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| | She Oshawa Fines Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario. T. L. Wilson, Publisher SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1964--PAGE 6 Amendment To Provide One Class Of Citizen Under the Citizenship Act, an immigrant may apply for Canadian citizenship after five years' resi- dence in this country. But approval of his application does not make him, in the eyes of the law at least, the equal of the native-born Cana- dian; he can still be deported to his land of origin for a variety of offences, no matter how long he has held Canadian citizenship. This obvious discrimination against immigrants -- a creation, in effect, of two classes of citizens -- has long been under attack, but now something is going to be done about it. The Throne Speech fore- cast legislation to remove any legal difference between naturalized and native-born Canadians, Under pro- posed amendments to the Citizen- ship Act, the difference will be wiped out, and. naturalized Cana- dians will be deprived of their citizenship only for the same reasons as a native Canadian would be -- that is, by swearing allegiance to a foreign country or formally re- nouncing Canadian citizenship. For all offences, naturalized Canadians will be punished in the same man- ner as native Canadians. The amendment is long overdue. For far too long the federal gov- ernment has given an aura of legal respectability to the absurd and unjust belief that the accident of birth somehow makes a native Canadian superior to the immigrant. Absurd though it is, this belief will not, unfortunately, be destroy- ed by any amendment to the Citizenship Act. That requires a change in the hearts and minds of men -- a much more difficult pro- cess than the phrasing of a piece of legislation. All Canadians are immigrants or the descendents of immigrants. Still it's odd, to say the least, that the Herrenvolk ideas of some Cana- dians do not cover the people who have the best claim to being native Canadians the Indians and Eskimos. Day That Never Came By REV. G. A. CARROLL Byng Ave. Pentecostal Church Some people are always putting off until tomorrow things which they might well do today for the Master and His kingdom. They .are always telling themselves that by tomorrow circumstances will be easier, better suited, or more favor- able. They forget that God has planned our way for now! So often we journey along a path but once, and when tomorrow comes, the opportunity of today has vanished into yesterday. The souls we should have served have gone another way and along life's road we see them not again. The talks we should have done have lost their urgency and there is no further call to work. The needs we ehould have met someone else has filled and we have lost the chance to bless. God has a Divine purpose for today. Jesus may come today, and Good Satire, Satire, as offered on television screen and stage, has been much in the news lately, writer C. J. Harris notes. Satire made it's ap- pearance in politics in the recent federal by-elections for two Mont- real seats. The vehicle was the Rhinocerous Party, founded and headed by a Montreal physician, Dr. Paul Ferron. His running-mate in the Montreal voiting was Andre Goulet, a printer. Their four-plank platform, they said, was borrowed from the other parties. Their pur- pose was less to win votes than to indicate by ironical exaggeration some of the absurdities of present- day politics. _ The Rhinoceros Party advertised that it had borrowed from the Liberals "unconditional allegiance to the United States," and from the Conservatives the proposal that the Queen-be repatriated and instal- led in A palaee on tke site of the Montreah World's Fajr. From the She Oshave Times T, L. WILSON, Publisher C. GWYN KINSEY, Editor The Oshawa Times combining The Oshawa Times. cet Ng 1871) and the Whitby Gozette and wonicle (established 1863) is' published daily (Sundeys and Statutory holidays excepted). Merbers of Canadian Daily Newspaper Publish- ers Association, The Canadian Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation ond the Ontario Provincial Dailies Associction. 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God forbid that we should be among those before His throne who must bow their heads in shame and say, Behold my hands so empty and so bare. I waited for tomorrow, the day that never came. Friend, how is it between you and your God? Have you had a personal encounter with him? Or like so many others are you saying not today, but tomorrow, or a more convenient season? The Bible gives us an account of such a man, Felix by name; while talking to Paul he bid him go and at a more convenient season he would call for him. Felix never did find a more convenient time. God said," I will not always strive with man." Again God said, "Behold, now is the ac- cepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation". Tomorrow may be too late, tomorow may never. come for you. Few Votes New