=a ip- as many years and third as party leader—with the largest number of Commons Seats, 129 of 265. A Two weeks later he became Canada’s 13th prime minister, head of a minority government. At various times, as parlia, Mentary battles raged and the “@econd of two sessions dragged into the longest ever, the prime minister se © be-on the verge "editing an election without waiting for the end of ibe four years. : -~ There could still be a vote this year, of course, but the specula- tion ‘subsided. somewhat after - Mr. Pearson, in a bantering ex- change. with Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker, broadly hinted he wouldn't call one this #ummer. . The two” years , have ‘marked by a succession of polit- fea! crises that sometimes obs- cured, in the public's mind, a slowly lengthening record of leg- islative enactments. GOT NEW FLAG . A new Canadian flag—a single fed maple -leaf on a white @round with a vertical red bar at each side—replaced the’ red “~@nsign. The design was picked by .a parliamentary committee which — set - aside the. govern- ‘ment’s proposed three-leaf ban- ner. A> seemingly ‘interminable Commons debate on the flag was_ended by the imposition of -@losure, a controversial. parlia- been mentary device whose use Was / invited by a member of the op- —. deputy Conservative Leon Balcer. _ A contributory pension plan went on the books after nearly two years of negotiation with the Provinces and redrafting by the government. * A bill allowing provinces to. opt_out of programs in which the cost is shared by the two levels was position, clearing the way for prorogation of the marathon session. While these and- other legisla-., tive issues were under discussion in Parliament, a federal: royal | commission was touring the country ee the state of re- atioris tween English and ee h. The government put new em- phasis on federal-provincial co- Operation by placing many of its legislative plans, including the pension bill, before federal- provincial conferences prior to their introduction in the Com- Mons. : * Out of one set of negotiations -€ame_a formula for making all changes tothe constitution in Canada. This would turn the ~\ British North America Act— assed over Conservative ‘ op- of industry ‘ Council of Canada to boost employment and produc- | It. won approval for ‘an arrangement to redistribute par- constituencies by in- . dependent commissions, a $100,- 00,000 Atlantic provinces devel- opment fund, a municipal devel- opment loan fund, reorganization of the military under a single defence staff. ° ; . Old age pensiofis were boosted - $10 a month to $75 during the * 1963 session. + given the job of passing on ap- Plications for’ divorce long a , Contentious issue in the Com- MINISTER ATTACKED Justice Minister Favreau Game under fire in the Com- ! | eae chan, DOG FOOD Or {Cheese 99° | IF YOU WANT TO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PAGEIN vouR & NEWSPAPER @& Maple Leaf Slices oz. pkg. Carnation Favour Pak MILK | PEAS. 3 Lb. Box 20 OZ. TINS 6 i a RRP PP PRS MARGARINE 4 = 1” C.&S. COFFEE 10 oz. jar ~ 1.55. TISSUE! pudding 2 For 59: 3 we 39° NIBLETS .- SOUTHERN CROSS. FLAKE TUNA... SUCCESS H. D. LIQUID WAX a CHRISTIES GRAHAM WAFERS . FIRM GOLDEN RIPE BANANAS NO. 1 COOKING ONIONS . . ISLAND WASHED PARSNIPS HONEY DEW MELONS uct 9Qe 14 OZ. TINS 39¢ $1.00! a Y, LB. TINS ~Macatoni~ 4 MIX & MATCH Heinz Spaghetti, 15 OZ. TINS © 49° tx 99c° FE 37e bh, | 5 Lhs. For Oo \. 4 ox 37c 2 LBS. « « & FOR U. S. 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Assembly's Soumya oe te Vis Ham, seltny Se ond corviee . campaign in the UN, it Gas been | special committee on peace-| “wholly false, wicked and mos-|the New office - : .. @lexpanded tea general offenmve | keeping held its initial strous.” He launched @ counter-| world Council of Churches, es : - | New Blasts From Colel Waar’ * Stize® “inten, wnrviacs | iar seen Dues inane Bk |ensek eee ae —_ ap quretions, 00 the Alabomne ragial ter assault os US. policy in Viet He reviewed the record » oe 3 . ted . \ strife. The US. has struck back|Nam Soviet -Unice, both during - e. a ; ; | . I s- : wide front going back to us after the-Second’ World War.) Now Wear | ee : _ -| Are Shaking Un Nation on a | tm US moked by charsing hes ee F Many WO. Cals 0 S ‘ ECd e | lt ES BARRAGE (Ch ree te. whe keve ; mond Wonloe ae cn eer cad Rotel, ond citing ALSE TEETH & ' iw UNITED NATIONS (AP} —|watched East - West relations oar part -of the Second World a 5 _ jo ge resing| With Mere Comfert as By _ KELLY Beate Secrétary Lamontagne, Mr. Pearson took the unusual. The United Nations is -being |eese anf. thew. ey Se Sor This ww tee Sect Sees deel B-Boy aetianed ‘the . TH. F ~cQTTAWA ‘CP)—Two ‘years'and Poitmaster-Géneral Tremb-~step of issuing a code of ethics s‘iaken.by a series of cold-war Sa ibaa ianile crisis im 200800 a " _ @g0, on April 8, 1963, Lester lay were questioned, and criti-'to be followed by ministers and blasts reminiscent of the Stalin | Persistence = og ant ed baut ete how ’ . 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