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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 25 Mar 1927, p. 4

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i riciaq. ri'ATQiA aes-r), 11 w . '4ETHOD ()? HANDLING HYDRO EMPLOYEES il Plea Made . . ' in . . . B Legislature for Pensions Also Provided Form etter Recognition of premier Ferguson's Crown Attorneys Bill ------'""--. 1 -.-----". A strum; plea for recognition of A bill to rovide for emu n d mo -worth" and "efticiency" of insurance pf 1 I; ' o 2 an i'i'owii Attorneys was registered in Ht'dro-E] Jr, s','.',,'?.' oy -es o . the the Legislature yesterday by Liberal diced met; LLB/81:": "as intro- lxmlcr W. F.. N. Sinclair and Hon. afternoon b ,ev' 1'rl) Ill,", )esterday W. ll. Haney. Progressive Leader, in A y rem er erguson. .-,iiriliiu:ur in a S"0000 rote in the n insurance acheme for Hydro . ' - , em olovees had be .- :ii.iin "sttr.trttCH tor purposes of shin for some ltu,tenc1eermfeitt'/1','t "CroWn counsel prosecutions." plained. The bill now brought be- sitould Go Whole Distance. . 302(26):: If,.':',',',))";,',."":' Will-:iBimlliY . q', . . . .t r a w Mr. hint-lair made. it plain that of the plan discussed at1"t,'n1'i,///',t, Cum-n Attorneys should be perniit- the Hvdro Commission b h lf , .ml to carry their prosecutions as its eniployees to em roint e a. ty tar as their spheres of court activity tract with insurance "J, n o a con- lii'i'iiiiited them to do so. If they Corporations No Jit't'.tlf,'lt'hf,',' f,','.' were incapable of handling them the the Province ' C t u 0;" " wltole distance. they should be. he measure it i, Ji" 1" l ("it n the and. "no longer Crown Attorneys." iiii/iiiiiiii/n " e ng a in!) y enabling ,M' .L'lx":y Dom-ted out 'hy. ly,' Introducing an act respecting hos- Itructut ot sending out special pitals and charitable i ti iti i'ruwu prosecutors to conduct crini- Hon Li Ii G di , y.! tu 19m": inal cast-s was one. which was "ex- iiiiiG. no: l lol sr',':, Provincial Sec.. curling}: irritating to sIillful local 'ent,aJivimes,',ats', nl',, in? HLtRpiiQYOIXSg men," and one which worked . " . ' "detrimentrilly to the service." Mr. g,','),,".."""' the act in a brief as fol- Hans-y also deplored the fact that in Tsg, 1313.3}:le to up ace c.\ptu- clear up certain riiiidi.i'daci; have . . been a cause of dispute. _ Satin-ed of Politics. "We also have in mind, more par- Mv. Sinclair went so for as to my. ticularly, to give general hospitals i'llil'.."lnili1_\'. that there was "a sus- every possible protection in dealing picion in the minds of many people" with indigent patients whether resi- thut many of tho-so Crown prosecutor dents within or outside the Province. appointments smacked of "political, "The first two sections are given Suits." l up to defining the amendments of Neither Leader. in criticizing the , such words as "resident of Ontario," pizicticc that has prevailed, and ! "municipal patient." and other terms which. judging from the $20.0Wi where any misunderstanding might Vote--" vote which exceeds last: occur. year's vote by $5,000---may COlltilillt'i "Certain changes are proposed in on a 1nunudei' scale in the future.l_ the method of payment of grants _ carried his criticism . to Attorney- i from municipalities and the Ontario General Price and his department. Government-the general effect be- They realized, they said, that the " -- siltdvntuy-yet.tCra! should have a f/e.'-,' ing to place more responsibility upon hand in deciding whether certain the patient. having regard for his cases required the services of 'spe- ability to pay. cial Crown prosecutors or not, but "Some change has been made as they contended that unless the 0350f to the responsibility of employers. were ot an "extraordinary "aim"? the general effect ot which is to give the local Crown Attorneys should be a measure of relief to the employer allowed to handle them. where the employee suffers from an Leaders Diner. ih10etJ,'Jootyr't'l'e',r,'t' or less traceable to 13n the question of fees, however, "Provision is. made for regular. the two Leaders differed. My. Haney tiona covering such matters as sani- claimed that the Province had been tation and many other items." "running wild" on fees for some time. and he would oppose. 116:1}? School Board Bill Withdrawn. any suggestion o an ncrease o P tpro-per-day remuneration 1.... (',t,i,dt Hot,r,,eemievre,,przyoncn/orp,t,/lll. " . ounse ' ' x 'e to jt,c..iel. f,lr/v,v'ldi.fllQ'l'tea"ricei', L' p again withdraw his Township School under unusua c r b ' . Board Bill The bill will be amend- Mr. Sinclair argued 1.h.1t, cases ed he said and will be u for dis- might arise where the1 seli'LCtei) of a dussion before the end of pthe pres- :itt.ly.eiiy'1illf'n) fi,tl1y"il'fh'll, gsuchecrii: ent'sesslon. but will not be pressed. ttyon',",',',',')?""' he cdntended, would be 38:23:- 'illfs limit? toihfhe P122? " _ * I m" it 9 three years. and one which is gradu- ally educating the people, he believes, to the merits of his pro- posed change of "section" boards to "county" boards. _

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