Mr. JAMES ARTHURS (Parry Sound) presented the first report of the special committee on Bill No. 78, to amend the Pension Act, and moved that the report be concurred in. Motion agreed to.
Hon. W. A. GORDON (Minister of Labour):
Mr. Speaker, I desire to lay on the table of the house certain orders in council passed pursuant to the relief legislation under the relief act, also the report under the same act.
The petition presented on Monday, April 24, by Mr. A. W. Neill (Comox-Alberni), was read to the house by the clerk assistant.
(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk).
Mr. ROBERGE:
What amount did the government receive in 1932 by way of income tax from individuals, companies, corporations or others, who paid a tax on an income ranging from $10,000 to $500,000?
Mr. RYCKMAN:
Individuals, 821,753,463.37; corporations, $35,749,230.32.
Mr. GAGNON:
How many bushels of (a) wheat; (b) barley; (c) other grains, were shipped from Canadian ports and what quantity from American ports, respectively, in each of the years 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932?
Mr. STEVENS:
Canada's domestic exports of barley, oats, rye and wheat to (1) the United States;
and (2) overseas countries via (a) Canadian sea or river ports; and (b) the United States,
during the calendar years 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932, were as under: (2) To Overseas countries (a) Via Cana- Grains (1) To United States dian sea or river ports (b) Via United StatesBarley- Bushels Bushels Bushels1929.. ..
88,407 6,263,085 10,636,1951930.. ..
582,362 730,399 1,521,5381931.. ..
104,250 17,571,853 6,583,6521932.. ..
1,449 9,862,236 129,058Oats- 1929.. ..
34,166 7,294,417 352,8931930.. ..
805,206 1,945,424 14,5841931.. .. 10,190,460 926,5711932.. ..
25,233 15,370,887 40,954Rye- 1929.. ..
42 1,691,059 247,2231930.. ..
63 243,474 1,037,6621931.. ..
273 1,675,749 1,997,1321932.. ..
175 7,776,083 1,124,176
Questions as Orders for Returns
(2) To Overseas countries (a) Via Cana-
Grains (1) To dian sea or (b) ViaUnited States river ports United States Wheat____ Bushels Bushels Bushels1929
6,775,964 139,911,263 64,258,3621930
10,247,752 124,317,527 73,205,0881931
4,949,770 129,664,293 60,211,5491932
52,100 194,211,443 33,956,212
Note: During the calendar years 1929 to 1932 a certain amount of Canadian barley, oats and rye exported from Fort William and Port Arthur to overseas countries via the United States was re-routed from United States lake ports for export via Canadian ports chiefly Montreal. It is impossible to segregate the quantity of barley, oats and rye thus re-routed from United States lake ports from United States barley, oats and rye in transit via Canadian ports.
1. How many cases have been referred to the Board of Pension Commissioners since the Pension Act amendments, 1930?
2. How many were at that time awaiting decision by the said board?
3. How many eases have been decided by the Board of Pension Commissioners since the 1930 amendments (a) in favour of the applicant; (b) against the applicant?
4. How many cases are now awaiting decision by the Board of Pension Commissioners?
1. What has been the total cost since the passing of the Pension Act amendments, 1930 (a.) of the Board of Pension Commissioners; (b) of the pensions tribunals; (c) of the pensions appeal court?
2. What has been the total cost to the treasury of awards made since the Pension Act amendments, 1930 (1) by the Board of Pension Commissioners, and not appealed; (2) by the pensions tribunals, and not appealed; (3) by the pensions appeal court?
3. What has been the total cost since the passing of the Pension Act amendments, 1930 (a) of all pensions advocates, including staffs and travelling expenses; (b) of all commission counsel, including staffs and travelling expenses; (e) of all medical advisors called in before the pensions tribunals?