The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

The Era Wed Jilj OTTAWA REPORT by Norman Bricemen slaughter They could nod to i not Pick got 1 Clark Mount Albert Lions have to upset Newmarket Or- Last Wednesday the Official Act was given Royal Assent became law The filibuster on the changes the rules of the House of Commons con tinues The Conservatives have now platoon system for their members Fifteen of them go off each Monday for a weeks vocation and return to carry on the filibuster while another 15 leave for their vacation So it promises to be a long drawn out battle r then The drum had overflowed and gas was soaking into the ground when the police arrived at the T H Company in he hours of the morning this weekend Gasoline had apparently been interrupted ninM f Midi White had earlier phoned the Rodney Bell married KING CITY A marriage of interest to King City residents was recently solemnized when Rodney The groom receiv ed his early education In King City and the Bell fam ily moved to in 1958 when Mr Bell Sr was man ager of he branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Two other daugh ters of Mr and Mrs Bell Julia and Sheila are also married Mr Bell is semi retired from the banking business but Is still on standby call for the Cana dian Imperial Bank Duracleanr YOUR VALUABLE CARPETSFURNITURE No Soaking No Scrubbing EH Clean Dry the Day PARENTS Call for Newmarket 8959612 Quotation after hours 895 and and which depend on agreement by all the parties provide two very useful in programming the business of the House and undoubtedly will be successful In overcoming many difficulties which have been encountered In the past in trying to plan the most orderly use of the time of the House weak is that they provide no remedy for resolving the deadlock that arises when a controversial piece of legislation is being obstructed by a united opposi tion or even the opposition of the two smallest parties In fact standing order would make it possible for the two smallest parties to prevent a decision from being taken by the vast majority of Members of Parliament Standing order as sumes that all parties are to treat ed as equal whatever their actual size For the purpose of the rule the mem bers of the des Crcditistcs arc treated in the same way as Liberals and members of as equal to Conservatives The and the totalling 36 members by joining forces could block a decision by the re maining Members It is the view of the Govern ment that It would be undemocratic un parliamentary and contrary to the Con stitution to give the power of veto to the small parties It would be undemo cratic because the decisions of the House would thus be made not on the basis of majority choice but rather on that of the minority rule of the smallest groups In the House It would be unpar liamentary because no other Parliament gives to such a small number or opposi tion members the over the business of the House And the proposal is directly in of the express terms of our Constitution the British North America Acts 49 which says that Questions arising In the House of Com mons shall be decided by a Majority of Voices The Government believes there must be a safeguard an alternative which would permit the majority of members of the House to decide on how the busi ness is to be planned when the parties are unable to agree To have permitted the two minor parlies to have control of House would have been to give The proposed Standing Orders 7511 75C recommended by the House of Commons Committee on Procedure Organization deal with the question of time allocation on debates on government bills in the House of Com- Tlio new rules proposals were designed two primary objectives in mind First to preserve the power of the opposition to debate a bill long enough to arouse public opinion and second to allow the Government to fulfil Its func tions by bringing an issue to decision within a reasonable period of time While seemingly irreconcilable these two aims I think will be achieved If the rule changes are adopted Rule provides for the alloca tion of time In the House of Commons when all parties agree on the appropriate amount of time to be devoted to one or more stages of a bill Proposed Rule provides for time allocation when three of the four parties in the House of Commons agree to it In this situation the and the NDP totalling 36 members would be able to block a deci sion of the vast majority of members represented by the Conservative and Liberal Parties Despite that possibility all parties agree with the provisions of Proposed Standing Orders and 75B Proposed Rule is somewhat more controversial It provides that when no agreement can be reached under Rules or 75B the Government shall have the power without the agreement of the other parties to set In motion a procedure which would allow them to limit debate The mechanics for Implementing this time allocation procedure would require a mini mum of 10 days between the time a bill Is Introduced and the time it is finally passed This would allow the opposition the time it needs to put its ease adequate ly to the Because of he unfavorable reac tion by some members of the opposition to the introduction of the Proposed Rule In the fall of last year the Govern ment agreed to withdraw that proposal for time allocation and resubmit the prob- Party marks birthday Film an and Jim Davidson sported Orfun hits Perry Orfuns Or play home Lake Sim- League games Mr and Mrs Reg Towers held Party at their home on Saturday afternoon when their adopted daughetr Charlene was baptized Mr and Mrs Of the laic Mrs Herb place on Friday in Zephyr cemetery Mrs a a m grandsons wed ding in Charlottesville Vir ginia and passed away Yon St passage of Rule 75C would transform Parliament into a rubber stamp Con sider the point that last month the member Party flatly refused to any voluntary agreement to limit debate on the criminal code amend ments and then proceeded to underline its point with a 20day filibuster the Omnibus Bill Once again public bust- While the minority right to dis sent must never be jeopardized it Is also true that ultimately the wishes of the majority ought to prevail These two tenets of our Canadian democracy are reconciled In the proposed changes KEEP YOUR COOL IN A POOL from QUALITY PACKAGE INCLUDES Test Kit Sand Chlorine and Skimmers Vacuum Set Winterized Liners Ladder LUXURIOUS NEWPORT Graduating depth from It to ft complete Round Deep MILLIONAIRE docking complete OTHER PACKAGES from GOLFERS iryan Smith Pro NEW KESWICK GOLF CLUB Who makes the safest cats in the world The iiit North A jti thtl on 1967 6S in ill uki ft to nil ought out by