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1 9 I I pa a nan Dominion Ending Residential Rent Control April 30 1951 A Civil Marriage Kill Travels I RLE TAXIS LOUGHBOROUGH England (CD Old people here are provided with a free taxi service Shy Ontario I LWfiy Force iDues Checkoff Senator Urges i Canada to Quit Air Bnsiness nl a Provinces Can Then Rule On House Rental Ceilings Abbott (lives Assurance Fmzin: To Continue Until Announced Date There are 1225700 miles of motoring roads in Europe and tho British Isles notlicr Step in legislature lur lo Sri up Ontario ItariiiR Dmiiiiitniuni Koval Aaarnl tlhrn lo Coinplrtnl U'ptalation Premier Frost of Ontario faced with a heavy likt of pending legislation said Friday the current session of the lario Legislature will run until the first week of April and might not finish until April 8 the day befora Guod Friday Lieutenant Governor Ray Lawson Friday gave royal assent lo the first batch of completed legislation 88 bills Tha legislature passed through committee stage measures to allow civil marriage in Ontario and to establish a provincial racing commission Members of the 90-seat legiS' the be married Parliament At a Glance By The I'uidiis Frees Friday: Trade Minister How tabled the annual report of Trans-Canada Air Lines showing a 94000000 deficit Finance Minister Abbott an nounced domestic rent controls will end April 30 1951 The commons debated a resolution to establish a committee on old-age security Senator John Haig Progressive Conservative leader said in the upper chamber that the government should get out of commercial air lines business KINGSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SOME RECENT ADDITIONS Conn OerSoa Lockhart -Pearl Diver's Bonham Tke OehevlU i Human Nature ef Raphaclaon Klee end Independent Trails of the Parliamentary Elector Cook Money wtie tke latolllgaiit Woman's Guide to very day finance Plnka The Splendor That Waa Murray ThU la an Owkeetra Poaell Cheeie Ceokery Rlpperfer How to Preaerra Food Chanowath The Library li free to all cltiseM of Kingston Annual fee to non-residents 9209 federal rent controts in the residential field will go out the legislative window April 30 1931 From then on it will be up to the provinces to decide whether the ceilings on private accommodation is going to be held Com menial rentals already are free This new government policy was made clear in the commons Friday by Finance Minister Abbott in a statement in which he said the government doesn't intend to ask- for a further extension of its wartime powers to control rents or prices beyond April 30 next year But he gave this assurance RECALLING that the federal a OTTAWA (CD Srnalor John Haig yntrrdsy in the senate urged the government lo get out of the commercial air lines business The Progressive Conservative leader criticizing government expenditures noted that the government's supplementary estimates for 1949 included an appropriation to cover a Trans-Canada Air Lines deficit of more than 94000000 Government-owned the TCA was a "nice to have said Senator Haig TCA planes were nice to ride in but he wasn't ao sure the people of Canada could afford "that kind of travel" i do you want us to do" interjected Senator de Farris British Columbia) back to horse and buggy the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific replied Senator Haig TORONTO (CD Globe and Mail said in a Bews-pge story today that the Ontario Government 1 reported considering an amendment to tig new Ontario labor bill to compel employers to check off uni-in ones where 51 per pent of employees in a plant request the reduction from their pay cheques1 Checkoff of union dues has been one of the major issues raised by the Canadian Congress of Labor unions since the introduction of the present bill In the legists-ture Labor Minister Daley during debate on the measure in the legislature said that an employer should comply with the checkoff If a majority of employees indicated their desire for it in writing but expressed opposition to writing this requirement into the bill The measure is up for de bate on second reading next week ST ANDREWS COLLEGE AURORA ONTARIO A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY (140 Atom Sod I ami) FOR BOYS S-ll A aouod odnratSoa aad oompieto preparation foe UnSeenitp entrance Kpeciooa playing Sridi modem build- -Up beautiful chapel oannim swimming pool unrivalled eronnde 1 Kariy application advisable Write the Headmaster! Ketch urn BJL 1 Drew Raps Means Test For Pensions SHORT-CIRCUIT BLAMED MONTREAL (CF) The Chinatown fire of March 2 which claimed eight lives and caused 91000000 damage Thursday was blamed on a possible short-circuit -Fire Commissioner Jean St Germain who investigated the blaze reached his judgment in fire commissioner's court after hearing evidence from several experts and other witnesses whether persona to were mentally detective Mr Nixon described the form of marriage set out in the act as There was no reference to "until death do us part" Provincial Secretary Welsh said judges and magistrates could be trusted to perform the ceremonies in a dignified way The form men' tloned in the act was only a minimum requirement WJ Grummett (CCF-Cod) rane South) asked whether travelling magistrates could perform marriages in towns they visit or only in the place they make their headquarters Mr Welsh said any office used regularly by a magistrate would be a proper place to perform a marriage Mr Grummett said it was un dignified for judges to have to collect the 910 fee required by the province It was like pronouncing a gouple man and wife and adding "that will be 910 please" "Mr Nixon said the province already was collecting $4 of the 95 licence fee and there was need to collect an additional fee Mr Welsh laid the 910 fee was imposed because the government preferred church marriages and did not want to put anything in the act that would make it easier to undergo a civil marriage Hie racing commission will have control of all forms of racing running horse and harness and will have authority to issue licences to owners jockeys trainers grooms and other persons connected with racing It was previously announced offer two yean ago to surrender the rental-control field to any