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March 10, 1937

RAILWAY COMMITTEE

Second report of the standing committee on railways, canals and telegraph lines-Mr. Vien.

Questions

PRINTING OF PARLIAMENT

FIRST REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE CONCURRED IN

Mr. E. C. St-PERE (Hoohelaga) presented the first report of the joint committee on the printing of parliament, and moved that the report be concurred in. Motion agreed to.

QUESTIONS

(Questions answer orally are indicated by an asterisk.)

GREAT LAKES-.ST. LAWRENCE SYSTEM-DIVERSION OF WATERS SOUTH TO LAKE SUPERIOR

CON

Mr. MacNICOL:

Conservative (1867-1942)
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

1. Has the federal government consented to, or is it obligated to pay a portion of the costs of the surveys made or being made by the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission engineers from lake Nipigon north along the Little Jackfish river and the connecting chain of rivers and lakes to the height of land and north of the height of land by way of Mojikit lake, Mojikit river to the Ogoki river and east and west along the Ogoki river with a view to diverting the waters of the latter river from flowing north to flowing south via the said chain of lakes and rivers to lake Superior?

2. If so, has the United States consented to the inflow of these waters into the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence system?

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   GREAT LAKES-.ST. LAWRENCE SYSTEM-DIVERSION OF WATERS SOUTH TO LAKE SUPERIOR
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Mr. RINFRET: (Secretary of State of Canada)

Liberal
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1. No. .

2. No.

Topic:   QUESTIONS
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CON

Mr. MacNICOL:

Conservative (1867-1942)
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

1. Has the federal government given the Ontario government or the Ontario Hydro Electric Power Commission authority to divert water from the Long Lake-Kenogami-Albany river watershed of northern Ontario over the height of land to lake Superior of the St. Lawrence watershed?

2. If so, has the United States government agreed to the said diversion of this water from the said Albany river watershed to the St. Lawrence watershed?

3. What is the estimated cost of the said diversion works and is the federal government obligated to pay a portion of the costs?

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   GREAT LAKES-.ST. LAWRENCE SYSTEM-DIVERSION OF WATERS SOUTH TO LAKE SUPERIOR
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Mr. RINFRET: (Secretary of State of Canada)

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

1. No.

2. No.

3. No information is available with regard to the estimated cost of the diversion works and the federal government has not obligated itself to pay any portion of the costs.

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   GREAT LAKES-.ST. LAWRENCE SYSTEM-DIVERSION OF WATERS SOUTH TO LAKE SUPERIOR
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SASKATCHEWAN 1936 CENSUS-APPOINTMENTS

LIB

Mr. FLEMING:

Liberal
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1. How many wrote the civil service examinations in connection with the census in the province of Saskatchewan in 1936?

2. How many passed the said examinations in the province of Saskatchewan?

3. How many from the province of Saskatchewan received positions in the census branch?

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Subtopic:   SASKATCHEWAN 1936 CENSUS-APPOINTMENTS
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Mr. RINFRET: (Secretary of State of Canada)

Liberal
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1. 373.

2. 102.

3. 21 (275 appointments required).

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Subtopic:   SASKATCHEWAN 1936 CENSUS-APPOINTMENTS
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CANADIAN RADIO BROADCASTING STATION AT RICHMOND, B. C.

CON

Mr. GREEN:

Conservative (1867-1942)
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

1. Did the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission obtain a site of approximately 19 acres for a radio station or other purposes in the municipality of Richmond, province of British Columbia?

2. If so, when was such site purchased, and at what price?

3. From whom was it purchased?

4. To whom was the purchase price paid?

5. Was any commission paid in respect of such purchase?

6. If so, to whom?

7. What building or buildings, if any, have been erected on this site?

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   CANADIAN RADIO BROADCASTING STATION AT RICHMOND, B. C.
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Clarence Decatur Howe (Minister of Transport)

Liberal
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Mr. HOWE:

The following information has been supplied by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:

1. Yes. Purchased by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.

2. July, 1936. Price: S3,642.55.

3. W. M. Finlayson.

4. A. H. Stephenson and Company.

5. Not by the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.

6. No information.

7. Main transmitter building, and antenna tuning house.

Topic:   QUESTIONS
Subtopic:   CANADIAN RADIO BROADCASTING STATION AT RICHMOND, B. C.
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NATIONAL HARBOURS BOARD-WAGES AT VANCOUVER, B.C.

March 10, 1937