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PAGE 4 THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1965.

Too Much Haste

With the short shrift given to the budget debate and the unseemly rush to get through important legislation in the dying days of the session. It was probably too much to expect our

. legislators to spend time probing into the complexities of the proposed revision of Canada’s constitution. The formula. as agreed upon at a federal- provincial conference some time ago. received unanimous approval in harfly any time at all.

Yet a little more consideration of fit might have been advisable, even though it had the OK of the federal government and all ten provincial

_ prémiers. For it proposes drastic améndments to the British North America Act and introduces the prin- ciple of delegation of powers by one

‘of government to another which could have far-reaching consequences

As the Winnipeg Free Press points out, of the 16 areas in which provinces now have authority, may be delegated—by ne-

’ Ottawa. On the other there is no limit to the powers the provinces, working. in con- may try to remove from the government and place in their hands. These even include such basic and essential federal powers as the authority to make fiscal policy, external affairs, defense, and 80 on.

It has been argued that these powers will never be used. Why then, as we havé-asked before, were they includ- ed in the formula?

One would have expected from the Conservatives, at least, a measure of compunction about speeding this resolution through so hastily. Their national party leader, Mr. Diefen- baker, has been severely critical of what it represents, arguing that it would lead to balkanization of Canada into groups of semi-autonomous pro- vincial governments and would leave the federal Parliament only unre- stricted fields of action. The Conser- vative governments in this province as in Ontario have done their best to cut the ground from under his feet in this matter. They may have cause to regret it in the not too distant future.

Those Sugar Prices

Of interest to Canadian house- wives is the fact that the Federal Government is considering whether to enter upon long-term internation- al agreements to stabilize supplies and prices of sugar. The policy of signing firm commitments for guar-

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vanced to guarn agains’ «nis is that Canada become a full party to the Commonwealth sugar agreement.

Under the agreement. Britain under- takes to buy sugar from Common-

wealth countries at a guaranteed, |

price higher than the market price, and puts a surcharge on all other sugar coming into the country equivalent to the difference between the free market price and the agreed Commonwealth price. The proc eeds of the surcharge are used to sub- sidize consumer prices when world prices. are high.

The Seal Fishery

This has heen a big vear for those engaged in theeseal ftshers and it is gratifving to note from a Halifax dis- patch the satisfaction expressed by senior fisheries officials in the Mari-

times on the manner in which the new conservation regulations were conducted in the Gulf of St. Law- rence The regulations. announced

last fall by Mr. Robichaud. placed a limit of 50.000 on the kill of baby seals in District Two. largest area of the gulf Restyctions were also plac- econ the killirfgof adult seals in the breeding patc and new regula- tions were imposed on the method of killing

The officials emphasize the im- portance of conservation “if this re- newable resource is to be exploited profitably each year in the future.” Apparently they are less concerned about the hunting area off Newfound- land and eastern Labrador known as

on March 12,and no conservation regulations are in effect. Fisheries ‘department, planes are maintaining patrols over Gulf of St. Lawrence ice to insure there is no further killing of young seals.

Meanwhile, h o we we r, Fisheries | Minister Robichaud reports having | received a further complaint from | the Society for the Prevention “of

Cruelty to Animals with respect to methods of killing adult seals in one | section of the Gulf. He made this | statement in the Commons on Tues-

Macquarrie, and coupled with it the warning that further restrictions may

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| complaint to have been justified.

a Generous ‘Leeway Premier Lesage is pretty happy, _ as well he might be, over the gener- | ous leeway the federal government | is providing for opting out of shared cost programs. On the basis of cur- rent tax revenues, Quebec stands to | gain $177.5 million by this arrange-

| ment.

This is equivalent to 20: per cent of personal income tax, which the federal government wil! surrender

grams involving hospital insurance, old age assistance, blind and disabled allowances, vocation training, health | grants, cancer control, etc.

Quebec will also get a cash grant of $8.5 million for opting out of less important programs such as hospital construction, roads to resources and forestry and agriculture. Total cost of the programs which Ottawa is ready to surrender to the provinces amounts to $651.6 million, and of this | $408.5 millio nis being spent in Que- bec. Also involved is a cash payment

running into millions. Under the legislation, provinces

province apart from Quebec has shown any interest in opting out. Most of them are expected to wait at | least until the federal-provincial tax

structure committee advises on those programs from which the federal | government should withdraw and | those in which it should continue to participate. This it will do by 1966.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Financial Post concedes that Canada’s B and B Commission has scored one victory anyway with its first report. It is a best seller by Queen’s Printer standards. Some 5,000 copies in English and 3,000 in French were sold or ordered at a dollar apiece within 10 days of pub- lication.

We regret having attributed to the Canadian Press an Ottawa dis-

the “front.” Thé season began there

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THE OTTAWA SYMPHONY

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

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Parliamentary Debacle NarroWly Avoided

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Canada's mismanaged quarreisome Parliament

within a hair's breadth of pre- ~

cipitating a stupid election over a non-issue, with most parties trapped on the wrong side and spit.