provinces which wish to assume responsibility he said this still held true The government would be willing to withdraw the regulations in arty province on a date to be fixed by the provinces and with parliamentary approval to pay the cost of provincial rental control for one year Mr Drew said it was time to return to the peace-time practice of introducing law to which anyone could point and say "this is my right" There was not assurance now that the rent controls would not be changed before the legislation expired Noeeworthy York South) protested against the "callous Indifference and utter of the problems which hundreds of thousands of Canadians had been forced to meet because of recent increases in rentals Claire Gillie ((XT Cape Breton South) felt ft was for the government to ask the provinces to take over rent control There should be a basic federal rentals act with the provinces handling the administration This would provide uniform legislation across the country EYES EXAMINED' Isture are beginning to show the strain since night sittings started last Tuesday During the second night aitting on Thursday tempera became frayed and members at least six times were ordered to withdraw unparliamentary remarks Premier Frost has called another night sitting on Monday to discuss the report of the conservation committee To speed up proceedings Premier Frost has agreed with opposition leaders on a method of dealing with opposition bills The bills are Introduced then debated briefly until the debate is adjourned The opposition leaders have agreed that such bills will not be called again but will be left on the order paper when the session is prorogued This eliminates time spent going through the motions of voting down the opposition bills Principal' piece of government legislation still to be debated is the new Ontario labor code Debate on second reading wai adjourned and Premier Frost said it will not be resumed until after the budget and the estimates have been approved There was little debate on the marriage and racing commission bills Friday Attorney-general Porter deleted from the Marriage Act i provision providing fines of up to 100 for persons who perform the marriage ceremony before the three-day waiting period expires The amendment however did not remove the three-day period Elsewhere in the act similar lines ere provided for anyone violating the act Premier Frost said the section was unnecessary end might appear to be directed against the clergy judges end magistrates Harry Nixon Brant) said it wee too great a responsibility to Impose on persons performing marriages to ask them to decide ARTHEY R0 Optometrist and that Judge Tup per Bigelow of Toronto will be chairman of the commission expected to number three or four members at the outset Millard York West) suggested a member of the legislature might be appointed vice-chairman to asist Mr Bigelow and to be responsible to the house Houck Niagara Falls) suggested A Hewitt of Toronto a presiding racing steward should be appointed to the committee Until that date present rentals are frozen except for Individual eases or minor amendments to the leasehold regulations that may be found necessary He made the announcement in moving legislation to extrod for another 13 to April 30 the wartime powers which give the government authority to establish ceilings on rentals and prices At the moment he said no price controls are in effect Nor does the government Intend to reimpose them 1 The action met a varied reception- George Drew Progressive Conservative leader suggested the method the right one He wanted a bill which would clearly outline the rights of tenants and landlords This was the same legislation he sought last year when the government asked for a similar extension of rent-control powers a i THE CCF party through Stanley Knowles Winnipeg North Centre) said it would vote for the bill because ft would keep In effect the little control that was left But it was skeptical of the government's assurance that there would be no further changes in rental ceilings i Mr Abbott said the government feels that rental now in effect plus increased home construction will have permitted "enough adjustment to take place ao that any problem which may remain can be dealt with and with closer regard to local conditions and on a provincial basis' 1 It was he agreed unusual for a government to give this much notice of its legislative intentions but the administration had decided to do It so any province which may consider it desirable to aa-apme some measure of rent control "may have ample time to -take such step aa may be deemed appropriate" He made it clear that the government does not intend to invoke the limited powers granted by the enabling legislation to rehn-pose controls which already have been lifted The practical effect of the bill wee only to continue Hie rent control OTTAWA (CP) A challenge was hurled in the commons Friday night for the government to make good promises to start an old-age pensions scheme without the much-criticized means test It was made by Progressive Conservative Leader Drew who said the government as far back as 1945 had said it was willing to inaugurate a contributory old-age pensions' scheme Instead it was proceeding with a plan to establish a parliamentary committee Removal of the means test and expansion of the old-age pensions scheme had been matters of public statements by various government ministers in the last few years Mr Drew said The only thing left for the government to do was to reconvene the 1945 Dominion-provincial conference get provincial approval of its plans and bring the legislation Into the commons FOR APPOINTMENT DIAL 5744 J43 Princess St I PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED RESERVE JUDGMENT KITCHENER (CP) The Supreme Court of Canada has reserved judgment in an appeal by Mrs Evelyn McKee asking the court to set aside an Ontario Supreme Court decision which granted custody of her son Terry to her former husband Mark TOPS IN STYLE ECONOMY APPEARANCE SEE IT TODAY I Discovered How To HEAR AGAIN IN 20 SECONDS Spring time is color time for your home Give it a fresh new look with smartly co-ordinated fabrics 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