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PAGE 4 MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1965.

Election Choices |

Prime Minister Pearson has come and gone, and no. one can sav that—. his visit to our Island capital was not a pleasing and enjoyable one. But since ‘its political aspect was down- played from the start, it is not sur- prising that it failed to stir any great political interest. Enthusiasm on the part of those who participated, of |

_ course. But it is as a missionary to the unconverted that a political lead- er has to appeal in an election cam-

* paign. Especially when, as in this case, the mission is of such urgency and importance as to necessitate the calling of an. election half-way through the normal life of parlia- ment.

What has been noteworthy through- out this campaign, though, is the lack of burning issues to be resolved, and the public apathy to the substitutes for such issues that are being accent- uated. Public opinion polls record an unprecedented number of undecided voters—36 per cent, by the latest estimate. This may, indeed, as some commentators contend, be regarded not so much as a sickness in the body

part of the electorate. If so, it mere- ly underlines the realization, to a greater extent than in any past cam- paign, that no party is-offering what the nation wants and needs.

This, it is suggested, puts new emphasis on. the individual .candi- dates. It will be all to the good if the 265 members of the next House of Commons feel they are there by their own right, representing the constitu-

* ents who chose them, not as dum- mies who happen to carry the right party label and must jump at the crack of the party whip. =

But, when that is said, others still havé.a responsibility to weigh their decision in broader terms than the local candidates and the local interest. It would be unfortunate if the 36 per cent of undecided voters were to produce another undecided election, ‘with no party in effective power. But it has also been pointed out .that one of the most cruel choices facing electors at this time lies in another direction entirely. Namely, in the prospect of a Liberal party dominated by Quebec versus a Conservative party encircling and re- jecting Quebec. There is no comfort in either proposition, and the bigger the majority a party received on such terms the worse it would be for the country.

This gets us back to the leader- ship question, and to the fact .that the hesitation of the voters today is due to their awareness of a vacuum in this regard. It will not be filled by social functions, however pleasing in themselves. Or by election promises either, based on regional, sectional or class appeal. The fact that so many voters realize this, and feel that some- thing. more is demanded in our polit- ical life at this time, can be con- strued—as* we said—as a promising augury. Meanwhile, however, the’ ordeal of indecision can be painful and frustrating, and it is through this period that we are passing.

Which Is It?

Surely it devolves upon govern-

ent in their policy statements when campaigning. But what is one to make of the statements issued by Prime Minister Pe arson and Agriculture Minister Hays, respectively, on the subject of crop insurance for farm- ers? In Timmins, Ontario, the other day, Mr. Pearson promised that a

Liberal government would pay up to 20 per cent of these insurance pay- ments. In Manitoba Mr. Hays prompt- ly raised the bid five points by saying the Liberals would pay 25 per cent.- “Then take Mt. Pearson's oft- repeated statement that his govern- ment is campaigning on the plank of

strong central government. That, he

says, is what he wants an overall ma- jority for. Yet his Quebec cabinet colleagues have been speaking with forked tongue on the subject. State Secretary Maurice Lamontagne, for example,.in a recent speech ih-Mont- real. The Liberal decision allowing provinces to opt out of federal-pro- vincial joint programs, Mr. Lamon- tagne boasted, “is the most spectac- ular and substantial measure taken by a federal government since Con- federation to assyre fiscal and legis- lative decentralization and to reorient our federalism in terms of an active provincial autonomy.” 1

It is difficult to reconcile this statement with any recognition of the- need for “strong central government.” There seems to be a complete lack of communication between Mr. Lamon- tagne and Mr. Pearson in this regard.

Last week the Prime Minister raised another ‘issue calling for clarification, in his statement that the

| government is planning talks with

the United States about export or diversions of Canadian water—water

| supplies tending to get scarce in the

U.S. and we having “well, lots of water.”’ Have we, indeed? Not in the opinion of Resources Minister Laing who has been strongly critical of this proposal, claiming that our water supplies are not negotiable and that there is no point in discussing the question of bartering them with our American neighbors. This is the view, too, of General Macnaughton, Cana- dian co-chairman of the joint inter- national commission and a former Liberal cabinet member.

These are ‘which is it?” cases that keep cropping up almost every few days now, puzzling the electors and making a farce of the principlé of cabinet solidarity.

Policy Commended -

It took the uncertain prospects of an election to convince Ottawa that there was need for revamping its policy with respect to Cape Breton mines. Whether or not’ the govern- ment’s new $25-million assistance

“program was triggered by Conserva-~

tive promises for Maritime better- ment we don’t know. Probably it was. But in any case it is a move to be wel- comed, the more so because it will start a chain reaction of benefits reaching far beyond this Atlantic area.

