1. How many tons of scrap metal were loaded on the Danish freighter Aaro for direct shipment to Germany since May 11, from Saint John, New Brunswick?
2. Who were the shippers?
3. Who are the entrepreneurs of the companies concerned?
Mr. ILSLEY:
It is contrary to the established practice of the department to give information which would disclose particulars of either single or total exportations by individual exporters.
1. How many tons of scrap metal have been or are being loaded at the port of Montreal this year for Japan and other countries?
2. What are the names of the companies making shipment?
3. What are the names of the owners and entrepreneurs of each company?
1. Particulars of exports cannot be furnished by individual ports, but the following are the quantities of scrap metals exported to Japan and other countries from the province of Quebec during the fiscal year ended March 31, 1939:
Scrap iron and steel-ton.
Country Quantity
United Kingdom 1
Hong Kong 24
Belgium 629
Japan 15,489
Netherlands 8,138
United States 776
25.057
4G52
United States Periodicals
Other scrap-cwt.
Country Quantity
United Kingdom 45,499
Belgium 13,652
Brazil 3,170
Czecho-Slovakia 2,119
China 215
France 969
Germany 7,502
Japan 28,143
Netherlands 2,634
United States 58,720
162,623
2 and 3. It is contrary to the established practice of the department to give information which would disclose particulars of either single or total exportations by individual exporters.
On the orders of the day:
Mr. F. E. LENNARD (Wentworth):
I should like to direct the attention of the government to the fact that the magazine Ken is again being sold on the news stands; and, since its subject matter has not been improved at all, I should like to know why the ban on this magazine has been lifted.
Hon. J. L. ILSLEY (Minister of National Revenue):
The magazine in question was banned, that is entry was prohibited, some time ago because it published a cartoon which was offensive and which the Department of National Revenue considered came within the terms of the provisions of the Customs Tariff relating to such publications. The customary period of prohibition is for six issues. The issues that followed were not objectionable from the point of view of the Department of National Revenue. Not only was that the case; the publishers of Ken gave an undertaking to the government to desist from publishing material of the type they had published previously, or at least on that one occasion, and also published an editorial in which they expressed their regret. Since that time I am not aware that the publication has contained anything that could possibly be construed as of a seditious or treasonable nature. For that reason there appears to be no ground for prohibiting the magazine from entering Canada.
Mr. WILFRID GARIEPY (Three Rivers):
The last number of the magazine Life contains an absolute lie, a statement which is insulting to oDe of the older provinces of Canada. I should like to know whether the
government intend taking steps in the matter, and perhaps to have this magazine excluded from the country.
Mr. ILSLEY:
If the hon. gentleman will bring to my attention the specific matter he has in mind, I shall have it looked into and examined; but so far as I know it has not been brought to the attention of the department as yet.
Mr. GARIEPY:
Well, Mr. Speaker, the specific matter is this: There is a picture showing their majesties riding in a landau, an open carriage, in the city of Ottawa, and the caption underneath suggests that since the population here was loyal, no special precautions had to be taken, whereas in the city of Quebec they had to ride in a bullet proof armoured car because the people there were not loyal. These are not the exact words, but I have indicated the substance of the statement. It is something which should not be allowed in any publication circulated in Canada, and I think steps should be taken to stop this magazine at the border.
Mr. ILSLEY:
The matter will be considered.
Right Hon. ERNEST LAPOINTE (Minister of Justice):
No doubt this was crazy; but I am not sure that it is a good thing to give wider publicity to it.
CANADIAN NATIONAL-CAN AD IAN PACIFIC ACT, 1933 *-COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT The house resumed from Friday, May 26, consideration in committee of Bill No. 138, to amend the Canadian National-Canadian Pacific Act, 1933-Mr. Howe-Mr. Sanderson in the chair. On the schedule-paragraph 2.
Mr. MacINNIS:
What would be regarded as the beginning of the term of employment of persons who had been laid off because of cooperative measures after 1933, and were again taken on? Would they be given credit for the years of employment before the first lay-off?
Hon. C. D. HOWE (Minister of Transport) :
Mr. MacINNIS:
So long as they were subject to call for work, they held their seniority?