Stanley Howard Knowles (Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
Mr. Knowles:
The hon. member for Temiscouata has already said that he wants patronage. We know where he stands.
Mr. Knowles:
The hon. member for Temiscouata has already said that he wants patronage. We know where he stands.
Mr. Poulioi:
If we continued that argument for five minutes, the hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre would admit that I am right.
Mr. Knowles:
Oh, no. Never.
Mr. Poulioi:
So much so that the hon. mem-be for Victoria-Carleton will never dare to repeat what has been said by the hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre.
Oh, oh.
The Chairman:
Order.
Carried.
Mr. Knowles:
Mr. Chairman-
Mr. Fournier (Hull):
Mr. Chairman, I move that the committee rise, report progress and ask leave to sit again.
Item stands.
Progress reported.
Righi Hon. L. S. Si. Laurent (Prime Minister):
I should like to ask the unanimous consent of the house to present a motion that I discussed earlier in the day with the leaders of the various groups to the effect that tomorrow and the other days of the session there be no intermission from one o'clock to three o'clock nor from six o'clock to eight o'clock. I move:
That notwithstanding the terms of standing order 6 and of the special order of May 29 last, on
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Wednesday, June 28, and every sitting day thereafter there be no intermission of the sitting from one o'clock to three o'clock p.m., nor from six o'clock to eight o'clock p.m.
Motion agreed to.
Mr. Fournier (Hull):
Tomorrow we shall continue with the estimates, beginning with the estimates of the Secretary of State, then Transport, National Revenue, Mines and Technical Surveys, Fisheries, Justice and legislation.
Mr. Knowles:
What about Post Office?
Mr. St. Laurent:
We shall try to get something done.
It being twenty-five minutes after eleven o'clock the house adjourned, without question put, pursuant to standing order. [The following items were passed in committee of supply]:
Dominion coal board- 449. Administration and investigations of the dominion coal board, $101,040. 450. Payments in connection with the movements of coal under conditions prescribed by the governor in council, $4,500,000. National research council- 451. Salaries and other expenses of the national research council, $9,874,903. 452. Construction of buildings and works listed in the details of the estimates, provided that treasury board may increase or decrease the amount within the vote to be expended on individual listed projects (revote $915,000), $2,210,800. 453. Grant to the Royal Society of Canada, $8,000. Atomic energy control board- 454. Administration expenses of the atomic energy control board, $57,000. 455. Researches and investigations with respect to atomic energy, $150,000. Atomic energy (Chalk river) project- 456. Operation and maintenance, $6,113,530. 457. Construction of buildings and works, $1,671,000. Canadian Arsenals Limited- 458. Administration and operation of Canadian Arsenals Limited, $2,900,000. 782. Canadian International Trade Fair, 1951, including authority to refund from revenue deposits received for contracts for space, $296,500. Dominion bureau of statistics- 783. Statistics-further amount required, $119,335. Special- 784. To reimburse the Canadian Commercial Corporation for expenses incurred in purchasing materials, supplies and equipment, etc., on behalf of the Department of National Defence, under chapter 51, statutes of 1947-further amount required, $31,736. Atomic energy control board- 785. Atomic energy (Chalk river) project-construction of buildings and works-further amount required, $100,000. 823. To provide, subject to the approval of treasury board, for advances to Canadian Arsenals Limited, to increase the working capital fund for the operations of the company, $2,500,000.