Could you” picture Caouette's Creditistes. backed by John Diefenbaker and French Cana- dian Liberals and English-speak- ing socialists. battling to uphold Quebec's language rights against Prime Minister Pearson and Bob Thompson” Sir Gala- had Diefenbaker could expect a rousing welcome as his cam- paign train pulled into deepest Habitantdand, and he uttered— in English— a spirited defence

+ fragmented from his own party,

would have a different welcome

say: “I your old your lan- French throats in the constitution.” PARADOX

That was the probability {ac- the House of Commons, it reassembled at 8 p.m. dinner on the eve of St.

gency Cabinet meeting into a full assembly of the House — three very rare happenings at

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Pearson would ask for the disso- lution of Parliament and an im- Mediate election.

The air was electric storm had dramatically blown up out of a clear blue sky. The dragged-out dehate on the Can-

| ada Pension Plan ‘‘‘a colossal

that hour—the word was quick-_

fraud on all Canadians,” {t has been called by a distinguished expert) was in its 17th day Mr Perron, a portly but obscure Creditiste, interrupted the a de- bate on a question of privilege: Why had the proceedings of the 51 meetings of the special com- mittee of senators and MPs ex- amining the Pension Bil! not been translated into French and distributed in printed form? It was constitutionally improper for the Government to ask the “House to debate this matter, un- til this facility had been made available to French- speaking MPs, he correctly asserted. The can of worms thus open- ed contained some peculiar sit- uations. Two weeks earlier, M. Perron had raised the same point; Mr. Pearson had court- eously promised to ‘“‘look the matter’’ — but had effected nothing. Two days later, it was reported that just one of the 51 proceedings had been transiat- ed: and printed in French: seven more were ready for printing; some had not yet even been sent to the translation staff. ‘‘I am shocked that we cannot have reports of proceedings in De- cember available in translation

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by March,” commented tue NDP. authority Stanley Know- les

WHO IS BILINGUAL?

The delay was “attributed to the shortage of translation staff. It would take four weeks to complete the work, and to defer the Pension Bill for this period would prevent it being passed this session. Having failed ‘to re- cruit 60 translators, the Govern- ment has had to start a school to train them! Yet the B. and B. Commission alleges that there -are 1,036,478 Quebecois and $2, 400 others in Quebec alone who are bilingual.

A vote would certainly see the Government defeated that eve- ning. Liberal MPs were lined up to keep talking, if necessary, to postpone the vote: but in the event French- Canadian pro-

The next day temperrs had cooled, and Pearson backed down on his timetable for the Pension Bill, and ordered the translators to work 24 hours a day through the weekend, to have the translations available the following Monday. The Cre- ditistes accepted this.

But it had been a near thing.

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Regular “government sampil- ings have shown that radioac- tive fallout in Canada decreas- ed remarkably last year. It was as much as six to eight times

| lower than the figures for 1963

This is very welcome news. It shows that the massive amounts of fallout from the last Russian and American test series have now been almost exhausted. Further, it is clear that the Chinese and French tests have had little effect.

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were negative.

The problem is that he tells me they're negative, but never shows me the reports or pictur- little as I grow progressively worse says if I would quit worrying, my health would improve If it would improve, I'd quit worry- ing. Every day we read and hear about close friends or rela- tives who waited too long. You | can see from this letter that 1 no longer have confidence in my doctor. As a result, there ap- | pears but one out and that is to | start from scratch with a new one who may assure me that | my fears are unfounded or who ‘might tell me I waited -too long.”’

This reader signed the letter ‘‘Hypochondriac,"’ indicating that he accepts the diagnosis.

The entire letter is included be- ~-

cause it demonstrates the ex- tent of his anxiety. Blood tests | and X-rays fail to uncover a symptoms This | disturbs some individuals be | caust they know that the pain, | palpitation. fatigue. or indiges- | tion is not imaginary. If ulcers, heart trouble. cancer. or ane- mia are not responsible, what Is the cause of the distress?

| In the past, ‘nerves’ were

blamed, but hypochondriacs and neurotics will not accept this explanation. Many physi-

cians are willing to run the gamut of tests and X-rays and dismiss the problems, with ‘‘ev- erything is normal, stop worry- ing, and spend more time living and less time dying.’’ The rea- son for this attitude is that the real cause of hypochondriasis is difficult to determine because it goes back to childhood exper- iences.

Most victims are emotionally insecure and anxiety ridden The emotions are capable of causing symptoms that mimic a variety of diseases. This concept must be accepted before it is possible to relieve the discom- fort :

ODD CRAVINGS

M. T. writes: Are cravings for certain foods during pregnancy of emotional origin or do they indicate a deficiency of some food element? 4 RELY

Emotional, in my opinion There are many reasons why some women do this but, in the majority, it is a ‘‘custom’’ hand- ed down from mother to daught- er. The women who eat starch, for example, do not lack starch or any of its ingredients.

