Sir LOMER GOUIN:

By an act of the legislature of Ontario at its last session a second divisional court was created. The judges who are to sit in that second divisional court are already judges of the Supreme Court of Ontario. They will be given new commissions, but they will receive the same salaries that they are now receiving. The number of judges is not changed, and the salaries are not increased.

Mr. MEIGHEN:

Do I understand that this is just a motion that to-morrow the House will go into committee on the resolution?

Mr. SPEAKER:

Yes.

Right Hon. ARTHUR MEIGHEN (Leader of the Opposition):

It is now about two weeks since I asked for a statement of the government's remaining legislation. It has not as yet been given. Legislation has been dribbling in day by day-

Mr. BUREAU-In every way.

Mr. MEIGHEN:

In almost every way and in almost every form.

Mr. BUREAU:

Not form, but way.

Mr. MEIGHEN:

In every way except a good way- .

Mr. DUFF:

And it is growing better and better.

Mr. MEIGHEN:

Well, there is ample room for improvement. We have received no statement yet as to the balance of legislation the government intends. There are certain subjects as to which intimation has been given of an indefinite character. I think we should know it to-day.

Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister):

As I mentioned to my right hon. friend the other day, the legislation to be brought down depends in part on the reports we receive from the committees. I think the Minister of Soldiers' Civil Reestablishment has legislation, based on the report of the commission that has been investigating matters pertaining to returned soldiers, that he will introduce immediately. Then there will be some legislation introduced based on the report of the Great Lakes inquiry into lake freight rates and possibly other legislation on other reports which may be brought down. I think that, along with the legislation on railway construction that has already been mentioned, includes practically all the important legislation the government will still have to submit.

Mr. MEIGHEN:

May I ask, first, what is the nature of the very important legislation that the government intimates they are going to bring down regarding the control of lake freight rates? It seems to me that should be down by this time. We are very close to the end of the session, and the report has been in for several days, or rather I should say for a couple of weeks.

Mr. MACKENZIE KING:

Oh, no, a couple of days.

Mr. BUREAU:

Three or four days at the most.

Mr. MEIGHEN:

I have had the report for a week.

Mr. BUREAU:

You are a privileged person, then. There is something wrong about that.

Mr. MEIGHEN:

I got the report from the government. Secondly, could the Minister of Railways intimate what is the nature of the proposed legislation regarding railway construction?

Hon. GEORGE P. GRAHAM (Minister of Railways): The right hon. gentleman will remember that in the railway statement which I made earlier in the session, I indicated that there would be a construction programme presented to parliament. I think I stated that all the construction likely to take place would probably be paid for out of consoli-

Privilege-Mr. Carroll

dated revenue. I want not to retract but to intimate, that perhaps that part of my statement may be changed. What the government proposes to do, on the recommendation of the board, is to construct a number of branch lines, the great majority of which have been started and not completed. Many of these branch lines have been graded but the rails have not been laid on them yet. However, we hope to have the legislation down in a few days.