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May 17, 1920

FURTHER SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES FOR 1920.

A message from His Excellency the Governor General transmitting further Supplementary Estimates for the year ending March 31, 1920, was presented by Sir Henry Drayton (Minister of Finance), read by Mr. Speaker to the House, and referred to the Committee of Supply.

HONEY BILL.

UNION

Robert Laird Borden (Prime Minister; Secretary of State for External Affairs)

Unionist
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Rt. Hon. Sir ROBERT BORDEN (Prime Minister):

On behalf of Hon. Mr. Rowell, I beg to move:

That a message be sent to the Senate to acquaint Their Honours that this House has agreed to the amendment made by the Senate to Bill No. 29, an Act respecting Honey, with an amendment to their amendment as adopted by the House on the 12th instant.

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Motion agreed to.

RAILWAY ACT, 1919, AMENDMENT.

Hon. J. D. REID (Minister of Railways) moved for leave to introduce Bill No. 135, to amend the Railway Act, 1919.
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Some hon. MEMBERS:

Explain.

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UNION

John Dowsley Reid (Minister of Public Works; Minister of Railways and Canals)

Unionist
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Mr. J. D. REID:

Mr. Speaker, section 6 of the Act to amend the Railway Act, passed at the last session, provided that any railway under provincial jurisdiction which was leased or operated by another road wholly or partly within the legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada should be regarded as a work for the general advantage of Canada and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Railway Commissioners. This clause was inserted to cover the case of the Quebec Central Railway which, being part of the Canadian Pacific Railway system, was under provincial as well as Dominion jurisdiction. We found afterwards that that clause had been so worded as to have the effect of taking in street railway lines, electric suburban railways and tramways constructed under the authority of a provincial legislature. This Bill proposes to place these electric lines again under the jurisdiction* of the Provincial Government. If I read the main clause of the Bill its purpose will be explained: .

Section 6 of the Railway Act, 1919, is amended by adding thereto the following subsection:

2. The provisions of clause (e) of section 6 of the Railway Act, 1919, shall be deemed not to include or apply to any street .railway, elec-

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trie suburban railway or tramway constructed under the authority of a provincial legislature and which has not been declared to be a work for the general advantage of Canada otherwise than by the provisions of the said clause.

This is merely to place such lines again under provincial jurisdiction.

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UNION

John Dowsley Reid (Minister of Public Works; Minister of Railways and Canals)

Unionist
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Mr. J. D. REID:

Well, I have not the section before me at the moment.

iMr. W. F. MACLEAN (South York): Is there any provision in this Bill for extending the jurisdiction of the Railway Commission in regard to telephone companies? A provision to that effect was left out of the previous legislation. It was introduced in this House, but defeated in the other.

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UNION

John Dowsley Reid (Minister of Public Works; Minister of Railways and Canals)

Unionist
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Mr. J. D. REID:

No.

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Motion agreed to, and Bill read the first time.

FIRST READINGS.

SENATE BILLS.

Bill No. 128 (Letter J3 of the Senate), for the relief of Francis Charles Dean.-Mr. Mowat. Bill No. 129 (Letter K3 of the Senate), for the relief of John James Garrison.-Mr. Mowat. Bill No. 130 (Letter L3 of the Senate), for the relief of Dora Lumsden MacLaurin.- Mr. Fripp. Bill No. 132 (Letter U2 of the Senate), respecting The Army and Navy Veterans in Canada.-Mr. Blake. Bill No. 133 (Letter H3 of the Senate), for the relief of Edith Sarah Bell.-Mr. Douglas (Strathcona). Bill No. 134 (Letter 13 of the Senate), for the relief of Albert Graham Elson.-Mr. Douglas (Strathcona).

QUESTIONS.

(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk.)

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSIFICATION.

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Mr. PREVOST:

Laurier Liberal
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1. In the re-classification of the Civil Service, have the so-called American experts and the Civil Service Commission taken into account the actual cost of living in fixing the salaries of the civil servants?

2. If so, have their estimations been verified adequately and justly?

3. If not, is the work done by the so-called experts and the Civil Service Commission to be modified and readjusted as regards the salaries?

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May 17, 1920