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' PAGE & TUESDAY, JANUARY 18,. 1968.

As Parliament Meets

~~ With Canada’s 27th Parliament,

about to meet, let’s all hope that it | will settle down té business and plow through a lot of work: The work,is - there, and our MPs, new and old, and of all parties, must be aware that the mandate they got in the Novem- 1 election was to clean it up.

© Of course there will be contro- ~~ versial issues, and no one expects op- 4 position menibers to be lax in their duty of expressing their views on - them: But the basic fact is that since ahother election soon is not desirable, the Commons must be made to fune- tion under minority rule for some time. This calls for a new look at to limiting the number of Commons votes on which the government, if defeated,

would tecessarily-fali

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is : + ~~~ The-Western-Liberals—

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“It has been suggested that the stand-or-fall- votes. should be limited 4o major money bills or direct votes

non-confidence. This would re-

££ opposition parties of-being put

the spot by having to risk precipit-

; would be helpful to the govern- zat, too; which surely does not want

5 mparatively minor issues. An Ottawa correspondent in: the .

Hinaricial Post notes that this prob-

em was largely met in the last ‘Par-_ iment by abstentions by individaals opposition. It could be done form- » he suggests, by parties. There niothing to prevent a party formally laring it will abstain rather than k forcing an unwanted election. ‘NDP abstained: on Walter Gor-’

n’s first budget, after it had been

__ dthended. Nevertheless, opposition es would naturally prefer the

om to defeat a minor bill out-

£ without thereby defeating the

ernment. Hence the suggestion the government should. specify which- are the major bills in its pro- on which alone it is prepared to

. Stand or fall.

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‘ This would bea proper way of g its acceptance of the fact having called an election to get -majority—and failed—it has no ht to hold the threat of another ion over the House.

Almost as badly off as Prince Ed-

ward Island: for representation on the

“right” side of the house in the €an- adian Parliament will be the Prairie provinces. From the Lakes to the Rockies they, will have but one mem- ber—Mr. Teillet of St. Boniface—to express Liberal views and solicit pat- ronage plums. Our friends the Lib- -~@rals-are-telling us here that it’s our

Be ‘ewn fault for having voted that way;

teat new lines of geography.

and Mr. Pearson, in effect, told. Prairie voters the same thing after - the returns from the election came in. Maybe so. But we note that that staunch Liberal champion,‘ the Win- nipeg Free Press, doesn’t take this view so far as the West is concerned. The federal government, it says, must a large part of the blame.

When the Liberal party was de- feated in 1957 and when it was re- duced to a small parliamentary rump a year later it lost touch with’ both — _ends of the country, it seems. As the — * Fret Press explains it, “from the days of the famous Kingston conference ~ onwards. Liberal strategy -was built not. only on new lines of policy, but on Revival, as

'. the new~managers planned it, must

be’ based almost exclusively on the. support of Ontario and Quebec.”

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So it turned out. By 1962 the

.. Liberal. party was again a major.

force in federal politics and by 1963 “was back in office. But it had lost the West. Even at the nadir of its

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~ year in U.S. and elsewhere outside British Com ~~ menwealth.

= _this connection:

| who paid the price of what

VWulnerable there in the election of

garded the West as a peripheral con- * sideration, confident that they would

wrong. As a result they failed to achieve parliamentary strength or be- come a truly national government. In-

splinters for val, a government . concentrated in the two central prov- inces with minor offshoots in the Mar-

. itimes and British Columbia.”'!

The Winnipeg paper concedes that all the blame does not rest with the government. “Much of it rests with our .Prairie Liberals. Enough of them had attended the Kingston con- ference and accepted its strategy. The“ frass roots of Western Liberals failed to see what was under way, found itself swept along in a move- ment which it did-not comprehend and then, too late, realized that it counted for little in the true centre of power.” . Again, says the Winnipeg- paper sternly: “It is not from the top but from the bottom that a Liberal resur-

rection in the West must come if it is to come at all; not from electoral gim- - micks and the ballyhoo that disfigured recent Liberal campaigns but from | plain Western citizens who believe in ‘certain principles, have théir own -views on national affairs and are not afraid to express them.”

~*~ Sentiments which may, we sug- gest, have some application to the sit- uation in this part of Canada as well.

The Right Approach

We keep hoping that the next Bi- and-Bi Commission report, when it comes out, will not add more fuel to the French-English family quarre} about which we have heard too much already. Meanwhile, our thanks to the Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Let- ter for a timely ‘article on the Cen- tenary of Confederation, in which a broader concept of our racial and cul- tural foundation is ad mirabTy set forth. It is discussed not in terms of © a problem but of a priceless heritage;

this memorable anniversary. It will be meaningless if we fail to celebrate it ‘in a way in which all Canadians can proudly take part.

