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tt that the Commons tee on drug Prices favors the complete removal @ the 11 percent federal tax on @rescription drugs. Finance Minister — Gordon in his budget speech promi

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is- ed that the government would reduce or eliminate this tax should thé com- mittee’ recommend such a course: so it would 4eem that this benefit is in

-. the offing. But why was it deemed necessary

to make this particular tax subject to a committée report? § It is. after

all. as much a direct government re- compete with American firms and | - universities for the future work of |

sponsibility as any othér form ef tax- ation. Mr. Gordon conceded that representations had been made for the removal! of the tax and that the government -had considered them.

But that was as far as it was prepar- first-rate staff. and this situation will ‘|

ed to. go unti! it got the green light

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Known whether this 1s being consider- ed amon? amendments to the Bank-

+ ruptey Aet- :

Government planning also con-

_ tains’ provisions to strengthen and

expand the work of ARDA. A spec-

ial fund of unspecified sue is plan- |

ned to allow the ARDA administra

| tien to provide incentives for indus-

trial expansion in depressed rural areas. The fund will be ‘to build

~-needed- installations for ‘prospective

corporate tenants. It could also be employed to develop recreational facilities. ~ It-is-planned-to-breaden the Agricultural Rehabilitation and - Development Act itself to allow the administration more leeway in con-

“<"verting uneconomic farmland to oth-

er uses such as recreation and lum- bering :

_-.Of. National Concern A study team sent to the United

_States by the National Conference of | »Canadian- Universities and Colleges — has made.an interesting discovery. It, has found that of the3.500 Canadians ©

studving— at-..American " )graduate schools..a very large proportion would like te teach or work in Can- ada when they courses. :

In the past. it had been more or less assumed that once a Canadian

went off to an American university. |

he was probably gone for good. But

the study team found these students -

would be happy to come back to Can- ada. if they could find reasonable op- portunities. Unfortunately, little at- tempt has been made to show them that such opportunities exist. or to

these students.

The problem. however, is how to mheet this requirement. Canadian universities are badlv in need of.

increase as universities expand.

"_ fF0mIarcemmittee-shich_has_no tax. Much the same is true. notes the Mon-

iriz powers whatever and which is only : incidentally concerned in this | phase of the food and drug-question. To the shame of both major po | litical parties. the tax on prescript- | jon drugs has endured for almost 30 years against strong opposition. and

Stantially she prices of retail drugs in Canada. There can be no moral justification for any government deriving income from what 1s. after ail. a levy on the means of alleviat- ing suffering.

All provincial sales taxes exempt prescription drugs. and there are ex- @uptions under the federal tax for five specific drugs. including insulin, Cortisone .and polio- vaccine. But — why have it on the others? The revenue accruing to Ottawa from the tax is only $7.000.000 a vear. vet be- eause it is imposed on the wholesale price. the retail cost to the sick is about $11.900.000.

Whatever the findings of the House committee when it emerges | from the involved studies it has been — making during the last two parlia- mentary sessions. it is to be hoped the government will realize its res- ponsibility in this case, and act with- eut further delay.

Farm Policy Changes

A radically new tack on national agricultural policy is seen by an Ot- tewa correspondent of the Financial Times of Canada in the easing up of | direct government support for dairy products. Instead of paying a subsidy @n_ all milk used to produce cheese, — Whatever the crade. the government © Bow pavs subsidies on top-quality @heese only. Under an “interim™ policy announced in late March. ex- éess production of milk used-in manu- factured products is also being dis- @ouraged by deducting the amount of i éxport subsidies from general sup- port payments. ; Further steps in the.same direc tion. it ts said. are implicit in the

in the Throne Speech of |

“new national policies for major farm - which will be based to some eXtent on the new dairy policy. The-kevstore of this will be the feder- al-provincial dairy commission to fationalize production and marketing across the country. Unpleasant as fhe thought mav be to the farm in- ferests. this will probably involve @me form of production controls. ; Other new moves in the agricul- @ural sector likely to arise from gov- | @rnment planning are provision of ad- | ditional federal gssistancé to in- €rease farm labor mobility in Eastern €anada and the extension of unem- Plovment insurance to at least some farm jaborers. The Canadian Feder- ation of Agriculture is pushing for a priority creditor position for the farmer. after the wage-earner. in €ases of bankruptcy of farm product . processors and dealers. It is not |

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It seems a shame to ignore the res- | ervoir of Canadian talent which ex- | ists in the United States. But it ©

should not be forgotten that Amer-

ican colleges and firms are in similar | need of talent. If they make a major | effect has been to increase sub- | effort to attract Canadians studying — ‘ in the United States. and are offered | no competition by their Canadian | counterparts, it is not surprising that | | they. should win. Here is a field for governmental |

action that has not yet been explor- At least, it could be made the subject of a parliamentary discus

sion. of much more importance to |

the country than some that have taken place in recent months.

Opportunity Missed? Tt was recently annouiiced that

U.S. President Eisenhower Omar Bradley had turn- ed down Soviet invitations to attend

the Moscow celebrations on the 20th | | anniversary of the end of the war

in Europe. There were reports that these celebrations would take an anti- West German turn, and it is assumed

that Washington itself:may have hint- | ed that these American war heroes —

case, this in effect is .what they have

But surely, there was at least an

| equal chance of improving American- | ' Soviet relations by a gesture of this ' kind. One of the most unfortunate —

incidents of the postwar period was

President Eisenhower's inability to —

go to Moscow in the spring of 1960

because of the U-2 plane incident: _

but his visits to such places as India and Paris showed the tremendous

There seems no doubt that the

| Muscovites would welcome him with

qual enthusiasm on this occasion, ~ The Christian Science Monitor. can be termed pro-Soviet. takes this view of the matter. It notes that

despite the present severe strain in | American-Soviet relations over Viet |

Nam. there has been progress in

friendly relations during the past few | | years.

3 “It is important.” it argues, “that both Washington and Moscow

seize every opportunity to further |

this progress. And we can think of few individual acts which would do more in this direction than President * Eisenhower's appearance in Moscow.”

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