Herring, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.H. Herring of Murray ,River, was among a group of airmen recently promo- ted to the: rank of Corporal in Halifax. :

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“For the first time man the Voskhod-2, March 18, 1965.”

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