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August 31, 1946

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Topic:   WAYS AND MEANS
Subtopic:   VETERANS AFFAIRS
Sub-subtopic:   AIRCRAFTMAN LOWELL T. CAMPBELL-ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ASKED BY MR. BLACKMORE ON AUGUST 24
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LIB

Walter Adam Tucker (Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Veterans Affairs)

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. TUCKER:

The questions were as

follows:

1. Was Lowell T. Campbell, R160165, discharged from Shaughnessy hospital on August 6, 1946?

2. Was veteran Campbell's back in an iron brace to support an injured spine when he was discharged ?

3. Had veteran Campbell been receiving $117 a month to support himself and five dependent children?

4. Had Lowell T. Campbell's wife been lost to him in February, 1945, leaving him under the necessity of placing his children in the homes of various relatives?

5. Would Lowell T. Campbell have been required to pay for each of those children, and

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was he required to pay $25 a month for board and lodgings and pay additional costs to cover clothing?

Hon. members will of course see the significance of question 5. We are trying to assess the adequacy of $117 which had been allowed Mr. Campbell.

6. Is each of these five children now between six and twelve years of age, therefore, requiring school supplies, in addition to the $25 per month for board and room, the cost of clothing, the cost of medical and dental care, et cetera?

7. Would the British Columbia welfare organization demand at least $30 a month per child, plus family allowances, if that organization. were to assume charge of the children?

8. Would the cost of supporting his five children therefore constitute for veteran Campbell a monthly expense of at least $125 besides the family allowances?

9. Did the minister's department give effective thought to the question, how was veteran Campbell to get $125 a month out of $117 a month which the minister's department allowed hini?

10. When veteran Campbell was discharged from Shaughnessy military hospital on August 6, was even the $117 a month cut off arbitrarily?

11. Was veteran Campbell discharged from Shaughnessy military hospital on August 6, with a cheque for approximately $20?

12. Would $16.70 of his cheque be apportioned to veteran Campbell's five children to support them and fit them up for school, leaving, of course, $3.30 to support veteran Campbell until with an iron brace on him to support an injured spine, he could take a job and receive his first pay cheque?

13. Did veteran Campbell on March 19, 1942, enlist as a member of the ground crew of the K.C.A.F.?

14. Was veteran Campbell at the time of his enlistment sound in physical health?

15. Was veteran Campbell sound economically on enlistment? That i3, was he able to work at various jobs and support his family, and was he doing so-raising a family of young Canadians for future time?

16. Was veteran Campbell upon enlistment sound mentally and emotionally? I may say to the minister and to the committee that veteran Campbell has been lacerated because of certain remarks put on his file which would seem to reflect upon his intelligence and emotional stability. This has greatly aggravated the mental anguish under which this veteran now suffers, and that is the reason for the question.

17. Was veteran Campbell injured while on military duty?

18. Of the successive incidents which resulted in further development toward veteran Campbell's present state of partial physical incapacity wrere several the result of official decisions and actions taken by various men for whose official decisions and actions the government of Canada is directly responsible?

19. For example, was it a Canadian officer before whom veteran Campbell came on sick parade on the April morning following his injury?

20. Was it a Canadian officer who on May 5, 1942, told veteran Campbell that his back was normal, and that the injury -was just a sprain, and that aircraftman Campbell could carry on with full duty?

21. Was it a Canadian officer who assigned aircraftman Campbell to work in hospital at No. 2 S.F.T.S., Uplands, Ottawa, where one of this aircraftman's duties was to wax floors?

22. Were they Canadian officers who, when aircraftman Campbell reported his condition to them, treated his reports lightly, asked him such questions as: "Where is the pain this morning?" in a partly flippant and ridiculing manner, and who treated him with physiotherapy by means of heat pads, while the aircraftman assured them that the pain was only intensified by the treatment?

23. Was it a Canadian officer who, after June 24, 1942, ordered that aircraftman Campbell be sent to Ottawa civic hospital where under the care of Doctor Young a body cast was applied to the aircraftman for four weeks, and later a body cast extending down the left leg to the ankle for eight weeks, and later more heat treatments were given?

