Sir THOMAS WHITE (Acting Prime Minister) :

I beg to lay upon the tablS of the House, Mr. Speaker, certain information asked for in connection with the receivership of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company by my hon. friend the leader of the Opposition, consisting of the following documents and correspondence:

(a) Copies of the important correspondence passing between Grand Trunk officials and members of the Government in connection with the negotiations that were carried on;

(ib) Copies of communications between the Receiver and officials of the Grand Trunk Pacific;

(c) Copies of certain communications that have passed between Grand Trunk officials and the Government since the passing of the Order in Council;

(d) Copies of the Order and an amending Order dated March 13, 1919 ;

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(e) Balance sheets of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company and of its subsidiary companies, and statements of revenue and expenditure of the system.

Hon. RODOLPHE LEMIEUX (Maison-neuve):

With your leave, Mr. Speaker, in view of the adoption of daylight saving by several of our municipalities, and in view of the change in the time table of the railway systems of this country, might I ask the Acting Prime Minister what the Government intends to do in the matter having regard to the vote of this House last week?

Sir THOMAS WHITE (Acting Prime Minister) :

The Inside and Outside Civil Service has always conformed to local municipal regulations with regard to time. Therefore the Civil Service will, so far as practicable, conform to local time as established by municipal regulation.

With regard to the sessions of Parliament, which now begin every afternoon at three o'clock, except upon Wednesdays, when the session begins at two o'clock standard time, it has not yet been intimated to thp Government what official action will be "taken by the city of Ottawa;-that we shall know by to-morrow.

We also desire to await the decision of the Board of Railway Commissioners on the question of railway time tables, which will be before it for consideration to-morrow! The House will therefore meet to-morrow by standard time, as it has met to-day. After we have received official information as to the action taken by the City of Ottawa

and the decision of the Board of Railway Commissioners, I shall announce to the House the course which will be suggested by the Government with respect to the hour of the meeting of Parliament, having regard to the convenience of members.

Sir SAM HUGHES:

I should like to ask a question concerning another aspect of this matter. Railway corporations undoubtedly have the right to change their time tables, but has the Government considered what authority these corporations have for. changing the time?

Sir THOMAS WHITE:

That question is .at present before the Board tof Railway Commissioners for determination.

Sir SAM HUGHES:

They may change their time tables, but not the time.

Sir THOMAS WHITE:

I understand that it is the question of change of time tables that is before the Board of Railway Commissioners.

Sir SAM HUGHES:

Is it the question of time tables, or the question of a change of time on the part of the railway companies? Any railway system may change its time table, but they may not change the time.

Sir THOMAS WHITE:

The railways have changed the time and that question will come before the Board of Railway Commissioners to-morrow for determination as they may deem proper.

PRIVILEGE-Mr. GAUVREAU.

Mr. C. A. GAUVREAU (Temiscouata):

I rise to a question of privilege. In Friday's Hansard I am reported as follows, in connection with the Bill brought down by the Minister of Railways (Hon. J. D. Reid) to provide corhpensation to Government employees who are killed or injured:

I should like to see this Bill pass, and the only provision to which I take exception is that providing: that " for the future " dependents will he paid.

If Hansard had reported me as saying just the reverse, Mr. Speaker, it would have reported me correctly, because the Minister of Railways is my witness that I helped him to pass the Bill. What I said was that if only for the sake of that very provision to which Hansard reports me as taking objection, I should be glad to support the Bill. I am sorry to have been reported as I was, because many railway employees in my riding will get the impression that I objected to the clause providing for future dependents.

Mr. SPEAKER:

I will see that the necessary correction is made.