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February 11, 1947

STANDING COMMITTEES

AGRICULTURE AND COLONIZATION

Right Hon. IAN A. MACKENZIE (Minister of Veterans Affairs) presented the first report of the special committee appointed to prepare and report lists of members to compose the standing committees of the house, as follows: Your committee recommends that the standing committee on agriculture and colonization consist of the following members: Messrs. Argue, Arsenault, Barrett, Beaudoin, Belzile, Bentley, Bertrand (Prescott), Black (Cumberland), Black (Huntingdon), Bryce, 83166-201 Burton, Cardiff, Charlton, Clark. Cloutier, Cote (Matapedia-Matane), Coyle, Cruickshank, Deehene, Desmond, Diefenbaker, Douglas, Drope, Dubois, Fair, Farquhar, Fontaine, Gagnon, Gardiner, Gibson (Comox-Alberni), Golding, Gour, Hackett, Halle, Harkness, Harris (Grey-Bruce), Hatfield, Jutras, Kirk, Lapalme, Laurendeau, Leger, Lesage, Matthews (Brandon), McCubbin, McGarry, MeLure, Menary, Michaud, Quelch, Ross (Souris), Senn, Sinnott, Townley-Smith, Tucker, Warren, Webb, Whitman, Wright and Wylie. He said: I understand that the members have been agreed upon by all parties in the house. Mr. MACKENZIE moved that the report be concurred in.
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Mr. COLD WELL@

May I ask when we may expect the list of the other committees? The same situation may arise in regard to them as arose in the house yesterday.

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Subtopic:   AGRICULTURE AND COLONIZATION
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Ian Alistair Mackenzie (Minister of Veterans Affairs; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Liberal Party House Leader)

Liberal
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Mr. MACKENZIE:

We are pressing all we can and I hope the list will be ready during the week. We certainly are not losing any time in getting the views of all parties in the house, including our own.

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Subtopic:   AGRICULTURE AND COLONIZATION
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Motion agreed to.

POWERS OP COMMITTEE

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Ian Alistair Mackenzie (Minister of Veterans Affairs; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Liberal Party House Leader)

Liberal
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Mr. MACKENZIE moved:

That the standing committee on agriculture and colonization be empowered to examine and inquire into all such matters and things as may be referred to them by the house, and to report from time to time their observations and opinions thereon, with power to send for persons, papers and records.

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Motion agreed to.

REPORTS AND PAPERS

LIB

Humphrey Mitchell (Minister of Labour)

Liberal
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Hon. HUMPHREY MITCHELL (Minister of Labour):

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table copy of P.C. 401, dated February 3, 1947, rescinding the appointment of Mr. F. B. Kilbourn, of Montreal, as controller of the Steel Company of Canada, Limited, Hamilton, the Algoma Steel Corporation, Limited, Sault Ste. Marie, and the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, Limited, Sydney, Nova Scotia. The custody and control of the properties of these companies were revested in the companies as of that date.

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PRIVILEGE

MR. IRVINE-REFERENCE TO ARTICLE IN "GLOBE AND MAIL" REPORTING COMMONS PROCEEDINGS

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William Irvine

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
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Mr. WILLIAM IRVINE (Cariboo):

Mr. Speaker, I desire to raise a question of privilege concerning the hon. members of this house. It has to do with a matter of the inaccurate reporting of yesterday's proceed-

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ings of parliament. The report appears on the front page of the Globe and Mail, under the heading, "Confusion in Commons After Bracken Motion Forces First Division". Then the leader goes on to say:

In the first division of the present session, the government was upheld late today by a vote of 108 to 41, forced by a resolution submitted by Opposition Leader John Bracken.

That is the point, Mr. Speaker. In the first place, the government was not upheld, because the government was not involved. It was really a vote of confidence in the Speaker, following a challenge of his ruling. In the second place, the motion of the leader of the opposition was never voted on at all; therefore the action of the government was not challenged. In the third place, there was no confusion except in the mind of the writer of this report.

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Subtopic:   MR. IRVINE-REFERENCE TO ARTICLE IN "GLOBE AND MAIL" REPORTING COMMONS PROCEEDINGS
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REDISTRIBUTION

INQUIRY AS TO INTRODUCTION OF BILL

On the orders of the day:
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John Bracken (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. JOHN BRACKEN (Leader of the Opposition):

I should like to direct a question to the Prime Minister. In the past there have been considerable delays in dealing with redistribution, resulting in quite a scramble at the end of the session. I am sure that hon. members on the other side of the house as well as on this side would like to avoid that. Can the Prime Minister say mow when the government proposes to introduce the redistribution bill?

Topic:   REDISTRIBUTION
Subtopic:   INQUIRY AS TO INTRODUCTION OF BILL
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LIB

William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister; President of the Privy Council)

Liberal
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Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister):

May I say to my hon. friend that the bill will be introduced this week.

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UNITED NATIONS

February 11, 1947