August 29, 1950

OFFICIAL REPORT

THIRD SESSION-TWENTY-FIRST PARLIAMENT 14-15 GEORGE VI, 1950-51 IN ONE VOLUME (WITH INDEX) (SECOND SESSION OF 1950) COMPRISING THE PERIOD FROM THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1950, TO THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1951, INCLUSIVE BEING VOLUME CCLXXVI FOR THE PERIOD 1875-1950 OTTAWA EDMOND CLOUTIER, C.M.G., O.A., D.S.P. PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY CONTROLLER OF STATIONERY MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RIGHT HON. LOUIS STEPHEN ST. LAURENT


Prime Minister; President of the Privy Council Minister of Trade and Commerce Minister of Agriculture Member of the Administration and Minister without portfolio Minister of Labour Minister of Public Works Minister of National Defence Minister of Transport Minister of National Health and Welfare_____ Minister of Finance and Receiver General.. Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys Member of the Administration and Minister without portfolio Minister of Veterans Affairs Minister of Fisheries Secretary of State for External Affairs Minister of Justice and Attorney General .... Minister of Resources and Development Secretary of State of Canada Solicitor General of Canada Postmaster General Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys Right Hon. Louis Stephen St. Laubent Right Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe Right Hon. James Garfield Gardiner 'Hon. James Angus MacKinnon -Hon. Humphrey Mitchell !Hon. Milton Fowler Gregg Hon. Alphonse Fournier Hon. Brooke Claxton Hon. Lionel Chevrier Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin Hon. Douglas Charles Abbott 'Hon. James J. McCann Hon. Wishart McL. Robertson 5Hon. Milton Fowler Gregg "Hon. Hugues Lapointe Hon. Robert Wellington Mayhew Hon. Lester Bowles Pearson Hon. Stuart Sinclair Garson Hon. Robert Henry Winters Hon. Frederick Gordon Bradley ;Hon. Hugues Lapointe Hon. Gabriel Edouard Rinfret Hon. Walter Edward Harris "Hon. George Prudham designed, December 13, 1960. -Died, August 1, 1950. 3Appointed, August 7, 1950. Relinquished portfolio of Ministry of Mines and Technical Surveys, December 3 1950 "Resigned office, August 7, 1950, on appointment as Minister of Labour ' ' "Appointed, August 7, 1950. Resigned office, August 7, 1950, on appointment as Minister of Veterans Affairs 'Appointed, December 13, 1950. 69262-Aj iii


PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANTS


G. J. McIlraith, Esq., M.P Ralph Maybank, Esq., M.P P. E. Cot£, Esq., M.P R. McCubbin, Esq., M.P Gleason Belzile, Esq., M.P J. Watson MacNaught, Esq., M.P. L. A. Mutch, Esq., M.P J. E. Blanchette, Esq., M.P.... James Sinclair, Esq., M.P George Prudham, Esq., M.P- W. M. Benidickson, Esq., M.P. ... J. G. L. Langlois, Esq., M.P... Jean Lesage, Esq., M.P R. O. Campney, Esq., M.P E. A. McCusker, M.P To Minister of Trade and Commerce To Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys 'To Minister of Resources and Development To. Minister of Labour To Minister of Agriculture 2To Minister of Finance To Minister of Fisheries To Minister of Veterans Affairs To Minister of National Defence To Minister of Finance 3To Minister of Resources and Development 'To Minister of Transport 5To Postmaster General "To Secretary of State for External Affairs 7To Minister of National Defence 8To Minister of National Health and Welfare *Transferred, January 24, 1951. *Died, July 25, 1950. *Resigned post, December 13, 1950, on appointment as Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys. *Appointed, January 24, 1951. *Appointed, January 24, 1951 "Appointed, January 24, 1951. *Appointed, January 24, 1951. "Appointed, January 24, 1951. iv



Speaker Deputy Speaker Clerk of the House Clerks Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms V.D. Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms Editor of Debates Associate Editor of Debates Editor of French Debates Assistant Editor of French Debates. Official Reporters of Debates: - English: E. L. Featherston, C. L. Empringham, W. W. Buskard, D. R. Butt, W. J Clinton N. L. Price, J. G. Robertson. Assistants to the Editors: M. E. Black; Y. Lavertu; P. Wetzel. STANDING COMMITTEE ON OFFICIAL REPORT OF DEBATES Chairman: Mr. Jean-Frangois Pouliot Messieurs: Boucher, Casselman, Henry, Kn owles, Major, Murray (Oxford), Simmons, Smith (Calgary West), Valois, Viau


ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE


MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Third Session-Twenty-first Parliament Hon. W. Ross Macdonald, Speaker Abbott, Hon. Douglas Charles-St. Antoine-Westmount. Adamson, Agar Rodney-York West. Anderson, Raymond Elmer-Norfolk. Applewhaite, Edward T.-Skeena. Argue, Hazen Robert-Assiniboia. Arsenault, Bona-Bonaventure. Ashbourne, Thomas Gordon William-Grand Falls-White Bay. Aylesworth, Wilbert Ross-Frontenac-Addington. Balcer, Leon-Three Rivers. Balcom, Samuel R.-Halifax. Bater, Arthur James-The Battlefords. Beaudoin, Louis Rene-Vaudreuil-Soulanges. Beaudry, Roland-St. James. 1Belzile, Gleason-Rimouski. Benidickson, William Moore-Kenora-Rainy River. Bennett, Colin Emerson-Grey North. Bertrand, Lionel-Terrebonne. Beyerstein, Hilliard Harris William- Camrose. Black, Donald Elmer-Chateauguay-Huntingdon-Laprairie. Black, Percy Chapman-Cumberland. Blackmore, John Horne-Lethbridge. Blair, William Gourlay-Lanark. Blanchette, Joseph Adeodat-Compton-Frontenac. Blue, Donald B.-Bruce. Boisvert, Maurice-Nicolet-Yamaska. Boivin, Marcel-Shefford. Bonnier, Joseph Arsene-St. Henry. Boucher, William Albert-Rosthern. Bourget, Maurice-Levis. Bradette, Joseph Arthur-Cochrane. Bradley, Hon. F. Gordon-Bonavista-Twillingate. Breithaupt, Louis Orville-Waterloo North. Breton, Maurice-Joliette-L'Assomption-Montcalm. Brisson, Lomer-Saguenay. Brooks, Alfred Johnson-Royal. Brown, Donald Ferguson-Essex West. Browne, William Joseph-St. John's West. Bruneau, Raymond-Prescott. Bryce, William-Selkirk. Byrne, James A.-Kootenay East. Cameron, Alan John Patrick-High Park. Campney, Ralph Osborne-Vancouver Centre. Cannon, Charles Arthur Dumoulin-lies de la Madeleine. Cardiff, Lewis Elston-Huron North. Carroll, William F.-Inverness-Richmond Carter, Chesley William-Burin-Burgeo. Casselman, Arza Clair-Grenville-Dundas. Catherwood, A. Earl-Haldimand. Cauchon, Robert-Beauharnois. Cavers, Harry Peter-Lincoln. Charlton, John Alpheus-Brant-Wentworth. Chevrier, Hon. Lionel-Stormont. Clark, Stuart Murray-Essex South. Claxton, Hon. Brooke-St. Lawrence-St. George. Cleaver, Hughes-Halton. 'Died, July 25. 1950. -Unopposed in by-election, declared elected October 3, 1950. vii viii


