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April 20, 1932

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

Second report of the select standing committee on miscellaneous private bills.-Mr. Stinson. . First report of the joint committee of both houses on the printing of parliament.-Mr. Robinson.

NEW MEMBER INTRODUCED

Percy G. Davies, Esquire, member for the. electoral district of Athalbaska, introduced by Right Hon. R. B. Bennett and Hon. Hugh Guthrie.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND FARM RELIEF

CON

Wesley Ashton Gordon (Minister of Immigration and Colonization; Minister of Labour; Minister of Mines)

Conservative (1867-1942)
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Hon. W. A. GORDON (Minister of Labour) :

I desire to lay on the table of the house orders in council Nos. 892, 893, 894, 895, 896 and 862 passed pursuant to the Unemployment and Farm Relief Act, 1931, and the Unemployment and Farm Relief Continuance Act, 1932. All these orders refer only to the payments of money.

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QUESTIONS

(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk).

BEAUHARNOIS POWER PROJECT

LIB

Mr. MACKENZIE (Vancouver):

Liberal
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1. Have any orders in council been passed by the federal government with respect to the Beauharnois power project since August 3, 1931?

2. If so, what are the dates and numbers of such orders in council?

3. Have any moneys been advanced to the Beauharnois Power Corporation or Associate Company by the federal government since August, 1930?

4. Have any advances made by any chartered bank of Canada to such corporation been guaranteed by the federal government, since August 7, 1930?

5. If so, by which banks were such amounts advanced, and what were the amounts?

6. What was the nature of the guarantee given?

7. What was the authority for such guarantee?

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LIB

Ian Alistair Mackenzie

Liberal
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Mr. MACKENZIE (Vancouver):

Question No. 1 on the order paper was fully answered the other day by the Prime Minister. I should like to ask a supplementary question regarding the assurance mentioned as having been given to the banks. Were those assurances verbal or in writing?

Questions

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CON

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

Conservative (1867-1942)
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. BENNETT:

They were in writing in part, and I think the last two or three have been merely verbal assurances that the same provisions would apply. Without looking at the record, that is my memory.

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CON

Pierre Édouard Blondin (Speaker of the Senate)

Conservative (1867-1942)
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Mr. SPEAKER:

Answered.

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CUBAN POTATO MARKET

LIB

Mr. BOULANGER:

Liberal
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1. Has the government received a request from a group of farmers of New Brunswick, in connection with a reciprocal trade treaty between Cuba and Canada with a view of creating a market for Canadian potatoes? _

2. If so, will the government grant said request ?

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CON

Mr. CAHAN: (Secretary of State of Canada)

Conservative (1867-1942)
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1. Yes.

2. The matter is under consideration.

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MANITOBA SAVINGS OFFICE

CON

Mr. BEAUBIEN:

Conservative (1867-1942)
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1. Did the Manitoba government ask the Dominion government for assistance for the province of Manitoba savings office?

2. If so, what was the attitude of the Dominion government?

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Subtopic:   MANITOBA SAVINGS OFFICE
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CON

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

Conservative (1867-1942)
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Mr. BENNETT:

I think that question was answered yesterday.

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LIB-PRO

Arthur-Lucien Beaubien

Liberal Progressive
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Mr. BEAUBIEN:

No, the question is not answered. I read the statement of the Prime Minister in yesterday's Hansard, and I can find no answer. My opinion is that the provincial government-

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Subtopic:   MANITOBA SAVINGS OFFICE
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April 20, 1932