24. Was it a Canadian officer upon whose orders aircraftman Campbell was then taken to the Daly building to Doctor J. P. S. Cathcart, psychiatrist, where he was questioned about his past life, his family and his father's family?

25. Was it through the remarks or hints of a Canadian officer that it was intimated to aircraftman Campbell by October 1, 1942 that the aircraftman would do well to seek his discharge?

26. Was it through orders of a Canadian officer that discharge papers were brought to aircraftman Campbell to sign, which papers the aircraftman refused to sign?

27. Was it through a Canadian officer's orders or hints that the padre, approximately the last of October, 1942, told aircraftman Campbell that he had been struck off strength, thereby causing aircraftman Campbell to ask for immediate discharge and to receive it on October 31, 1942?

28. Was it on order of a Canadian officer that aircraftman Campbell was transferred to Christie street hospital, from which aircraftman Campbell was discharged on December 21, 1942, and sent home to Alberta?

29. Was it on orders of a Canadian officer that Campbell was discharged from Belcher hospital, Calgary, on May 5, 1943? May I at this point observe, for the sake of hon. members who, I notice, are following my remarks closely, that it was clearly to be seen that the aircraftman was unable to do heavy physical work. And yet when he was discharged from Christie street hospital and sent home to Alberta he had no alternative but that of engaging in hard physical work such as ranching and other kinds of work he has been doing. The result was that, naturally, on account of his weakness, he became afflicted again and had to seek admission to Belcher Hospital. He was discharged from Belcher Hospital after a very few days. Of course by that hon. members can clearly see that someone representing the government needed to have his actions reviewed.

30. Was it on orders of a Canadian officer that Campbell, in his weakened condition, was denied allowances adequate to support himself and his family without going to work at heavy labour?

31. Was it through Canadian officers that Campbell was refused attention by Shaughnessy hospital when he applied for attention, (1) alone; (2) in company with the provincial president of the army and navy veterans in British Columbia, although later, after Camp-

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bell had consulted Doctor Frank Emmons, he was finally admitted to Shaughnessy hospital on January 16, 1945?

The answers are as follows:

1. Yes.

2. The Taylor Brace, which is the usual support worn for such back conditions as Mr. Campbell's, was supplied in February, 1946. Whether he was wearing this On his discharge from hospital is not known.

3. Immediately prior to discharge from hospital Mr. Campbell had been receiving hospital allowances in a total amount of $117 per month.

4. Statements by Mr. Campbell are available to the effect that his wife deserted him in December, 1942, and that a divorce was granted on February 5, 1945.

5. There is no official information but it appears that Mr. Campbell himself made arrangements to pay $25 a month for the care of each child and to supply necessary clothing.

6. The ages of Mr. Campbell's five children range from 5 to 12 years.

7. In a letter signed by Mr. Campbell dated January 29, 1946, the following appears: "I went to the Provincial Welfare and made enquiries about placing them in a foster home. I w-as told by Mr. Blanchard of the Provincial Welfare that it would cost $30 plus Family Allowance per child."

8. See answers to 5 and 7.

9. The maximum hospital allowances permissible under the regulations in Mr. Campbell's case are $117 as an in-patient or $132 as an out-patient.

10. Hospital allowances cease on discharge from treatment and consideration is given to the possible award of pension at once. See footnote.

11 and 12. On discharge from hospital, this veteran would have been paid part or all of the balance of hospital allowances standing to his credit at that time. A copy of the ledger sheet has been requested from the department's district office but has not yet been received.

13. Yes.

14. Yes, as far as may be determined from

his own history and routine enlistment medical examination. _ _

15. From information available on his R.C.A.F. documents there is nothing to indicate his economic state on enlistment. There is nothing in his interrogation or examination to show that he was unable to work at various jobs and support his family. He was supporting his family prior to enlistment by farming, according to his enlistment statement.

16. The question of being "sound mentally and emotionally" cannot be assessed, as a psychiatric record was not carried out at that time on entrance examinations.

17. Campbell was not injured on military duty in the sense of an accident. He states that, when doing physical training, he felt a "sudden snap" in his back.

