Mr. BENNETT:
Yes.
Item agreed to. External Affairs-salaries, $83,952; contingencies, $61,800.
Mr. BENNETT:
The only change in this
item is a slight decrease.
Supply-External Affairs
Mr. STEWART (Edmonton):
Has there
been some recent arrangement as to holding up these items of civil government? I understood the arrangement was that they were not to be gone on with.
Mr. BENNETT:
I was not present in the house when that arrangement was made.
Mr. STEWART (Edmonton):
I merely
asked if some other arrangement had been made, because I understood that the civil government items were not to be voted until after the government had decided what they were going to do about salaries.
Mr. RHODES:
When the Secretary of
State (Mr. Cahan) called his item it was passed without any discussion, but when the Minister of Trade and Commerce (Mr. Stevens) called a similar item the question was put to him as to whether the same statement already made with respect to other items outside of civil government would apply to that particular item, and his answer was in the affirmative. That is the only understanding of which I know.
Mr. STEWART (Edmonton):
I beg my
hon. friend's pardon. A previous item was dropped and the understanding was that civil government items would not be voted until such time as the government decided what action they were going to take with respect to this matter.
Mr. BENNETT:
If there is any question
about the matter we will let the item stand.
Mr. STEWART (Edmonton):
I thought
perhaps some arrangement had been made with our leader. If none has been made, I suggest that the item stand.
Mr. BENNETT:
If there is any question
about it, we will let the item stand.
Item stands.
Progress reported.
On motion of Mr. Bennett the house adjourned at 10.30 p.m.
Monday, March 5, 1934