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' THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE Wednesday, February 3, 1943 hardest and i the lowest paid, bat er's contribution lies the greatest | who is doing her work cheerfully, hope for our future relationship, in j and in full realization of the dangers particular in connection with our j just across the channel. Therefore, trade arrangements with the United if this afternoon I make some com- States. parisons, I do so with a full know- Some three years ago the people of ; ledge of the great efforts being made this dominion were called upon to j n ot only by the civilian population bu choose a leader for the coming four Major Walter E. Harris, M.P., mov- battle. Nevertheless when I say this, ! by the three armies of which I have or five years. At that time many ed the Address in reply to the Speech i am no t saying that the Canadian ' spoken. reasons entered into the choice, but I from the Throne on Friday of last 30 ldiers in Great Britain are dissatia- Having all that in mind, I should think there was one on which we all ... , ... ,, -.. . , _ , iik e to tell the house that from what agreed, that is, that at that critical week, with a splendid address, which fied with the present condition. Bach 1 ..,.,.. 'i have seen the Dominion of Canada time m our history it was essential Major Harris Addressed Parliament at Opening ..,.,.. is give,! u whole, as On6i wit hout exception, appreciates , ^ jugdy pr(md Qf her ciyiliaB that we slu)uld ^ye as a leader of I should like first to express my tne g. rea t honour the war offic* has | Wltr wor k as well as of the fighting this country some one who was well thanks to the Prime Minister (Mr. con f erre d up0 n him in saving him to qua ijties and numbers of her troops, known and whose talents and honour Mackenzie King) for the kindness he act aa th e spearhead of the attack j Wtt have overseas over 200,000 sold- were respected in the United States has hown in asking me to speak to when we seeek to liberate the people iers, sailors and airmen, and we shall ar >d in Great Britain. If that were this motion, k is an honour which Ol - Europe from German domination. have more shortly. We have another true then, as it undoubtly was, it Is , he has conferred upon the constit- That understanding of his ultimate ; 200,000 under arms in Canada either Dually true at the present time, be- j uency of Grey-Brace; but I know that ?oa i and ultimate honour has made training 'or overseas service or on cauae in tne post-war period, being every elector in that constituency will the Canadin soldier curb his impat- . lct j ve service defending our country among the united natione which will '. join with me when I say that the hon- i ence> and eager to train against that ' T O the very last day of the war we P lan th futur.e Canada will need , our was actually conferred upon the day. ; shall require a considerable number -omeone with experience and who is ' armed forces of the dominion, for in Naturally when overseas I took the of them, to defend our coasts from hel d in the same high regard by the all probability, as the Prime Minister , O p portumty to com pare the three Alaska to British Columbia and from nations which will make +he decisions. has said, m 1943 all our armed forces : armieSi tnat of Great Britain, the the maritimes to Newfoundland, and There has been some undue optim- will be in action, and for that reason United statea troops which were shall have to keep troops in those lo- ism about the duration of the war. this will be perhaps the most mem- orable year in the history of the do- minion. Up to present the Canadian army has not taken a prominent part in. the war, but this year it will reach the peak of its strength, when it will be composed of two army corps. When it goes into battle it will have more tanks and more mechanized equip- ment than any other army of its size i in the world, and in most instances, if not in all, the equipment which it will take into battle will have been made present, and our own. I also had calities. That is essential, arri the There has been some quite sound op- some time to see what the. civilian duty they are preforming is equal to tirnism over the conclusion of the war, population was doing, and if the any contribution that will be made, but it is fotunate that many house would permit I should like to i understand that last voar our en- people, some of whom have the pub- tell briefly what I saw. The male ; Hstments exceeded those of 1941. ls c confidence, have been making civilian in Great Britain is either in What is even more important is the -ruesses as to the duration This past war industry or medically unfit for fact that that work, and is carrying on an es- sential civilian occupation. He is a FARM MECHANICS Short Courses Under the auspices of the Grey County