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PRIVILEGE

MR. IS NOR-REFERENCE TO RETURN WITH RESPECT TO INCREASES IN FREIGHT RATES

Mr. GORDON B. ISNOR (Halifax): Mr. Speaker, I rise. to a question of privilege in regard to a return, sessional paper 119E, to an order of the House of Commons dated April 26, 1948, which reads in part as follows: Based on the volume of freight traffic and the cost of operations in 1947, what percentage increase in freight rates was necessary to bring about an even balance sheet- (a) to the Canadian National Railways; (b) to the Canadian Pacific Railway? The Minister of Transport (Mr. Chevrier) in his statement on May 4, when tabling the return, said that he would include the exhibits covering the operations of both railways. I draw your attention, Mr. Speaker, to the fact that the exhibits cover only the years up to 1946. Since the return is incomplete, it is not satisfactory. I would ask that a return for 1947, on which the increased freight rates were based, be supplied in connection with this return.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

INDIAN ACT-THIRD REPORT

Third report of the special joint committee on the Indian Act-Mr. Brown.

DOMINION ELECTIONS ACT-CONCURRENCE IN FIRST REPORT

Mr. W. E. HARRIS (Grey-Bruce) presented the first report of the special committee on the Dominion Elections Act, 1938, and moved that the report be concurred in. Motion agreed to.

RAILWAYS, CANALS AND TELEGRAPH LINES-FIRST AND SECOND REPORTS-CONCURRENCE IN SECOND REPORT

Mr. L. R. BEAUDOIN (Vaudreuil-Soulanges) presented the first and second reports of the standing committee on railways, canals and telegraph lines, and moved that the second report be concurred in. Motion agreed to.

PRIVATE BILLS

FIRST READINGS-SENATE BILLS

Bill No. 230, for the relief of Hazel Violet Camp Mace.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 231, for the relief of Ada Elizabeth Jeffries Heinz.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 232, for the relief of Mabel Findlay Turner Rollo.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 233, for the relief of Anna Dagmar Dahl.-Mr. Timmins. Bill No. 234, for the relief of Florence Evelyn White Marshall.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 235, for the relief of Kathryn Mae Richardson Rowe.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 236, for the relief of Margaret Dawson Jamieson Turnbull McKay.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 237, for the relief of Margaret Elizabeth Dunn Vezina.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 238, for the relief of Elizabeth Craig Blair.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 239, for the relief of Charles Henry Kennell.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 240, for the relief of Muriel Frances Pratt Fiddes.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 241, for the relief of Leah Zeiger Rudenko.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 242, for the relief of Ruth Harris. -Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 243, for the relief of Eva Booth Morrison McCormick.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 244, for the relief of Naomi Evelyn Masterangelo Rosenstein.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 245, for the relief of Jean Lauder Rutledge.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 246, for the relief of Henry George Chartier.-Mr. Maybank. Bill No. 247, for the relief of Francis Russell Stone.-Mr. Maybank.

QUESTIONS

(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk.)

WAR ASSETS CORPORATION

PC

Mr. FLEMING:

Progressive Conservative

Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

1. What were the results of operations of war assets corporation for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1948, under the following headings:

(a) gross sales; (b) direct costs; (c) net sales; (d) administrative expenses; (e) net proceeds from sales; (f) miscellaneous revenue; (g) total

Questions

net return; (h) number of employees at commencement of the fiscal year; (i) number of employees at the close of the fiscal year?

2. What were the total results of operations of war assets corporation for the years 1944 to 1948 under the same headings?

Topic: QUESTIONS
Subtopic: WAR ASSETS CORPORATION

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LIB

Mr. McILRAITH: (Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Trade and Commerce; Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Reconstruction and Supply)

Liberal

Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

1. The corporation, is not in a position to answer this question as the information has not yet been compiled for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1948.

2. July 12, 1944 to March 31, 1947:

(a) Cross sales $353,200,032.12

(b) Direct costs 43,957,219.86

(c) Net sales $309,242,812.26

Id) Administrative expenses.. 14,408,945.49

(e) Net proceeds from sales. $294,833,866.77

(f) Miscellaneous revenue .. 8,622.05(g) Total net return

$294,842,488.82(h) Number of employees at commencement

of the fiscal years:

April 1, 1944 Nil.

(Corporation commenced operations July 12, 1944.)

April 1, 1945 944

April 1, 1946 5,416

April 1, 1947 8,803

(i) Number of employees at the close of the

fiscal years:

March 31, 1945 944

March 31, 1946 5,416

March 31, 1947 8,803

March 31, 1948 3,217

Note: Figures do not include guards supplied by Canadian corps of commissionaires.

Topic: QUESTIONS
Subtopic: WAR ASSETS CORPORATION

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DOMINION COAL BOARD

CCF

Mr. McCULLOUGH (Assiniboia):

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)

Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

1. What are the names of the personnel of the dominion coal board?

2. What were their former business connections, if any (a) in Canada; (b) in the United States?

3. What are their present business connections, if any (a) in Canada; (b) in the United States?

Topic: QUESTIONS
Subtopic: DOMINION COAL BOARD

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