This'is the view expressed by an ~ Ottawa correspondent in the Finan-

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by the paper on grounds that it takes the issue well out of the field of mere vote-catching handouts. :

It is expected, under the’ plan, that pithead_ prices of coal in Cape Breton will drop from the present $12 per ton to an estimated $9.50 or perhaps $9. This will give the Mari- time industry a new, more economic power source, It is hoped new in- dustries will use thermal heating and power generation, thus putting more | coal in use. There will be a reduction in the subventions required to trans- port coal froni the Maritimes into Ontario at a competitive price.

Fuel, costs for hydro in Ontario will drop because the way will be cleared for bigger’ imports of cheaper U.S. coal as the Maritimes consume more of their own. Even oil and gas producers, it is claimed, stand to gain because there will be opportunity for a quid pro quo arrangement to ré- duce the tariff charged on about half the U.S. coal imported into Canada in return for increased sales of Cana- dian oil and natural gas to the US. Removal of the tariff would also give Canadian negotiators. another item to- put into their package offer at the GATT Kennedy Round talks at Gen- eva. Most of the $25 million will be spent .on new underground equip- ment. Some of the money will be used to improve the layout of exist- ing mines to make them as efficient as possible. There is no intention of assisting Cape Breton to increase its present production rate unless local demand puts it up; but it is predicted the move will give a new lease-of life to the industry and prevent the area from becoming chronically depressed.

The fact. that the project has

| passed the close scrutiny of the Tor-

onto financial paper is itself some- thing of a recommendation. Not usually, from this source, do schemes for Maritime betterment get,such a warm reception.

EDITORIAL NOTE

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weren’t even in color. * s * ~~ A good time now to remember the old political saw that “objectivity is looking at things the way you see them; bias 1s now the other fellow looks at them.”

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OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

Liberals Hope To Win Majority But...

Few electors are showing en- election”. according to reports

Parliament Hill is picking some very definite voter rea- ction as to possible results of the balloting.

John Diefetbaker's proposal for an income tax allowance up to $560 for municipal taxes has been the most warmly wel- comed new policy plank. He points out that the home-owner is prejudiced against by the tax on his-house, whereas the apart- ment house operator can count municipal taxes as an expense when calculating his profit. In USA the unfairness having recog:

petrol, etc., when calculating his taxable income. ' Another widely-welcomed

baker is that our older citizen;- those over 70 who will never for the Consributcry - should receive an ex- Month in Old Ase the pro

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The Marijuana Menace Belleville Intelligence a

Marijuana, by ite very name, is suggestive of a -narcotic of great potency. However, thié is apparently not so; according to the beatnicks of Toronto's York- ville district, the drug is mild in comparison to heroin, is not ha- bit-forming, and induces none of

| the physical horror that is ir

volved in attempts to withdraw from_ heroin. Marijuana, they say, merely ‘turns them on ... gives them a beautiful exper- ience.”’

. Well, they should know, but it is rather like saying snakes are harmless if you just leave

. them alone. Only they do not

want to leave them alone. The worst thing about any drug Is that its effects are only — brief, then one must fall back on reak ity and one’s own resources. Yet the Kingston Whig-Stan- dard; in an editorial on this theme, would have the restric- tions of marijuana removed, in order to enable the authorities to concentrate on the control of

other, more harmful drugs. “People are not going to stop wanting the kind of pleasure and release thuy get from intox icants such as alcohol or mart-

to control the harmful addicting drugs.” :

This seems to us a dangerous theory, an invitation to moral degeneration, however, harm- less the-drug may be in its ulti- mate effects. ; ‘

It is doubtful, moreover, whe- ther law enforcement authorities would find their tasks any less onerous simply by having mari- juana made legal, or ‘‘legit,”” as prohibitionists of old would have said.. Marijauna smokers often graduate quickly to heroin, so that control of one is bound up with the other.

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: Belongs | To Ottawa

How confident. Mr. Fowler and his colleagues are “A move to Montreal would un-

y induce a new vitality and sense of reality in the opera- tions of the CBC,"’ they say.

Now it may be that Mr. Fow- ler himself on leaving govern- ment work in Ottawa years ago and going to the freer and lush- er fields of private enterprise in Montreal -found there -a new. vit- ality. ~ "We're less sure of his sense

Our Yesterdays

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (October 18, 1940)

At a largely attended convet- tion held. in Charlottetown by the Conservatives of the 2nd District of Queen’s, Messrs. Philip Matheson of Oyster Bed Bridge and R.R. Bell of Chariot- tetown were nominated to con- test the seats of assembylman and councillor respectively in the by-election to be held Nov. 8 to fill the vacancies in these seats.

