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THURSDAY. JUNE 5m. 1941 Address on N ow Plan of Unemploynwnt Insurance Plan Outlined by Minister: ‘of Labour. Benefits Sug-i gested. l Canada's new Unemployment Insur- once Act will go into active eflect on July lat. Hon. Norman McLarty. Mine inter of Labour, recently gave an ad- dress in which he outlined the plan and indicated some oi the advantages which will result from its“ operation. Anyone desiring further information may secure the same by writing to the Unemployment Insuramc Commission. Ottawa. Ont. dress follows: In June of last year, the Federal Government obtained the approval of every Provlnce in Canada to an amendment to the British North America A?t. permitting an Unemploy- ment Insurance Act to be wrlLten lnto the social and cgonomlc structure of this country. That was done and. by August. Can- ada had followed the example of other countrips where great. industries have devolcped. and had “passe-:d such an Unemployment Insurance Act. Now, and because the operation of an Unemployment. Insurance Plan at this time would be a direct contribution to our “Trial by Battle”. it is intended to start collecting contributions and putting the Act into full operation on July 151. This plan of insurance. which was' examined in detail by Parliament last year and very widely approved. is de-i signed to fit the unique features of‘ the industrial .and social structure of Canada. The.. experience of other countries in thisfleld of social insur- ance legislation has been carefully studied and it is believed many mis- takes have thereby been avoided. In Canada, Unemployment Insurance is to be administered by a Commis- sion representing the three parties who contribute to the Fiind: workers. their employers and the State. Each of these three will pay into a Fund for the benefit. of the worker who becomes unemployed. When the ‘Unem‘rployment In 4nrancc Commission was created last Septem- ber. the late Wi‘ois was chosen as Chief Commissioner but. owing to his ill health, it was necessary to arrange for a man to carry on in his place. Some months earlier Mr. Arthur Mac- Namara had been brought from Manitoba. where he had been Deputy Minister of Public Works. to reorganize the Dependents Mowance Branch of the National Defence Department. and he was induced to undertake the new work as Acting Chief Commissioner With, him. representing the workers 01 this country. is Mr. R. J. ’I‘allon. well known for his work in protecting the interests of the worker. Mr. Allan M Mitchell of Montreal. the third Com- missioner, represents those enlighten- ed employers of Canada who see. ir Unemployment Insurance a true con- tribution to industrial peace and good will. In the last. tew‘ months. this Com- mission has been working at great pressure, and wiih great. ability under difficulties. to make it possible to start operating the plan on July 1st. This will be an outstanding achievement as in other countries it has always taken a matter-of years to set up the machinery to administer such a scheme. In fact this early start is only made. possible through the coâ€" operation of the Post Office and other Government. departments. This CommisSion will spread a cloak of nrotection over some. two and one- half million workers in Canada who with their dependents will total nearly half the population of the country. In the course of the next few weeks it will start the distribution of insur- ance books in every employer in ar insured industry: one for each of his employees who comers within the term: The nmoum of benefit an unemploy- ed worker receives and the length of time he receives it is strictly related to the amounts and length of time he himself contrlbuted while he was em- ployed. For example. if a married man was fullv employed at. twentyâ€"five donuts a week {or five years and then became unemployed for a long period he would receive l~welve dollars a week for a limit. of one year. During this period of unemploy- of the Act. For instance. mere wu be about one million books distributed in each of the cities of Montreal and Toronto; and tom? idea may be had of the maauitudu of the task by the statement that across the whole coun- try the issue of hooks will w9igh about seventy touzz. No teas than three mil- lion books are belt" printed for the first year's supply a‘gd in a few weeks these will the distributed through about. fifty depot-s set. up in Post Of- ficex- acres; the country. The front page of the insurance book. which em- ployers will tilt in. will show details such as age. occupation and industry of each of the persons working for them. This will be the means by which every insured worker in the country will be i't‘2i-'tei'e(i and given a number. which he will retain through- out.» his years. of employment. Contributions to the Unemployment Insurance fund will he made by means of special stamps purchased through the Post Offices and placed in the worker‘s incm'anee book. The work- er‘s contribution ranging from twelve to thirty-six cents a week. depending on his earnings and will be deducted from his wages by his employer and with the employer's contribution will make up the value of the. stamp which is put into the book. The total num- ber of stamps required for the. first year,_ will be some eighty-nine million. t.ext. of Hon. Mr. McLarty’s ad- one fm‘ Pad] 01' hi: mugs within the term: insfmwe. there wil‘ ment the