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THE POT BEGINS TO BOIL With the federal parliament having resumed its year-end in terrupted session—the Saskat chewan legislature embarked on its first session, expected to con tinue for some ten weeks—and the Manitoba legislature about to lift the curtain on its fourth session, which will in all proba bility carry on well into April— electors concerned with politics (and who isn’t, these days?) will have plenty of fodder to chew on for the next couple of months. Considerable interest will cen tre on the showing made by the new Liberal government headed by Ross Thatcher in Saskatch ewan—since this is the first sess ion in twenty years with a party other than the CCF-NDP in the ruling seats. Mr. Thatcher has let it be made known that his pro session-announced policies have already resulted in a rush of new and big industry into the pro vince—but he can look for plenty of trouble from the displaced NDP as his session unfolds. Fortunately for him and his fol lowers, he commands a fairly good working majority. There will be much interest, too, in what transpires at Ottawa —in view of the rash of rumors of possible cabinet shuffling, and reports and echoes of harky panky in high places; specula tion concerning the future of the Conservative official opposition party, with its leadership worr ies; and further speculation on what courses will be followed by the lesser splinter groups. On the fact of it, Mr. Pearson’s minority government appears to be on shaky ground. Even greater interest will like ly be manifested in the approa ching session of the Manitoba legislature—since a heavy pro gram containing numerous high ly contentious matters is fore cast, and opposition groups have let it be known in no uncertain manner that they will be loaded for bear. The annually-increas ing cost of operating; the new taxes imposed last year; the pre ssures for more financial aid to education; the “shared services” plan; the battle over dentists and dental technicians; the char ges of money wasted on the Grand Rapids Hydro project; the renewal of the battle over uni form time; the charges of unfair dealings in land expropriation— these are but a few of the matt ers that can be expected to cause much smoke, and perhaps plenty of flame, during the assembly in the Manitoba House. But Mr. Roblin, too, can count on a str ong working majority. From surface indications it would seem that of the three governments concerned, those of Mr. Thatcher and Mr. Roblin hold unassailable positions, while that of Mr. Pearson is pre carious and vulnerable to the order of the boot. But book-makers would like ly give you odds that the Pear son minority government is in no danger at all of being ousted. Shrewdly they reason it this way—none of the splinter groups for all the brave talk of leaders, will risk their $18,000-plus seats on the off chance of getting them back again in the uncertainties of a forced election; therefore, they will not, on any count, gang up to defeat the present govern ment. Things We Can Do Without Canada’s new maple leaf flag having now been officially un furled, surely no useful pur pose is served by newspapers continuing to adorn their edit orial pages with cartoons ridi culing those who fought gall antly, but unsuccessfully, for retention of the Red Ensign. Rubbing raw edges of scarce healed wounds with un funny cartoons can hardly be expected to help along that “spirit of unity” which, it is confidently asserted, the new flag will, in time, instill in the hearts of all royal Canadians. Most Memorial In his long lifetime Sir Win ston Churchill created and built a number of varied, enduring monuments to his greatness in many lines of human endeavor. In his passing, devoted admurers are undertaking erection of sta tues and other memorials to honor the memory and works Britain’s great , Sailor statesmen, author, artist and parliamentarian. But it is doubtful if any of these will be more fitting than the setting up of a Churchill Fellowship announced by Field- Marshal Earl Alexander, from funds to be contributed by the peoples of Great Britain, the United States, Canada, Aust ralia and New Zealand. The a wards to be made annually in each of these five countries to men or women, in any walk of life, for travel and study. It is peculiarly fitting that these aw ards will not be confined to ac ademic qualifications—but will be made on the basis of charac ter, intellect and personal res ponsibility, to persons whose ser vices to the community indicate that opportunity for travel and study would enable them to ren der even greater service to their own country. Fund-raising, in Canada, will be under patronage of Governor- General Vanier, with many other notables figuring on the com mittee in charge. Canadian win ners of Churchill Fellowships will be selected by Canadians. The awards will, without doubt, be greatly coveted through many generations to come. A Bright New Star One has to live in a rural com munity to realize just how im portant an institution is the local weekly newspaper. Besides pro viding a lasting, authentic re cord of the life and times, and a means of disseminating infor mation and advertising messages to the dwellers in its circulation area, also giving a lead in all progressive undertakings, it pro vides a central medium through which all activities of groups and organizations can be funnelled. Residents of the Southern Manitoba town of Hartney know this—because, several years ago, their local paper, The Hartney Star, a bright publication that Continued on Page 6
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Lac Du Bonnet Springfield Leader
Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba, CA
Tue, Feb 16, 1965
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