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E. I. Judges i And Their Salaries

DEIATI IN HOUSE OF COMMONS EXCEPTION TAKE-N T0 DISCRIMINATION

A resolution .Was introduced in the

House of Commons to amend the Jiidxes Act isalary.) `

intention of the (Bill is to raise the salaries of the county and disti-ici; court- _judges-of the Dominion. Those s¢iir|sl~ hlvef been for -some .time $8.000'»iwii. with certain exceptions where they have lone to $8,500 mil" case of senior -judges. The Bill will raise the salaries of all thiese county' court judges by $1,000, placing them all on the same level of 34,000_ 1¢ will also raise the salaries of the KinK’s Bench judges of the wesiem provinces and of the Maritime Pro- vinces by $11,000 vidlierever that is necessary to place them .on ii, level with the salaries of the ud es of 9

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corresponding rank in th - I (C) Five puisne judges of the full i-n comparieon'with any of the

8 pmv “ces Court, each . . . . 7,000.00 .ludges of any other province.

_ Judgingfrom the present standing

New Brunswick. of the Bar Society of Prince Edward l

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for the Exchequer Court 'of Calidlli. (d) 2:2; pui;l;$|cl;ldgeI&li;')ilall>\lie D lgleiincilmlim ol Bar or Prinfef Eidwalid

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each . . . . . . . 7,000.00 those of the other provinces.

The minister told us a few days p

Prln°e Edward island. ago, and again today, that this re- -

- , vision of salaries is necessary to

The Chief Justice of they take care of those judges who suffer Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 6,500.00 most at the present time from the in

ii) One assistant judge, be- creased cost of living, which, he

ing also Master of the said, bore more heavily upon those -Rolls of Chancery 5,500.00 who received the lower salaries. Fol 000 5891801111 fudge. bo- lowing out that reasoning, it is clear IDE also Vice-Chnnceh that the salaries of the Supreme lor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5,500.00 Court judges in Prince Edward Island :-

' , should have been increased to a i

Mr. McIiSAAC: If my hon. friend greater extent than is proposed by

of Ontario and Quebec. The salaries of the judges of Ontario and Quebec will not be affected by this Bill. J

the BIII t0 BLICII FGVIBIOII H5 lg n5cgg_~

,fer most from the increased cost of

will also provide for an extra u e

By' virtue of repeated legislative en- actments,- the work of that court has been-increasing rapidly, and if the

Divorce Bill now before the House passes, will doubtless be very much

extended. The Bill increases the sal- (8)

uri' of the assistant Judge oi the Ex- , chequer 'Court by $1,000, placing him in exactly the same position as the puisne judges of the other higher

courts of the provinces of the Dom- (C)

inlon. 'i`hegBill will also provide for

CIi°illler Court the President of the minister has told us that this discriin El°h°iliiB\' Ciilirt. as he is denominat instion has ‘been embodied in our ed. I ibelieve, in England. laws for many 1ears~.but I under

an'i;ii;!:et{ls°an agditional chaise ‘which stand that while hi the proposals we ye". hu nat; gn that itor-some are now considering that distinction er umm 20° °| ,"3" °f th’ N51” W-iii beiwiped out as regards judges in or “tems 9 ret re at the expiration the other provinces of Canada it is re thirds ‘Y 35 011 B Wnsion of two- tained in the case of the Prince Ed

0 eir salary--a section ward Island Judges J- do not think

which |155 been il1¢9l‘D\‘9i¥9d BB living the minister has given the matter ns'

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- » ` | . ' l d“°mI“°"”3 um Jud" 0! 1110 1'-X' the judges in other provinces. The li'

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¢° *IIS iudse til! -fixht to so retire of much thought as he might have given his own determination; The amend- it; otherwise he would have obliter- ,

i-ion. artiiui- Moigiion said: frno ’“°”° 1*" "1° °ff°°f °f vrovidins that stod entirely unit distinction wnion ii

*hs* #Wien my---only ibe ewoiwi exists in mo oaso or aio Pi-inoo nd-,l ` rggxguiiiliuiihiat opinion of the Governor ward Island judges and pissed ali,

ca" 'IW °l.°\‘¢il9d ill the judges. of the same jurisdiction on '

public interest. That revision, how- an equal footing in respect of salary, ft'°;'nr'i3nh°‘;':¢; 1'°£'g:°¥iVB 9370!: I do not see any reason for -the pre- ment .Y 0* _F9 #D90 Ui' sent distinction. The reason given 'riiésnia oouodni i in M i fm' the m°"m'”°"°" '° 'M °'“"'“"

"me Pmymrg 1 Fl-lor _ e ar- ter of the duties. But the dignity of

0! 9 H9- 0 0Wl» _ the appointment must be upheld, and

, I feel sure, Mr, Chairman, that when !