18. The "successive incidents" referred to by Mr. Blaekmore do not appear on R.C.A.F. files and are not understood.

19. Veteran Campbell reported in April at No. 1 Manning Depot, Toronto, to an R.C.A.F. Medical Officer.

20. There is no R.C.A.F. record that any Medical Officer told Campbell that his back was normal on May 5, 1942.

21. No record exists of Mr. Campbell being assigned to wax floors at No. 2 S.F.T.S. Hospital. Uplands, but, in accordance with common practice, patients in hospital, who are con-

sidered capable, are assigned to carry out certain duties. This is considered helpful to their recovery.

22. No record exists of any conversation between Mr. Campbell and the Medical Officer when on sick parade in 1942.

23. An R.C.A.F. Medical Officer had Campbell transferred from Uplands to the Ottawa Civic Hospital for further investigation and treatment June 25, 1942.

24. A Medical Officer of the Department of Pensions and National Health arranged this examination by Dr. Cathcart.

25. As consultations indicated that Mr. Campbell would not be of further service in the R.C.A.F., arrangements wTere made for a medical board in October with a view to discharge.

26. Mr. Campbell signed the usual form of medical board proceedings on October 19, 1942.

27. Following his medical board 19th October,

1942, a category of "unfit for further service"

was approved. His discharge from the RCAF to the Department of Pensions and National

Health was automatic following this.

28. He was transferred to Christie street hospital on instructions by a medical officer of the Department of Pensions and National Health.

29. He w'as discharged from Colonel Belcher

hospital on instructions by a medical officer of the Department of Pensions and National

Health.

30. Out-of-work allowances were paid following application by Mr. Campbell in January,

1943, and continued with the exception of a period of seventeen days until his re-admission to hospital in April, 1943.

31. Under the provisions of the order in council establishing the treatment regulations, Mr. Campbell was not eligible for further treatment under the Department of Veterans Affairs pending special authority by head office. Upon receipt of such authority he was promptly admitted to Shaughnessy hospital.

Note.-On February 9, 1945, the Canadian Pension Commission ruled that Mr. Campbell is entitled to pension for protruded intervertebral disc. Since the date of the ruling, Mr. Campbell has been continuously under treatment and in receipt of treatment allowances until August 6, 1946. On the day of his discharge from treatment, August 6, 1946, the district office forwarded a report for pension purposes indicating a disability of 100 per cent. The first pension cheque has already been issued.

Topic:   WAYS AND MEANS
Subtopic:   VETERANS AFFAIRS
Sub-subtopic:   AIRCRAFTMAN LOWELL T. CAMPBELL-ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ASKED BY MR. BLACKMORE ON AUGUST 24
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LIB

James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. SPEAKER:

With the unanimous consent of the house the sitting is suspended until ten minutes to four.

The house resumed at 3.50 p.m.

Topic:   WAYS AND MEANS
Subtopic:   VETERANS AFFAIRS
Sub-subtopic:   AIRCRAFTMAN LOWELL T. CAMPBELL-ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ASKED BY MR. BLACKMORE ON AUGUST 24
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A message was delivered by Bonner Larose, Esquire, Acting Assistant Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, as follows: Mr. Speaker, the Honourable the Deputy Governor General desires the immediate attendance of this honourable house in the chamber of the honourable the Senate. Accordingly, Mr. Speaker with the house went up to the Senate chamber. Prorogation of Parliament In the Senate chamber, the Honourable the Deupty Governor General was pleased to give, in His Majesty's name, the royal assent to the following bills:

An Act for the relief of Marie Olivette Marthe Pepin Giguere. An Act for -the relief of Evelyn Helen Deeb Ivouri. An Act for the relief of Rose Dawson Brady. An Act for the relief of Shirley Boyd Fuller Dichow. An Act for the relief of Beatrice Emily Young Crane. An Act for the relief of Martin Thomas Walsh. An Act for -the relief of Anna Blumenthal Gillman. An Act for -the relief of Annie Solomon Birnbaum. An Act for the relief of Katherina Demidovich Zouikin. An Act for .the relief of Herbert Beat-son De Gruchy. An Act for the relief of Luc Chadillon. An Act for the relief of Mary Innocent Gorman Martin Gillean. An Act for the relief of Maui-ice Olivier Singfield. An Act for the relief of Myrtle Ethel Anderson Hamill. An Act for the relief of Allan Reginald Duncan Woolley. An Act for the relief of Ida Portnoff Clarke. An Act for -the relief of May Andria Thistle Shirres Richardson. An Act for the relief of Florence Margaret Louise Jekill Wigget-t. An Act for -the relief of Pauline Frances Beaton Bridgeman. An Act for the relief of Mildred Helen Cavers Watson. An Act for the relief of Paul Martial Chevalier. An Aot for the relief of Dorothy Catherine Benson Hunter. An Act for the relief of Pauline Francesca Evans Gladwish. An Act for the relief of Mary MacDonald Short Browne. An Act for the relief of Solomon Shulman. An Act for the relief of Robert Patrick Warren. An Act for the relief of Elsie Alvina Hirsch Sid-aw-ay. An Aot for the relief of Sadie Joseph Saikaley Charles. An Act for the relief of Arthur Corey Thomson. An Act for the relief of Jean Wilbur C-assils Dawes. An Aot for the relief of Jean St. Claire Macdonald Rou-tledge. An Act for the relief of John Anderson Hutchins. An Act for the relief of Ivy May Baylis Lariviere. An Act for the relief of Muriel Gertrude McKn-ight Carroll. An Act for the relief of Erminiia Taccani Ronearelli. An Act for the relief of Violet May Armour Smith. An Act for the relief of Beatrice Caroline Lock Norman. An Act for the relief of Blanche Belanger MuJlin. An Act for the relief of Alfred Goodman. An Act for the relief of Charles Thomson. An Aot for the relief of Hannah Green Turton. An Act for the relief of Ida Solomon Caplan. An Act for the relief of Jessie Violet Louise Stargra-tt Burton. An Act for the relief of Helen Louise Mitchell Meyer. An Act for -the relief of Donald Dale Carr-H-arris. An Act for the relief of Eugene Ernest Hubert George Colnaghi Williams Waterfield. An Aot for the relief of Gratia Lauzon Rousseau. An Aot for the relief of Laura Olive Byers Manley. An Act for the relief of Vera Gertrude Horder Fournier. An Act for -the relief of Julia Patricia Bvrne Cote. An Act for the relief of Dorothy Adelaide Grace Vennor O'Toole. An Act for the relief of Lillian Doris Howard Clark. An Aot for the relief of Helen Agnes Stuart Colt. An Act for the relief of Alma Gosselin Caribonneau. An Act for the relief of Florence Cleveland Smith das Baillets. * An Act for the relief of Florence Winnifred Dunlop Starkey. An Act for the relief of Francis John Stone. An Act for the relief of Mary McCallum McNamara. An Act for the relief of Leah Helen Shute Mam. An Aot for -the relief of Cecile Simonne Robert Turgeon. An Act for the relief of Edward Cotapschi An Act for the relief of Catherine Youn°-Rivard. " An Aot for the relief of Mary Jane Michelle Ahern de Brabant. Am Actfor the relief of Jean Ethelwyn Marshall Ross. An Act for the relief of Frank Ernest Smith An Act for the relief of Cleora Elizabeth Doyle Mastane. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Carr Johnstone. an -act. ior tne reliet ot Marie-Rose-Yvette Breton Philips. An Act for the relief of Barbara Laing Robertson MacNab. An Act for the relief of Anne Goldsmith Glick. An Act for the relief of Jean Alexandra Ougbtred Scott. An Act for the relief of Charles Horatio Baldwin. An Aot for the relief of Mary Slobodzi-an. An Act for the relief of Edward Charles McKerness. An Act for the relief of Ivy Anderson Lobb An Act for the relief of Yvonne Rachel Mayer Richard. A-n Act for the relief of Nellie Izbitsky Abracen. * An Aot for the relief of Ellen Margaret Price Gar vie. An Act for the relief of Sophie Shoob Na to vi ten. An Act for the relief of Madge Aileen Hunter Parker.

