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June 20, 1946

PRIVILEGE

MR. KNOWLES-TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION AND SOUTHAM NEWSPAPERS LABOUR DISPUTE

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Stanley Howard Knowles (Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
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Mr. STANLEY KNOWLES (Winnipeg North Centre):

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a question of privilege. Yesterday I directed a question to the Minister of Labour with respect to the typographical dispute. The minister's reply, which is recorded on page 2633 of Hansard, reads in part as follows:

The typographical union insists that its own general rules, including local union rules, must become a part of the collective agreement with every employer with whom such agreement is negotiated. One provision of the general rules of the union is that such rules are not subject to arbitration.

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Some hon. MEMBERS:

Order.

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James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER:

Order. The hon. gentleman's statement of the question of privilege should be brief and to the point.

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Stanley Howard Knowles (Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. KNOWLES:

I am stating it as briefly as I can. I am simply reading one paragraph of the minister's statement which I regard as giving me a right to raise a question of privilege. The rest of the paragraph reads:

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One provision of the general rules of the union is that such rules are not subject to arbitration. In view-

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James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER:

The hon. gentleman is out of order.

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Major James William Coldwell

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
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Mr. COLDWELL:

The hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre had risen to a question of privilege and I did not hear Your Honour refuse to hear that question of privilege.

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James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER:

I asked the hon. gentleman to follow the rules of the house and to state his question briefly and to the point, and he started to repeat what he had previously said.

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Stanley Howard Knowles (Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. KNOWLES:

My question of privilege refers to the fact that the minister made a statement, which I was endeavouring to quote, in which he claimed that the union's laws are in conflict with the labour relations regulations. That is not so. My point of privilege is that ever since January 31 the proposed typographical union agreement has included these words:

except in so far as arbitration and the results thereof are compulsory under Canadian law.

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Some hon. MEMBERS:

Order.

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James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER:

I would ask the hon. gentleman to resume his seat. That is not a question of privilege.

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Humphrey Mitchell (Minister of Labour)

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Hon. HUMPHREY MITCHELL (Minister of Labour):

I would like to rise on a question of privilege and say that my hon. friend is playing low politics.

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Some hon. MEMBERS:

Order.

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James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER:

Order. Presenting reports by standing and select committees.

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Stanley Howard Knowles (Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. KNOWLES:

On a question of privilege, I insist that the Minister of Labour withdraw the statement he made that I am playing low politics. I am just placing on the record-

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Some hon. MEMBERS:

Order.

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James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER:

I believe I have been very generous with the hon. gentleman in permitting him to make his statement.

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Major James William Coldwell

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
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Mr. COLDWELL:

I would point out that my hon. friend is drawing to the attention of the house a statement made by the Minister of Labour which he claims is a reflection upon what he himself had said.

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James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. SPEAKER:

I have already told the hon. gentleman that he is out of order.

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June 20, 1946