Democratic Party it said it had borrowed the demand that Canada . be reconstituted as an Imperial Socialist Federation, and from the Quebec Social Credit Rally the slogan "Greatness Through Divi- sion." On the public works side it proposed to guarantee success of the Montreal World's Fair by reac- tivating Mount Royal's extinct volcano and by damming the St. Lawrence to flood the city and make it the Venice of North America. Finally, the party proposed that a suitable Canadian flag would be the Union Jack with a rhinoceros in the centre. That animal, it was claimed, would be a suitable political symbol since it is thickskinned, clumsy, loves to wallow in the mud but is capable of moving quickly and destructively when it senses danger to itself. There were 60,000 persons eli- gible to cast-ballots in the Montreal election, and 26,000 turned up at the polls. But only 400 voted for the two Rhinoceros Party candi- dates. It seems a pity. Bible Thought But without a parable spake he not unto them: and.when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. -- Mark 4:34. God gives His choice morsels to those who are willing to be quiet and listen. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. -- Luke 2:11. God makes His deliverance know- able, available, and personal. TIGHT HOLE FOR THE FIREMEN'S POLE QUEBEC OPINION Separate School Plan -- For Manitoba Attacked EDITORIALS from French-language papers Quebec L'Action--It may be doubted that the recent propo- sals of Premier Roblin,'s gov- ernment in- Manitoba constitute a step toward solution of the problem of education for Cath- olics in that province. ... It must certainly be admitted that the Roblin project remedies cer- tain flagrant injustices such as, for examplen the refusal to al- low pupils to go to Catholic schools in public school board buses, or the refusal to allow schools to use the textbooks used in the public schools. But the Roblin proposal does not tackle the core of the prob- lem, which is the double tax- ation of Catholic parents and the refusal of the authorities to permit parents a free choice of the kind of teaching they want for their children. Free- dom of choice implies free edu- cation for all children, whether they attend Catholic schools or secular public schools. The Roblin government is sensitive to the opinion of the majority and it seems that in Manitoba, as in other provinces, English-speaking Canadians of the Protestant faith are not yet ready to admit that Catholics have the same rights as they in the field of education. In Manitoba, where an im- portant percentage of Catholics are French-Canadians, this op- position to separate schools is accentuated by the fact that equal rights for French - Cana- dians are opposed. Every step taken in this direction is con- sidered a concession by the English-speaking element. That is why we ask whether Mr. Roblin's proposals are not basically a more or less long- range plan designed to assimi- late all French-Canadians by bringing them, little by little, into the English-speaking, secu- lar public schools through the back door. . . . Jean Hubert. (Feb. 19) Trois-Rivieres Le Nouvelliste The Pearson government's throne speech demonstrates that the federal power is not in any way abandoning its centralizing policy. Once again the pension plan withdrawn at the last ses- sion is on the agenda. The of- ficial text does not say whether the measure has been modified but it is certain that it has been perceptibly rejuvenated in or- der to appear more seductive to the provinces. With this problem still un- solved the federal government alraedy wants to invade sev- eral other fields. First of all. it will try to set up interest- free loans for university stu- dents. . . The federal invasion is sys tematic, sustained and pitiless, When the federal lawmakers have planted their feet some where, they never withdraw. We have an example of this in the pension fund. Quebec will have its! own tario has cri- ticized the"LaMarsh project, other provinces have expressed their discontent, but the central power does not let go. It will find a way of superimposing its project upon those of the provinces, of boxing them in so that it can stick its nose in everywhere. Ottawa practices parallelism in everything con- cerning administration. Even where the provinces have sole authority, where the texts are precise and cannot be miscon- strued, the federal power finds @ way of sliding in with a mea- sure that embraces those of the provinces. .. . (Feb. 19) Sherbrooke La Tribune --It (the throne speech) announced legislative proposals of impor- tance such as the pension fund and a policy of loans to. uni- versity students. The latter subject furnishes an occasion for much discussion in Quebec and one cannot help seeing in it a new effort by the federal government to stick its nose into a field that is none of its business, Admittedly the throne speech forsees "consulta- tion with the provinces but the principle of the project remains the same: Ottawa, with