Federation of Agriculture and Grey County War Committee will be held in FEVERSHAM, Wed. and Thurs., February 3 and 4 FLESHERTON, Fri. and Sat, Feb. 5 and 6 SINGHAMPTON, Mon. and Tues., Feb. 8 and 9 FROM 10 A.M. TO 4.30 P.M. The subjects discussed will be Mower, Binder, Plow and Tractor Adjustments and Repairs; Labor-Saving Devices, and Electrical Farm Equipment. Instructors will be Messrs. George Scott and George Johnson, for- mer Block Men with the International and Massey-Harris Cos. F. H. COTTON, Asst. Rep. T. STEWART COOPER. Agr. Rep. e enlisxmeats of the last *mmr the German army launcheo c( . for ^ ,, n , ath , wjthjn the 2 exceeded thos,? of the ne of the greatest offensives in mil I - twelve years> ^, history and caused grevious P*st thirty months. He IB fully .- I: :s surpr.smg that , h our good sential civilian occupation. He is a nrsl half. That is a record which this ltarv History ana caused grevious i member of the home guard and takes country did not have toward the end loss to our Russian allies and made | ware that at the present time his pay climate our health standaru was not his turn to fire watching, checking O f t h e last war, and one of which we * reat ? ains - H at tne Present time ' and dependents' allowance* is on a so very much higher than that of hlackouts and preforming similar may be exceptionally proud. the German army is retreating and high level, if not higher than that of >ther armies of the world & duties. As a member of the home , forfeiting most of those gains it la ' the soldier of any other country. He first essential that the health of thii duties. As a member of the home _ruar<l he drills on at least one and may be exceptionally proud It does not sem long ago that the of National Defence for Na- in Canada It will be led by young , sometimes two nights a week, and in . ^ g^ " {Mr Macdonald) announ- _- ., -._ . the summer months from g^y ^ _ n ^ ^ h . g programme fot ' iue to the cracking of that army; %; knows the standard of living in this officers, most of them younger than I am, who. along with their troops, have been trained for that day by one of the greatest soldiers of the British empire. More than that, our army },as been planned and equipped by one of the ministers of this government who knows what an army ought to be, and who created it accordingly. The admiration and respect for th Canadian army which I met on all sides in Great Britain were based to eome extent, it is true, on the repu- tation made by the Canadian corps in the last war, and I must say that every member of the Canadian army will take a leading part in the effort of the empire in this war. While I was overseas I had the pleasure of being principally with En- due to the heroism and military country a as of our allies and the material than that of high, if not higher any other country. Great : Therefore he expects that the income is in the field with the active army Xavy~ r ^e""now'hAve"46'(JOO^neB~and Britain and the United States have ] :o himself and to his dependents will receiving instruction in further de- ^ ver 500 ships in the ^'y^ Canadian ~ ive n to Russia. There is no sign in be on a like level. I know the gov- afternoon until Monday morning he the ,, X p ansion of ^ e R oya i Canadian OJp P rt which this fensive tactics. That is a weekly programme sufficient to test the Navy. The duty they inr, if not greatly publicized in this my opinion of the German army cracking permanently, nor is there strength of many people lis-ted as L , ou ' > ig Qne whkh ^ lfl ^ yet any sign of the morale of the Ger. category A in the active army. His Great Brjuin fully realize> duties are increasing, rather than '.Hminishing, because each member have a great appreciation of the pro- army units and in English schools, but I did get around to the Canadian army various times. If I were to mention only one incident in particular it would be the three de- lightful weeks I spent with the regi- ment from the home town of the hon. ' | tection afforded the transportation ot of the home guard in Great Brit- food which ha3 mamtairid that count- am realizes that in . short time ernment is well aware of this. I suggest, too, that pensions might be reconsidered because it may be that man people cracking. We should car- th present pension level does not bear ry on the war on that basis and with 1 tne ratio it should to the pay and that belief. first essential that the health of thi untry be improved, and msy I make bold to say that if it requires the ex- tjenditure of public money, whether by way of subsidy to maintain th production of domestic foods or to purchase 'oodstuffs from abroad, H :s our duty to provide the money. Mr. Speaker, we have demonstrated in this country that two great races can live side by side and progrew so long as the minority respecta t3i majority and so long as the majority nearly all the armed