1. Since the National Housing Act was passed in 1944 have any requests been made by municipalities for assistance with low-rental housing projects by (a) legislation to provide loans directly to municipal housing authorities; (b) legislation to provide rent-reduction subsidies to such authorities; (c) legislation or regulation to provide loans to local, non-profit housing corporations; (d) legislation or regulation to provide rent-reduction funds to local, non-profit housing corporations?

2. If so, by what municipalities?

3. What arrangements, if any, arising out of such requests, have been made to enable the carrying on of low-rental housing projects within such municipalities?

Questions

Mr. McILRAlTH: The answer to this question in its present form would disclose no information, but there is some information relating generally to the subject and I have arranged for this to be made available to the hon. member, who may be agreeable to dropping the question on that understanding.

Question dropped.

1. Did Canada export any soap during each of the years 1944, 1945 and 1946?

2. If so, what quantities were exported and to what countries?

Mr. MacKINNON:

1 and 2. See statement attached.

Statement showing Canadian exports by countries, of soap during the calendar years

1944, 1945 Toilet soap

Country 1944 Lb. 1945 Lb.United Kingdom .... 266,300 143,981Eire

Br. East Africa 3,600 Br. South Africa .... 12,584 Southern Rhodesia . . 10,407Gambia 456 Gold Coast 949Sierra Leone 462 Bermuda 16,332 68,645British India 26,475 535Ceylon 52,968 23,965Sts. Settlements Br. Guiana 73,075 190.358Br. Honduras 55,558 104,878Br. Sudan Barbados 149,845 103,543Jamaica 237,104 487.890Trinidad 490,806 346.924Br. W. Indies, other. 312,874 254.461Hong Kong Malta i20 Newfoundland 475.072 435.168Australia 18.200Palestine 15.666 1,300Austria Argentina 96Belgian Congo 31.620 85,302Chile

Costa Rica

Cuba 36 i 95Czechoslovakia 759.960Egypt 174,885 3.286France 25.068 13,064French Africa 30,895 French Oceania 92 St. Pierre & Miq. . . . 0.658 6.355Germany 1,700Greece 338.555Hayti 13,059 18,568Iceland 95Iraq 9.180 Italy 48.588 17.485Italian Africa Mexico Neth. Guiana 23.603 13,754Neth. West Indies . . 22.000Panama 26,625 20,813Poland 636.240Soviet Union Alaska

Venezuela Yugoslavia 315,055United States 403 78Totals 2,579,343 4,443,805

ind 1946

Soap, other than toilet1946 1944 1945 1946Lb. Lb. Lb. Lb.226,748 2.10060 7,200 112,i20 3,079 4,081 3,888 1,800 - ::::18.557 134,i39 132,648, 39,319 31,500 20,000 630 276,369 254.457 113,150 147,285156,404 6,055 26.428 31,675979 49,198 163,300 16.539 23.503271,325 20.144 34,138 27,842411.639 278.738 240.561 185.427234.149 498,620 623.356 506,163390 529,788 255,455 2,458.752 3,065.146 2,215.i60'396 14.062 1,971,80053,923 131 410 100,020 5,546.674 2.017.63441,289 9,000 13.725 102.424 744.793 213,167 380,444 8,018 42.377 21.865 52.88031.335 40S [DOT] 8162.794,168 514,80038.559 3,055.575 3.033,553 1.944.35012.625 5 36,000 4,230 231,720 417,868 3,243.819 1,256,0803,700 100 5,73015,454 87,342 93,344 71.63645,324 57,413 543.458 304,97011.251 18.562 2.500 80,700 8.162.218 1.699.20015.440 108.13050 3360 1008.767.323 4.283,3513,163 6.080 2,942 4712,398,995 7,880,148 37,899,069 17,503,826

Questions

1. What is the highest and lowest price at which the wheat hoard has sold class 2 wheat since November 1. 1946, and what were the dates of such sales?

2. How many bushels of said wheat were sold during the said period? To which countries were such sales made and the amounts sold to each respectively?

1. Highest price at which wheat board sold class 2 wheat since November 1, 1946 (to April 23, 1947) ;

March 27, 1947-No. 3 Amber Durum $3.01 per bushel, basis in store Fort William/Port Arthur;

Lowest price at which wheat board sold class 2 wheat since November 1, 1946 (to April 23, 1947);

December 2, 1946-No. 4 Northern $2.11 per bushel, basis in store Fort William/Port Arthur. .

2. Sales of class 2 wheat November 1, 1946 to April 23, 1947 8.310,233 bushels; Countries to which sold as follows;

Bushels

Antigua 44

Barbados 633

Belgium 1,975,191

Brazil 345,100

Br. S. Africa 539,257

Colombia [DOT] 7,466

Ecuador 166

Eire 204,361

France 698,459

Jamaica 11,728

Netherlands 2,352,435

Newfoundland 798

Norway 1,157,521

Peru 11,200

Portugal 655,180

St. Pierre 641

St. Vincent 25

Switzerland 335,462

Trinidad 2,704

United States 4,661

Total 8,303,032

2. If so, has consideration been given to such representations, and what is the present status of the matter?

1. No such representations have been received on behalf of veterans who served in the forces of His Majesty's allies in world war I and in the Canadian forces in world war II.

2. Answered by No. 1.

1. Are women now being recruited in Europe by the Labour Department of the Canadian government? If so, for what purpose?

2. On what basis are they being selected?

3. What agencies are being used to make the selections?

4. What standards are being established for the employment of these women in regard to (a) wages; (b) hours; (c) working conditions; (d) training in Canada?

1. No.

2, 3 and 4. Answered by No. 1.

1. Is any lumber being held by the government in the yards of the John B. Smith Company, Toronto?

2. If so, for what purpose is it being held?

3. When will any of this lumber be released for sale?

1. No.

2, 3 and 4. Answered by No. 1.

1. Has the Indian reserve or land held for Indians in Pietou county, Nova Scotia, been taken over recently by the government or sold to private parties?

2. If so, what acreage, what price was received and who were the purchasers?

1. No.

2. Answered by No. 1.

1. Have any representations been received by the government calling for an amendment to the War Veterans' Allowance Act so as to include within its provisions, as a matter of right, all veterans who served in any of the allied forces in the first great war, and who served in the Canadian forces during the second great war, and are now permanent residents of Canada?