reve- nues that do not belong to it, is intervening in a field that falls under provincial jurisdic- cae ree Nobody denies the' necessity of providing easier access to university studies without re- _ BY-GONE DAYS 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 29, 1924 A truck owned by the Wil- liams Piano Co. and driven by George Shemilt, was the first to break the road through to Toronto after a week of snow- blocked highway. Among the building permits issued for February was one by - W. J. Holland for a proposed new grandstand in Alexandra Park at a cost of $25,000. An- other was for a frame dwelling on Annis street at an estimated cost of $800. The first annual dance of the NCO's of the Ontario Regiment was held in the Armories. Mrs. H. Bradley was elect- ed first president of the newly- formed YMCA. Ladies' Aux- iliary. Other officers elected were Mrs. Donald Hall and Mrs, F. E. Hare, ist and 2nd vice-president respectively. Mrs. C. O. Miller, secrteary, and Miss D. McLaughlin, treasurer. C. M. Anderson, president of the Oshawa Curling Club, an- nounced tenders would be ac- cepted for the proposed new curling rink. The site, which was donated by General Motors, was on the east side of the plant on Bond street. Mercury hovering around 10 below zero gave the town little promise of an early spring. Oshawa Board of Health pass- ed a resolution%o ask council pass a bylaw making the pas- teurization of milk a necessity, before selling it. W. J. Langmaid and Miss Hillier were winners in a de- bate with Carl Irwin and Ada Kelly, who upheld the negative side of the resolutioh that "the press has done"more to- wards the advancement of civil- ization than the pulpit." The debate was held at a meeting of the King Street Young Peo- ple's League. The soloist was Miss Leah Garrow. Two sleigh loads, and several cutters, brought 50 young peo- ple from North Oshawa Church for a get-together with Young People's League of South Oshawa Church. Miss Pearl Wilson was convener of the program. On Feb. 29, 1924, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Patte celebrated their 13th leap year wedding anniversary which totalled 52 years of wedded life. Mr. 'Patte celebrated his 73rd birthday on March"1, the - gard to the financial means of the students. This responsibilit falls upon the provinces and, the federal government wishes so much to see students get the help they need, it must let the provinces perform this task. The system of interes - free loans authorized by the federal government is no more accep- table than the scholarship sys- tem that was debated some time ago. (Feb. 20) Montreal Le Devoir -- While in Saskatchewan and Alberta the governments show in- creased understanding of the position of separate schools, the school situation in Manitoba is hardening dangerously. . . . In Manitoba a brutal, intoler- ant secularism has_ refused since the beginning of the cen- tury to recognize Catholic schools. Mr. Roblin had a unique opportunity to break this monolithic spirit, to show that he intended to introduce -into his province a genuine plural- ism of the kind to which his neighbors have long subscribed. Instead of rising to this level of pdlitical intelligence, he re- affirms principles that remain unacceptable. His plea in favor of the separation of church and state will convince no one. Everybody is' in favor of this principle, but there are various ways of applying it and the Manitoba way is one Catholic opinion does not accept. . Duff Roblin's mistake would not, however, justify excesses that Catholic spokesmen could, for their part, commit. The present ecumenical cli- mate has taught us that deli- cate questions concerning the insertion of the religious factor in temporal realities must be handled by Catholics with firm- ness and clarity certainly, but also with understanding, calm, moderation and realism. However, it is almost a war ery that Mr, Laurent Desjardins has sounded. The member for St. Boniface accused Mr. Rob- lin of insulting Catholics. He threatened to organize a march on the provincial legislature. Manitoba Catholics ought not to throw themselves blindly into such a strategy. While standing firm on basic principles, they ought to give sympathetic study to the practical implications of Mr. Roblin's plan and serious consideration to the possible advantages, not only for them- selves, but for the cause of civic harmony --Claude Ryan. (Feb. 21) Montreal La Presse--. . . The Canadian Army practises in Quebec, as everywhere else in the country, a para-commercial policy borrowed from the supér- markets: Self-service. You want arms? Come and take them. We have in stock everything you need: Automatic and semi-auto- matic rifles, machine - guns, bazookas, mortars and the am- munition for these various play- things as well. The order does not even have to be passed on to Ottawa. Our stores are open all night. Since purchases are free at our place, you have only to get in, after picking our locks: or kicking in a door or two, which is