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He and his wife never could have a comfortable home in the "OlM Country" he said, because their income was too high to ‘The other day a Scotsman who arrived in Canada with his famâ€" ily just a year ago, declared that Ontario is certainly the province qualify for a publicly owned low. rental house, and their combined wages were too low to buy one on the free market. * There are !‘o’f{t main reasons for the serious shortage of housing in Metropolitan Toronto and the unâ€" pleasant byâ€"products thet this shortâ€" t C a N NnC Lo cad mnwlace PHIeqeBmy OW ECCC O o 00% + age creates â€" rising rents and prices, slums and urban sprawl. ‘ 1 P on oc ©EVPRER® PPR PP Politicians, planners and developâ€" ers are aware of the reasons and it is time the suffering public became familiar with them too. The reasons are: 1. The dangerously: high cost of land ; 2. Tight money ; 3. The great shortage of serviced building lots: 4. Government red tape. Many, many thousands of pepae' in the Metro area are itching to buy their own howes but they can‘t beâ€" cause the present stock is priced beâ€" yond their means and there are not enough new !Ppuses‘beir‘lz bgik. 4 0A ofi néaiii in 11 Since the three levels of governâ€" ment have failed badly in creating the conditions necessary to accelerate the pace of building, the public will have to ascertain the facts, rise up and tell their representatives what to do. The chief and most serious reason for the housing shortage is land speculation. A mere handful of specuâ€" lators for instance, own or contr‘ol al; But ‘he said, his family now F111 1004 cfi 30 4 oi nnbsrintn onb ns ie most a third of all the undeveloped land in North York and nearly a half of the vacant property in Scarborâ€" ough. As Metro‘s population rapidly inâ€" creases, the price of urban land skyâ€" rockets. Owners of building lots won‘t sell them for less than $15,000 a piece according to the Toronto Real Estate Board and this is for property that sold for $3,000 to $5,000 a few years A Land of Opportunity (And Poverty) BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS ~Moward G. Ashbourne, BA. _ Carl W. Caskey, B.A., Q.C. + 2071 LAWRENCE AVE. W. + (Just West of Weston Rd.) Alfred H. Herman 0s If the public is to have adequate Fraser & Simms Opposite John Street ston. Ont. ... CH 1â€"1911 1944 Weston Road BARRISTERS ings by appointment 1938 Weston Rd. (at John St.) BA., QC, rrister â€" Solicitor Notary Public _ Lots of Lots But No Houses WESTON, ONT. â€" 247â€"6677 ASHBOURNE and CASKEY ~ Published at 2159 Weston Rd.,. Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday V. J. McMillan, President and Publisher J. M. Jordan, General Manager § B. M. Holmes, Editor Je . _ Telephone CH 1â€"5211 Authorized ag Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and for payment cf postage in cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year in advance to any address in Canads Other countries $6.00 Professional â€" Business Directory owns a home in North York as well as a car and in a few years, they will have saved enough so that his wife will not need to The thing that troubles this Scotsman is the immense ‘amount of wealth and potential in Ontario and all the poverty he sees around him. To him, this situaâ€" tion is a paradox. ‘‘Your country is so large," he said "Edinburgh is closer to Toronto than Vancouâ€" ver. Why you could put the enâ€" George W. Bull e Ap‘dflhe to Westor Collegiate Driver Education © Ont. Safety League Barrister and Solicitor Mac GREGOR School of Driving CH 4â€"5547â€"8â€"9 The Westliaw Bldg. 1920 Weston Rd. Weston, Ontario l“"l‘” tivity. A shortage of municipally serviced building lots has also often been singled out as a prime cause for the housing crisis. But recent surveys by the Metro planning board have shown that there is plenty of serviced propâ€" erty in Metro. It appears that the reason lots are not selling (despite the enormous demand), is that due to light taxes, and rising land values, it is much more profitable to make your fortune in speculation than it is to sell or build. 0 o â€" housing at prices wage earners can afford therefore, idle property throughout Metro will have to be wrested from the speculators and put in the hands of legitimate builders. Perhaps the fairest method to achieve this aim would be to raise taxes on idle land to the point where it would become simply uneconomic to hold valuable property off the market for any length of ti_me. z Since Ontario is five times larger than Great Britain which houses 40 million people, a shortage of land can‘t be blamed for the problem. _ _ In a tight money markét, it is difâ€" ficult to raise capital and this too is a problem. Since the federal governâ€" ment is"ihcredsing the money supply, tight credit therefore can no longer be blamed for lack of building acâ€" to Weston The only remaining problem is that of governmental red tape. This is the reason .the taxpayers should arm themselves with the facts of the Metro housing situation. If the representaâ€" tives of the people refuse to cut through the red tape