March 8, 1934

QUESTIONS


(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk.)


INCOME TAX

LIB

Wilfred Hanbury

Liberal

Mr. HANBURY:

What is the amount of income tax in (a) Canada, (b) Australia, (c) New Zealand, (d) England, on (1) $1,000; (2) $2,000; (3) $5,000; (4) $10,000; (5) $20,000; (6) $50,000; (7)

$100,000; (8) $150,000?

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   INCOME TAX
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CON

Robert Charles Matthews (Minister of National Revenue)

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. MATTHEWS:

(a) Canada: /

Single Married

Income person person

$ 1,000 - -

2,000 -.$ 30 00 -

5 000 180 00 $ 120 00

10 000

661 50 546 0020 000..'

2,394 00 2,173 5050 000

10,363 50 10,069 50100 000!'

27,846 00 27,447 00150,000

49,318 50 48,867 00(b) Not available,(c) Not available,(d) England;

Questions

Income Single Married

person person

$ 1.000 $ 6 25

2,000 106 25

5,000 703 12

10.000 1,828 12

20,000

5,250 00 5,187 5050,000

19,487 50 19,425 00100,000

47,800 00 47,737 50150,000 78,112 50

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Subtopic:   INCOME TAX
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UFA

George Gibson Coote

United Farmers of Alberta

Mr. COOTE:

What was the amount of incomes of individuals assessed for the purposes of the income war tax reported in the year 1931-1932 from each of the following sources: (a) wages and salaries; (b) business and partnership profits;

(c) other profit; (d) rents, royalties, interest and dividends; (e) other sources?

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   INCOME TAX
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CON

Robert Charles Matthews (Minister of National Revenue)

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. MATTHEWS:

(a) Not available.

(b) Not available.

(c) Not available.

(d) Not available.

(e) Not available.

Statistics are not maintained in such a manner as to give information requested.

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   INCOME TAX
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WELLAND CANAL

LIB

Mr. DUFF:

Liberal

1. How many tons of freight passed through the Welland canal in the year 1933?

2. What was the cost per ton of freight handled through said canal, including interest on capital expenditure as well as maintenance and operating charges, for the said year?

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   WELLAND CANAL
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CON

Mr. MANION: (Minister of Railways and Canals)

Conservative (1867-1942)

1. 9,194,130 tons.

2. Capital expenditure, March 31, 1933,

$129,088,846.52; no computation of interest on capital investment; operation, fiscal year ended March 31, 1933, $349,626.32; repairs and maintenance, $389,234.18; revenues, $110,357.41.

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   WELLAND CANAL
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COAL INVESTIGATION

LIB

Donat Raymond

Liberal

Mr. RAYMOND:

What was the total cost of the inquiry carried on during the years 1932 and 1933 by Mr. Fred McGregor, registrar, under the Combines Investigation Act, relative to the importation and the prices of English coal?

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   COAL INVESTIGATION
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CON

$40,451.30. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS-TIES

LIB

Mr. HOWARD:

Liberal

1. Did the Canadian National Railways purchase railway ties from Joseph Gobeil and J. L. Audet of La Patrie, Compton county, or from either one of these gentlemen?

2 If so, what price did the Canadian National Railways pay these gentlemen for such ties?

3. What quantity was bought during the season of 1933-34?

74726-SI J

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   $40,451.30. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS-TIES
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CON

Robert James Manion (Minister of Railways and Canals)

Conservative (1867-1942)

Mr. MANION:

The information requested is not of record with the Department of Railways and Canals, and the Canadian National Railway management take the ground that it is not in the public interest to publish information of this character.

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   $40,451.30. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS-TIES
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QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS

SOREL YARDS-EMPLOYEES

LIB

Mr. DUBOIS:

Liberal

1. What was the number of employees: (a) permanent (b) supernumerary, in the maritime timber yards of Sorel during each month of the year 1933?

2. What is the total amount of salaries which have been paid: (a) to the permanent employees (b) to the supernumerary employees during each month of the year 1933?

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   SOREL YARDS-EMPLOYEES
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VICTORIA-VANCOUVER ISLAND SERVICE

March 8, 1934