the simplest of matters. Only the transporta- UNITED KINGDOM OPINION Trade Situation Trend -- Embarrasses Sir Alec ~ M. McINTYRE HOOD For The Oshawa Times LONDON -- Sir Alec Douglas- Home has been placed in an awkward position by Board of Trade figures covering Britain's export and import trade for January. These figures showed Britain's imports at an all-time . high peak, with a decline in ex- ports which left an unfavorable trade gap for the month of $216 million. Announcement of the figures created quite a stir in the House of Commons, where Harold Wil- eon, Labor Leader, termed the trade situation as "very grave", and predicted a balance of pay- ments crisis later on in the cure rent year. : What made the situation awk- ward for the prime minister was the fact that on the previous evening, in a television inter- view, he made the assertion that the country's economic out- look was very good, and that it had seldom been stronger. Robin Day, the interviewer on television, asked the direct ques- tion: "Is it correct that you have been warned by the treas- ury that there is a danger of a serious balance of payments crisis in the autumn?" Su. E EXPLANATION The prime minister's emphatic declaration that all was well with the country's economy was accepted as a very encouraging sign for 1964, but that confi- dence was rudely shattered when the trade figures for Jan- uary were announced the follow- ing day. While on the government side 'much was made of the point that one month's figures do not add up to a distress sig- nal, the trend of overseas trade lately clearly suggests that a balance of payments problem, requiring drastic action by the chancellor of the exchequer, might be building up. There are, however, some fac- tors which influenced the Janu- . ary figures, and these indicate that the situation may not be as bad as it seems. One of them was the five weeks' strike at the Port Talbot, Wales, steel plant, the largest in Britain. 'is strike cut off many mil- lions of pounds of steel exports which would normally have been made in January. It also made it necessary for automo- bile plants and other industries to import large quantities of sheet steel from Europe and the United States, to keep their TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Feb. 29, 1964... The calendar was' re- formed 2,010 years ago--in 46 BC--by Julius Caesar, setting the solar year at 36444 days and giving Feb- ruary 29 instead of 28 days every fourth year. A law was enacted in Scotland 676 years ago--in 1288--permit- ting spinsters to propose to bachelors in Leap Year. A few years later a like law was passed in France. To- day is Leap Year's Day. 1936 -- Japanese authori- ties crushed a military re- volt, and Premier Okada, re- ported killed, reappeared unhurt. 1944--Meat rationing was suspended in Canada. that it would put an end to the system; but not at all. Once, apparently by mistake, there was a night watchman on the job. He was killed. The lesson was learned; henceforth there were no night watchmen at military establishments. Thus, the customers can select in peace what they want to take. For the last three weeks busi- ness has. been _ particularly heavy. ... The defence minister an- mounced that he was taking security measures in -"sensitive areas," that is to say, Quebec and the eastern fringe of On- tario. Does he by chance think the arms thieves. are unaware' of the existence of the automobile? And what if some ordinary ban dits, Toronto gangsters for ex- ample, also ventured to look for bargains at the expense of the state? It would hardly be sur- prising after all the publicity accorded the army's self-service system ...--Gerard Pelletier (Feb. 22) tion is at your expense... . There is no need to fear that the army will abruptly change this method. It is sticking to self-service. The proof? Last year, when ruffians ventured to explode some bombs in its es- tablishments, it was thought MAPLE CLEANERS 504 SIMCOE ST. S. OSHAWA Cosh & Corry -- 4 Hr. Service 6 Fs kU, a Settvery jek~' an eV our Fomity's Friend" PHONE 725-0643 @ RESIDENT PARTNERS Burt R. Waters, C.A. Gordon W. Richi, C.A., R.A. Robert F. Lightfoot, C.A, Monteith, Monteith, Riehl & Co. Chartered Accountants OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE Gordon W. Rieht, C.A., R.I.A. PARTNERS: Hon. J. W. Monteith, F.C.A., M.P. OSHAWA, ONTARIO @ TELEPHONE: Oshawa-Bowmanville 728-7527 Ajax 942-0890 Whitby 668-4131 A. Brock Monteith, 8. Comm., C.A. George £. Trethewey, C.A. .. .. Burt R. Waters, C.A, assembly lines . These two factors coi naturally contributed heavily to the un- favorable trade balance, and -with the strike settled, they will be non-recurring. 'Those who take an optimistic view of the 1964 industrial scene point out that the rise in im- ports is an excellent thing, as these imports were made up largely of raw: materials which are required for Britain's great industrial expansion, and that the tide will turn the other way when these raw materials are fabricated and their products exported as manufactured goods. 