forces of Great ntain and her allies will leave those ry ual do not ]aaw of any person m , [n war who underj?oes a strain that ^ tne man allowances. As this war proceeds it will be iney. I However, when the Canadian sol- j is zealous to maintain the rights oi ita.ble that along with our allies we ' ;|; er returns I include also the Can- , the minority. That is a leseon which an sailor and Canadian airman has yet to be learned m Europe, and *hall redeem certain lands now occu- by Germany. The north African ] and all the women who hava islands, and that they will have to the Those of M in the other campaign demonstrated that along unloubt edl y have moments of with ******* on militarv *** * defend themselves against possible German invasion. The women of Great Britain are in danger; but for long continued dang- er there seems to be none equal to is accessary to supply food for the the auxiliary servipes he will natur- ally expect his old employment back. We have provided for that by statute. it is a lesson which we should try to teach many peoples. Along with the United States we have shown dial political differences do not need to ivilian population, and" this will be f But the house will understand thatj interfere with mutual trade and mat- civilian popula- ; few soldiers who come back after ual respect, and I am sure that our war industries. They have replaced t h a t of the man who goes to sea over " eoessar y the men in civilian occupations, par- long periods of time and under aeon- tione tnat we temporarily take under three years of war will want to re- two countries can show tha* we hare .icularly those in the transportation | stant 8U bmarine menace, systems. They belong to Red Cross organizations and more particularly to organizations distributing food and clothing sent from this country and the United States. So perfect is their organization that when a family Is were prepared for it. wrs exceptionally high. member for Three Rivers (Mr. Ryan), bomber out, but is fortunate enough " That regiment was placed under. 1 1 to survive, although deprived of all ^ rather strange circumstanc- their belongings, with the possible Their morale be standing in, within an hoar or so, May I state no matter what time of the day or place, the family is placed in new .... -IL.1MV Illfl quarters and supplied with a variety , ff i j^t. * xi i j ' *ttr& is In the Royal Canadian Air Force we have 150.000 men, a force which I believe fully justifies the planning in the fall of 1939 ajui justifies the hope of the Prime Minister expressed at that time that the training pro- cl rf s now growing in the a>ii.in army was high when I went over there, and it was much higher when I came back, a condition I be- lieve entirely due to the Dieppe raid. In that battle we found that the hero- ism of the Canadian soldier under the most trying circumstances is equ- al to any task he may be given. If there fs cm? thing which does ma many men * number of and in great a soldier it is to find, ^fter he has been completely trained that he must spend a period of inactivity, thjrniij which time he is not being used In . .- , _ the coming day. This Comforting in the knowledge of a man that he has friends f lllen off more had !t n * **en for in time of danger. the extra effort3 of the farmers them- Only the United States an* : nsage in the employment they left. ' a higher standard of living on this It T ''>''r Ivr - ir.s ^nvp widened, and continent and that we have also the ! : r :r"(>: :vu: T. They proper approach to post-war plann- ing. In connection with many of the speeches cue hears about democracy I suggest to the house what I said last year, that we represent democ- racy as it is known in Canada, and in our ^ame there are going to be many sacrifices made this year. I hope, in- deed I am sure from Mie past record -.is house, that its deliberation* and the decisions maile at this session will be on a sufficiently high plane to justify the sacrifices which aw going to he made this year, and -' decisions I am sure will be di- rected to making a greater Canada, Car- ' ".' a .:'.:!. jliiiral -iltl .:ku LK.U-" .uployrndlrt and, o>o uiat we may work ta wi!':jnt resentment. tth*y hope they conjunction wit), the I'nitud State*. will get it. That is ail that the Can- to me that despite the dis- : '"''an soldier expects. His own tal- <!. ion this afternoon about, onr nin-- ' i> nts are sufficient to do the rest. I am very glad to see that social :Msnrance occupies a prominent place in the government's programme. Our <oldiers in Great Britain have learned hat in Great Britain milk and fresh fruits are rationed 10 hospitals and 'ii this afternoon about our sur- wheat, it is essential that we food in this country, i. To Jo this it is necessary that farmer obtain more labour than ^ to say that in my o^ constituency -he production of food fell off slightly """g th, past year. It would have and as a result the health '' *hc children in Great Britain have -M.