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An Act for the relief of Claire Yaroslawa Lvtwyn Pendiuk. * 'An Act for the relief of Henry Wallace A rn*Q 11 * An Act for the relief of Mary Norma Wickens BiAnrAct for the relief of Mildred Emily Rogers '^An^Act for the relief of Pauline Gregoire G AnrdAct for the relief of Marjorie Maxwell Cleghorn Pope. „ ,, . An Act for the relief of Mane Charlotte Arsenault Leonard. An Act for the relief of Joseph Alphonse Christen.^t for the rei;ef Qf Edmund Lionel H An Act for the relief of Gladys Elsie Lariviere Doyle. An Act for the relief of Ernestine Anne Lothrop MacNaughton. An Act for the relief of Irving Vengroff. An Act for the relief of Robert MalcolmDickenson. „ , , An Act for the relief of Gwendolyn Edith ^An^Aet for the relief of Bernice Mae Skidmore Weale. , „ „ _ . ,.An Act for the relief of George ChristieHenderson. . TAn Act for the relief of Mane Lauretta Eliennette (Rita) Yallerand Barraclough An Act for the relief of William Thomas Bennett. . _ _ _ _r . . -p..,. An Act for the relief of Edna Marjorie Pitts Wellington. „ „ _ . . T i n An Act for the relief of Josephine Isabelle Nicholls Broglie Geoffrion. , n , An Act for the relief of Rose Hannah Col-beck Grant. „ , „ . __ An Act for the relief of Marie-Jeanne-Augusta Clement Lajeunesse. An Act for the relief of Jeanne D Arc Guil-mette Henchey. „ _ .An Act for the relief of James ArthurAn Act for the relief of Charles Howard Alexander. ' An Act for the relief of Alfred Wade. An Act for the relief of Inga Mary Frances Hitching. , * _ ,,An Act for the relief of Harold Clayton Webb Clout. An Act for the relief of Phyllis Thorburn Rice Colby. . , „ . ^ , , , .. An Act for the relief of Fama Pustopedskai.tes Sobolevicius otherwise known as Fanny Pus-topedsky Sobolevicius. An Act for the relief of Frances Mary Fisk Irwin. . . An Act for the relief of Lilias Clark Watt J ames An Act for the relief of Michael Gibson. An Act for the relief of Azarie Trottier. An Act for the relief of Elizabeth Sharp Hamelin. , An Act for the relief of Lucille Aimee Cadieux La combe. , An Act for the relief of Mary Wetstein An Act for the relief of Brandla Lylberberg Guz. otherwise known as Bertha Silverberg An Act for the relief of Natalie Kathleen Fearon Kirouac. An Aot for the relief of Anita Spinner Starr. An Act for the relief of Fay Podolne Litwin. An Act for the relief of Gregoire (Hryhory) flyss, otherwise known as Harry Hys. An Act for the relief of James Lamb Runci- An Act for the relief of Joseph Wilfrid Lionel Anecie St. Denis. _ . „ „ ,,, An Act for the relief of Emily Kathleen Mennie Thissen. . An Act for the relief of Robert Frederick Ring. , „ An Act for the relief of Walter Vernon Lewis. An Act for the relief of Leonard Ferdman Raymond. . An Act for the relief of Mildred Cohen Share. An Act for the relief of Muriel Elizabeth Clarke Gagnon. An Act for the relief of Margaret Fern Hobbs Burns. An Act for the relief of Joseph Euclide Beau- An Act for the relief of Mary Rose Ellement Boulet. _ An Act for the relief of Jean Stewart Lavery Martin. An Act for the relief of Catherine Edith Thompson Williamson. An Act for the relief of Joseph McCafferv. An Act for the relief of Marian Pearl Dun- An Act for the relief of Dollard Charest. An Act for the relief of Kerttn Helvi Helen Fascio. Mi Act for the relief of Anne Shacket Payne. An Act for the relief of Gaston Marcel Chap-delaine. . „ . An Act for the relief of Ross David Chartier. An Act for the relief of John Boosamra. An Act for the relief of Dawz Sims. An Act respecting the Canadian Indemnity Company. An Act respecting the Canadian Fire Insurance Company. An Act relating to the Development and Control of Atomic Energy. An Act to amend the Export Credits Insurance Act. An Act to amend the Meat and Canned Foods Act. An Act to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1940. An Act respecting an income tax agreement between Canada and the United Kingdom, signed at London, in England, on the fifth day of June, 1946. An Act respecting a succession duty agreement between Canada and the United Kingdom, signed at London, in England, on the fifty day of June, 1946. An Act to amend the National Housing Act, 1944. . An Act to amend the Pension Act. An Act' to amend the Veterans' Land Act, 1942. An Act to amend the Family Allowances Act, 1944. An Act to amend the Veterans Rehabilitation Act. (university grant) An Act to amend the Veterans Rehabilitation Act. , An Act respecting civilian war pensions and allowances. An Act to amend the Federal District Commission Act, 1927. An Act to amend the Immigration Act. An Act to amend the Customs Tariff. Governor General's Speech An Act to amend the War Service Grants Act, 1944. An Act respecting allowances for war veterans and dependents. An Act respecting veterans of forces allied with Canada. An Act respecting benefits to certain persons who -were recruited in Canada by United Kingdom authorities for special duties in war areas. An Act respecting compensation for merchant seamen. An Act respecting benefits to fire fighters who served in the United Kingdom. An Act respecting benefits to certain supervisors in the auxiliary services. An Act to provide for the reinstatement in civd employment of discharged members of His Majesty's forces and other designated classes of persons. An Act respecting war crimes. An Act respecting the Toronto Harbour Commissioners. An Act to amend the Excise Act, 1934. tion'Vct'* t0 amend the Combines Investiga- . respecting loans to veterans to assist in their establishment in business or professionally. An Act respecting the Army and Navy Veterans m Canada. An Act respecting Workers Benevolent Association of Canada. An Act respecting judges of dominion and provincial Courts. An Act respecting the construction of a line of railway by Canadian National Railway Company from Barraute to Kiask Falls on the Bell river, m the province of Quebec. An Act to authorize the provision of moneys to meet certain capital expenditures made and capital indebtedness incurred by the Canadian National Railways system during the calendar year 1946, and to authorize the guarantee by His Majesty of certain securities to be issued by the Canadian National Railway Company. An Act to amend the Dominion Succession Duty Act. An Act to amend the National Emergency Transitional Powers Act, 1945. An Act to amend the Income War Tax Act. An Act respecting the control of the acquisition and disposition of foreign currency and the control of transactions involving foreign currency or non-residents. . yT-,to establish the Canadian Commercial Corporation. An Act to amend the Excess Profits Tax Act, An Act to amend the Special War Revenue Act. An Act to amend the Militia Pension Act. To these bills the royal assent was pronounced by the Clerk of the Senate in the following words: In His Majesty's name the Deputy Governor General doth bills. Honourable the assent to these Then the Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons addressed the Honourable the Deputy Governor General as follows: May it please Your Honour: The Commons of Canada have voted supplies required to enable the government to defray certain expenses of the public service. In the name of the commons, I present to rour Honour the following bill: An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of money for the. public service for the financial year ending the 31st March, 1947. To which bill I humbly request Your Honour s assent. To this bill the Clerk of the Senate, by command of the Honourable the Deputy Governor General did thereupon say: In His Majesty's name, the Honourable the Deputy Governor General thanks his loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence, and assents to this bill.