The Bank letter takes us hack to. a question which is very pertinent in , ‘Who are. our an- “cestors?” The answer it provides runs as follows :

“Not only the people on-our in- dividual family trees, but all who have | preceded us in building this nation, whether they came with Champlain’s first settlers or among the century's immigrants; whether they spoke Eng- lish, French, Italian, German, Uk-

‘ rainian or some other language; whether they were Jewish, Catholic or

Protestant; whether they were black, brown, yellow or white in color of their skin; whether they were free traders or protectionists; whether they were grand seignors lording it over hundreds of acres or hard-working crofters wresting their precarious living from a patch of stony hillside; Whether they were skilful craftsmen fellihg trees or splitting them and working the wood into chairs and pul- pits and farm wagons, or proprietors of. water-mills which were the first

-~—teuch of industrialization brought to

the wilderness. All these are our an- cestors.””

These were the men and e are, and from whom we can stil] learn les- sons in nation building, ee and statesmanship.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Canada’s. ‘population of 20 million, to be reathed -by mid-year, confirms “wild” :predictions made 40 years © ‘ago. Yet the new total now seems small when compared with population growth throughout the world.’

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_. In Delaware the state assembly has refused to approve a bill banning

t-necking in the front seat of a moving

automobile. The argument that by . backing such a measure the members would be showing their age won the day, says a news report; although some were. persuaded that if persons

What with the rasping of lobsters,

_the clicks of whales, the. whistles.of

“porpoises and the cheers of gctopus,

parts of the sea have an average noise level comparable to that of a large --busy office, according to scientists of the American Museum. of ‘National History, who are carrying on a study of sea noises. These lerwater sounds, which travel farther and five times faster than sounds in the air, can often interfere with ‘underwater

. fortunes the Diefenbaker party ‘held |

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sounding and listening ‘equipment.

win a majority without it. They were.

omen

were necking while driving ‘they’ re hot doing a good job of either. ies

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the Prairies solidly and was ‘still tn-. 1965. The Liberal managers had re- | .

| stead, the governnjent remains “‘a | minority dependgnt on opposition .

and it is in these terms that we Should be thinking as we approach

| Milk And The Bowel

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Delien The irritable colon syndrome | - (gas, abdominal pain, or diarr-

hea) is common in high- 3

>) tense. or overworked

"Regting the victim and his

el usually brings relief. We know

a biochemical problem that in-

volves‘ lactose, a sugar found in

: nd milk : visions 3 and 30 per con of

ed the individu a! ctose solution or milk.-

ane shy. away from milk ause they do not like it or have found that it does not agree with them.

In contrast, others in the group suffer from cramps;

gas, distension, or diarrhea. This takes place be- cause the lactose remains in the

OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

Parliament Hill fore the opening: of the liament, I could

‘were +eomfortable so long they . Dr. Elliot Weser and his col- leagues from Cornell university medical college decided to study > effect of jactose on 27 indi- duals who suffered from the ir- ritable colon syndrome from two to three years. Tests show-. ed-that 18 had faulty lactose ab- sorption. Ail in this group exper- fenced diarrhea after lactose in- gestion. There: was marked im- provement in eight after milk products were eliminated from PRACTICE SLOPE Cea THREE TIMES AND OUT D. R. writes: I have. been told that after three attacks of tui person. ? ' REPLY Hamilton’s Views On’ Agricultural problains aint of ners oateed oe | eral attacks of this common in- let offf steam. For two years we |this a real bash in Parliament | fection and have lived to tell the haven't been given this oppor- | and set guidelines down,” he | tale. But I-don’t mean to belit- tunity, 80 everyone improperly said. ‘‘In 1961 our government | tle streptococcus, a dangerous uses the daily question period.” | should have given the Board of | organism. It. is responsible for At' this point we were inter- Broadcast Governors a more {many maladies such as scarlet, rupted the prairies want to | specific franchise. What has hap- | fever, rheumatic fever, Bright’s come to the aid of the eastern pened since has been the fault of | disease, supacute bacterial en- farmers, victimized by bad Parliament for that. omission, | docarditis, and erysipelas. crops and short of feed, just as | not the fault of the .BBG"’ PAIN AND STIFFNESS eastermers helped the Somehow from broadcasting wo ++ Wak te Ake farmers in the Dirty Thirties. the talk drifted to water. Pick» D.. writes: :

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coloured thumb tacks following along the seven rail lines. LETTING OFF een Second priority, he believes, should be to start combing over estimates

government

in committee. ‘That’s apsealbarid place where every MP can gitimately sir his problems and

; es after you."—Windsor Star,

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PUBLIC FORUM

on-the-spot look over the indus- trial potential of the area.

These officials toured the Al- berton and O'Leary areas. I am happy that they at least visited these two areas. However, what about’ the areas, west of Alber- ton? Are these people not in need of industry? As was stated in a previous letter to the Editor, these areas do not exist at least as far as official visits are con- cerned.

It is time that the people west of Alberton. were given some consideration. We would indeed feel happy to know that some officials thinks of us at least once in a while.

> 1-am, Sie, se: "HARPER

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Our Yesterdays rem The Guardian )

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS. AGO (January 18, 1941)

Hundreds of Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, Wolf Cubs and Brownies attended memorial services in Charlottetown in honor of their leader, the late Chief Scout Rt. Hon. Lord Baden-Powell, GC, MS, KCB, who died in Kenya, ‘East Africa, a few days before.

