Yea.

Mr. SPEAKER:

Those against will please say "nay".

Nay.

Mr. SPEAKER:

In my opinion the "yeas" have it. Call in the members.

Mr. SPEAKER put the question as follows:

The question before the house is an appeal from the Speaker's ruling. Mr. Ilsley moved, seconded by Mr. Mackenzie, the following motion:

That the Speaker do now leave the chair for the house to resolve itself into committee of the whole to consider the following resolution:

That it is expedient to introduce a measure to provide for the continuation of certain orders and regulations of the governor in council for a limited period during the national emergency arising out of the war and to provide therein that the governor in council may appoint and fix the compensation of the officers, clerks and employees necessary for the administration of any order or regulation continued in force by the Act and further to provide that certain officers, clerks and employees may continue to perform the duties for which they yrere previously appointed.

Mr. Coldwell moved, seconded by Mr. Maclnnis, in amendment:

That Mr. Speaker do not now leave the-chair but that it be resolved that in the opinion of this house the headlong decontrol policy of the government has depressed the standard of living of the people, threatens the country with economic chaos, and is surrendering the future of Canada to profiteering and monopoly

And be it further resolved that in the opinion of this house the government should give immediate consideration to the introduction of a system of orderly and democratic controls so as to provide stable price levels and equitable price relationships in order to eliminate the injustices which now exist and to arrest the rapidly rising cost of living.

I declared the amendment out of order, and I based my ruling on standing order 50, which reads as follows:

A motion to refer a bill, resolution or any other question to the committee of the whole, or any standing or special committee shall preclude all amendment of the main question.

The house divided on the question: Shall

the Speaker's decision be sustained? And the decision of the chair was sustained on the following division:

++YEAS

Messrs:

Abbott Gibson (Hamilton

Arsenault West)

Ashby Gingues

Aylesworth Gladstone

Baker Glen

Barrett Golding

Beaudoin Gour (Russell)

Belzile Gourd (Chapleau)

Benidickson Grant

Bertrand (Prescott) Green

Black (Chateauguay- Hackett

Huntingdon) Hamel

Black (Cumberland) Harris (Grey-Bruce)

Black (Yukon) Hazen

Blackmore Healy

Blair Heon

Blanchette Hlynka

Boivin Hodgson

Bonnier Ilsley

Bourget Isnor

Bracken Jackman

Bradette Jean

Bradshaw Johnston

Breithaupt Jutras

Bridges Kidd

Brooks Kuhl

Brown LaCroix

Brunelle Lafontaine

Cardiff Lalonde

Case Langlois

Casselman Lapointe

Charlton Leger

Chevrier Lennard

Church Lesage

Claxton Low

Cloutier McCann

Cote (Matapedia- McCulloch (Pictou)

Matane) Macdonald (Brantford

Cote (St. Johns-Iber- City)

ville-N apierville) McDonald (Parry

Cote (Verdun) Sound

Cournoyer Macdonnell (Muskoka-

Coyle Ontario)

Cruickshank McGarry

Dechene McGregor

Denis Mcllraith

Desmond Mclvor

Dion (Lake St. John- Mackenzie

Roberval) MacKinnon

Dionne (Beauce) MacLean

Douglas McLure

Emmerson McMaster

Eudes MaeNaught

Fair MaeNicol

Ferguson Marier

Fleming Marquis

Fontaine Marshall

Fournier (Hull) Martin

Fournier (Maison- Matthews (Brandon)

neuve-Rosemont) Maybank

Fraser Menary

Fulton Merritt

Gagnon Michaud

Gardiner Miller

Gariepy Mitchell

Gauthier (Portneuf) Mullins

Gibson (Comox- Mutch

Alberni) Nixon

Veterans Affairs-Housing

Pearkes Sinnott

Pouliot Skey

Power Stuart (Charlotte)

Quelch Timmins

Raymond (Wright) Tremblay

Reid Tucker

Richard (Gloucester) Tustin

Richard (Ottawa Viau

East) Warren

Ross (Hamilton East) Webb

Ross (St. Paul's) Weir

Ross (Souris) White (Middlesex

Rowe East)

St. Laurent Whitman

Senn Winkler

Sinclair (Ontario) Winters-156.

NAYS Messrs:

Archibald McCullough (Assini-

Bentley boia)

Bowerman Maclnnis

Bryce McKay

Burton Matthews (Kootenay

Campbell East)

Castleden Nicholson

Coldwell Probe

Hansell Herridge Irvine J aenicke Stewart (Winnipeg North) Strum, Mrs.

Knight Townley-Smith

Knowles Wright

McCuaig Zaplitny-26.

On motion of Mr. Hansell the debate was adjourned.

On motion of Mr. Mackenzie the house adjourned at 11.05 p.m.

Friday, March 21, 1947