Helping in the search of the debris of his bomb-sma shed home L.-Cpl. Hedley, in London, England, found the body of his two-year-old son. The soldier collapsed. Later on,. the bodies of his wife and another son

| were taken from the wreckage

TEN YEARS: AGO Frank MacKinnon was elected president of the Canad:

Mess Meeting Mr. Justice George-d * Tweedy acted as pro- visional chairman.

heavyweight title, knocked out Yvon Durelle of Baie Ste. Anne, N.B., Canadian champion, in the -seventh round of the 10-round fight at Harrip- gay Arena, England.

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Of reality. His idea of packing jup CBC headquarters sounds to us like a massive fidget, full of cost and'fancy and signifying nothing. es

The move. he cries, should be considered ‘‘on its broadcasting

{ considerations and of local civic | pride.” We don’t know quite | what he means, but:

1,_If he thinks it would be | good politics or good manners to | put the headquarters of CBC in

Montreal he should go West or

Past one of these days.

2. If he thinks it is merely “local civie pride” to believe | that the head office of so influ- ential a ona} organization should in fact be in the nation’s | capital, then he has been staring at TV too much these last several years and needs a holiday.

Ottawa is the right place of neutral for the CBC headquarters, the place where it cam be close but not too close to Parliament and all the de- partments of government, the place where “it can administer the CBC but not become too in- 4 volwed in the business deals and show-biz that Montreal and Tor- onto have to offer.

Ottawa is the capital of Can ada, too, Mr. Fowler—and it was made-so not by some “local lea pride’ but for very zood reasons which today are per- | haps even more important than

“when the decision was first |

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fair proposal by John Diefen- the importation into Canada of | had noted that rats began to die

organized crime.

Especially in the West. the ‘e- cent tour. by Quebec’s Premier Jean Lesage emphasised | separatism between Quebec and all other provinces. In Ontaric, {fo imstance, the feeling thal Prime Minister Pearson — | Quebec special treatment Was / underlined by the contrast be- | tween Quebec beirig permitted to opt out of the Canada Pension Plan, while Ontario was all but blackmailed to abandon its own ‘preferable penston provisions- and join the Pearson Plan to

| gave it from collapse Mr. Pearson recently broa#-

“| cast_on foreign affairs, but has other

made very few — r public | speeches. So there is very little | reaction to his campaign yet

LIBERAL QUEBEC :

Top Liberals here say they hope to win between 140 and 145 seats on November 8 contrasied to 129 in the last election. They expect to pick up the additional

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seats 1 all but a | handful_ofQuebec’s 75 — seats, added to the i

French-Canadian seats they ex- pect to hold in eastern Ontario, Northern New Brunswick and elsewhere, would mean that @ majority of the Liberal Parlia- mentary group would represent French-Canada. This would give a predominant voice in the Cab- inet to the .F: Ministers, who would be reinforc-

Gerard Pelletier.

- With Mr. Pearson now ex pected to resign from palitics at latest in 1066, the Laberal Convention would as usual 1u-

thus ‘automatically become: if the win this election. I ir e ; < . Of. Canada. f While all Liberals hope. to win | @ majority im the toming ele-- tion, many English-speaking Liberals whisper their fear of this chain of events. They say it would turn the Liberal Party into the voice of French Can- | ada, and se them support in | the other nine provinces.

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consequences. But U.S. lead and petroleum | industries, backed up by at least |

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otolaryngologist, in spite’ of un- | pleasant anti-social side effects,

of sneezers injure their nose. si- | nuses, or middle ear by wrong- | fully performing this ordinary | and simple act. Writing in the

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Where Are The Leaders?

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The Quebec - Ontario bank- | ruptcy scandals threaten to in- | ject a sickening new element in

this .eléction campaign.

Are we getting responsible | leadership from any quarter? |The answer must be no.

The prime minister and the Opposition leader are arguing | over whether there is or whether

there is not a snecial re~rt.

4 somewhere, on the’ scandals. | And whether the government suppressed it with malice afore- | thought.

Any moment now, we may be

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ping in.

BOTH RIDES INVOLVED Meanwhile, to quote The Gi- | obe and Mail of Toronto, a sen- | for Montreal fraud squad invest- | igator says seven or eight men who have been Members of Par- lament are involved in bank- Tuptcies under He says they were Quebec mem- | bers both Liberals and Conser- vatives. It begins to smell as badly as the Rivard case. which never | has been fully explained. (How did cabinet aides get mixed up with a bunch of diabolical thugs Bow the first place?) . For that

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PLAN CLEANER THAMES

| LONDON (AP) — ‘Britain Is | planning a $24,000,000 program of clean well water

| the Thames conservation board, | says fresh water from 38 wells

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Still these replies apparentiy do not disprove the claim that lead content is rising.

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