1. What amount of money has been appropriated for the development of the Blissville airport, New Brunswick, for the year 1938-39?

2. Is this work being done as a relief project under the Department of Labour?

3. What are the names of engineers and foremen in charge of the work?

4. Who is responsible for the employment and dismissal of the men, and what is the rate of wages paid the different employees?

5. What machinery, such as trucks and tractors, is being used, and by whom is it furnished?

1. S40,000.

2. No.

3. Mr. E. C. Percy, district airway engineer, Moncton district, engineer in charge of work.

Cornelius Hageman, foreman in charge of work.

4. Mr. E. C. Percy, district airway engineer, Moncton. Standard rates as per the fair wage schedule established by the Department of Labour for the district are paid.

5. All machinery in use is the property of the Department of Transport, including: 3 caterpillar tractors; 2 Adams leaning wheel graders; 1 Brush-breaker plough; 1 road ripper; 5 Baker-Maney wheeled scrapers; 2 hydraulic scoops.

1. Did one J. J. Bowlen, of Calgary, Alberta, obtain naturalization papers as a British subject?

2. If so, on what date were such naturalization papers granted?

3. On what date was application made for said naturalization papers?

4. Before whom was such application made?

5. Who recommended the granting of naturalization papers to the said J. J. Bowlen?

1. Certificate No. 6069, series D, in the name of John James Bowlen issued to him.

2. Certificate issued March 21st, 1938.

3. Application for this certificate made by applicant under date 17th March, 1938

4. Based upon birth in Cardigan, King's County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 20th July, 1876, and readmission to British nationality before His Honour Judge Warburton, a Judge of the County Court, at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, in or about 1904. Under the statute relating to naturalization in force in 1904, all naturalizations were effected directly by the court and not by the issue of a certificate from a government department. The application states that certificate was lost and that doubts had arisen in consequence. Therefore application was for

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a certificate under section 6 and, in accordance with that section, was made directly to the department.

5. Application submitted to department in ordinary course; and granted by Secretary of State.

1. Has the government given a contract for an air mail service between Vancouver and the Yukon by way of Fort St. John and White Horse?

2. If so, to whom has the contract been given?

3. What was the date of the signing of the contract?

1. Yes.

2. "Ginger" Coote Airways Limited, of Vancouver, B.C.

3. Contract not yet executed.

1. Which of the provinces have indicated their

willingness to agree tb the proposed change in the British North America Act to allow unemployment insurance to come under dominion jurisdiction? _ _

2. Which of them have indicated objections,

and for what reasons? _

3. Which of the provinces have indicated approval of the draft measure to provide for unemployment insurance submitted to them by the Government?

4. Which of them withheld consent, and for what reasons in each case?

5. Will the government lay on the table the draft bill mentioned above, for the information of the house?

1. Six of the provinces, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

2. The provinces of Alberta, New Brunswick and Quebec have not been willing to agree to an amendment.

The premier of Alberta stated in a letter dated March 15, last that he intended to submit the proposals to the legislature. No official communication regarding the attitude taken by the legislature of Alberta has been received, but the press has reported that the legislature adopted a resolution which declared :

"That the introduction of an unemployment insurance scheme does not require an amendment to the B.N.A. Act. This sovereign legislature of Alberta cannot agree to any amendment of the B.N.A. Act until the present unsatisfactory constitutional situation in the dominion has been cleared up to the complete satisfaction of all provinces."

The government of New Brunswick has forwarded a copy of a resolution adopted by

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the legislature on April 14th, which, after drawing attention to the relation of the dominion government's proposal to the investigations of the royal commission on dominion-provincial relations, continued in these terms:

"Be it therefore resolved that in the opinion of this house the government of this province should respectfully urge upon the government of Canada the advisability of deferring further consideration of the said proposal until the report of the said commissioners is available, when the whole field of social services and any re-allocation of legislative powers in respect thereof may be given fuller study and consideration in the light of the findings and recommendations of the said commissioners."

The premier of Quebec has, thus far, not acknowledged the draft amendment which was communicated to him on January 20, 1938.

3. The government did not submit a draft measure to provide for unemployment insurance to the provinces. What was submitted to the provinces was a draft of the proposed amendment to the British North America Act to give the dominion the necessary jurisdiction.

4. Answered by No. 3.

5. To lay on the table a bill which the government knew in advance to be ultra vires would not be in conformity with the government's view of sound constitutional practice. To publish a draft, which would not even be a bill, would appear to be open to even more serious misconstruction. The government feel that, before attempting to proceed with specific detailed proposals for legislation, it is essential that the necessary legislative jurisdiction should be vested in parliament.

1. What amount was contributed by the Dominion of Canada under agreement with the province of Ontario, dated September 10, 1936, toward the cost of: (a) project No. 76, Broek-ville West, grading and culverts, 4 miles; (b) project No. Ill, Delta to Phillipsville, grading and culverts, 3-67 miles?

2. What other contributions have been made by the Dominion of Canada to any works carried on by the province of Ontario, in the county of Leeds, in the years 1936 and 1937?

3. Has the Dominion of Canada agreed to make contributions to any works in said county during the year 1938, and, if such agreement has been made, what are the particulars of such undertakings and the estimated amount of such contributions ?

1. What amount of money has been paid the Dominion Coal Company for shipments of

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coal on different railways in Nova Scotia under the Maritime Freight Rates Act for the years 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938 to date?

2. What amount of money has been paid the Dominion Coal Company for shipments of coal on different railways in New Brunswick under the Maritime Freight Rates Act for the years 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938 to date?

3. What bonuses have been paid the Dominion Coal Company for the manufacture of coke for the above period?