so t]‘mt devellop- ers may build and people may buy homes, the representatives should be tossed out of office to be replaced by a more enlightened crew. five times. "In 20 years if you can get the population to fill her, Canada could be the greatest, richest and happiest country in the world." Will this ever happen in cenâ€" tire United Kingdom in Ontario tres such as Metropolitan Toronâ€" to where there is a serious housâ€" ing shortage and so much poverâ€" It seems that the present poliâ€" ticians, planners and economists have failed. Let us hope that the next generation succeeds. Walter‘s Garage FULL GUARANTEE Motor & Automatic Repair Wheel Alignment â€" $9.50 FREEâ€" Courtesy Car. Pickâ€"up 1778 Jane St. CH 1â€"6500 ACCOUNTANTS Marsh, Goulding Chartered Accountant 1730 Weston Road Chartered Accountants 1969 Weston Road C. W. LEASK 655 Dixon Road, Rexdale, Ontario Phones 241â€"3522 Res. 241â€"2891 Member Toronto Stock Exchange SKYLINE HOTEL BRANCH CH 4â€"6061 CH 11129 +_____ J. Harry Frogiey, manager. Mr. Justice Hall of the Suâ€" preme Court of Canada is of the opinion that the Septemâ€" ber 30, 1959 conviction of Steven Murray Truscott, then aged 1414, should be quashed and a new trial commenced. In a 42â€"page submission to back his contention, Mr. Jusâ€" tice Hall criticizes the nature of the evidence on which Trusâ€" cott was found guilty of the rapeâ€"murder of Lynne Harper, 12, in Lawson‘s bush, a short distance from the Clinton air force base. The Weston Times received a copy of the decision of the eight Supreme Court justices to dismiss an appeal for ancâ€" ther trial, the day after the court made the decision. After studying the 91â€"page document and Mr. Justice Hall‘s desâ€" senting opinion, this newspaper firmly believes that the deâ€" cision was just and correct in finding that had such an apâ€" peal been made it would have been dismissed. ”Vvl“c believe that Mr. Justice Hall, who would like to direct Indeed, we were kind of hoping that a computeried writing machine would someday take over so that it could be blamed for the mistakes and the downfall of hopeful politicians inâ€" stead of us scribes. Don‘t laugh! s« + We have mechanical aids for teachers now. Who knows? With a few more innovations, computers may be able to replace them. Many people in Canada worry about eventually being displaced by a machine, but this has never been the case among the news staff and corresâ€" pondents of. the Weston Times. We use electronic gadgets to piece together ancient history and old lanâ€" guages. One of these days when we code the law and court evidence on Scarlat Albright, O.D. 1894 Guaranteed and growth « savings and investment plans. 341â€"9565 CHARLOTTE FERGUSON 368â€"1721 2936 Dundas St. West (Dundas â€" Keele) Evenings By Appointment J. R. Currie, O.D. Investors Syndicate For Appointment Call CH 1â€"0701 INVESTMENTS OPTOMETRY Weston Rd., Weston Is Truscott Innocent or Guilty? Computer Discrimination a new trial, laid the groundâ€" work in his argument on why Truscott had been found guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. "I recognize fully," said Mr. Justice Hall, "that guilt can be brought home to an accused by circumstantial evidence . .. The circumstantial evidence case is built piece by piece until the final evidentiary structure completely entraps the prisoner in a situation from which he cannot escape. There may be missing from that structure a piece here and there and certain imperfecâ€" tions may be discernible, â€"butâ€" the entrapping mesh taken as a whole must be continuous and consistent." The jury that convicted Trusâ€" cott and eight Supreme Court justices found what Mr. Jusâ€" tice Hall said a jury must find â€" ‘"evidence presented to the jury that points concluâ€" sively to the accused as the perpetrator of the crime and excludes any reasonable hypoâ€" thesis of innocence." °> Canada‘s system of law is based on the premise that the court may only consider eviâ€" dence before it in reaching a verdict. If the circumstantial evidence presented at Trusâ€" HARDY should be planted now for beauty all season long. 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Shrubs for hedges coft‘s trial demonstrated beâ€" yond reasonable doubt that he was guilty of murder, one canâ€" not under any circumstances quarrel with the jury or the Supreme Court for finding Truscott guilty. Mr. Justice Hall contends that much inadmissible eviâ€" deriee was submitted, and gives this as the reason that Truscott should be given anoâ€" ther trial. In our view, this cannot be used as a valid arâ€" gument since the omnus was MEDICAL BUILDING 2160 Weston Rd. (at Church St. Traffic Light) DISPENSING OPTICIAN WNEIL J. MOREAU Oculist . Prescriptions Completed â€" Repairs â€" Duplications & Fittings Shutâ€"In Service (Continued on 3) 248â€"1821 500 Canadian researchers and scientists work constantly to track down the mystery of cancer. Your contribution to the Canadian Canâ€" cer Society‘s Campaign helps support this research and to proâ€" vide much of the equipment with which they work. 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