After which the Honourable the Deputy Governor General was pleased to close the second session of the twentieth parliament of the Dominion of Canada with the following speech: Honourable Members of the Senate, Members of the House of Commons: A year has passed since hostilities ceased with the surrender of Japan. The world is but slowly emerging from the turmoil and ravages ot war. lhe domestic problems of individual nations have become inseparably linked with the problems of all nations. Of international problems, the world shortage ot food has caused the greatest immediate concern. It is a source of gratification to the people ot Canada to know that our country has provided over one-fifth of the supply of food to relieve the greatest famine in human History. The government has continued to give P™itlCn expression to the wholehearted desire ol the Canadian people to relieve human suffer-qmlitjv tori*'r'')ul't' 1° international tran- My ministers are continuing their efforts to restore and expand peace-time markets for the surplus production of our country. In the period of transition, exports to our war-time allies have been financed in part by credits voted by parliament. In accordance with this policy you have approved a financial agreement with the United Kingdom and made a further amendment to the Export Credit Insurance Act A bountiful crop, which will help in meeting tile demand for food, now seems assured. An agreement has been made with the United Kingdom for the marketing of our wheat. The wheat agreement, with agreements for the marketing of other foodstuffs already in opera-turn, will greatly assist the government in its policy ox maintaining stable prices for agricultural products. 6 The demand, both at home and abroad, for Canadian manufactures has never been greater Production at a hkjh level is required both to meet this demand and to check inflationary pressure on prices. The war-time battle against inflation has been continued with substantial success through the period ot transition. Despite gradual measures of decontrol, and a shift to a selective price ceiling, the rise of prices has been held well