_ Nova Scotia. we_ look 'back -over the history of i

‘ j Canada since Confederation we must _'

Per annum. alree the choice of men to fill judi-

(a)4The Chief Justice .of the cial positions in Prince Edward [gland

_ 'Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...$8,000.00 has been carefully exiercised and that

(b)‘The Judge in Equity 7,000.00 they have performed their duty to the ‘

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June 7th and ending Sat- . urday Sept. 6th'-the: - busi- ness hours of the -R

Hardware Company; Eid.

wil: lbe-.ii‘.onil 7130 a.m. un-

till 5 p.m. closiii/g Satur- day at 1. p.m. . _ e do not c losie-_ f on -_Wo,dn`esday afternoons..

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preme .Court of the province of Prince 'Edward island and the salaries of like .judges in -Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and- in other provinces as well. Conti-nlni; ourselves, however, to the Maritime Provinces: The _Chief Justice in New Brunswick an-.i Nova Scotia receive $7,000 and the puisne judges in the same provinces, of courts of equal jurisdiction, $6,000. On the other hand, the Chief Justice of Prince Edward island received $6,- 000 and each of the puisne judges, or. ,as they are called, assistant judges- oiie being. the Master of the Rolls and the other Vice Chancellor-_-recei\/ciln salary of $5,200. Under the re-sid- justmcnt it was expected that this inequality would be removed. Why should there -be any difference be- tween the salaries of judges in- Prince Edward Island and the salaries of judges of similar courts elsewhere? l must believe that it requires as much of ability, of devotion to duty, and of every other quality that constitutes s competent judge to fill the position of Judge of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward island, as in the case of judges of the courts of Nova Sco- tia and New Brunswick-,-or any other province, for that matter-particul- arly when it is borne in mind that in Prince Edward Island three judges .do the work which is performed 'by. seven or eight judges in these other _-provinces. Anil so far as the cost of living is concemed, it is just as cx- peiisive to. live - in ‘Prince Edward ilsluiid nowadays us anywhere e-lsoin Canada. If we take ull these reasons into consideration I cannot -under- stand`why the existing inequality is not only perpetuated, but accentuated and aggravated under the proposed legislation. Now. what does' the Gov- ernment proposes to do under these resolutions? It proposes to advance thc salaries of the chief justices in New ‘Brunswick and Nova_ Scctiu from $7,000 to $8.000 and the snlnrhs of the nuimc judges of the respective -courts in these provinces from $6.000 to $7.000. ln Prince Edward ilslanil tho salary of the chief justice is to bo advanced from $6.000 to $8.500. creating an inequality between his salury and the salary of tho judges nf corresponding jurisdiction in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to 61,500; that is to say -the existing difference is increased from $500 £0 $1.500- That is something I can scarcely un- derstand. And fn the case of the ns- sistnnt judges of -Prince Edward

F1300. This. il repeat. not only con- tinues the dlscrlniiniitlon and incqunl- ity between the salaries nf the Prince Fidward Island judges and the suis-rice of like judges in Novo. Scotia, New Brunswick and all the other provinc- na, but even renders it much more murkeil. i um at ii loss to under- stand whv it is. if adjustments were to be undertaken and the salaries -if Judges were to be eiiuiiiizeil. as we expected. that, so far as the 'province from which l come is concerned. U10 inequality( discrepancy. and IIIJUBUCS which -formerly -prevailed as -compar- ed with tiio judges from the Gill" provinces has been increased to the

extent lof. fronil 5l‘}6000Tii‘i;d!g;l\i=e;'9i) pective y.- o . - our judgeii are. not aifly:»n0¢.\*°i°-f~g`°' ly improved as-compared with- e jurlgcs in .oiher.provi\_;_ees. but H8 left in it much. worscmbndltion com- paratively than ther----were befvfe- i-For these rlasoiie.- I --would .-like _ the

Acting Minister-of Justice to explnlg why this very grant inequality _ant injustice is perpetuated and BKKPB-V8 ' ed..a.s regards the .justices of P-rince md-ward if-siand. . - ~. : »

