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“We. Must Make Clear...”

Parliament is still waiting for the sequel*to the announcement Prime Minister Pearson made in ringing tones at the opening of the current session, with regard to the demands of some of the provinces. ‘If the feeling develops that the federal government will always give way when pressed,” _

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approval from both sides he went on to say: “We must make clear what the essentials of the federal position are, from which we cannot and will not

_ withdraw, if there is to be a Canada at | — all.” So.far, these*lofty. words haven't. |-

been buttressed by any indication of what the Prime Minister is determin- ‘ ed not to withdraw from. ' ~The latest hint as to the kind of pressure he may expect came in the budget speech last week of Ontario's Provincial Treasurer James Allen. The budget forecast tax increases

‘ _govering ‘almost’ every field in which -

the federal government could find extra money this year, except income _ tax; and Mr. Allen staked out a piece of that when he said the provincial government. will raise income tax next year if the federal government doesn’t give it a larger slice of income | tax it collects in Ontario, = This unusual statement is interpret- ‘ed-as being intended as much for Federal Finance Minister Sharp and his colleagues ag ityis. forthe tax- sana Ontario. Mt. \Sharp now is at work on the preparation of his budget and significantly had set last week as the target date for public and corpora- . tion suggestions on it. It follows.on the heels of state-

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These matters are shaping up as

closed-door conferences between At- tawa and the provinces. Surely the time is ripe for a further statément by Mr. Pearson on the | subject, so that there will be no misunderstand-~ ing when the conferences get under way. Another good reason, in short, for appointing that parliamentary | committee which Mr. Macquarrie has been urging, where the whole field of -federal-proviticial—_relat can be examined. This is where “the essentials of the federal position’ could be made clear, and the reaction of all the provinces, through their federal representatives, could be: ascertained.

Wilson Under Pressure

"Prime Minister Wilson's success in averting a national rail strike last week is being hailed as‘an almost certain portent of a spring general ‘election in Britain: London news-

papers have been: predicting this for _ *~gome time, on the basis of the in-~

stability imposed by the government’s / tiny majority. On Jan. 27, Labor's by- election triumph at Hull raised the government’s ‘over-all majority to

three. It rose to four a few days later —

with the death of a Conservative MP representing a safe constituency. Then, on Feb, 4, it fell to three again » with the death of a Labor m representing a not-so-safe seat.) Viewed from Ottawa, this a situa- tion more to be desired than lamented by the administration in power. Poor Mr. Pearson has had to settle for less, the country not having deemed him worthy of having even this majority . when he went asking for it last Nov- ember! Nor do we think that Mr. Wil-. ‘gon is unduly concerned about his government’s narrow margin at this time. Even a minority position would be fatal for him only if the balance of, power party—the Liberals—wanted an élection; and there is no sign that they are hankering for it just now.

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| But there is a string Of reasons, apart from the rail strike settlement, why a spring election should be tempting to | his followers. Not the least of these is | that the Conservatives are badly. off | balance right now but might have | their house in order by the fall. | Other reasons are the budget, due in April, with its prospect of further restrictionary measures; the local gov- ernment elections which begin in May | and in which even the most optimistic | government. supporters predict that

| Labor will take a drubbing; and the

government’s Rhodesian. policy, which may be reaching a point of diminish- ing returns... .

‘The Sunday, Times predicts, in the circumstances, that a spring election . “is now almost certain.” The Man- * chester Guardian reports-that “all the scales are now tipping” in that direc- tion. The Observer sees Mr. Wilson now “poised to fire the starting gun,” _and the socialist New Statesman sums the situation up in these candid terms: “If he waits until the autumn, THEN loses, he will face’the bitterest charge of all. His critics would not hesitate to label him as the man who missed the boat.”

