Hon. W. A. GORDON (Minister of Labour) :

I desire to lay on the table of the house certain orders in council passed pursuant to the relief legislation.

Mr. GOTT:

On what date, or dates, did the late administration, that of the Right Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King, assume and relinquish office?

Mr. MACKENZIE KING:

If the government is unable to answer this question, I can tell my hon. friend where he can find the information. I think he can get the information in the Parliamentary Guide, the Canada Gazette, or the Canadian Almanac.

Mr. GOTT:

I have asked the government for the answer. The right hon. gentleman forgets that he is now in the opposition.

Mr. SPEAKER:

I think the objection is well taken. The question should not be on the order paper. It will be struck off.

Question dropped.

53719-121 i

1. Since the coming into force of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act, 1932, how many licences for broadcasting stations have been issued, to what persons or corporations were they issued, and where are those stations located?

2. Were any of such licences issued for new stations, and if so, to what persons or companies and on what dates?

3. When were the members of the radio board appointed and when were they sworn in as commissioners?

1. One; issued to La Pa trie Publishing Company, Ltd., of Montreal; station situated at 180 St. Catherine street east, Montreal.

2. Yes: licence issued to the La Patrie Publishing Company, Ltd., on the 28th October, 1932.

3. They were appointed October 5, 1932; the chairman and the vice-chairman were sworn in on October 31, 1932; the third member of commission sworn in on January 18, 1933.

1. How many employees are under the direction of the Radio Broadcasting Commission at the present time?

2. What are their family and Christian. names?

3. What positions do they occupy?

4. What is their nationality?

5. By whom were they recommended and' appointed to the various positions they occupy?

G. Which of them speak the French language?

7. Are the communications of the Ottawa office of the radio commission drafted in F rench ?

Mr. DURANLEAU:

The following information has been furnished by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission:

1. Four.

2 and 3. Mis3 Isabel Kirby-Stenographer; Miss Eglantine Plouffe-Stenographer; Miss Frances McAuley-Stenographer; Mr. Percy Paleff-Office boy.

4. British.

5. Civil Service Commission.

6. Miss Plouffe.

7. All communications received which are in the French language are answered in that language.

1. What appointments have been made to the radio commission?

2. By whom have these appointments been made?

3. Which persons, if any, have not been appointed through the Civil Service Commission?

Questions

Mr. DURANLEAU:

The following information has been furnished by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission:

1. One stenographer and one office boy.

2. Civil Service Commission.

3. None.

Mr. MARCIL:

Is the Daily Bulletin, issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Department of Trade and Commerce, issued on the same day in French, and, generally, how is it distributed?

Mr. STEVENS:

Not hitherto, but instructions have now been issued to do so. This bulletin is distributed daily for press purposes.