1. No.

2. Answered by the answer to question No. 1.

3. Yes.

4. November 4, 1927; December 12, 1928; October 5, 1929; October 16, 1930; December 21, 1931; October 4, 1932; September 14, 1933; December 19, 1934; December 28, 1935; December 9, 1936; October 8, 1937; January 7, 1939; January 15, 1940; May 8, 1941; April 15, 1942. (In each case the bound certified copies of the Statutes of Canada were delivered by the clerk of the parliaments immediately upon receipt by him of the same from the king's printer.)

5. Answered by the answer to question No. 4.

6. In delivering bound certified copies of the Statutes of Canada under section 6 of the Publication of Statutes Act (R.S.C. 1927, Chapter 2) the clerk of the parliaments has invariably in his letter accompanying such delivery stated that the said certified bound copy was for transmission to one of His Majesty's principal secretaries of state.

Questions

7. Answered by the answer to question No. 4.

8. Answered by the answer to question No. 6.

1. What is the difference, if any, in the sending of a certified and bound copy of the statutes of each session of parliament to the British Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, (a) by the clerk of the parliaments, and (b) by the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs?

2. In both cases, is it to comply with section 6 of the Publication of Statutes Act of 1925, "for transmission to one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, as required by the British North America Act, 1867", and with section 56 of the said statute of Westminster?

1. It has never been the practice for the clerk of the parliaments to send bound copies of the Statutes of Canada to the British Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. On certain occasions, namely during the years 1927 to 1942 inclusive, they have been sent by the Secretary' of State for External Affairs who, since the arrangement concluded at the imperial conference in 1926, has been the recognized channel of communication between the government of Canada and the government of the United Kingdom.

2. The purpose of transmitting the Statutes of Canada in this manner has been to comply with the provisions of the Publication of Statutes Act and of section 56 of the British North America Act.

In 1942, in view of the complete obsolescence of the power of disallowance, and in order to bring the actual practice into conformity with the constitutional position, the transmission from the Secretary of State for External Affairs to tihe Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was stopped.

Mr. POULIOT:

This is to supplement the question and the answer which has just been given, and upon which I congratulate the Prime Minister and the government. May I ask the Secretary of State when the statutes for the session of 1942 will be published?

Mr. McLARTY:

I shall be glad to make inquiry and advise my hon. friend when they will be published.

Mr. POULIOT:

They are not published yet, are they?

Mr. McLARTY:

I have no information on that. I have not seen them; but I will inquire.

Mr. CASSELMAN:

When will the full cost of pay and allowances for R.C.A.F. personnel serving overseas in the Royal Air Force squadrons, as announced by the Minister of Finance on February 8, 1943, become effective?

Mr. POWER:

Canada will meet the full cost of pay and allowances of Royal Canadian Air Force personnel serving with, or in conjunction with, the Royal Air Force, as from 1st April, 1943, but it will not be possible for the Royal Canadian Air Force to take over administrative control of the pay and allowances from the Royal Air Force until 1st May, 1943, owing to communication difficulties with the Royal Air Force overseas commands.

1. Is the Steel Company of Canada, Limited, permitted to charge the cost of its full-page advertising, dealing with the dispute in the steel industry, which appeared in a large number of the daily newspapers of Canada, on or about February 15, 1943, as a legitimate advertising expense?

2. Will the above expenditure be allowed as a deduction for taxation purposes, (a) under the Income War Tax Act, (b) under the Excess Profits Tax Act?

1. Advertising within limits laid down is an allowable deduction in determining taxable income under the Income and Excess Profits Tax Acts.

The particular expenditure referred to appears to have been made in 1943. The claim for deduction will not be made, if made at all, until the filing of the income tax return in 1944, and will then receive consideration.

2. Answered by No. 1.

Mr. CASTLEDEN:

How many (a) milk cows, (b) calves, (c) stockers and feeders, and (d) brood sows, were marketed from the farms of each of the four western provinces, (1) between September 27, 1942, and February 25, 1943, and (2) for the same period 1941 and 1942?

Questions

Mr. GARDINER:

Marketings at Public Stock Yards and on Direct Shipments to Packing Plants

Sept. 27, 1941-Feb. 25, 1942 Sept. 27, 1942-Feb. 25, 1943

Sept. 27, 1941-Feb. 25, 1942 Sept. 27, 1942-Feb. 25, 1943.

Sept. 27, 1941-Feb. 25, 1942 Sept. 27, 1942-Feb. 25, 1943

Sept. 27, 1941-Feb. 25, 1942 Sept. 27, 1942-Feb. 25, 1943

(a) (b) (0 (d)

Milkers Stockers

and and

springers Calves feeders SowsBritish Columbia 1,843 1,486 4171,911 982 602Alberta 121 50,090 21,849 24,69834 25,403 27,985 32,708Saskatchewan 240 27,546 24,710 13,233309 28,134 19,114 17,349Manitoba 453 28,403 17,035 18,739301 29,928 18,609 14,941

1. Is Karl C. Fraser, formerly of Nova Scotia, to be employed by the administration of Canada's billion dollar mutual aid (Canadian lend-lease) programme?

2. If so, in what capacity?

3. What are his qualifications for this post?

4. What salary and other remuneration will he receive?

5. What will be the chief duties of the officials placed in charge of this programme?

6. What authority will be given to them in drafting recommendations with regard to applications for lend-lease from our allies?

Mr. HOWE:

This refers to contemplated action. The answer must be that the action to be taken will be made known in due course.

Mr. HANSON (York-Sunbury):

Was it not announced in the press?