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2 THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 25, 1969 Canada's ExprOpriaIion System Mos! Arbitrary Ever 1 -- A person's property can be taken from him without his leave, or even notice to him, merely by (the Crown) filing a plan and description of it in the proper land titles registry of- fico. Justice Thorson's official condem- nation of the Expropriation Act carries special weight for several reasons. He has been president of the Exchequer Court since 1942 and he is widely recog- nized as an expert on constitutional law from the 1921-26 days when he Served as dean of the Manitoba University Law School. 2 -- From the moment such plan and description are filed, the Crown be~ comes owner of the property and from that moment any and all rights of the owner, any mortgage, and any lien hol- The Federal Justice Department, it is understood, is preparing a stream- lined Expropriation Act for submission to Parliament next session. How far the re-written act will go in meeting Justice Thorson’s strictures against the present law remains to be seen. ‘ In his crltcism of the arbitrary nature of the Expropriation Act. Jus- tice Thorson made these points: “I am not aware of any other coun- try in the whole civilized world that exercise: its right of eminent domain in the arbitrary manner that Canada does,” Justice Thoraon declared in his judgment. Justice Thorson’s castigation of Can- adian expropriation laws was contained in a judgment he has just delivered in a Federal Government expropriation case in Saskatchewan. Canada's land expropriation sys- tem has been criticized by Hon. J. T. Thorson, President of the Exchequer Court of Canada, as being “the most arbitrary ilLthe whole civilized w_ox:ld." 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BUT if you have a steady job and are in a position to pay back your loan without undue hardship, by regular monthly instalments. your logical course is to call at your nearest Royal Bank branch. You will find the manager glad to discuss your needs with you and to explain to you the remarkably low rate of interest charged by this bank for personal loans. ‘ @112 liberal "7’ ; Over 860 branches Coast to Coast DO YOU NEED MONEY t to consolidate debts i to meet insurance premium * to pay doctor, dentist or hospital bills at for educational purposes . 7k to meet unexpected obligations * to cover major purchases ' i for home improvements? Now, Justice Thorson, by express. ing his critical views in an Exchequer Court judgment, has taken the most direct, official action possible to regis. ter his dislike of and objection to Can- ada’s land expropriation law. It is now up to the Federal Government to intro.â€" duce appropriate legislation to rectify the situation. As recently as December 8, Justice Thorson. in a strong address at the Canadian-wide conference on human rights held in Ottawa, cited Canada's arbitrary ExprOpriation Act as an ex- ample of how this country is lagging be- hind in the field of human rights. “If a customer buys a pound of sugar ofi’ the shelves of a (chain) store, he has to pay cash for it before he car- ries it home," Justice Thorson com- mented. “Why, therefore, when the Crown considers it desirable and neces- sary in the public interest to expropri- ate a. person’s property, should not the Crown promptly pay adequate and fair compensation to the owner concerned 1" Justice Thorson remarked that. over the years, he has voiced criticism of the arbitrary nature of the Exprop- riation Act at different annual meetings of the Canadian Bar Association. der are “extinguished”. _ In the United States, what are called “condemnation proceedings" must first be taken in the courts. In the United Kingdom. Justice Thorson pointed out, there must be “no. tice to treat", whereby the government first serves notice of expropriation on the owner and indicates willingnes to negotiate for the property's purchase. 3 â€" An owner whose property has been expropriated by the Crown “may be left dangling for years" before he actually gets his money. ; 10c single copy 'l'fl. PL} Co: mm: Breakfast, dishes. beds. dusting, vacuuming lunch, dishes, baby’s nap time. baby's dress time, play time, supervising their play, answering the questions. ironing. dinner, dishes. ’ If you add a few “dress the children” and “tell the children” that can be about the sum total of a your; mother's day from the tlme her commuting hus~ band leaves at 7:30 or so in the morning until he returns at 6:30 at night. Very ilker our young mother hes I baby. a toddler and a instillâ€"school child whose rather hectic departure each morning does nothing to add to the serenity of the daily round, the common task. In the city 3 Ladies’ Day Out program was started for young service wives as early as 1940 to enable them to go shopping or see a show while their children were being looked after at the Y.W.C.A. They asked for re- creational activities, especially physical education. In the nineteen fifties these programs nearly quadrupled in membership. Mrs. Edwige Bones, national program director for the Y.W.C.A. carefully emphasizes the importance of keeping the groups small (about 15) so that-home meetings and discussion periods do not get 'orowded’. She is also careful to state that the activity woman needs a personal time to be just herself a time for herself 'to find herself . . . as much as the young woman in the home needs a personal time to be just herself . . .. a time for herself They are not just sitting around having a cup of coffee (which seems to be the way the commuting hus- band pictures his wife as he battles