April 25, 1921

LORD SHAUGHNESSY'S LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT


On the Orders of the Day:


UNI L

Thomas Alexander Crerar

Unionist (Liberal)

Hon. T. A. CRERAR (Marquette) :

I

notice in this morning's papers a letter and memorandum dealing with the National Railway question which were submitted to the Prime Minister on April 6, I think, by Lord Shaughnessy. I should like to ask my right hon. friend if this statement has been made public with the knowledge and approval of the Government.

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UNION

Arthur Meighen (Prime Minister; Secretary of State for External Affairs)

Unionist

Right Hon. ARTHUR MEIGHEN (Prime Minister) :

The memorandum in question

was sent by Lord Shaughnessy, I think on the date mentioned by my hon. friend. He asked me if I had any objection to his making it public, and I stated that I could see no objection.

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L LIB

Frank S. Cahill

Laurier Liberal

Mr. F. S. CAHILL (Pontiac) :

I should like to ask the Prime Minister whether there was any arrangement whereby the

memorandum was not to be published until after the second reading of the Grand Trunk Bill?

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UNION

Arthur Meighen (Prime Minister; Secretary of State for External Affairs)

Unionist

Right Hon. Mr. MEIGHEN:

None; it

was never suggested.

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GILMOUR AND HUGHSON, LIMITED


On the Order: Consideration of amendments made by the Senate to Bill No. 14, to amend an Act to incorporate Gilmour and Hughson, Limited.-Mr. Fripp.


L LIB

Georges Henri Boivin (Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons)

Laurier Liberal

Mr. BOTVIN:

The hon. member for Ottawa (Mr. Fripp) has asked that consideration of these amendments be again postponed.

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PRIVATE BILLS

FIRST READING


Bill No. 106 (from the Senate), for the relief of Fergus McKee.-Mr. Fripp.


SECOND READINGS-FROM THE SENATE


Bill No. 85, for the relief of Duncan MacDonald Oxley.-Mr. Glass. Bill No. 86, for the relief of Rose Winifred Smith.-Mr. Fripp. Bill No. 87, for the relief of Evelyn Campbell.-Mr. Best. Bill No. 88, for the relief of Margaret Thorne Acton.-Mr. Sheard. Bill No. 89, for the relief of Lillian Florence Ansell.-Mr. Douglas (Strathcona). Bill No. 90, for the relief of Ellen Greenwood.-Mr. Smith. Bill No. 91, for the relief of Edna Garnet Rabb.-Mr. Fripp. Bill No. 92, for the relief of Gertrude Gladys Vernon.-Mr. Fripp. Bill No. 93, for the relief of Stella Anna Jackson.-Mr. Mowat. Bill No. 94, for the relief of Mabel Marshall.-Mr. Mowat. Bill No. 95, for the relief of Margaret Marie Cook.-Mr. Clarke (Wellington). Bill No. 96, for the relief of Jean Grey Holt.-Mr. Mowat. Bill No. 97, for the relief of Harry Tolhurst.-Mr. Smith. Bill No. 98, for the relief of Rosetta Hood.-Mr. Fripp. Bill No. 99, for the relief of Albert Edwin Gordon.-Mr. McQuarrie. Bill No. 100, for the relief of Willie Hop-kinson.-Mr. Fripp. Bill No. 101, for the relief of Mamie McKillop.-Mr. Currie. Bill No. 102, for the relief of Frederick Robert Studholme.-Mr. Blair.



Bill No. 103, for the relief of Beatrice Osborne.-Mr. Fripp. Bill No. 104, for the relief of John Verner McAree.-Mr. Fripp.


PRIME MINISTERS' CONFERENCE

STATEMENT BY RIGHT HON. ARTHUR MEIGHEN


On the Order: "Questions":


UNION

Arthur Meighen (Prime Minister; Secretary of State for External Affairs)

Unionist

Right Hon. ARTHUR MEIGHEN (Prime Minister) :

Mr. Speaker, I desired to make a statement with regard to the Prime Ministers' Conference on the Orders of the Day, but I was engaged at the moment. I would like to move to return to the Orders of the Day.

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Motion agreed to.


April 25, 1921