A message from His Excellency the Governor General transmitting further supplementary estimates for the financial year ending March 31, 1947, was presented by Hon. Douglas Abbott (Acting Minister of Finance) and read by Mr. Speaker to the house. Mr. ABBOTT moved that the estimates be referred to the committee of supply. Privilege-Mr. Pouliot
Mr. BRACKEN:
May I ask the acting
minister whether this is meant to take the place of the item in the bill now before the house respecting the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation?
Mr. ABBOTT:
Yes. I understand it is the intention not to proceed with that bill this year, and therefore a further supplementary estimate is introduced to provide for a loan to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which I believe was provided in one of the sections of the bill.
Mr. BRACKEN:
I want to commend the government for at least the decision to withdraw the bill now before the house.
Mr. ABBOTT:
It is not withdrawn. I said it would not be proceeded with this session.
Mr. GRAYDON:
A pretty bad bill anyway. PRIVILEGE
Mr. JEAN FRANCOIS POULIOT (Temis-couata):
I rise to a double question of privilege. In the first place the translation of the speeches made in this house should be accurate. At page 5042 I am reported as using the word "tom cat", which has been translated as "chat sauvage", which in English is wild cat. I did not use the expression wild tom cat; I purposely used the expression tom cat. With regard to the expression wild cat, I reserve it for somebody else. Kenneth C. Cragg, a member of the press gallery, is the reporter of the Globe and Mail, and in the Globe and Mail of to-day-this is another question of privilege-under his name appears the following sentence:
But is it recalled that Mr. Pouliot only last week in different rooms, corridors and places about the parliament buildings, advanced the name of Speaker Gaspard Fauteux as successor to Quebec Liberal leader Adelard Godbout.
Sir, I am not a gossiper, but I thought it was a great tribute to you to mention your name in that regard. That being said, all that the correspondent of the Globe and Mail has invented is a tissue of lies.
(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk)
Mr. BLACK (Cumberland); 1. How many staff houses were built at New Glasgow, or in Pictou county, Nova Scotia? 2. What was the cost of (a) land; (b) each building; (c) equipment; (d) maintenance to date? 3. Who were the contractors? 4. Have any of the buildings been sold or leased or offered for sale or lease, and if so, to whom, stating prices?
1. New Glasgow, N.S.-3 staff houses; 1 commissary. Pictou, N.S.-5 staff houses; 1 commissary.
2. New Glasgow: (a) $1,946.71. (b) Eachstaff house $33,888.91; total $101,666.73. Commissary, $40,307.55. (c) $23,608.57. (d)
$5,216 (from opening January 1943 to November 30, 1945). Pictou: (a) $3,312.77. (b) Each staff house $38,898.40; total $194,422. Commissary, $39,600; (c) $34,208.16. (d) $9,461.81 (from opening June 1942 to October 24, 1945).
3. Eastern Woodworkers, New Glasgow, N.S.
4. New Glasgow: The 3 staff houses, the commissary and the land were sold to Meyer Astroff of Topper Industries Limited, New Glasgow, for $21,350. Pictou: The 5 staff houses, the commissary and the land were sold to the dominion government, Department of Labour, for use in their vocational training programme for $26,726.97.
1. What are the wholesale agencies in Saskatoon city through which canned milk is distributed ?
2. How much such canned milk is distributed by each?
3. Have any of these agencies applied for extra quotas, and if so, what are they?
4. What new agencies have applied for quantities of evaporated milk?
5. What action has been taken by the wartime prices and trade board in regard to such applications for (a) an increase in the supply; (b) a new supply?
1. Campbell, Wilson & Millar, Central Wholesale Grocery, Godville Co. Ltd., T. Eaton Co. Ltd., Hudson's Bay Co., Macdonalds' Consolidated, Western Grocers Ltd.
2. In accordance with government policy, as stated from time to time in the House of Commons by the Minister of Finance, it is not considered to be in the public interest to give details of operations of individual companies.
3. Yes-all agencies.
4. Saskatchewan Federated Cooperative.
5. Because supplies in Canada are substantially below last year's level and required for winter needs, no action has been possible, (a) to'increase supply; (b) to provide nbw supply.
Wheat
1. Has any action been taken to destroy the fingerprints of service personnel taken by the armed services during the war, particularly in the case of personnel since discharged?
2. If not, is such action contemplated, or what is to be done with the said fingerprints?
1. No.
2. No such action is contemplated. The finger prints of service personnel taken by the armed services during the war form part of their service record and as such are retained as part of their documents.