Thursday, February 25, 1954. THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Page 5 COUNTER SALES BOOKS THE TRIBUNE five lal in the world. The St. Lawrence River and the 2s form the greatest waterway Only abont one-seventh of Cana- da’s land is suitable for agriculture. In July the Canadian labor force} reached the record size of 5,515,000 workers. Births in Canada climbed to a new monthly peak of 37,462 in July 1953. 5 eS eS ine Mere ibke, en are Deas Gud, See pa lio ia the £ fe oy 1 ore Qud doe done The Army is the career for the young man who wants to get ahead .... who enjoys travel... who can face up to adventure. It is not the place for the man who wants it easy. For there’s a lot of training and hard work. But you benefit in new skills . .. in financial security. And Promotion comes fast for men with ambitionsand ability. The Canadian Soldier is one of the best paid, best fed, best looked after soldiers in the world. From the long term view, it’s a career that offers much: Chances for extra training and promotion, "travel and adventure, 30 days annual vacation with pay and financial security for you and your family. In the Army you are important to Canada because you are trained to defend our freedom. For your future... for Canada’s... join now! To be eligible you must be 17 to 40 years of age, skilled tradesmen to 45. When applying bring birth certificate or other proof of age. ~ Apply right away — write or visit the Arfay Recruiting Centre nearest your home. No. 11 Personnel Depot, 4201 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Army Information Centre, 119 AA Bty., RCA, Work Point Barracks, Victoria, B.C. Aziaw-8c SERVE CANADA AND YOURSELF iN THE ARMY Listen to “Voice of the Army” — Wednesday and Friday evenings over the Dominion Network This Week In Ottawa By E. D. Fulton, M.P. February 20th, 1954. CONSTITUTION It will be some time yet before Canadians can proudly point to a la- bel on their constitution proclaiming to all the world “Made in Canada This was made clear in an answer given in the House this week by Justice Minister Garson, NON-DOMESTIC Canada’s constitution — the Brit- ish North America Act — is an Eng- dish statute. It embodies the terms worked out by Canadian statesmen, on which the separate colonies then forming British North America were willing to unite in the one Dominion of Canada. But as the four original provinces were at that time under the disability that they could not enact legislation having more-than purely local effect, the resultant leg- islation setting up the new Dominion had to. be enacted by the British Parliament. CONSEQUENCES This had two conseqences. First, in order to get the constitution amended, it has required a prayer from the Canadian Parliament to the have asserted that Canada’s consti- tution should be re-fashioned so it could be made — and amended — in Canada. The Government, finding it useful from time to time to make gestures towards the nationalists began to speak of “repatriating the constitution.” As a matter of fact, no one opposed the idea, because ob- viously the position is a trifle absurd —and the British Parliament would dearly love to be rid of the embar- rassment it occasions them, CONFERENCE = And so a Dominion-Provincial con- ference was called back in 1950 to discuss a formula for amending the constitution, and a means by which the British Parliament could be ask- ed to repeal the British North Ameri- ea Act, and at the same time the Canadian Parliament could re-enact, sa Canadian statute, the necessary statutory constitution. BENEVOLENCE When this conference met in Que- bec City in 1950, everyone — and not least the Dominion Government, who had expected a blow-up similar to that’ which was the Sovereign that he would cause his Parliament in the United Kingdom to amend its Act in the manner de- sired by his Canadian subjects. In!‘ actual fact, the British Parliament has always passed as a matter of, course any such amendments as were requested, but to the hyper e nationalist there has been in irritation at having to go to Britain to get an amendment to Canada’s | constitution, And secondly, there has | always heen conflicy as to whether any such amendment as may be re- quested can he requested solely by the Dominicn Parliament, or requires | the consent of the provinces, and no | general formula for amending the | Act, whether the amendment be done | here in Canada or in the U.K., has been worked out. REPATRIATION Increasingly of late years Quebec nationalists — and some others — $1.20, 3 months old $1.50, and quantities, year round. KROMHOFF FARMS R.R. No. 5, New Westminster, B.C. vious conferences — w amazed at the generally benevolent attitude of the participants. Glowing phrases promising the utmost co-operation and concessions, ene towards the other between the Dominion and the provinces, were uttered. Genuine progress seemed to he made towards establishing a formula, and the con- ference, after the necessary prelim- inaries, appointed a continuing com- mittee of Provincial Attorneys-Gen- eral and Federal Justice Minister, to y on the detailed work of perfect- ing the formula both for the new en- actment and the method of amend- ment. The conference adjourned amidst a welter of mutual congratu- lations and forecasts of future suc- cess, to meet again in December, 1850. FRUSTRATION But then, alas, the enthusiasm, seemed to die. The Dominion Gov- ernment has remained ~ strangely silent on the subject. No word was heard from them or from any prov- ince even suggesting that the confer- ence should continue its work. So strange — and so lengthy — was the silence after the initial glowing fore- cast, that I was prompted to ask in the House whether the Minister of Justice intended to reconvene the conference at an early date? “‘Not at an early date” tersely replied Mr. Garson — one of the shortest ans- wers he is ever known to have made. Was it then the case that the Domin- ion Government had become discour- aged, or had now decided that to have a constitution made in England was not, after all, a derrogation from Canadian sovereignty? Not at all, replied Mr. Garson — more lengthy this time — but the signs for making progress are not now nearly so en- couraging. 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