4 BRIGHT PROSPECTS There is good reason to be- lieve that this latter theory is a sound one. An exhaustive in- quiry into idustrial and export trends made by the Federation of British industries into the operations of 700 varied types of industrial concems provides a highly optimistic note. It re- veals that in the last four months more firms reported in- creases in orders and output than at any time since such sur- veys began six years ago. In the next four months, industries have high hopes of even better business. And the Federation re- ports "further strong upward trends in orders and output". Of even greater importance is the hope raised by this survey that the overwhelming majority of the firms reporting expect in- creased or maintained exports. In only two of the main mar- kets, India and South America, is there likely to be a slight de- cline. Substantial increases are forecast in all other markets, particularly Exrope, North America and Australia. . Because of all this, there is mo great tendency to panic stations because of the un- favorable trade figures for Jan- uary. There is still strong faith that there will continue to be a marked expansion in Britain's economy. LAND OF PLENTY The Daily Express, which for the last year has not shown too friendly an attitude towards the government, sees no reason for worrying about the country's future economy. In an editorial, the Express showed its enthusi- asm in-+these words: "One after another the people' a t the blessings of prosper+ y; "Record home ownership; record car ownership; " record output; record exports, And now, record national savings which top $24,000 million for the first time ever. "Here is cause indeed for re- joicing. Yet there are some be- nighted individuals who can see only the problems of abundance. 'Beware' they cry 'of the rise in imports. It will cause a bal- ance of payments crisis'. "It will cause nothing of the sort. For Britain has reserves in plenty to finance expansion. Mr. Maudling 'should immediately proclaim his confidence in inter. rupted growth. And demolish those of little faith." Coming from the Daily Ex- press, this expression of opinion can be taken ds an indication that, from the standpoint of the prosperity of the people of Brit- ain, the government is on the right track. YOUR INCOME TAX Dividend Credits Reduce Tax Bite By WILLIAM C. HALL B. Comm., CA QUESTION. Recently I was talking with a friend who stated that it was possible to receive investment income in excess of $10,000 and pay only $90 tax. Is this possible, and if so please explain? ANSWER: Yes. This is pos- sible in the event that an in- dividual receives dividend in- come. which is paid by a tax- able Canadian corporation. For example, assuming a basic. per sonal exemption of $1,000 and a standard deduction of $100, an amount of $11,433.33 may be re- ceived without incurring a tax liability in excess of $90. That is, tax payable on $11,433.33 is $2,376.67, the 20 per cent divi- dend tax credit of $11,433.33 amounts to $2,286.67, leaving tax payable of $90, being the mini- mum possible tax payable on this amount (due to the pro- visions of the Old Age Security Act). 5 QUESTION: In 1963 we had an increase in our family -- a boy whom we named Peter. He passed away on December 20, 1963. Could you please advise if we can claim him as a de pendent on our 1963 income tax return, and if so what amount? - ANSWER: Yes; you may claim $550 since the child was wholly dependent upon you in 1963, and is considered not qual- ified for Family Allowance. QUESTION: I have received a T5 statement of investment income showing an amount of $1,000 as dividends from a tax- able Canadian 'corporation, The rate of depletion column shows 15 per cent. Could you please tell me what this means? ANSWER: This statement in- dicates that you own shares in a company which paid $1,000 in 1963 as a return on your in- vestment, This' company oper- ates a mine, oil or gas well, thereby entitling you to a 15 per cent depletion deduction ; this company is taxable and is resi- dent in Canada thereby entitling you to a 20 per cent tax credit. In the preparation of your 1963 tax return you would report $1,000 less 15 per cent or $850 as investment income; you would deduct 20 per cent of $850, or $190, from your tax payable; that is, you would make a "double" deduction on account of this amount -- one results in a reduction of net in- come, the other in a reduction of tax. (Note, however, that the $190 can not reduce your tax payable below the lesser of $90 or 3 per cent of your net in- come, being the amount Old Age Security tax you must pay, ir respective of available -tax credits. : QUESTION: You stated re- cently that tax savings were possible by making payments into a_ registered retirement savings plan. I am a contributor te a registered employees' pen- sion plan. Can I also pay into a registered retirement savings plan? ANSWER: Yes. 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