Governor General's Speech in check. To this end, a most important step was the restoration of exchange parity with the United States dollar. The conversion of our war industries to peacetime production has been achieved_ more smoothly and speedily and with less dislocation than might have been expected. Opportunities for employment have been maintained at a nigh level and the transfer to civilian occupations of displaced war workers and demobilized veterans is being accomplished swiftly and effectively. In recent weeks essential production has been slowed down, and the dangers of inflation increased, by stoppages of work in certain key industries. My ministers endorse the view ot the standing committee on industrial relations that continued price control is only possible with a reasonable measure of wage control, the government is firmly convinced that the exeicise of moderation and restraint by all parties is essential to the satisfactory adjustment of labour disputes and the maintenance of the high leiel of production without which there cannot be ample opportunities for employment. The repatriation of the armed forces is now virtually completed. It is anticipated that the wives and children of veterans will almost all have been brought to Canada by the close ol the present year. The demobilization of the wartime army, navy and air force is likewise practically 'accomplished. Foundations "ave been laid for the permanent peace-time deience forces. A series of measures relating to war veterans has been enacted, with the object of making provision for the veterans, and for the dependents of the fallen, worthy of the service and sacrifice of Canada's armed forces. In Canada, as in other countries, the housing shortage has grown more acute since the end of the war, despite the provision of a large supplj of new housing. In order to increase the efficiency of governmental action, the responsibility for housing has been largely concentrated in one minister of the crown The National Housing Act has been amended to expand facilities for the provision of housing. The British North America Act has been amended by the United Kingdom parliament m accordance with the request contained in.a joint address adopted by both houses of parliament. The amendment will have the effect of maintaining more effectively the historic principle of representation by population, m the representation of the people in the House o Commons. , .„ , You have enacted a measure to clarity and define Canadian citizenship and to make it the distinctive status of the people of this country. The Immigration Act has also been amended to bring it into conformity with the revised definition of Canadian citizenship. Other hills enacted include measures respecting the armed forces, the development and control of atomic energy, the National Research Council, the Department of External Affairs, the operation of crown companies, the Exchequer Court, the remuneration of judges, the investigation of combines, foreign exchange control, unemployment insurance, war crimes and the Federal District Commission. The dominion-provincial conference resumed its meetings on April 25, and adjourned on May 3. The conference not haying reached unanimous agreement, proposals in respect to taxation were subsequently made which could be accepted by the provinces individually. These proposals have been accepted m principle by three provincial governments. I relimmary discussions are under way with certain other provinces. It is hoped that ultimately general agreement embracing all the provinces may be concluded. Your approval has been given to the membership of Canada in the world health organization and in the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization. Canada has continued to give the utmost support to the various agencies of the united nations. Early in the session, the Prime Minister visited the United Kingdom to join in consultations on matters of common concern with the Prime Ministers or their representatives of other nations of the British commonwealth. Canada is represented at the conference convoked to consider the treaties of peace with Italy and the axis satellites of southern and eastern Europe which opened its proceedings in Paris on July 29, by a delegation presided over, at the outset, by the Prime Minister. Members of the House of Commons: I thank you for the provision you have made for all essential services. _ The further measures of relief from the wartime burden of taxation to be effected at_ the beginning of the new year will be cordially welcomed. Honourable Members of the Senate: Members of the House of Commons: May Divine Providence bless your deliberations and guide the nations in the establishment of a just and durable peace. This concluded the second session of the twentieth parliament.

August 31, 1946