>\vn a divided improvement. I sug- iros* to this house that it should be purpose to see that all children is done by married women who prob- . ., , .. - - _ OVertieaCl in time vjt UAU&tri. - " "^ * v looked after the children of other j understaml the Royal Canadian selve8 - T ^ow that this is a great '>,.rn in Canada have a sufficient sup- not for the sake of greatness, bat married womejr in war industry, have Air - PopM has served on everv front Problem, but I know that the govern- ' nOMA Cftmn Vf Oft I Vr\&B nmnlr n n J !***** .... .xvi*. . _ ? 4. _ . done some Red Cross work and have managed to keep their own house- holds going. I can think of no con- arid at all times, and has performed the perhaps less glorious but never- theless essential and important duty ment realizes its importance. It is a man-sized job. and I notice a man 'i7.ed man is taking care of it. But if ly of these foods at least so that the icnlth of this nation will improve ..,,... . . _ . i ^nvi^.- 1 ^ c.K?uiiiiai <iuu u nrvfutftub v*ii/jr tribution being made ,n_thw war eqn. , of far out to 8ea in the my ow n nding is to be taken as an 1 to that of the marned woman of tlfct)on of QUJ . coasts sample of rural Ontario. I assure th. Great Britain who not only works the l un rf orstand that we have en ii ste d cr' lvernin ^t that they cannot expect ''('cause we oan contribute something to the welfare of humanity. ***?* *++ Appreciate Your Patronge in 1942 As this is the begfinninp; of the New Year, we are taking the opportunity to thank our patrons for their patronage in the past, and we hope to continue to serve you as pood, or better if possible, in the future. We are happy to report that our production has been Pfreater in the past year than in the years past, despite the fact that most rplaces report somewhat of a lower production. We will be continually in the market for all kinds of poultry. In co-operation with the town, we will be closed Thursday afternoon and open Satur- day evening until 9 o'clock. Flesherton Creamer 1 & ProduieCo. Phone 66 Angus Ayis, Manager and enrolled over 700,000 people for j " ea * d Production unless some military service in this country. On ' ded for the *ew. any basis of population we may wish ^ " n t presume to make sujrsres- to take, that is a record which will tion9 * tne committee on post-war compare most favourably with that Panning, but I should like to refer to of any of our allies. In addition to the S reat number- i>f people in Eur- this I believe we have over 900.000 P who undoubtly will want to come people directly engaged in the war to this country when the war is over, effort through the manufacture of Man y 'ok back upon the period of munitions, and the like. Another 1!1 0-1910 as the period of greatest 150,000 are engaged indirectly in the P r K ress in the do-minion, but many services essential to these mnufact- P e P'e aid that we could not assililate wring concerns. This makes a grand lafco<1 into tlleir population. The test total of people directly engaged in tne P fi ople who came here at that the war effort in the Dominion of time - After the last war there was Canada of well over a million and a :1 " ; '"ilar opinion that the large num- half. That ajrain is a record of ^ ors * People who entered the United which we need not be ashamed. On St:lt e could not be "roperly assimi- the contrary, while pride is not ex- l%t ' hot h these worries lias eome durinpt pected of our own efforts, I assure ' ' is wnr ' Many of the people who you, sir that all this is appreciated cnme to tnis country from TCurope in Great Britain and by overyotw- and many of their descendants are In forces, as great a percen- as t1l( ? percentage of those who inir there to whom I have spoken. The speech from the throne indi- cates that this will be a session" of pan>e from tne British Isles. The post-war plannin-jr along with th snme condition obtains in the United maintenance- of our present war etff- ^t fl '' (>s . I do not think we reed to ort, and in this connection I should fonr tn<? coming to this country after like to say that one of the greatest tne wnr f t' ie people of various rac- things that we can do is to continue es - As nas Doen 9aid many times, we the close relationship that we have hnve exceptionally large quantities of with the United States. We are wm materials which are awaiting greatly indebted to the United Stat- manufacture and export. It. seems to es for the efforts sh* has made In mc tnat these cftn be turned to profit this war, and we shall be more in- by wntinfr a population here much debted as time goes on. At the same ' nr r tnan w have at the present time the United States is indebted ttme - to us for having maintained Great Tf'T may. 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