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. .*. MATERNITY BENEFITS ADOPTION' BY ONTARIO A recommendation that Ontario province should adopt the New Zealand plan of maternity benefits came from Mr A. St. Clair Gordon, Ontario Provincial Treasurer, who promised to "find the funds without new taxation''" if the plan is adopted. ''The. New Zealand scheme provides lor certain allowances lor prenatal advice and necessary medical consultation/ 7 said Mr Gordon, "it is my linn belief that the New Zealand plan of maternity benefits possesses great merits and is one that should he adopted J)}' the Province of Ontario and made a part of our social service and health programme, ii propose translating belief into action, for this great social benefit is one of the first measures we should deal with." Mr Gordon also declared he was in favour of a. national old-age pension scheme, which will ensure pensions at the age of ()."). and. said the "Province of Ontario can well afford to pay its share in such enlightened national plan for old-age pensions."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 18, 26 October 1943, Page 6
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167DOMINION PRAISED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 18, 26 October 1943, Page 6
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