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speaker in the 25 par liament of canada 1 had the opportunity in my maiden speech of following the hon member for villeneuve mr caouette this is now the 26th parliament of canada and as i watched the spectacle across from me this evening while it seemed to me my maiden speech was a very important one the speech i hope to be able to make this evening will be per haps the most important i shall ever make in this house i represent the riding of york north and in it from north to south we have the towns of sutton newmarket aurora and richmond hill many of these towns were settled by united empire loyalists who left the united states during the rebel lion against britain to live in a land loyal to british tradition and constitutional monarchy these people preferred king and country to the socalled war of independence they set tled in canada and canada has become strong with their strength and courage when the loyalists came to canada they bore with them the flag of a union the union jack and it flies proudly today throughout my riding the des cendants of these people are still loyal to those traditions even today in my riding we re call the indomitable little fire brand and rebel william lyon mackenzie our loyal represen tatives over the years ayles- worth mulock king all lead ers in government pathfinders over the years reformers loyal to the traditions of the flag of their day flags mr speaker are a strange creation they are used as merely pieces of silk held a- loft in some instances to iden tify the status of a chief to mark the arrival of a leader or to denote the arirval of an ene my they were first used in india and china primarily for the purpose of identification other uses arose they were used to show the forces of the leader in medieval times the flag was the first point of attack when the flag had fallen consterna tion among the flaglcss army ensued and the battle was soon lost in victory the flag rallied the victorious army to the chase to press on to the eventual rout of the enemy moreover at sea ssassssssssssaasssae2sssssasssssssssss3sssssaass83sssaassasssssass umme 31vs30hs savage growing girl flats rep 698 to s79s sale 499 mens shoes reg to 1495 sale 995 reduced to clear indies walking heel english clarke oxford 1195 reg 1895 many other special savings on summer shoes lehmans shoes 9 main st w stouffville phone 6403753 the flag was more than a rally ing point it became a method of signalling all this of course is aside from the mere decora tion and display for which flags have been used what english seaman has forgotten the white naval ensign of nelson at the batle of trafalgar one of my hon friends says it was the red ensign in fact that ensign is a good example of a flag which served as identification of the status of a commander as a signal as a rallying point and later for decoration and display after the battle in one word then mr spea ker flags have become for us after all these uses symbols they become the physical man ifestations of the emotions for which they stand they remind us of our past indicate our pre sent status and point with pride to the future one of the flags i intended to vote for when the final division bells ring is the union jack it reminds canadians of their past traditions it indicates our pres ent status in the commonwealth of nations and points with pride to our future close association with great britain the other flag for which i intend to vote will be a distinctive canadian flag which will remind us of our canadian past with a world recognized symbol of that past the maple leaf it will show our present status as an independ ent nation being in the words of the prime minister mr pearson a flag which is can adas own and only canadas moreover it will point with pride to our future as a united nation one canada from sea to sea strong powerful and free i wish to direct my remarks to the amendment which has been proposed by the leader of the official opposition mr die- fenbaker that is the proposal to submit this question to a na tional referendum or plebiscite i am astonished that the leader of the opposition should have made this suggestion because as late as last wednesday speaking on cbc television he had this to say put this matter of the flag before the canadian people and i fear the result on the same program he said you say should it go to the canadian people i say no for someone who is well versed in british traditions as well as in the parliamentary traditions of this country to propose a referendum is aston ishing a referendum strikes directly at the entire concept of british parliamentary democ racy the encyclopedia concludes it is clear however that both the referendum and the initia tive are alien to the spirit o british parliamentary govern ment why are they alien the an swer can be found in the words of professor dicey the late dis tinguished expert on constitu tional law and practice profes sor dicey says this the referendum diminishes the importance of parliament ary debate and thereby de tracts from the influence of parliament that this must be so admits of no denial a veto whether it be exercised by a king or by an electorate less ens the power of the legislature of course it is easy for us to see why the referendum has been used so often in the unit ed states there the division of powers is definite in the fed eral government and in each and every state of government the legislative branch is dis tinct from the executive branch