Mr. T. L. CHURCH (Broadview):

I desire to ask the Acting Prime Minister a question. Will an early opportunity be afforded to discuss the two orders in council referred to by the Minister of Mines and Resources concerning immigration from Europe? I cannot understand why this is handled by order in council when the House of Commons is in session.

Order.

Mr. CHURCH:

I should like to have a reply.

Right Hon. J. L. ILSLEY (Acting Prime Minister):

There will be an opportunity on the estimates of the Department of Mines and Resources to discuss the action which was taken. I gather that the order in council was passed pursuant to legislation. '

fMr. O-Ien.J

Mr. CHURCH:

It is an outrageous and irregular proceeding while the House of Commons is in session.

1. Has the city of Moose Jaw recently sought to purchase from War Assets Limited, certain construction machinery needed to improve its w'ater supply?

2. Is there any such equipment now being stored in hangars at No. 2 R.E.M.U.?

3. If so, what action has been taken to date in this regard?

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. The equipment declared surplus at No.

2 R.E.M.U. by the Department of National Defence for Air and now in the possession of War Assets Corporation is being disposed of in accordance with the sales policy of the corporation. -

The provincial government of Saskatchewan is exercising its higher priority to obtain some of this equipment and as a consequence the application of the city of Moose Jaw for construction machinery can be met only in part by War Assets Corporation.

1. Upon what date did "Canada 1946" come off the press and become ready for distribution?

2. Why does the said official handbook contain no reference to the progress made by Canada in

~the field of external affairs?

1. First 1,000 copies received April 12, 1946.

2. It has been the policy to include the constitution and government chapter, which normally carries such material, at intervals only, owing to the limitations on the size of the standard edition of the handbook. This particular chapter appeared last in "Canada 1940", but reprints of that material have been made available to inquirers in intervening years. During war years especially, increased pressure on space and paper shortages were experienced, but limited treatments on external affairs (mainly in the form of statements in the war effort and illustrative matter) have appeared. In special Spanish and Portuguese, editions of the handbook printed in 1945 for distribution abroad, the chapter on constitution and government,

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together with special external affairs material, was included. Plans for "Canada 1947" have in view the inclusion of the constitution and government chapter in revised form.

Mr. MARSHALL:

. 1. Who are the present members of the Committee on Food Requirements which operates under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council?

2. How is the work of this committee coordinated with the Department of Agriculture?

3. What amount of money was allotted to this committee in the year ended March 31, 1946, and how was it spent?

1. Present members of the food requirements committee are as follows:

Dr. D. B. Finn, Department of Fisheries (Chairman).

Dr. G. S. H. Barton, Department of Agriculture.

Mr. S. D. Pierce, Department of External Affairs.

Mr. M. W. Sharp, Department of Finance.

Dr. L. B. Pett, Department of Pensions and National Health.

Mr. W. F. Bull, Department of Trade and Commerce.

Mr. K. W. Taylor, Wartime Prices and Trade Board.

2. The work of the committee is coordinated with the Department of Agriculture as may be necessary by means of the presence at committee meetings of a representative of that department.

3. $855 were allotted to the committee in the year ending March 31, 1946. None of this money was spent.

1. Has the Department of Fisheries received complaints regarding alleged destruction by trawlers of foreign registry, of trawl gear used by Nova Scotia fishing schooners on Quero bank off the coast of Nova Scotia?

2. If so (a) by whom and when were complaints made: (bl what action has been taken or is contemplated to protect Nova Scotia deep sea fishermen?

1. Yes.

2. (a) By Willis Park, secretary-treasurer, Canadian Fishermen's Union, Lunenburg, N.S., on May 21 and by H. C. Meade, district representative Canadian Fishermen's Union, Halifax. N.S., on May 22; (b) complaints are of a general nature and investigation has been instituted to obtain full facts.