traffic and work problems). The balanced program of something for the mind, something for the body is both a stimulation and a tonic, making the young woman more appreciative of her home and of her role in the community. In order that the program does not slip into the cup of coffee and talk level, the Y, through its exten- sions service. sends skilled leaders to the home where the meeting is being held, so that all phases of the program may be on a stimulating level. It is considered important, and I am very much in agreement. that an alert young woman, aware of her environment beyond the property line of her home, aware of her ‘commun- ity needs. of national and international problems, can contribute greatly through her understanding to her children's education, her own enrichment as well as to the working out of day to day problems. Before you say “all this high mindedness is all very well but . . ." let me say that in Scarboro there are now 17 groups meeting! Let me add that recently in Richmond [fill twenty women within a three block area met together and over a half of them did not know each other! Let me cite a recently started pilot group in Newmarket which is rapidly outgrowing its first stage of meeting in one house because of its increasing size! Scarboro was the first suburban community to ex- periment with a local version of ladies’ day out . . . Here where there was no Y building the program came to the community and now there are seventeen groups of young women ‘taking a break’ a block or two from their homes once a week, while their children are in the capable hands of a staff of trained baby sitters. \We dismissed the children of the Taking a Break Mothers early in this article, but we’ll come back to them now. As the groups of women are kept small, so will the groups of children be small. With a trained leader supervising the play of three and four year olds they too begin to make progress in their ‘social skills’. The shy one can be gently encouraged to participate and the ‘self-expression’ of another can be re-directed to a less aggressive path, and both mother and child can meet refreshed at the end of the two hour break. For young adults in the business world the evening becomes the best time for these meetings, and indeed some joint husband and wife meetings are on the progâ€" ram as well. The important thing about them is that the meeting is for the person attending it. It is not called to get canvassers, to enlist volunteers to trans- port a‘ boys’ team or to arrange a bazaar, bake sale, rum- mage sale, etc., etc., that most meetings seem to come round to early or late on the agenda. It is to stimulate the young women, to enrich them, to give them that sense of physical well-being that comes after good exer- cise. It is fun. It is recreation in its most all-round form planned for what is being termed the forgotten woman. anywhere In the district from 12 noon to midnight. 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He had taken as his begging post, a corner near the temple, and there under the shadow of this great religious in- stitution, he held out his cup. The treasury of the temple was bursting with silver and gold. and yet we read nothing of any assist- ance offered to this unfortunate man. Year after year he was com- pelled to stretch out his hand and rely upon the generosity of oth- ers. This was a tragic situation. not only for the lame man, but also for those inside the temple con- fines. The religion of Israel had last touch with the people. It had become absorbed in the outward aspects of worship, and had for- gotten -the essential elements in true religious faith. It had be- come so occupied with the visible aspect of religion, that it had become insensitive to the needs ‘of men. It had become poverty stricken religion in spite of all its money. Its concern for the beautiful forms of religion had blinded it to the value of men. Sometimes the churches have been guilty of the same thing. We often forget the social implica- tions of the Gospel we profess to believe. It is little wonder that the Salvation Army holds a place of respect in the hearts of many people who would never darken a church door. Their concern for the whole man, body, soul, and spirit, has led them to care for people, no matter what their need. We think of the Greeks as an example of this fact. The temples which they built were beautiful beyond compare to anything we have today. Immeasurable toil, energy, wealth were spent to make them beautiful and lovely. Everything was done to preserve them from decay. while the great mass of men were left to grape in spiritual darkness, animalism and shame, unconscious ot the power and the love of God. The world loves its pomp and show. It revels in the outward beauty of things lovely. While we should not minimize for one min. ate the importance of beautiful things, how we need to have a right judgment and proper sense of values. A Church which for- gets the meaning of its existence, will always turn to less import- ant matters. When we forgot that our role is to introduu men to the love of God in Christ. and to display that love not in word only, but in deed, we will always be concerned for superficial things. The humble little chapel on a back street, faithfully proclaim- ing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and seeking to ofi‘er help to men. whatever their need, is far more vital in the economy of God. than a church which dates over its beautiful church building, and its dignified services. and yet is in- different to the real meaning of its existence. 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