Mr. J. E. SiN»CLA~liR: I Wim! i0

sayfa word or two in-a\iDDO\‘i Oi WN" has been already said in reiwrfi ¢° this legislation and' against the dis- crlminstion tiiat»rsxlsts~_in the sched- ule of salsiiss contained therein as respects the judges of .the liffiviiicf oi' Prince Edward .Island from which -I have the 'honor to come. l wish to deal with the matter from two sts»n.i- points. First, let me say thru. - the discriminauon in u\l9B¢i°i1 hi" "i' wsys existed in the salaries l>=\i¢\ 'O

` (Mr. Ernest Lapolnte) has occasion this resolution. If I figure the ache

im' complaint regarding the inequality dule correctly, the Chief Justices of ‘

of judges salaries in the province of the Superior Courts of the Maritime Quebec, I, speaking on behalf of the Provinces and of other .parts of Can- “ province of Prince Edward Island. ada are increased fourteen por cent.,

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9 IUWG mlich greater reason for com - whereas the salary of the Clilef Jus-

' pllllnl. Prior t0 the Intl'0d\icti0ll Of -tice Qf the Supreme 'Court gf Prince .

_ Lili” \'€H0i“li°i1 ii VHF! great- diaifreii- Edward island is increased only eight '

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-Courts and divorce jurisdiction iii Can-

YICY “H11 inequality existed between per nent. There is no reason why e salaries of the Judges oi the Su- such. ii discrimination should exist.

judges outside of Prince Edward Island is 16.6 per cent., while in Prince Edward Island it is zi little less than six 'per cent. The minister has not given this resolution the con- sideration to which it is entitled, or he would not have allowed this un- fair discrimination to exist. If the increases arebased entirely, as the minister has led us to believe, upon the increased cost of living, I point out .th-at the cost of living in the most-extreme portions of Canada is just 'as :high us it is ln the more cen- tral parts. It costs just as much to live in -Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Edward Island, as it does to live .in Ottawa; house rent, meals. hotel rates are just as high as they 'are here. » ilt may~be- argued that the cost of living has not- risen so quick- ly during the last five years in the far-away portions of Canada as it has in the large manufacturing centres in the more central part of the country. But when the conditions revert-ifa, ns we hope they wiiil- the far-away por- tions of the country will hear the high cost of- living longer than those more central districts which are in closer touch with the raw materials of manufacture, and the like. The farmers of Prince Edward lslsiiii get just as high prices for the food pro~ -ducts produced on the farm us ls gm by the farmers who live neiir thc large manufacturing centres of Cen tral Canada. So that in view of the liitlmntion that these increases -.ire

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spot in his heart, and thi-it he will

The ‘increase given to the puisne =

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Have The Maritimes ;

Had FairPlay .A S

HE Maritime Provinces did not enter Confederation very willingly and it may surprise people in other parts of the Dominion to _learn that at the present time if

h the people of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are not altogether pleased with '- t feéesults of the bargain. There is a distinct feeling among them that the advantages - 0 onfcderation-have gone to the other Provinces. In the course of an article inthe July issue of MACLI-tAN’S MAGAZINE, Thoiiizis M. Fraser explains why this feel-

mg has grown-and the basis for it.

-This article was _written'_for the purpose of letting the other provinces know that the feeling exists I 7 l but it will be of intense interest to people in the Maritimes. Be sure to read it-“The Spirit of i

the Maritimes.”

The July issue is, in a sense, a Maritime Number, for it contains, in addition to Mr. FraSer’S

article, the following interesting features:

66 . ” . The Land of National Lead ers '

An article onthe political aspect of the Eastern Provinces and the achievements oi' their leading states-

“ ° s ” Guarding Our Coast Line An extremely interesting description of the measures that were taken to patrol and guard the Atlantic

men.

seaboard during the war.

Bonar Law, the man from the Maritimes, who has been the able lieutenant of Lloyd George at all crises "

in Great Britain, appears on the cover in a handsome three-color reproduction.

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Other Big Features of the Number

“With the Snowball Brigade” By (fuplain Louis Keene Just back from Siberia-(‘.aptain Keene felis some sensational and intensely gripping things about conditions in that country which thc Canadian forces are helping to stabilize. It is a record of international complications, strange

atrocities and almost unbelievable living condi- ons.

“The Four Tommies" By Robert W. Service

A w~ r poem of unusual strength.