ELESPS AT 30 L. B_ writes: Why does a man of 30 lack pep’ I am listless and do not sleep well, which leaves me tired al] the time. REPLY Anyone with your symptoms needs a complete examination | to determine whether a | physical or emotional disturd ance is responsible. Today, men of 50 are young and there is no reason why you cannot be help-

DEGENERATIVE CHANGES L. S. writes: What is meant by myocardia! neo E

PLY Like the old gray mare, the

Degenerative changes usually heart ain't what it used to be. are part of the aging process but they may not interfere with cardiac function.

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, One of the mest ful meng the. ne was & ‘ drop-out He-dropped out of high

school, and into his father's bank.—Calgary Herald.

Elderly gentleman: It says |

here in the paper that a man in New York is run over every half-hour. Old Lady: Tsk, tsk! Poor fellows. — Galt Reporter

Frem Russia comes word of a wolf which has been trained to guard a flock of sheep. As many a smal! country has dis- covered, this is an old Commun-

He | ‘st gambit that doesn't always

work out to the sheep's advan- tage. — Vancouver Sun.

Today's Atomic Age youngs- ters have worries we adults never had to consider we wanted to run away from For instance, here's a farewell note from a nine- year- old home- leaver: ‘‘Good-bye fam-

ily. You all hate me. I love you . all very much. God bless you."

On the bottom of the page she had written ‘over,’’ and on the other side: “In case of air raid,

Boss:“‘What de you want?” Employee: “May | use your phone a moment’? My wife told me to ask for a raise but sie forgot to tell me ‘how much.” — Financia) Post.

“] don't like your heart ac- tion,"’ said the family doctor to the young man. “But, of course, you've had some previous trou- ble with angina pectoris.” The youth heaved a deep sigh. “Yes. Doctor, I have,”’ he replied ‘‘but you haven't got her name right."'"—Montreal Star

The do it. yourself fad can be carried to self- defeating ex- tremes. Take the case of the

breathalyzer. When applied by the constabulary to their alcoh- olic customers, it has its ob- vious uses. But now a West Ger- man inventor has devised a hal- loon which you can blow up yourself to determine if-you are getting drunk. If you are, it changes color. Not that it needs to. Any time a man blows up

I'm tn the attic.”"—Galt Report-» balloons to see if he's getting

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drunk— he is — Vancouver Sun,

Once upon a time. promises were given that the construction of Expo 67 would not require

Our Yesterdays (From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (March 25, 1940)

The Family Doctor’, a three act comedy drama was pre sented at the Prince Edward Theatre under the wirection of J. Austin Trainor, CDA, spon- sored by the Charlottetown Hos- pital and the St. Charles Auxil- iary Society. Members of the cast were: Fred L. MacMillan, Connie LeClair, Dorothy Hugh- ese Betty Mitchell, Ida Peters, Herbert Oatway,, Fred and Howard Mclnnis

The heaviest drift ice of the season, squeezed into the North- umberland Strait nine-mile bot- tle neck between P.E.1. and the majniand held the powerful ice-

breaking ear ferry Chariotte- town locked fast for almost eight hours

TEN YEARS AGO (March 25, 1955)

Mr. Dan Jewell of North River was the proud owner of the Grand Champion Shorthorn steer which was top animal out of 67 judged at the annual Fat Stock Show and Sale. Three of Mr. Jewell's children were prize winners in the Junior competi-

The 4s has been authorized for all ranks of highland, Scot-

tish and Irish regiments of the Canadian Army militia’, the army said Friday at Ottawa.

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Broken Promises

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any encroachments on St Hel- en's Island Park. The artificia! islands were to be adequate for all the pavilions and other strix tures St Helen's Island itself | was to be spared These promis es were found reassuring by a worried public . . But now it is announced that the Drapeau-Saulnier adminis- tration has given Expo the richt to make no fewer than four en- croachments on the island In one playground area. the Japanese pavilion, and perhaps others, will be built. South of the Helene de Champlain res- taurant. the United States pav.- lion will arise) On a parking lot, a police and fire building will be constructed. And south of the swimming poq! will be the sub- way station. bus areas and ser- vice roads

Now it may be argued = that these encroachments will not _ really hurt St Helen's Island

And this may be true, in the sense that the centra) core of the island. with its trees and hilly areas. wil] femain untov- ched

But it is imosstble not to be apprehensive Do these encrna- chments mean; for example, that Expo is running out of us- able space” If so further en- tries could make further en- croachments necessary And these would be far more ser- ious than the present ones

It is important that St. Helen's Island be preserved. This was recognized by the authorities . when the original plans. were announced. It is unfortunate that the promises have been | broken. A new assurance from the administration that no fur- ther encroachments will be tol- erated is necessary.

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