1. Did the government or the employment commission appoint a committee called The Youth Employment Committee for the purpose of considering and advising upon securing employment for the youth of Canada?

2. If so, when was such committee named; by whom, and what is the proper name of such committee?

3. What is the personnel of the said committee, and the address and calling of each?

4. Has said committee ever submitted any report or recommendation? If not, can the government state when such a report may be expected; and will the government lay such report before parliament for discussion?

1. Yes.

2. Second of September, 1936. By the governor-general in council upon the advice of the Minister of Labour under and by virtue of sections 8 and 9 of the National Employment Commission Act, 1936-Youth Employment Committee.

3. Alan Chambers of Victoria, B.C., Merchant; R. F. Thompson of Toronto, Ontario, Retired Clergyman; Joseph McCulley of Newmarket, Ont., headmaster; Andre Mont-petit of Montreal, P.Q., Lawyer; W. C. Nickerson of Halifax, N.S., Merchant.

4. Yes. Two main and three supplementary reports have been made to the National Employment Commission, one of the functions of which body is to advise the minister. Any action which the government may decide to take on the recommendations of the commission will be duly made known to the house.

Mr. CHURCH:

Will all returned men who are members of the parliament of Canada go to the coming coronation if they can, or will a representative delegation of them be sent by the government?

Mr. MACKENZIE KING:

It is not possible to answer the first part of this question:

Will all returned men who are members of the parliament of Canada go to the coming coronation if they can- .... *

I cannot answer that question nor do I think anyone else can. The other part of the question is:

-or will a representative delegation of them be sent by the government?

There will be returned men on the parliamentary delegation but there will not be a special delegation of returned men.

1. What proportion has the dominion government undertaken to pay towards the cost of the Toronto-Hamilton highway improvement scheme between Long Branch and Port Credit?

2. How many miles of this highway have been widened and improved recently from Long Branch westward?

3. Has the said improvement scheme been completed?

4. If so, what was the total cost per mile?

5. If the said work has not been completed, what is the total estimated cost per mile of same?

Mr. ROGERS:

1, 2, 3 and 4. The dominion government agreed to contribute to the province of Ontario 50 per cent of the cost of certain highways described and set forth in schedule "C" to an agreement dated September 10, 1936, between the dominion government and the government of the province of Ontario under The Unemployment Relief and Assistance Act, 1936, which agreement was tabled on January 15, 1937. Project 36-31 was included in the aforesaid schedule described as "Port Credit

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to Long Branch, asphaltic highway, 3-6 miles, dominion contribution $122,000." Statements of claim received and paid to date in respect to this project amount to $115,160.13.

5. The total estimated cost of project 36-31 above referred to was $244,000.

1. What proportion has the dominion government undertaken to pay towards the cost of construction of the highway between Toronto and Hamilton, known as the "Middle Road"?

2. What is the estimated total cost of this highway when completed?

3. What is the total estimated cost per mile of this road from Etobicoke river westward to Hurontario street when completed?

4. What is the maximum width of the road allowance provided for the highway between the said Etobicoke river and Hurontario street?

1. The dominion government agreed to contribute to the province 50 per cent of the cost of certain highways described and set forth in schedule "C" to the agreement between the dominion government and the province under The Unemployment Relief and Assistance Act, 1936, dated September 10, 1936, and tabled on January 15, 1937. The project as set forth in the agreement cannot be exactly identified with the highway known as the "Middle Road," but the following statement sets out three projects which may be included in the "Middle Road," together with the maximum dominion contribution and the statements of claim received and paid to date:-

Schedule Description DominionNo. Contribution Payments36-28 Brown's Line to Centre Road- $ SMiddle Rd. Concrete Highway, 5 miles 85.275 5836-57 Oakville Bridge on Middle Rd .. .. 80,737 50 68.098 4736-73 From Burlington Subway to Campbell's Corners, concrete pavement, and grading from Middle Rd. to Hamilton H. also Middle Road Bridge

.. 45,357 14

2 and 3. See reply to 1.

4. The agreement does not provide for the width of the road allowance between the Etobicoke river and Hurontario street, this being a matter of provincial regulation.

Mr. CHURCH:

What are the names, occupations, addresses, salaries, living and travelling expenses of the present federal radio commission?

Mr. HOWE:

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Mr. CHURCH:

These questions, 2 and 3, are not answered properly at all. Beauchesne at page 111 states that questions may be placed on the order paper seeking information from ministers of the crown relating to public affairs; and paragraph 339 states that questions addressed to ministers should relate to the public affairs with which they are officially connected, to proceedings pending in parliament or to any matter of administration for which the minister is responsible. Paragraph 349 states that the purpose of a question is to obtain information and not to supply it to the house. The answers are not complete, and we have a right within the rules to ask that information on the subject matter be given fully. I cannot get the information in the

public accounts nor in the radio booklet tabled. Public funds are being spent in this matter and I wish to establish the right to all information asked for from time to time. One minister the other day refused to answer the questions at all.

1. Has the dominion government granted any subsidies to the poultry industry in the province of Quebec during the past five years?

2. If so: (a) when; (b) for what amounts; (c) to whom?

1. Yes.

2. Subsidies paid under the Fairs' Policy

(a) 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 (c)(b) .... 106.11 107.74 255.70 310.00 Sherbrooke (Class A).60.38 214.15 93.25 Quebec (Class A).158.80 340.47 171.62 Three Rivers (Class A).109.39 109.65 183.80 193.18 142.41 Valleyfield (Class A).79.24 90.42 107.18 94.16 81.55 Ormstown (Spring Show).113.69 152.01 154.92 193.68 174.32 Laehute (Spring Show).280.86 402.41 Sherbrooke (Winter Fair).52.28 53.97 Cookshire (Class B).20.09 48.59 56.08 67.13 60.52 Waterloo (Class B).214.00 142.89 79.16 81.58 70.56 Ste. Scholastique (Class B)22.85 46.13 40.56 60.43 41.19 St. Hyacinthe (Class B).91.80 39.50 69.27 76.12 63.52 Ayers' Cliff (Class B).25.32 28.27 Roberval (Class B).93.98 82.87 Brome (Class B).151.57 144.79 Jacques Cartier (Class B).1,250.00 1.125.00 1,125.00 1,125.00 1,125.00 Montreal Poultry Show.

Note: Subsidies to Exhibitions in Quebec for distribution in the form of prize money to poultry exhibitors.

Premiums paid under Cockerel Distribution Policy 1932 1933 1934 19351.081.70 669.50 723.00 612.75 992.50 Premiums paid to farmers throughout the province of Quebec purchasing pure bred cockerels for breeding purposes.