Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 3, 1963, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday August 3, 1563 speakers recall greatness of Prairie editor j. W. Dafoe by Bill Collins Combermere ont. Spe Cial the Ontario birth place of the late John Wesley Dafoe widely known for his influence on Canadian politics As editor of the Winnipeg free press was marked this week As a historical site. A commemorative plaque Erec Ted by the archaeological and historical Sites Board of the Ontario department of travel and publicity was unveiled at White Duck Lake Park in Hastings county by miss Dorothy Dafoe of Winni Peg daughter of or. Dafoe. On Ontario Highway 62, 150 Miles Northeast of Toronto the plaque stands less than a mile from a scarcely noticeable de pression in the ground marking the site of a Small log Cabin in which or. Dafoe was born in 1866. Representing the historical Sites Board prof. T. F. Mcilwraith of the University of Toronto referred to or. Dafoe As one of the great canadians. As an exponent of Independent Western liberalism he said or. Dafoe fought for glads tonian principles cheap manufactured goods for Western Farmers and equal status for Canada with Britain in the Commonwealth. A staunch Liberal he followed sir Wilfrid Laurier until disagreed on the question of War time coalition government in 1916. A fervent supporter of the Lea gue of nations he saw it had failed when he realized that a second world War was at hand. Said prof. Mcilwraith through the voice of the free press he opposed appeasement he believed that if peace is to be Worth anything it must be paid a great Man a great Man a great editor and a magnificent Boss was Frank Walker s description of or. Dafoe. Now editor of the Montreal family Herald or. Walker entered the newspaper Field under or. Dafoe on the free press. At that time or. Walker said. Or. Dafoe headed a group of Brilliant journalists. His work with those men has been reflected throughout can said or Walker. Dafoe graduates were not All Brilliant but they All tried harder than they would have if they had Learned the newspaper business under any other Man. He taught us our work should never be shoddy and should never be taken son of a Farmer or. Dafoe was teaching school before he was 16. In 1883, at the age of 17, he began his newspaper career on the editorial staff of the Mon Treal Star. During the next 17 years he was employed by the Ottawa journal the Manitoba free press now the Winnipeg free press and the Montreal Herald. In 1901, at the request of sir Clifford Sifton he returned to Winnipeg As editor of the free press. Plays vital role in that capacity he played an important role in the theatre of Canadian politics until the time of his death in 1944. During his term As free press editor he was a member of four Imperial press conferences and a Delegate to the 1919 Paris peace conference. For periods of a year or More he was president of the Cana Dian Institute of International affairs chairman of the inter Pacific relations Council and a member of the Rowell Sirois commission on Dominion Provin Cial relations. At the time of his death or. Or. Dafoe was Chancellor of Manitoba University an appoint ment he received in 1934. English French meeting set members of parliament University professors and medical doctors will meet with television performers and Grain Trade executives to discuss French eng Lish relations in Manitoba at a seminar sept. 4 and 5. Forty prominent Manitoba citizens both French and English speaking have been invited to participate in the discussions on the Manitoba question. These Minar to be held at the Mont Calm motor hotel Pembina Highway is sponsored by the Canadian Council of christians and jews. Miss Dorothy Dafoe of Winnipeg daughter of the late j. W. Dafoe unveils a plaque to the former free press editor in chief near crib Vermere ont. Or. Dafoe was born at Combermere in 1866. Serious misfortune in pension proposals adoption of a Federal govern ment operated earnings related pension program would be a ser ious misfortune for canadians says the Canadian life insurance officers association. The association in a 29-Page Brief recently presented to the government says the proposed new pension plan would not be in the interests of social and economic Well being in Canada. Instead the Brief suggests Feder Al authorities should encourage the development of provincial por table pension plans As the Best Way to expand and improve co verage for canadians. While fully admitting our self interest we express these Strong views out of concern for Canada s the Brief says. We Are thoroughly convinced the provincial portable pension approach would achieve the de sired avoid ing the serious disadvantages and weaknesses of the Federal propos Al now under the association says the pro posed Federal plan might result in a situation where the retired beneficiary group might find themselves in More favourable economic circumstances than those not yet retired. Higher costs Thev Brief also makes these criticisms of the Federal