nation-Wide Employment Serviceâ€"a development of the existing Provincial Employment Services-â€" would be endeavouring to find him employment either in his usual occupa- tion or in some other suitable occupa- tion at his normal standard of living. This Employment Service will oper- ate in every large community in Can- ada and n will charge no fees to any employer or worker who desires to use It. For the employer it, wlll offer the b9st and widest, field in which to find just the type of man or woman he requires to fill some'speclal post. For the worker it will offer free con- tact with employers who have vacan- cies to fill. For war industries operating at high pressure, it will be the quickest and most, logical placetp look for the men they need. At this time of crisis. such a service is vital to our efficiency. Because of administrative difficul- ties. the experience of other countries has shown that it' is unwise to insure some types of employment in the early years of operation. For example, agri- culture and fishing by their very na- ture do not operate in place where collections can be easily made or benec fits administered through a City Em- ployment Exchange. These occupa- tions. and others like forestry and trapping. are therefore among those not insured. Professional people like doctors. lawyers. and dentists. and people earn- ing over two thousand dollars a year. are excluded although all these ex- cluded classes will benefit. indirectly from the payment, of insurance benefits :o the unemployed workers in their community. Even with these exclu- sions. something like eighty per cent of the wage earners of the country will be required to contribute to the in- ;urance fund and will be able to draw from it on fulfilment of certain mini- mum requirements. Wihile nobody doubts that many of )ur serious economic problems in the last ten years have been caused by 'memrployment. or the fear of unem- "1loyment. it might be said that the reiief of distress paused by unemploy- ment is not the mos-t pressing problem facing Canada at this timeâ€"that we are in the middle .of the greatest war hat this counry has ever experienced and that we think of these problem! laterâ€"after Hitler has wished he had suddenly become» sane and flown to "Scotland with his friend. Hess. Pe1haps if we had all been willing to think of wa1 in time cf peace it might have been pegsyble to have kept. he regimented ba1barity of the Nazi hordes from laying Waste the civilizeo lands of the continent, of Europe. Le It, not be said that. we so far forget the debt we owe to the skill of the workex and the tileless efionts of those who plan for this victory, that they were left to dllft alone on the tur- bulent watels of readjustment after that victory ”hadb‘b'een won. An "all- out" War Effort demands changes in the industrial strt’ieturethat will have pelmanent, effects on the economic life. )1 the country As Mr. Menzies the D1ime Minister of Audralla. said 1e- tently. “If we win this warâ€"and we 'ertalnly mean toâ€"we shall take yeaxs ’o 1ecover from the 51121111.. . and 'here will be burdens which will bow wur shoulders for a generation to ‘omef‘ of Britain workers are finding their insurance benefits of tremendous value. both to their pockets and their pBACE of mind. During the last. war. and again dur- ing this war. Great Britain has seen the value of extending the scope of protection afforded by Unemployment Insurance and in the battered homes As my colleague, Mr. Ilsley. ha:- pointed out on more man one occas- lon. Unemployment Insurance will make a direct contribution to the War Eflort. even now. Contributions from workers and their employers will total about one million dollars a week. This lure In the meantime. we have created ndustries that are designed solely for var purposes. Agricultural workers ‘1ave become builders of aerc plane enâ€" zines; stenog1aphers are making muni- ions; industry has developed new ma- erials and techniques and trained its workers in new skills. and the armed forces themselves have drawn to their ranks much of the brain and muscle that has built Canada’s peace time prosperity. The days of readjustment will bring new and intricate problems beyond the experience of any man. Unemployment Insurance will give those who contribute a chance to catch heir breath after their strenuous labâ€" ours. and enable them to pause for a while during the period of readjust- ment without the fear of want and dis- ‘ress hanging over their heads. Their epending of their insurance benefits will help to sustain the purchasing power of the great consuming public while merchants adapt themselves to :1ew conditions. As far back as 1919. a Royal Commission of Canada recom- mended Lhe study of Unemployment Insurance as a means of protection for workers during the period of the counâ€" ‘ry's rapidly changing economic strucâ€" will be held in trust by the Govern- ment for the Unemployment, Insurance Commission, to be invested in Victory Loans and other similar Governmem bonds. until it will be needed. To the tax-payer. this means that. just. one million dollars a week less has to be raised by the Minister of Finance by other means while the demands on the fund are few. While collections will begin on July 1st. it, should be borne in mind that benefits do not become payable in any case until contributions have. been made for not less than 180 days with- in the two years immediately