. The Review of Reviews W ,_ ,_ , _

gggifriz glfenwagiéliireegrticles in this splendid department chosen as the best published during the past

_Filifiillg Husbands For Three Million Germany Csn bc Prosperous Under The Great Lama Rides in Mom Car

'wpmen' ~ um Peace T""“‘B- I Strange Personalities nt Paris.

WI" Eiwland B'e°°m° an A¥"|°“"“"I The Woman Who Wreckcil the World Making All Men Equal

Cmnt", Winning the Secrets of the Desert ,

Over 70,000 Canadian Families Buy

based on the increased cost nf llv- 5° g ,

ing, I want to impress upon thc min- ` ister-and I' ho it will find it warm _ _ _ ‘ m

“Solving the Problem ofthe Arctic” ` -

By Vi]/ijalrnur Slcfansson The fourth instalment of his remarkable story of the five years he spent in the north for the Cana-

c1iaiiXiCL?3oAv§%tment, appearing exclusively in

Four Magnificent Stories The best fiction obtainable is found in thisissue! “Owners’ Up,” a race horfio story by W, A, , Fraser; “His Majesty’s Well Beloved,” by .

Baroness Orczy; “Petite Simunde,” by Arthur

§.}i1everley Baxter; “Bunkei'ed,” by Allen C, i

ore.

r:;“...iiis°,:.i.i:i“2°.s:i::si.2:‘si; I UL Y ISSUE ”°"’ 0" 5"” gzist of living is as high in Princo ° At News Dealers C ,

ward Is and as It is in an other » , _ _ -

m-,,vi.,c»__ .in f..~i, p-i-pups 5,6 ,,,_ 1 tlllolesiile Distriliutors i`or Prince Edward Isliinil, CARTER & CO., Cl-IAI{`L0'l‘TE'l"i)\\'\' l’.E.I. ‘

crease in thc cost of living has been _ _ ‘ ’

_ .. ~ . - If there are no newsdeale t f d I petite. in that province than it has , rs in your 'own, ori your news ea ers cahnot supply you, send 20 cents forasam le co y boriéiliminDo;i;)i;i;B;(;rr1i;;i;e:£|0n nmvides h or $2.90 fora vghole ynar s subscription to MACLl:`.AN'S MAGAZINE, 143-153 University Avenue, `I;oronto, ga-iierlli.

also ioi increases of tho s.il.\.rles of ~ _ .-- _ - -

County Court judges irciii $3,000 to mi »-V5: _-i'__;_, '________ A;__.~. -T' = "' ' 'M-'i 3' = -g' `

a tliird per cent. I do not raise any objection fo thot, although the -County Court judges in our province have not nearly as much work to do, in pro- portion to the iliitli-is and responsibil- ities nf the respective ofilces,us have. the Supreme Court judges. But if they are cntltlcrl to the increase pro- posed. I submit that the Supreme Court judges of Prince Edward island should be mit on u par, as to salary, with tho judgos of the other provinc- cs. The minister should iit least con- sent to give us the some ratio of ln- crcusc :is is given to the other pro- vinccs.

lf thu .present proposals with regard

to tho rc-rirriiiigement of Divorce

ada are put into operation, further duties will be imposed upon the judg- es of our Supreme Court, and it is not fair to impose further duties up- on them without puttlng them iii the same position as that in which you are putting -the judSea of aimiiiii' court-sin other provinces. During the .past two years a great deal of extra work has -been put upon the judges in many parts of Canada-in our province it fell upon the judges of the Supreme Court--I-n regard to appeal cases under the Military Ser- vice Act. There were very many of these. and il~ can say for the standing of our judges' that of the many ap- peals that went to 'the Central Ap- peal 'judge and were decided by him, not -one judgment that was rendered by the-Appeal judge. in Prince Ed- ward fsland was reversed. That speaks well for the standing of the judiciary in our-province. I hope the minister will see his way clear to give our ,ildges the same standing as to salary.-that he is giving to judges in the other provinces.

Mr. Meighen said there had always

been this distinction in the matter or salaries between Prince Edward island and ,the other provinces, and

pointed out tlist*owin: to the small- *ssu-oo-tiio.sosiiio\io' trio work im-

twitted ception gard to cing in matter

endorse friend -f

the ‘liigl

he given es of th ded that ways exi ed of it. ed with

salaries eral pr vincea

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the jud