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June 9, 1931

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEES

PRIVATE BILLS

Third and fourth reports of the select standing committee on miscellaneous private bills.-Mr. Stinson.

CHANGES IN PERSONNEL

Right Hon. R. B. BENNETT (Prime Minister) moved, seconded by Mr. Guthrie: That the name of Mr. Bowman be substituted for that of Mr. Willis on the select standing committee on agriculture and colonization; That the name of Mr. Willis be substituted for that of Mr. Bowman on the select standing committee on banking and commerce. Motion agreed to.

THE RAILWAY EMPLOYEES CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Mr. PAUL MERCIER (St. Henri) moved the first reading of Bill No. 74 (from the Senate), respecting The Railway Employees Casualty Insurance Company. - He said: The Railway Employees Casualty Insurance Company was incorporated by an act of parliament being chapter 82 of the statutes of 1929. This company was supposed to have ceased to do business on April 30, 1931, and the purpose of this bill is to extend the time limit to May 1, 1933. Any time before that date the Minister of Finance may issue a licence to carry on business according to the statutes. Motion agreed to.

PRIVILEGE-MR. POULIOT

LIB

Jean-François Pouliot

Liberal
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Mr. JEAN FRANCOIS POULIOT (Temis-couata) (Translation):

There is another

question of privilege with reference to a quotation of Hansard which was made by "Le Journal" of Quebec in its issue of June 6, 1931. My words are quoted as follows, under the heading: "The Pope and Mr. Pouliot":

If you quote the Pope, you certainly can depend on the support of the hon. member for Long Lake (Mr. Cowan).

The following is what the Hansard reports at page 2420:

Mr. Pouliot: If you quote the Pope, Long Lake will not support you.

These are exactly my words. It would have been better for "le Journal" to tell its readers that the member for Long Lake (Mr. Cowan) hid himself on the back row, the fifth row, to applaud the member for Montmagny (Mr. LaVergne).

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CON

Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)

Conservative (1867-1942)
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Mr. SPEAKER:

What might have been said by a newspaper in Quebec or elsewhere, whether it has or has not correctly reported the hon. member's speech, is of no consequence to this house.

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LIB

WEDNESDAY EVENING SITTINGS

CON

Richard Bedford Bennett (Prime Minister; Minister of Finance and Receiver General; President of the Privy Council; Secretary of State for External Affairs)

Conservative (1867-1942)
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Right Hon. R. B. BENNETT (Prime Minister) moved:

That on Wednesday the 10th instant and subsequent Wednesdays to the end of the session the sittings shall in every respect be under the same rules provided for other days.

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Motion agreed to.

CENSUS ENUMERATORS

On the orders of the day: Mr. PIERRE F. CASGRAIN (Charlevoix-Saguenay) (Translation): Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask a question of the Hon. Minister of Trade and Commerce (Mr. Stevens). I am sorry he is not in his place but I direct his attention to what appeared in the newspaper, Le Canada, on June 6. On the first page Convicted Stock Brokers appears a letter by Mr. Victor Morin addressed to the editor. Mr. Morin was for some time the president of the St. Jean Baptiste Society. He says: (Translation): A young man with no knowledge whatsoever of French came to my house (I am aware that French-Canadians speaking both languages were denied employment, no doubt because their fathers were Liberals). A young girl answered the door, and as she excused herself saying that she had no knowledge of the information asked, he told her to give any kind of an answer. . . . that it had no importance, suggesting himself the figures to give. In leaving the house, he was so impudent as to tell her that she needed to go to school so as to learn to speak English intelligently. She was not even so resentful as to tell him that he needed it more than she did both as regards to schooling and good manners. We certainly can expect fine statistical results! Yours truly, (Signed) Victor Morin.
CON

Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)

Conservative (1867-1942)
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Mr. SPEAKER:

It is unnecessary for the

hon. member to read that letter in full; if he has a complaint to make he should make it.

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LIB
CON

Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)

Conservative (1867-1942)
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Mr. SPEAKER:

If the hon. member has

a complaint to make as to the appointment of census enumerators he can make it and then ask a question, but he does not need to read a newspaper in order to ask a simple question.

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LIB

Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain

Liberal
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Mr. CASGRAIN:

This article shows what was going on in the city of Montreal with regard to the taking of the census.

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June 9, 1931