Edgar Nelson Rhodes (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. RHODES:
I am talking about what my hon. friend is talking about.
Subtopic: SPECIAL WAR REVENUE ACT AMENDMENT
Mr. RHODES:
I am talking about what my hon. friend is talking about.
Mr. VENIOT:
Not at all.
Mr. RHODES:
When it was sold by the
manufacturer to the purchaser there was a sales tax on it, and that was the end of it. My hon. friend would make it appear that there was a covering tax upon it every time the can was sent to market.
Mr. VENIOT:
Does the minister mean
that there was no covering tax?
Mr. RHODES:
Yes, and I have told my
hon. friend so three or four times.
Mr. VENIOT:
I do not agree with the
minister. You are taking the following words from the list of articles exempt from the consumption or sales tax, "materials to be used exclusively in the manufacture of usual coverings." Those were formerly exempted from the sales tax.
Mr. RHODES:
My hon. friend is confusing two entirely different things. There is no question that last year the milk can was exempt from the sales tax, and if this provision goes through, it will be subject to the sales tax. But what my hon. friend was saying, and what I took exception to, was that there was a tax on that milk can every time it went to market, which is not so.
Mr. VENIOT:
I did not say sales tax.
Mr. RHODES:
There is no tax of any
kind upon it except the tax upon the milk can when it is sold by the manufacturer to the purchaser. The can might last a year or two years, or as long as it does last, there would be no further tax upon it.
Mr. VENIOT:
What about the cans for
the preserving of fish?
Mr. RHODES:
Stick to the milk can for the time being.
Mr. VENIOT:
No, because you apply the same thing to the other coverings. Take the sardine can. There is a covering tax on that.
Mr. RHODES:
I was not discussing for
the moment the sardine can. I want to get the milk can straightened out first.
Mr. VENIOT:
The minister will get the
milk can straightened out if he straightens out the sardine can.
Special War Revenue Act
Mr. RHODES:
I am prepared to discuss
the sardine can tax in spite of the fact that my hon. friend has refused to accept the statement of the minister when he makes it on his ministerial responsibility.
Mr. VENIOT:
When the statement made
on the minister's responsibility does not bear out what is before us, I have a right to differ from the minister.
Mr. HANSON:
You are all wet about the milk can anyway.
Mr. VENIOT:
Mr. RHODES:
I cannot possibly finish tonight, and for that reason I was going to ask the committee to rise,-unless my hon. friend
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opposite is particularly anxious to speak. It is nearly eleven o'clock and I should like to introduce some bills.
Mr. RALSTON:
I am in the hands of the committee.