preced- ing the date on which need for bene- fit develops. It will be understood. therefore, that no benefits will become payable until approximately seven months have elapsed during which con- tributions have been made. Collections will begin on July lst. when this important contribution to soclal welfare will be launched. Of course. at this time it, is im- possible to Dredlct the numbm' of bene- fit. cheques which will be isaued Ollcc benefit rights have been csLablisth Based on the experience in the Unliod States during recent months. an ap- proxhnatHNi of tho rnnnbcr of bone- flts which might beconm payable has been set Up by one of our accountants. His guess is that the numbnr of bone- fit. cheques which will he issued each working day will not. be less than fifteen thousand. or in the neighbor- hood of three and a half million cheques a year. I simply mention the volume 01 cheques which will probably be requir- ed to give listeners an appreciation of the magnitude of the task which is being undertaken. Toclay, in Britain. thc bombed-out FOR EVERY CANADIAN who sails the deep, for every the darkest hours the emergence of great inspiring airman who flashes through the skies, and for every figUres to steady the ranks of Democracy and fire other man in the fighting forces, the prayers of its courage and confidence. the nation “rise like a fountain, night and day.” An 4 A ‘4 _ - I 1 A 1 In times of crisis our people stand steadfast. In daily devotions they renew the flame of faith and arm with unseen powers their warriors in the field. Oftentimes they discern the Unseen Hand. \Vitness the miracle of Dunkirk. Witness, too, in time it, is im- numbcr of bene- be issued once wen esiablishod co in the United months. an ap- THE PORCUPINE ADVAECE. W8, ONTARIO Stories of Gallantry Come from Bombed (‘itios 0f Britain East End Lads of London Show Thvir Toughness. worker and the Government. have found in their social legislation. a source of their high courage and morale. Canadians have already expresscl their approval of the Unemploymem Insurance Act. here. both as a war measure and as a plan for peace. «By Winifred Hoimem All heroes of the war are not in uniform. Take MichaeiO'Connor. for instance. Michael is a boy of 16 from the East. our! of London. And Mickey was leader of a boy "Gang." Nlow Mickey has turned his gang into a first-class company of fire- fighters and Civil DMencc messengers. Ho and his parents live in a tiny hasmnont. “That‘s why I'm so small." says Mickey. who is not quite five feet. tall. His father is a dock labourer. and his mother a hmpiial cleaner. Miékey himself is an otfice boy in a pal-per works. At night he goes on du‘y as an A.R.P. messenger. while his father and mother sleep in the (21'pr shelter of one of the historic. old City churches. I ask for the utmost co-opcra'tion of workers and their employers in launch- ing this scheme and know that I can count upon it. . v ed One evening 1 l at the P0; ntly. Mickey report- for duty as uoual 80mm began to {all and the wardens were called out. Mickey was given the job of taking an injured man through the "blitz" io the First. Aid Centre. , Seven times he was sent. out on his bicycle while {he raid was at. its height. for the fire and ambulance services. Then came a lull. Mickey wiped his forehead. had a Clip of tea and a sand- wich and sat down. "bread-ébasket" spilled its deadly con- tents on Mickey's street. "Incendiarles!" He pedalled furi- ou.sly round to the houses where mem- bers of his “gang“ lived. “A packet by Old Ma's pub. Come on!" With their help Mickey put out nine fires! More incendiaries on the old ehurcn where among 350 other people. Mickey's parents were sheltering. 'Iiwo fires began to blaze on the roof. Armed with a bucket. of water and a stirrup-pump. Mickey climbed a nar- row staircase to the moi. There he fought the flames single-handed unLil the. fires began to die down/and the fire Brigade arrived to finish the job. When Bill Coppola. a fifteen-year- old railway worker in a West Country town. wanted to join the Auxiliary Fire Service for First Aid work he was told he was too young. But. he per- sisted and was reluctantly enrolled. One night the station to which he was attached was heavily attacked. iHigh explosives screamed down and Bill dived under a coach for cover. Then he heard a splutter as incen- diary bombs fell on the building. The next minute he was running up a- ladder to the roof. There he spent ten hectic minutes kicking the incen- Before ten minutes had passed the guns were going again. overhead droncd the bombers. Suddenly a Church bells are ringing throughout Canada calling men and women to worship and sacrifice in defence of our freedum, the sanctity of our homes and the future of our children. Translate your faith into works by buying Victory Bond diaries to the ground before they could do any damage. A mm younger boy hero is 14-year- old Eric Smith of South London. Be- cause of his smallness and slinmess he was able to save the lives of several people trapped under the wreckage of their house. Rescue workers were digging frantic- ally to reach the family buried be- neath the rubble. “But it's too small for any of us to get through." he added despondcntly. “I‘ll go." said Eric. The men hesi- tated. Owing to its dangerous nature the work needed skilled handling. But there were several lives at stake. 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