Mr._F.W._ Hyndman’ was elect-.

“ed. vice-president ‘for P.E.1. of

the Life. Underwriters Associa- tion of Caanatla at a luncheon meeting at ‘Toronto, Ont.

TEN YEARS AGO ‘ (January 18, 1956)

Mr, Frank Chester, Commis- \sioner of the Canadian Farm Loan Board announced the ap pointment of Mr. J.A.;Lawson ‘as. Manager of the . P.ELI. branch.

Mr. Grant MacEwen, ‘M.Sc., MUA in the Alberta Leg- islature and an Alderman of the City of Calgary, was anes) speaker at a dinner meeting of the Canadian. Club of’ P-E.I. held in the Charlottetown Hotel,

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Alvin then switched to hi third parliamentary priority: “We should give |

RE2ES

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Higher Housing Costs Peterborough Examiner ‘ The decision of Central Mott |a more. active home|

increase the rate on | But this mortgage loans from 6% to 6% | of .a superficial assessment There is no real reason to sup-

It has suggested that the | higher rate will attract ee

money to the mortgage field and fo

Shopping Centres Old Hat

Niagara Falls Review

hethiiioay is, a wonderful centre was not. enclosed with science. It uncovers the past to | glass fronts and brick and cinder the eyes of the present. It pieces | block, but it. was planned to together bits and pieces buried | serve the needs of the people at- to tell a story that lives to show | tracted to it. é moderns what life was like away PLAN ICAO MEETING

back when. At a a fasci-. ae here.| MONT"RIDAL (CP)—!he’ Inter-

as they point out-to us that.there. | is mothing mew under the’ sun. We moderns are taken.-up with | getting away from the old corner | store into mew shoppiing centres. It is interesting therefore to | learn that an archeological ex- | pedition working on site of the | ancient city of Sardis, capital of the once-powerful empire of | ledies have discovered the re- |

thel seventh of a shopping centre from

seventh century B..C. The discovery, made by «a through or team fron’ Harvard and Cornell : Universities, is considered to be important to the pisos of city ‘planning. The discovery shows that ‘a half-acre —of—shops—and—indus- tries within Sardis was enclosed -by-a huge wall, six mt high. Apparently it was to this centre that the populace came to buy “and sell in some form ‘of bazaar: Other parts of the city show evidences of urban planning, with multiple- room houses of varying forms of gechitecture, including the split-

My heat tvangede bolt about

| ation will hold @ meeting of ‘its | European - Mediterranean re- gion im Geneva Feb. 1 to 2%.

nitliass flying into the region.

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excavations in other

Kings

400 A. D., shows that it was te built on to an earlier ne: scomeot ot trowers, for growers ae | A te data being pieced ‘to vee: 2 gether gives ture of an , ced we

eel ache, living, about the Leith Townshend tueien same souls we are. Maybe the President Prov.

County

-TODAY’S HEALTH HINT=—

‘national. Civil Aviation Organiz- ||“ ~~ jess lettertioads

EI. POTATO PRODUCERS’ _ ASSOCIATION —

Thursday, Januory 29, 1966-—8:00 p.m. ‘Birch Court, Experimental Farm | Tuesday, January 28, 1966—: 00 p.m.

Fortune Hall

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REPLY : A condition in which pain and

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comes from within. (Ni : All correspondence to Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore

Van Dellen, co Chicage Trib- une, Chicago Ilinois-)

work guaranteed. GUARDIAN - PATRIOT

CENTRAL PRINTERY

County

rather than speeches ibe ber te ;

Mowatt tan MacArthur Secretary

shoulder- arm-hand syndrome? :

ae NOTES BY THE WAY =.

Jim: “You know; the life of A lot of people think a, ‘politician ian't 90 easy.” Bull: eee eecen e doe “Why not?” Jim: . “You try enough Fr ad ene vs their debts,—Guelph Mercury, fe eee Those “contaminated pl a stic =. tien te ee fae 4 “My dear,” said the, poli- his boss after Christmas to say tician's young wife to her~hus- od Cea ae Fr band, “the, baby was. trying to | Cause a ce . talk again." “What was he tabk-. his drink.—Edmonton~ Journal. ing about?" “I- think it most | A Japanese asttonomer. is ‘still have been politics. He started | convinced there is life on Mars. very calmly, but in & few minut. | The fecent failed to show es he was as angry and’ red in | any trace of life, but there is al- the face a& he could be.” It is ways the chases thal the What perfectly wonderful how he tak; | itants were their siesta.—- ‘ St. rines Standard. 2

By Carl Hartman.»

_ Meeting In Luxembourg Associated Press Correspondent r

(AP)Presi-

rails. - Until

“Ga SW Wer tone: Tt-is-esti:-— mated there are more than-500,- :

INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES Effective January 1, 1966

CURRENT ACCOUNT __

SAVINGS EARN

ancient bazaaar within the city

ooey ain ment a e % - Money can be deposit: ed or withdrawn. at any time... in

or by mail, -

MAJOR” TRUST

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