the president is separated from congress a governor is separat ed from the state legislature when the executive branch and the legislative branch in the united states disagreed re sort was made to the people to solve the disagreement and the public at large was asked to vote the executive arm would request the referendum the people would vote and then the legislative would be forced to act in accord with the simple yes or np of the people that may be compatible with the se paration of powers in the unit ed states it is not compatible with the british and canadian parliamentary and ministerial tradition our system of government is based upon the direct responsi bility of the ministry to the le gislature and of the legislature to the people there is no dou ble harness here a ministry docs not ride the legislature and ride the people at one and the same time the ministry proposes to parliament parlia- kinq filkups we shout it loud across this nation with every 6all0n of oil goes our fine reputation psne petch phone 2941600 service station fuel oil- gasoline l i motor ph- greases i ment acts and if parliament does not approve the ministry tenders its resignation i is i think significant that the 120s and thu jill interest hon gentleman opposite in par ticular the progressive con servative premier of ontario the hon george ferguson an nounced that there would be no more popular votes on the li quor question in the province but that the legislature and cabinet would deal with the is sue and take full responsibility for it as ought to be done in any scheme of government bas ed on the direct responsibility of the ministry to llc legislat ure and of the legislature to the people this government too has that responsibility and if parliament disagrees the go vernment will resign or if the people disapprove they may vote out the government at the next general election but a parliament is elected to decide all questions of government and take responsibility for its de cisions one party is given a mandate by the people on the basis of that partys leadership and the platform presented at the time of the election another party forms an opposition her maj estys loyal opposition to play its role in that responsibility a referendum isolates an issue demands a simple yes or no at times a great emotion id any national symbols would be a referendum on the question of time of great emotion a simple yes or no cannot decide govern mental policy at times such as this we have all been subjected to the pressure groups that lob by here in the house a refer endum gives pressure groups time to organize to spend a great deal of money and furth er cloud the issue by excessive emotionalism ine balkaniza tion of this country would be a sad sight the spectacle would become demeaning to parlia ment because the legislature would be ignored in this parti cular process if we had a ref erendum or a plebiscite the men elected to this legislature would be left to stand and watch to abdicate their res ponsibility the cabinet would be left in an invidious position as well it must make a propos al under a plebiscite a propos al it was elected to implement not to the legislature not to the peoples representatives you and i and written in sucn a way as to demand a yes or no it must bypass parliament and go directly to tne people and tnen tell parliament in effect the result it is little wonder then that the referendum has almost ne ver been used in canada 1 think twice and i beliee ne ver in britif h political history i would like to quoie from the prime ministers speech of yes terday as reported at page 4319 of hansard when he referred to the present leader of the op position mr diefenbaker and his remarks on january 26 1942 concerning a plebiscite the present leader of the opposi tion had this to say allow the members of parlia ment to vote on this question do not submit the question to the people of canada for in my opinion the taking of a plebis cite at this time may well de stroy the unity of canada then the prime minister said yesterday later when the decision was made he said this on february 25 1942 as reported at pages 836 and 837 of hansard a plebiscite is to be taken regardless of the fact that in the long history of great brit ain with all tne constitutional changes which have taken place no government has ever sub mitted any matter to the peo ple by way of plebiscite mr speaker i would now like to quote excerpts from a television interview of last wednesday june 10 of the right hon leader of the oppo sition who said this but this is not a matter for an election this would solve nothing as a matter of fact in parliament today it is parlia ments responsibility to look after this matter providing we could come to a reasonable de gree of agreement therefore mr speaker i re ject the amendment proposed by the leader of the opposi tion i reject it because as the leader of the opposition knows it is demoralizing and demeans the parliament elected to consider the actions of the government of the day we were all elected to be the peo ples representatives and deci- continued on page 11 tbny jom 75 1964 the stoufrylue tribune pije 9 specials 1 typewriters and adding machines underwood standards 3 only 895gl smithcorona portables 3 only demonstrators 9950 underwood olivetti portable 1 only demonstrator 9500 adler standard special 2 only demonstrators 19950 underwood adder demonstrator 10950 smithcorona adder electric 16500 totalia adder 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