February 16, 1926

OFFICIAL REPORT

FIRST SESSION-FIFTEENTH PARLIAMENT 16-17 GEORGE V, 1926 VOLUME II, 1926 COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TO THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF MARCH, 1926. INCLUSIVE


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Tuesday, February 16, 1926


THE LATE MR. J. E. MARCILE, M.P.

LIB

Hewitt Bostock (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal

Mr. SPEAKER:

I have the honour to

inform the House that I have received the following letter:

Honorable Rodolphe Lemieux,

President do la Chambre des communes,

Ottawa, Ont.

Honorable Monsieur,

J'ai l'honneur d'accuser reception, de l'edition des "Debats de la Chambre" que vous m'avez gracieusement adressee, et contenant les consolantes et elogieuses paroles que les honorables chefs des different^ partis ainsi que le distingue representant de Bagot, ont prononcees a l'egard de mon regrette mari.

Nul plus que moi fut a meme, a travers les sentiers de la vie, d'apprecier ses nobles qualit&s de coeur et d'esprit, aussi, le geste spontane, et unanime de la Chambre, d6-posant au pied de sa tombe, le itouchant tribut du souvenir, m'emeut, plus que je ne puis l'ecrire, et je me sens reellement impuissante & vous exprimer toute la gratitude que je ressens.

Veuiliez, s'il vous p3a.it, accepter, et presenter pour moi, aux honorables membres de la Chambre des communes, l'hommage de ma profonde reconnaissance, et soyez assure que je garderai precieusement, ainsi que ma famille, le temoignage de cette haute marque d'es-time et de sympathie.

J'ai l'honneur d'etre, monsieur l'Orateur,

Votre tres obligee,

Mme J. E. Marcilb.

Acton Vale, 15 fevrier 1926.

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TRANSPORTATION OF COAL

LIB

Charles A. Stewart (Minister of Immigration and Colonization; Minister of Mines; Minister of the Interior; Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs)

Liberal

Hon. CHARLES STEWART (Minister of the Interior):

I lay on the table copies of

the order in council dealing with the instructions for an investigation into the railway rates on coal.

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REPORTS AND PAPERS


Statement of estimated amount of work done and approximate expenditures made on the Canadian National Railways to December 31, 1925.-Hon. Mr. Lapointe. Statement of estimated amount of work that will be done, and approximate expenditures that will be made, in the year 1926 on the various branch lines of the Canadian National Railways.-Hon. Mr. Lapointe.


SELECT STANDING COMMITTEES

LIB

Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada)

Liberal

Hon. ERNEST LAPOINTE (Leader of the House) moved:

That Messrs. King (Kootenay), Casgrain Charters, Tolmie and Spencer be a committee to p. epare and report with all convenient speed lists of members who compose the select standing committees of the House.

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Arthur Meighen (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Conservative (1867-1942)

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

May I ask if the names of the members from this side were given by the chief whip?

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LIB

Motion agreed to.


February 16, 1926