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May 4, 1948

RADIO AND AERONAUTICS

TRANSFER OF CERTAIN DUTIES TO MINISTER OF TRANSPORT

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):

Mr. Speaker, I should like to table order in council P C. 2013, of May 4, 1948, under the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act, transferring certain powers, duties and functions vested in the Minister of Reconstruction and Supply with respect to civil aviation, meteorological and radio services under the Radio and Aeronautics acts to the Minister of Transport.

Topic:   RADIO AND AERONAUTICS
Subtopic:   TRANSFER OF CERTAIN DUTIES TO MINISTER OF TRANSPORT
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SPECIAL COMMITTEES

VETERANS AFFAIRS-CHANGE OF PERSONNEL

LIB

Lionel Chevrier (Minister of Transport)

Liberal
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Hon. LIONEL CHEVRIER (Minister of of Transport) moved:

That the name of Mr. Baker be substituted for that of Mr. Tremblay on the special committee on veterans affairs.

Topic:   SPECIAL COMMITTEES
Subtopic:   VETERANS AFFAIRS-CHANGE OF PERSONNEL
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Motion agreed to.

DOMINION ELECTIONS ACT-CHANGE OF PERSONNEL

LIB

Colin William George Gibson (Secretary of State of Canada)

Liberal
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Hon. COLIN GIBSON (Secretary of State) moved:

That the name of Mr. Harris (Grey-Bruce) be substituted for that of Mr. Robinson (Sim-coe East) on the special committee to consider amendments to the Dominion Elections Act.

Topic:   DOMINION ELECTIONS ACT-CHANGE OF PERSONNEL
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Motion agreed to.

EXCISE ACT AMENDMENT

ASSESSMENT OF DUTT ON MALT RECEIVED INTO BREWERIES

Hon. J. J. McCANN (Minister of National Revenue) moved for leave to introduce Bill No. 228, to amend the Excise Act, 1934. He said: This bill to amend the Excise Act, 1934, is designed primarily as an economy measure. For many years past, malt has been subject to duty at the point of production, that is the malt-houses. It is now proposed to assess the duty as the malt is received at the brewery. The cost of administration is greatly in excess of what it will be if we do not attempt to collect the excise tax on all malt 5849-227 and then make refunds to those who use it in industry. None of these uses in industry, other than in the breweries, has ever yielded any federal revenue. It is believed that the control heretofore exercised should now be relinquished. This has been the experience in other countries, and Canada is the only English-speaking country, so far as is known, that maintains this system. This bill, therefore, is designed to remove that control and to place it at the point where the revenue actually accrues, namely at the breweries, and to amend the Excise Act to bring this into effect. Motion agreed to and bill read the first time.

CUSTOMS ACT AMENDMENT

PROVISION TO GIVE EFFECT TO UNDERTAKINGS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

Hon. J. J. McCANN (Minister of National Revenue) moved for leave to introduce Bill No. 229, to amend the Customs Act. He said: Mr. Speaker, this bill is designed to give effect to undertakings embodied in the general agreement on tariffs and trade adopted at the conclusion of the second session of the preparatory committee of the united nations conference on trade and employment, especially article VII of the said agreement. This article defines principles for the determination of stabilized customs valuation which the signatory countries undertake to accord to importations of goods from each other. The bill revises or deletes such sections of the existing law as are repugnant to the agreement, and also removes certain sections which, by reason of changes in conditions, have become obsolete. Motion agreed to and bill read the first time.

NATIONAL THEATRE

INQUIRY AS TO SUPPORT FOR ESTABLISHMENT IN CANADA

On the orders of the day: Mr. H. 0. WHITE (Middlesex East): I should like to direct a question to the Prime Minister. Inasmuch as the London Little Theatre group and one of its players have won top awards at the recent dominion drama festival in Ottawa, thus establishing London, Ontario, as the cultural capital of Canada, Inquiries oj the Ministry

will the Prime Minister lend his support to the establishment of a national theatre and a national library?

May 4, 1948