Fifth and sixth reports of the standing committee on banking and commerce.-Mr. Rinfret.
1. How many agronomists or agrologists or technical agriculturists are in the employ of the Department of Agriculture of Canada, in each province?
2. What is the total amount of salaries paid to such employees, in each province?
(Questions answered orally are indicated by an asterisk).
1. By years since 1940, how much barley was exported to the United States, and for what portion were export permits granted?
2. By years (or months or any convenient period therein) how much per bushel was charged for these permits?
1. Exports of barley to the United States:
Calendar Year Bushels
1941 2.608,273
1942 7,390,389
1943 44.631.379
1944 40,695,503
1945 17,812,456
1946 5,258,640
1947 120,074
January to April, 1948 .. 194,923
On August 25,1941, barley came under export control and a permit was required for all exports.
2. A fee of $2 was charged for all export permits, regardless of commodity, until May, 1946, when the practice was discontinued and permits were granted free. An equalization fee, however, was placed on barley in 1943, and the following table indicates the amount of equalization payment which was recovered on exports of barley.
1943 Bushels Value
April 1 to July 31 27,793,942 $ 456,642 83
Crop Year
1943- 44 27,032,5361944- 45 38,576,6271945- 46 525,8641946- 47 3,808,872
August 1, 1947, to
May 26, 1948 552,357
11,466,120 47 17,617,559 78 240,929 85 2,958,122 35
377,348 21
1. 2.
Prince Edward Island
19 $ 62,040Nova Scotia
46 146,460New Brunswick
50 158,760Quebec
138 437,460Ontario
280 878,780Headquarters (Ottawa-Hull). 299 1,119,140Manitoba
121 393,660Saskatchewan
131 421,880Alberta
132 426,240British Columbia
134 421,680Northwest Territories
1 3,720Total 1,351 $4,469,820
(annual salary)
Mr. BLACK (Yukon):
What are the names of the companies and individuals -who the Acting Minister of Mines and Resources states have already made substantial investments in mining in the Yukon and are interested in its development in the future and who are unable to ascertain the limits of the properties that can be secured either by purchase or staking referred to in the notices sent to the owners of unsurveyed mineral claims in Yukon 'by the mining recorders of Yukon on instructions of the Minister of Mines and Resources?
Mr. MacKINNON:
Mr. Speaker, may I answer this question orally? It is not customary, nor, except under most unusual circumstances, is it appropriate, to make public reference by name to persons who communicate with departmental officials on matters of private concern. To violate this procedure might result in the disclosure of the personal and business interests of individuals or companies in a way that would be unnecessarily detrimental without serving any valid public purpose. In the present instance it is felt that the publication of the names of the persons and companies involved would not result in
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any public benefit, but would be an unwarranted disclosure of documents which it would not be appropriate, nor in accord with official policy, to publish.
The question of substance involved in this matter has been fully answered in earlier replies to questions asked by the hon. member for Yukon.
Mr. BLACK (Yukon):
Perhaps I might speak, on a question of privilege. The minister says that to answer the question would not be in the public interest. It would be more appropriate to say that it would not be* in the interests of some private institutions, and the minister knows it.
1. Have there been any negotiations with the governments of Britain or the United States, with reference to the bases which the latter country was granted for a 99 years lease by Britain during the battle of the Atlantic, with a view to having this lease cancelled and charged to lease-lend, as is proposed?
2. What action is being taken in the matter, or are any conferences being held in relation to the same?
Mr. ST. LAURENT:
1. The Canadian government has not taken part in any negotiations on this subject and is not aware of any negotiations.
2. The Canadian government is not taking any action in this matter and is not aware that any conferences are being held in relation to it.
1. What is the number of Indians under treatment for tuberculosis in each province?
2. How does this compare with the number under treatment ten years ago?
3. Is the present level of treatment considered adequate?
1. As at December 31,1947:
Yukon 15
Northwest Territories 76
British Columbia 441
Alberta 269
Saskatchewan 97
Manitoba 298
Ontario 243
Quebec 74
New Brunswick 5
Nova Scotia 22
Prince Edward Island 4
1,544
2, In 1938 there were less than 200 Indians under treatment for tuberculosis.
3. No. There are approximately 900 deaths per annum from tuberculosis among Indians. It is considered by competent authorities that for a fully adequate program there should be three patients under treatment for each death per annum; in other words that an efficient survey program would find about 2,700 cases requiring treatment.