Tenth report of the select standing committee on banking and commerce.-Mr. Jacobs (for Mr. Hay). Eighth report of the select standing committee on agriculture and colonization.-Mr. Kay.
Hon. J. C. ELLIOTT (Minister of Public Works) :
I desire to lay on the table information asked for by the hon. member for Acadia (Mr. Gardiner) in regard to the sidewalks on parliament hill.
Hon. J. C. ELLIOTT (Minister of Public Works):
I desire to lay on the table the
additional information regarding the Sussex street property which was asked for by my hon. friend from Vancouver Centre (Mr. Stevens).
Mr. T. L. CHURCH (Toronto Northwest) moved, seconded foy Mr. Thompson: That on Friday, June 1, Bill No. 63, to amend the Railway Act (Investigation of subsidiary of telephone or telegraph companies) now under public bills and orders, be given precedence over all (a) private bills; (b) public bills and orders; (1) during the hour devoted to private bills and (2) over all other business until disposed of on that evening.
Hon. ERNEST LAPOINTE (Minister of Justice):
I am sorry that the Prime Minister is not in his seat at the present time, but I have to take the stand which he has already taken with regard to similar matters. I think it would be unfair to other measures which have precedence over this to accept the motion of my hon. friend. If the bill comes up in due course at its proper stage, it will certainly be considered, but we cannot agree to give it precedence over other measures.
Mr. CHURCH:
It is not being unfair to
other members to give precedence to this bill which has been on the order paper since February. I have a bill which has been standing on the order paper since early in February. This is not a free parliament unless we can bring these questions before it.
Mr. SPEAKER:
The motion is out of
order. The other day I ruled that according to May and Bourinot any motion concerning the order of business of the house should be made by the Prime Minister or the leader of the house.
Mr. CHURCH:
I rise to a point of
order. I gave due notice of the motion.
Mr. SPEAKER:
It matters not whether
the hon. gentleman gave notice or not. The question is: Is the motion in order? I contend, and May supports my contention, that any motion concerning the order of business of the house must be moved by the leader of the house. I have so decided and I now so rule.
Mr. C. R. McINTOSH (North Battleford):
Mr. Spaaker, in accordance with your ruling of yesterday which took place when I was unavoidably absent from the house, and for the purpose of giving the hon. member for Vancouver Centre (Mr. Stevens) another
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portion of a week intellectually to grasp the numerical section of the report presented to the house two weeks ago-
Order.
Mr. McINTOSH:
If you have any more
to say, go on. I have the floor at the present time.
Mr. SPEAKER:
Order. I would ask the
hon. gentleman to make the motion properly.
Mr. McINTOSH:
I am just about to make it. I made the preliminary part of it and this is the latter part. I beg to move, seconded by Mr. Neill:
That the third report of the select standing committee on industrial and international relations, presented to the house on May 16th instant, be referred back to the said committee with instructions that they have power to amend the same by substituting the following for paragraph 8 thereof:
Your committee further recommend that 750 copies in English and 250 copies in French of this report, and the evidence upon which it is based, be printed in blue book form, and that standing order No. 64 be suspended in relation thereto.