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Agriculture: Minister J. J. Greene has designated his deputy minister,

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10,000 air miles in the territories, visited some 51 settlements and towns of from 50 to 3,000 people, and held some 59 public meetings. Six different Indian tongues had to be- translated and these, cou with _ various Eskimo dialects, proved con- fusing. In addition to the problems of communication of speech was the isolation of the North and thé dif- ficulty of getting from place to place, without railways or highways and with few safe airfields. _ The commission for sound reasons . concluded that what was required - now was not provincehood for the territories, but the means of growth to provincehood; that the, various ter- ritories should be united. into one

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should be located within the terri- tories and the operation of gevern-

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opportunity for the residents.

the eventual appointment of a com- missioner to the status of

governor, with a deputy sioner pictured. as the premier of the new province, and an executive

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The Truth At Last Many Canadians were incensed by the reports of barbarous treatment. to which baby seals were subjected during.the annual seal hunt in the

8.C. Barry w the commission's first : Gulf of St. Lawrence, se4 perticalars | ll and the appointment |. jy by what seemed to be

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éd Jules Thibaudeau, a Quebec dairy farmer, and L. A. Atkinson ef Van- couver, general manager of a milk

association. In addition, a consultative committee of nine pergons, three from Ontario, three :

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‘with provincial marketing agencies ite effect the orderly marketing of | imilk, Its jurisdiction will extend to ithe handling of butter, cheese, ice

: New Look At The North

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. has received is the report of the royal

;commission on government in the ‘Northwest Territories, recently ‘tabled in the House of Commons. The report upsets the views many of us have held with regard to this far, Arctic region, which comprises over one and a quarter million square miles, or one-third of the country, ‘and has frequently been compared to the Russian Siberia. Canadian poli-- ticians—and newspaper editors, too. —have waxed eloquent in urging a ‘broadened immigration policy to fill ‘our empty northern spaces as the Russians are doing theirs. But the. report shows that .the problems are not analogous. é

_. Russia’s north has many rivers and ‘a fertile country. Much of the Cana- dian north is a stony desert with no basis of good soil. The prevailing ‘climate and absence of soil over most if it combine to make food produc- tion on land @ negligible contributor

basic factor to sustained high popula- While the commission’s mission was specifically directed. to recom- mend a form of governmeht for this vast territory of only about one per- son for every 50 square miles, it was

Necessary, to obtain a satisfactory

{ political picture, to make a study economically and socially as well. ‘Te do this the commission travelled

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the industry that was involved, didn’t seem to matter a hoot. : ‘ _ Mr. Sauve told the meeting that the department of fisheries will soon make “a fuller statement” on the film, which seems a belated way in- deed of making recompense. As & poet of another age once had occas- ion sadly to remark: - “When all its work is done, the lie shall rot; The truth is great, and shall prevail When none cares whether it-prevail — or not.”

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that would disconcert Queen Vic- toria. It’s all very well for him to _announce what “we” will do in Viet Nam. This could mean the adminis- tration, the American people or their allies. But when he said “we” would undergo surgery it was hardly an in- vitation to all present to join him under the knife. It was a royal pro-

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“What's Happening to Automobile _ Insurance Ratesin1967?

1, Are rates going up? ,

A survey of insurance companies indicates that the ~ premium level of automobile insurance will go up slightly. On a national basis, it will increase less than one per cent. Locally and provincially, there will be

For example, in Prince Edward Island, rates will be decreased quite substantially for most drivers. There will be smaller decreases in most parts of Quebec.and British Columbia. The changes in Newfoundland and Ontario will be quite small while in other provinces the increases will range around ten per ccat. In a number of local areas, increases may be

2. Why the difference?

In most parts of Canada, the number of insurance “claims has not increased as rapidly as in recent years stantially. This is due to g number of factors such as the increased cost of hospital care, some increases in

medical costs, higher to mechanics and body shop employees, and compensation to injured persons. : ;

3. Why the improvement?

tributing to the improvement in claims. With costs rising steadily, continuing improvement in driving habits is necessary.

4. What will happen to individual ~ OR i a A great deal depends upon the individual. Depending on a pumber of factors—if he has bought a new car, had a claim, reached the age of 25 etc.—his rate could g0 up or down despite the slight change in the general

Published by All Canada Insurance Federation

THE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE INDUSTRY

rate levels, Your agent, broker or company Tepresentative cam give precise details when the new rates start going into effet beginning Jenuary Ist.

5. How About Young Drivers?

The insurance industry is giving more and more at- tention to young drivers sines their problems will be-. Come greater in the next few years as more young people reach driving age. In 1967, insurance companies will be using a new rate system for men under 25 who drive Studies indicate that young men at the bottom of this age group, those 16, 17 and 18 years old, are most | frequently involved in accidents. The record gets grad- wally better as the driver nears the age of 25. As « result, during 1967 many companies will be charging mee eee Soe Ve bes fee hoe Sho ans

6. Will discounts for driver training still apply? | : Yes. Nearly every insurance company in Canada now allows a discount to young drivers who have completed a driver tenining course which meets Canadian High- way Safety Council standards. For a young person driving his own car, the savings can soon pay the total

cost of an approved driver education course.

7. If my rates go up, ? [haven't had an for 16 years.

If you were-sure that you weren't going to have an

accident, you wouldn’t buy insurance. And if the in-

About one driver in seven will make an insurance claim during 1967; that driver might be you. And if you do have an accident it will probably cost more than a similar accident in 1966. -

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