Strong Criticism A-record number of 49,000 traffic deaths in the United States last year:

» has just been reported by the National

Safety Council, and the news coin-

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auto industry before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on traffic safety. A feature of the charges was the accusa-

of “Unsafe. At Any Price,” that 75 per cent of motorists’ injuries are caused by poor car design. The subcommittee chairman is Senator Robert Kennedy, brother of the late President Ken- nedy, who has warned that “if some- © thing is not done about this matter of vehicle safety” the alternative would have to be federal regulations. Nader’s appearance before the Senate is described in a Washington dispatch as perhaps the most damn- ing-public criticism ever made against the nation’s largest. industry. He accused the auto companies of put- ting profit ahead of product safety, of ignoring or stifling public discussion ‘and of deliberately capturing control of citizens’ safety organizations and”

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Detroit with having created a“chrome curtain” to protecct its products from . public scrutiny and predicted that President Johnson’s Highway Safety Act of 1966, due to be sent to Con- gress in the next few days, would

In his estimate that 75 per cent of

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sign, Nader sought to distinguish be- tween the cause of accidents and in- juries. He argued that technology is capable of -producing

tractively to protect occupants with- out significant injury.in collisions up to and over 50 miles an hour. He hit hard on what he argued is the failure — of a democratic society to bring the “under the rule of law” and said this is the only form of transport in which the federal government doesn’t. set safety standards, ~~ ©. | Speaking directly to industry repre- sentatives in the hearing room, Sen- ator Kénnedy suggested that Detroit earmark “five or ten per cent” of its | profits to finance an exhaustive, objective study of Nader’s charges and the entire field of auto accidents and injuries. In the circumstances, such an inquiry would séem to be overdue in-the industry’s own in- “terésts. There is no question as to the” public concern which the charges

EDITORIAL NOTES ~ The launching of a United States

meterology satellite recently brought to 1,000 the number of objects orbit- ing in space. 971 of therh are orbiting around the earth and 29 are in deep- space orbits about the sun or moon. By 1970, it is estimated, 5,000 to 7,000 objects may be-in orbit.

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Ina new policy departure, the Soviets have opened Siberia to inter- | national air traffic. This is regarded

as the most important new develop- ment in world air transportation . since the start of the transpolar route to Tokyo in 1957. The. route will be: operated. jointly. bythe Soviet Union and Japan, will cut’ travel time from 21 to 12 hours and costs by nearly one third, and will be the shortest

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policy discussions might be the national. conference on. water, air and = oil pollution in Mon- treal next Oct. 31-Nov. 3.

This conference is under the sponsorship of the Canadian Council of Resource ministers,

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the consideration of resource de- velopment. - in Can- ada. Mr, Williston is the current

president. ‘ STAGGERING BURDEN

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politicians are barely a- ed that a starting point for any | ters, in attempting a rough eo

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in Ontario at $175 million. Canadian taxpayers

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man admiration of a. beautiful wom- an by opening one eye wide with his thumb and forefinger. A Neapolitan. means -‘‘No!” when he jerks his head upward and sticks out hie lower ip. An American child rebukes a play-' mate by pointing at him with the left forefinger and rubbing it with the right.

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Farrer, the pioneer of scientific wheat breeding in Australia, along with reproductions of var-'

fous kinds of modern wheat -

ears. The $10 bill features a portrait Francis Greenway, Austral- ‘s first fully- qualified archi- ; On the hack is a portrait Henry, Lawson, an n and short.story writer. The $20 bill has on its front a portrait of the Australian avia- tor, Kingsford-Smith; on the back is Lawrence Hargrave, with drawings of flying machin- es and kites; Hargrave: was a famous aeronautical pioneer. Thus when Australians handle

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their rich historical and cultural heritage. There is. an idéa here for Canada, next time we issue new bank notes. We have a herl- tage that readily lends itself to this’ kind of portrayal; and bank notes of this ‘kind are, from an aesthetic viewpoint, much ‘more, to be desired than our pre- sent dull scenics. :

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November, 1965— In Congo

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The Fight Against Litter

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