Mr. George A. Drew (Leader of ihe Opposition):

Mr. Speaker, I feel sure that all members will welcome the presentation of this plan, and will hope that some results may ultimately flow from it. One can only express regret that it should be presented at this time when there is no opportunity

to discuss it during the life of the present government. I feel sure, however, that members will welcome the opportunity to examine the plans and to prepare themselves to discuss them when a new government is formed.

Mr. W. H. Winkler (Lisgar) moved

that Bill No. 236, for the relief of Jessie Kathleen Batiste Latter, reported to the house this day, be placed on today's order paper for consideration in committee of the whole.

Mr. L. E. Baker (Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence):

On

behalf of the Secretary of State for External Affairs I desire to table the report, in both English and French, of the Canadian delegation to the third session of the conference of UNESCO at Beirut from the 17th of November to the 11th of December, 1948.

Right Hon. L. S. St. Laurent (Prime Minister):

After the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Agriculture had stated yesterday that approximately 2,500,000 pounds of No. 1 creamery butter had been purchased by the dairy products board, the hon. member for Stanstead (Mr. Hackett) asked a supplementary question as to where the butter to which the parliamentary assistant had just made reference was purchased, and as to the full quantity now held by the government. As of April 27, 1949, the total quantity was 2,562,560 pounds. This butter has been purchased from creamery operators and the trade in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

1. What was the expenditure on the South Saskatchewan river dam and irrigation project in each of the years 1946, 1947 and 1948?

2. What is the estimated expenditure thereon for 1949, with a breakdown showing how computed?

1. Prior to 1946

$117,308.001946- 1947

176,629.061947- 1948

120,532.671948- 1949 (to end of February) 119,736.522. $2 million.

All work necessary to obtaining water rights, proving lands which may be irrigated, providing information upon which power utilization may be based, and all detailed engineering necessary to the letting of contracts.

1. During the calendar year 1948, how many Canadian citizens were searched by officials or agents of, or acting on behalf of the foreign exchange control board at (a) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; (b) St. Stephen, New Brunswick?

2. How much money was obtained at each of such ports as a result of such searches?

Mr. McCann:

The answer to this question is not immediately available, but will be available later today. If the question can be taken as answered, I will undertake to give the answer to the hon. member, and also to see that a copy is made available for publication in Hansard.

1. Have any moneys been paid under the Department of Health and Welfare grants for the purpose of new construction of or additions to nurses homes?

2. If so, what were the amounts of such payments, and to what institutions and in what provinces were they granted?