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June 6, 1950

DEFINITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS

LIB

Clarence Decatur Howe (Minister of Trade and Commerce)

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Right Hon. C. D. Howe (Minister of Trade and Commerce) moved

the first reading of Bill No. 265 (from the Senate) respecting the units of electrical and photometric measure.

Motion agreed to and bill read the first time.

Topic:   ELECTRICAL AND PHOTOMETRIC UNITS
Subtopic:   DEFINITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON WEIGHTS AND MEASUREMENTS
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NATIONAL DEFENCE

STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ON JUNE 5 CONSIDERATION OF ESTIMATES

On the orders of the day:
PC

George Alexander Drew (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. George A. Drew (Leader of the Opposition):

Mr. Speaker, I should like to direct a question to the leader of the house. In view of the statement made yesterday by the Secretary of State for External Affairs (Mr. Pearson), indicating an entirely new concept of Canada's national defence role, may I ask when the estimates of the Department of National Defence will be before us, having in mind the necessity now for a wider examination of the work of the department?

Topic:   NATIONAL DEFENCE
Subtopic:   STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ON JUNE 5 CONSIDERATION OF ESTIMATES
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LIB

Alphonse Fournier (Minister of Public Works; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Liberal Party House Leader)

Liberal
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Hon. Alphonse Fournier (Minister of Public Works):

Mr. Speaker, we expect that the special committee considering the two defence bills will report them today. If so, we shall be ready to take them up tomorrow. Then we will move to go into supply and take the remainder of Wednesday and Thursday on defence estimates.

Inquiries of the Ministry OLD AGE PENSIONS

Topic:   NATIONAL DEFENCE
Subtopic:   STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ON JUNE 5 CONSIDERATION OF ESTIMATES
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On the orders of the day:
CCF

Stanley Howard Knowles (Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
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Mr. Stanley Knowles (Winnipeg North Centre):

I should like to ask the Minister of National Health and Welfare if he can give the assurance that old age pensioners in the Red river valley who have had their houses damaged will not have the financial assistance given them by way of compensation treated as other income under the Old Age Pensions Act?

Topic:   NATIONAL DEFENCE
Subtopic:   STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ON JUNE 5 CONSIDERATION OF ESTIMATES
Sub-subtopic:   STATUS OF PERSONS COMPENSATED FOR FLOOD DAMAGE
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LIB

Paul Joseph James Martin (Minister of National Health and Welfare)

Liberal
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Hon. Paul Martin (Minister of National Health and Welfare):

My hon. friend did not give me notice of his question. I would not want to give a snap answer. In any event I am guided of course, as is the hon. member, by the regulations, which are a matter of agreement between the provinces and the dominion, and also by the statute itself. I will look into the matter.

Topic:   NATIONAL DEFENCE
Subtopic:   STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ON JUNE 5 CONSIDERATION OF ESTIMATES
Sub-subtopic:   STATUS OF PERSONS COMPENSATED FOR FLOOD DAMAGE
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CCF

Stanley Howard Knowles (Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. Knowles:

And give an answer

tomorrow?

Topic:   NATIONAL DEFENCE
Subtopic:   STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ON JUNE 5 CONSIDERATION OF ESTIMATES
Sub-subtopic:   STATUS OF PERSONS COMPENSATED FOR FLOOD DAMAGE
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

CANADA-UNITED STATES REFERENCE TO REMARKS OF MR. HOWE IN DEBATE ON JUNE 5

On the orders of the day:
PC

James MacKerras Macdonnell

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. J. M. Macdonnell (Greenwood):

I

should like to address a question to the Minister of Finance. When the Minister of Trade and Commerce (Mr. Howe) in his speech on the Canadian Wheat Board Act yesterday introduced a discourse on the question of the exchange rate between Canada and the United States, was he speaking for the Minister of Finance, was it a private venture, or is he perhaps planning to invade the Department of Finance?

Topic:   FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Subtopic:   CANADA-UNITED STATES REFERENCE TO REMARKS OF MR. HOWE IN DEBATE ON JUNE 5
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LIB

Douglas Charles Abbott (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)

Liberal
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Hon. Douglas Abbott (Minister of Finance):

Mr. Speaker, I think it is fair to say that my colleague, the Minister of Trade and Commerce, was as usual speaking for himself.

Topic:   FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Subtopic:   CANADA-UNITED STATES REFERENCE TO REMARKS OF MR. HOWE IN DEBATE ON JUNE 5
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PC

James Arthur Ross

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Ross (Souris):

Not very authentic.

Topic:   FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Subtopic:   CANADA-UNITED STATES REFERENCE TO REMARKS OF MR. HOWE IN DEBATE ON JUNE 5
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LIB

Douglas Charles Abbott (Minister of Finance and Receiver General)

Liberal
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Mr. Abbott:

I did not hear his remarks, but I understand he expressed the view that exchange rates were not necessarily fixed in perpetuity. With that view I am in agreement.

Topic:   FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Subtopic:   CANADA-UNITED STATES REFERENCE TO REMARKS OF MR. HOWE IN DEBATE ON JUNE 5
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June 6, 1950