First report of the select standing committee on Agriculture and Colonization-Mr. Kay.
On the Orders of the Day:
Mr. STEWART (Leeds):
I would like to inquire of the government when I may expect a return to an order of the House made on March 15 for the production of correspondence, orders in council, etc., with reference to the administration of imperial pensions in Canada by this government.
Mr. LAPOINTE:
As soon as the return
is prepared I will be pleased to lay it on the table.
Mr. MEIGHEN:
The minister should be
able to answer better than that. Has he no information about it? This is a simple question.
Mr. LAPOINTE:
The order has been sent to the department which it concerns and I have not as yet received the return. I have been in this House for over twenty years and I do not think a delay of one month is enough to complain about. I have seen longer delays than that.
On the Orders of the Day:
Mr. MANION:
Might I ask who is the
Acting Minister of the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment in the House of Commons? Is it my hon. friend?
Mr. LAPOINTE:
There is no acting minister, because the minister is in office.
Mr. MANION:
Then to whom should we apply in this House for information, if we wish it?
Mr. LAPOINTE:
I do give that information occasionally, but I understand that the Minister of National Defence (Mr. Macdonald, Antigonish) would answer questions.
Mr. HANSON:
May I ask who represents the Postmaster General in this House?
Mr. LAPOINTE:
I have that honour and * pleasure.
TEST VOYAGE-LINER REGINA*
On the Orders of the Day:
Mr. PRICE:
I would like to direct the
attention of the Minister of Railways to an announcement appearing in the Halifax Herald under date of April 3, which is as follows:
White Star liner Regina that is having a test in making Halifax her terminus for this voyage, sails from Liverpool to-day, April 3, with passengers and cargo for Halifax. The liner is expected April 10 and will sail on her return trip April 14. Strenuous efforts are being made to fill the ship with return cargo.
In view of the fact that the Regina is making Halifax her terminus as a test case for this voyage, I would like to ask the Minister of Railways what effort is being made by the Canadian National Railways to furnish this ship with a return cargo.
Mr. DUNNING:
I will be pleased to get
that information for my hon. friend.