plan the contemplated benefits based on a person s earnings would threaten the competitive position of Canadian Industry through higher costs. Together with old age secur Ity the benefits would extend beyond the area of government responsibility. An earnings related plan would impose a direct and in creasing payroll tax. It would add to budget balancing problems. It would slow up the growth of Canadian investment capital. It would pay higher subsidies to persons with higher earn Ings and pay the smallest Bene fits or none at All to the oldest age groups. In the Long run private pen Sions would Cost less. Independent experts have rejected an earnings related plan for Canada. Such a plan would harm provincial efforts to improve and extend pension plans. According to the association the government would offer a pension of 80 per cent of total earnings to a couple in which the breadwinner was earning a month when he retired at age 70. If such a couple had built up other retirement income through pensions or other Means they could have greater income after their working Days than before. Tax Burden the association also claims that the scale of benefits under the proposed Canadian program is substantially greater than those provided under United states social Security. It says the program would impose a built in increasing and inescapable tax Burden. The Cost of providing the benefits rises persistently work ers subject to the pension pay Roll tax May become unwilling to pay the higher the Brief says. If this unwillingness is overcome by promising higher pensions the costs for the next generations of younger workers will increase still further. Is it right to thrust increasing tax burdens of this magnitude onto the next the association feels a major weakness of the Federal plan would be its1 unfavourable effect on private savings As the pension payroll tax rises. The Brief says the majority of can Adian workers most of whom earns less than a year would discontinue their own Sav Ings and rely on the government to meet their retirement needs. It also says companies who have to contribute to the pension plan would be hampered in their bid to compete in Export markets. We believe Canada s trading position would be seriously in the association says. The pension plan would impose Ever increasing production costs on our exporters As Well As add ing substantially to Canada s budget another criticism by the life insurance group is that the fed eral scheme might destroy exist ing private pension plans. Interest rates if these plans dropped out of operation there would be a marked reduction in the Supply of the Brief says. Such a reduction might have serious consequences for the nation As it would Likely increase interest rates and the amount of borrow ing the association says it would be unwise for the government to take any step which might imperil the important goal of in creasing Canada s investment capital. Such action would be in direct contradiction to government poli cies designed to help canadians to find employment and to control their own industries. And All of these National goals have a direct relationship to an increase in private the life insurance body also takes exception to what it de scribes As the government s in Tention to reverse the Normal redistribution of wealth pattern of welfare the Federal plan under consideration simply uses the cur rent tax to pay current the Brief says. Hence those close to retirement would receive a very Large subsidy we deplore a government pro Gram providing greater subsidies to those who have been fortunate enough to have enjoyed higher earnings. According to our Fig ures a married Man now aged 60 and earning a year would get a subsidy Worth at age 70. A Man with half the earnings would get half the sub new problems the association makes these other charges the Federal earnings related plan would Likely do Little to re Lieve Federal and provincial governments of the present Means tested programs. The association bases this Contention on the experiences of other countries. It would stamp out company pension plans because employers would t be Able to do All the administration work involved in looking after More than one scheme. The would pro Duce less pension per Dollar contributed because administration costs for a nationwide plan would be considerably greater than those for a provincial por table scheme. Meanwhile a Toronto actuarial firm in a recently published sur vey says the Federal pension plan will Lead to a rising tide of costs a draining of Canada s sources of capital and accentuated budget difficulties. The firm Alexander services ltd., also contends the Federal plan will bring about higher costs of production rising taxes and vast and painful conflicts with private plans and provincial por table pension legislation. There is a place for the fed eral government to adjust the old age pension and to encourage sound portability benefits under provincially supervised Pri vate the Survey report says. 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