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A Misunderstanding

rights. which flared up between the federal authorities and the Quebec _ government, has subsided with the

other provinces by direct payments from the federal treasury into vari- ous joint _programs_

Mr. Gordon explained it a!! at-a press conference following his bud- get speech, and he seemed-q tite © pleased at having been able to square the circle in this manner. But he said the system is going to need “some simplification” in future. which may well go down as the Rrize under- statement of the session.

Our Farm Edition Our ninth annual farm edition appears today, and if the edition is growing bigger and better with the

| -vears, it can be taken as an index of

"The controversy-over treaty” __the_increased_efforts_in production _

' and improvement of quality: stand-

explanation hy Premier Lesage that |

External Affairs Minister Martin may have misunderstood Quebec's position on the subject. Only the federal gov- ernment, Mr. Lesage conceded, has the right.to sign treaties. but the aking of “agreements” with a for- ign government about matters that come within a province’s fie!ld of jurisdiction watfa different matter. Quebec had made an arrangement with the French concerning education exchange of teachers and pupils with- out Ottawa's intervention, he said. But this was “an agreement, not a . treaty.” A treaty involved “the ques- tion of sovereignty and the right to declare war.” which Quebec admit-

tedly did not have. So it seems that the dispute was

a matter of semantics. In anv case, | however. as the Montreal Star sug- |

gests, Premier Lesage would do well

_it wished within the field he has des- ignated. In the case in point, this danger did not arise: Ottawa had been informed of the matter and the cultural exchange was the subject of official notes between the French and Canadian: governments.. But there should be some assurance that there will be no departure from this pro- cedure. Provincial powers and juris- diction are so great that agreements organized between any province and a foreign power must always carry with them the assent. of the federal government. Otherwise the conduct

of foreign policy is confused and:

jeopardized. ’ This, undoubtedly, was what Mr.

. Martin was aiming at when, after stating that “the constitutional posi- tion of this country on the question

of treaty-making is clear.” he went on to say that Canada “has only one international personality in the com- thunity of foreign states.” In other

-words, Canada is neither French- Canadian nor English-Canadian in the eyes of the world, but simply Cana- dian. It is important that this be kept in mind.

' Mr. Gordon’s Solution

It was nice figuring on Finance Minister Gordon’s part to arrange it

announced in his budget Monday night, would benefit Quebecers just as much as other Canadians despite the fact that Quebec gets a higher percentage of the total receipts than the other provinces. * Since the first of January. income taxpayers. in Quebec have been pay- ing 44 per cent of their tax to Que- bec, and 56 per cent to Ottawa, a situation which has come about most- ly because of Quebec's decision to “opt out” of joint federal-provincial " programs. Taxpayers in other provin- ces pay a much larger proportion of the tax to the federal treasury. and would normally be expected to gain

the federal tax. But under Mr. Gor- don’s arrarigement the cut will apply to the total “basic” income tax. be- fore it is. abated to take account of provincia! taxes This. the minister conceded. represented “‘‘one of the present comptications in Canada’s tax structure

This structural] problem was creat- ed by calculating the tax. not on fed- éral income tax receipts but on the éombination of federal and provincial feceipts so that it would be the same

vincial revenues. the minister had to éalculate the receipts from the basic 21 percentage points of the tax—and Quebec's 44 points—at the old rate

of tax. . : * The net effect/is that while the general cut is 10 per cent, this o.

so that the personal income tax cut, |

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ards which the industry itself is manifesting. : :

There was never a time when farming was nota factor of prime importance in our Island economy. but modern requirements have brought new techniques to the fore. not only in the growing of crops and the breeding of livestock. but in pro-

| cessing and marketing methods as

| well. It is in mastery of these tech- | niques that the future of the indus- try appears to lie.

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Our farmers today are facing

-problems their forebears never

dreamed of. It is clear. from the tenor of the reviews by competent authorities, that there are new op- portunities to be found as well. and that the key to success Jies in re-

phase of production. : Agriculture Minister MacRae also

stresses this point: in his remarks:' “By taking advantage of the tech-

|_cation of good farming practices and

the prudent use of credit facilities at the farmer's disposal. the Prince Ed-— ward Island farmer can match or ex- cel the net returns received by his counterpart in the rest of Canada.”

We acknowledge the enthusiastic cooperation of federal and provincial officials in the preparation of today’s issue. A special word of thanks is due to the Federal Minister of Agricul- ture, Hon. Harry Hays, in this con- nection. ae :

No End To Them

After the Diefenbaker Govern- ment appointed its ninth royal com- mission in 1961, a leading Opposition | member made .a sage remark. “It is time,” he said, “the Government ap- pointed a royal commission to in- vestigate royal commissions.” The speaker was the Hon. Paul Martin. | now Minister of External Affairs and ° a leading member of a government which, in two years, has already ap- pointed seven royal comissions, with two more in the offing—without ever | hinting that it was getting round to © implementing Mr. Martin's suggestion | when its opponents were in office.

That’s the way the game of

_ politics is played. It doesn’t take long

for an incoming administration to get _. the knack of falling back on royal | commissions to get itself out of | politically embarrassing situations. Probably that was what they were dreamed up for in the first place. Some of them, of course. really do achieve results. such as the Glassco Commission on government

_ operations, which spent $2.791.915 in

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probing through the jungle of paper work, duplication, waste. inefficrency. misuses of manpower and materials in government departments. bran- | ches and agencies. It produced five | volumes of recommendations. aimed at increased efficiency and economy. Many of these have been implement- ed; others are pending. In many other cases, however. huge sums have been

more by the 10 per cent reduction in | expended by royal commissions te

little purpose.

The Commission on Bilingualism — and Biculturalism appointed by Mr. Pearson in July, 1963. is already proving to be the most costly and controversial in Canada’s history. To date it has cost the taxpayers more than $1,400,000. and before it com- pletes its work it will siphon another $2,500,000 from the treasury.

EDITORIAL NOTE

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