Rodolphe Lemieux
Laurier Liberal
Mr. LEMIEUX:
Has this Bill been withdrawn?
Topic: BRAZEAU COLLIERIES-BILL WITHDRAWN.
BRAZEAU COLLIERIES-BILL WITHDRAWN.
Sir HERBERT AMES presented the second report of the Select Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce, recommending that the fees paid on Bill No. 33 respecting Brazeau Collieries, Limited, be refunded. Sir HERBERT AMES moved that the report be concurred in. 107$
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UNION
Herbert Brown Ames
Unionist
Sir HERBERT AMES:
In the report just presented and read to the House it will be seen that the committee unanimously decided that the preamble was not proven; that the Bill was unnecessary, and that it should not be adopted. The committee reported accordingly. The applicants then asked that the fees be refunded.
Topic: BRAZEAU COLLIERIES-BILL WITHDRAWN.
Motion agreed to, and report concurred in.
PRIVATE BILLS COMMITTEE.
BILLS OF THE OTTAWA GAS COMPANY AND THE GOSPEL WORKERS CHURCH IN CANADA WITHDRAWN.
Mr. M. STEELE (South Perth) presented the fourth report of the Select Standing Committee on Miscellaneous Private Bills; recommending that Bill No. 35, respecting the Ottawa Gas Company, be withdrawn, and the fee and charges paid thereon be refunded, less the cost of printing and translation; and also recommending that the fee and charges, less the cost of printing and translation, paid on Bill No. 59, to incorporate the Gospel Workers Church in Canada, be refunded. On motion of Mr. Steele, the report was concurred in.
BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Hon. HUGH GUTHRIE presented the report of the Special Committee on Bill No. 25, respecting bankruptcy; recommending that the Bill be forthwith printed as amended and herewith reported, with a further recommendation that over and above the usual parliamentary distribution, . a certain number of copies of the Bill, as so reprinted, be supplied for distribution amongst the public libraries and the industrial, commercial, financial and legal bodies of the country. On motion of Mr. Guthrie, the report was concurred in.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.
Mr. J. A. CURRIE (North Simcoe) moved ' that the recommendations contained in the first report of the Joint Committee on Printing, presented to the House on Tuesday, April 23, be concurred in. He said: There is,nothing in this report outside of the customary recommendation to print or not to print certain public documents.
'Mr. LEMIEUX: I should like my hon. friend to summarize in a few words the recommendations contained in the report.
UNION
John Allister Currie
Unionist
Mr. CURRIE:
The report has been on the TaJble for a number of weeks. It recommends that a few documents be printed, and that a large number of documents he not printed. The report is on file for the hon. gentleman to see. lit does not deal with any .question of printing by the departments.
Topic: JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING.
Motion agreed to, and report concurred in.
DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL AMENDMENT.
Right Hon. Sir GEORGE FOSTER (Minister of Trade and Commerce) moved for leave to introduce Bill No. 86, to amend the Daylight Saving Act, 1918.
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Wilfrid Laurier (Leader of the Official Opposition)
Laurier Liberal
Sir WILFRID LAURIER:
Explain.
Topic: DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL AMENDMENT.
CON
George Green Foster
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir GEORGE FOSTER:
The amendment appears to be made necessary, as will be shown when I read clause 2, as it is at present:
2. During the prescribed1 period in each year in which this Act is in force, the time, for general purposes in Canada, in each province, shall be one hour in advance of the time which under the law of the province is the time prescribed for such province.
We propose to amend that by adding after the words " law of the province," thfese words:
At the time of the coming into force of this Act. -
The clause will then read.:
During the prescribed pediod in each year in which this Act is in force, the time, for general purposes in Canada, in each province, shall be one hour in advance of the time which under the law of the province at the time of ithe coming into force of this Act is the time prescribed for such province.
What happens if 'that amendment is not made, is, for instance, in the province of Nova Scotia, the Daylight Saving Act went into force on the standard time in Nova Scotia. If Nova Scotia, for provincial purposes wishes to advance its time one hour so as to provide against any confusion of times in the province and does so advance it, then the Daylight Saving Act time would have to be advanced one hour beyond that, and that would throw it out of gear with the time in all the other provinces, and if the same operation was carried on time after time, the two times would be chasing each other around the whole circumference of the globe and would never get even.
[(Mr. Currie.]
Motion agreed to and Bill read the first .time.
Topic: DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL AMENDMENT.