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Cloutier, Armand-Drummond-Arthabaska. Coldwell, M. J.-Rosetown-Biggar. Conacher, Lionel P.-Trinity (Ont.). Corry, James Neilson-Perth. Cote, Alcide-St. Johns-Iberville-Napierville. Cote, Antoine Philyas,-Matapedia-Matane. Cote, Paul Emile-Verdun-La Salle. Cournoyer, J. P- Gerard-Richelieu-Vercheres. Courtemanche, Henri-Labelle. Coyle, Charles Delmar-Elgin. Crestohl, Leon David-Cartier. Croll, David Arnold-Spadina. Cruickshank, George Alexander-Fraser Valley. Darroch, Arnold-Wellington North. Dechene, Joseph Miville-Athabaska. Decore, John-Vegreville. Demers, Leopold-Laval. Denis, Azellus-St. Denis. Dewar, Austin Edwin-Qu'Appelle. Dickey, John H.-Halifax. Diefenbaker, John George-Lake Centre. Dion, Joseph Alfred-Roberval. "Douglas, James Lester-Queens (P.E.I.). Drew, George A.-Carleton. Dube, Paul Leon-Restigouche-Madawaska. Dumas, Armand-Villeneuve. 'Dupuis, Hector-St. Mary. Eudes, Raymond-Hochelaga. Eyre, Karl Arliss-Timmins. Fair, Robert-Battle River. Fairclough, Mrs. Ellen L.-Hamilton West. "Fauteux, Hon. Gaspard-St. Mary. Ferguson, Julian Harcourt-Simcoe North. Ferrie, Gladstone Mansfield-Mackenzie. Fleming, Donald Methuen-Eglinton. Follwell, Frank S.-Hastings South. Fontaine, Joseph-St. Hyacinthe-Bagot. Fournier, Hon. Alphonse-Hull. Fournier, Sarto-Maisonneuve-Rosemont. Fraser, Gordon Knapman-Peterborough West. Fulford, George Taylor-Leeds. Fulton, Edmund Davie-Kamloops. Gagnon, Paul Edmond-Chicoutimi. Gardiner, Rt. Hon. James G.-Melville. Garland, John Richard-Nipissing. Garson, Hon. Stuart S.-Marquette. Gauthier, Andre-Lake St. John. Gauthier, J. Leoda-Sudbury. Gauthier, Jules-Lapointe. Gauthier, Pierre-Portneuf. George, Edmund William-Westmorland. Gibson, John Lambert-Comox-Alberni. Gillis, Clarence-Cape Breton South. Gingras, Ernest O.-Richmond-Wolfe. Gingues, Maurice-Sherbrooke. Goode, Thomas H.-Burnaby-Richmond. Gosselin, Henri A.-Brome-Missisquoi. Gour, Joseph Omer-Russell. Gourd, David-Chapleau. Graydon, Gordon-Peel. Green, Howard Charles-Vancouver-Quadra. Gregg, Hon. Milton F.-York-Sunbury. Hansell, Ernest George-Macleod. Harkness, Douglas Scott-Calgary East. 3Died, September 30, 1950. 4Elected in by-election, October 16, 1950. ^Resigned on appointment to an office of emolument under the Crown, August 28, 1950.


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Harris, Joseph Henry-Danforth. Harris, Hon. Walter Edward-Grey-Bruce. Harrison, John Hornby-Meadow Lake. Hatfield, Heber Harold-Victoria-Carleton. Healy, Thomas Patrick-St. Ann. Hees, George Harris-Broadview. Hellyer, Paul Theodore-Davenport. Helme, Francis Heselton-Prince Albert. Henderson, William James-Kingston City. Henry, Charles J.-Rosedale. Herridge, Herbert Wilfred-Kootenay West. Hetland, Joseph Ingolph.-Humboldt. Higgins, Gordon Francis-St. John's East. Hodgson, Clayton Wesley-Victoria (Ont.) Homuth, Karl-Waterloo South. Hosking, Henry Alfred-Wellington South. Houde, Camillien-Papineau. Howe, Rt. Hon. C. D.-Port Arthur. Huffman, Edward Blake-Kent (Ont.). Hunter, John William Gordon-Parkdale. James, John Mason-Durham. Jeffery, Alexander Haley-London. Johnston, Charles Edward-Bow River. Jones, Owen L.-Yale. Jutras, Rene Norbert-Provencher. Kent, William Richard-Humber-St.George's. Kickham, Thomas Joseph-Kings (P.E.I.). Kirk, James Ralph-Antigonish-Guysborough. Kirk, Thomas Andrew Murray-Digby-Yarmouth. Knight, Robert Ross-Saskatoon. Knowles, Stanley Howard-Winnipeg North Centre. LaCroix, Wilfrid-Quebec-Montmorency. Lafontaine, Joseph-Megantic. Laing, Arthur-Vancouver South. Langlois, J. G. Leopold-Gaspe. Langlois, Joseph-Berthier-Maskinonge. Lapointe, Hon. Hugues-Lotbiniere. Larson, Frederick Hugo-Kindersley. Leduc, Edgar-Jacques Cartier. Lefranqois, J. Eugene-Laurier. Leger, Aurel D.-Kent (N.B.). Lennard, Frank Exton-Wentworth. Lesage, Jean-Montmagny-L'Islet. Little, Walter-Timiskaming. Low, Solon Earl-Peace River. Macdonald, Albert Frederick-Edmonton East. Macdonald, William Ross-Brantford. Macdonnell, James MacKerras-Greenwood. MacDougall, John Lorne-Vancouver-Burrard. MacInnis, Angus-Vancouver East. Mackenzie, Hugh Alexander-Lambton-Kent. MacLean, Matthew-Cape Breton North and Victoria. MacNaught, John Watson-Prince. Macnaughton, Alan Aylesworth-Mount Royal. McCann, Hon. James Joseph-Renfrew South. McCubbin, Robert-Middlesex West. McCulloch, Henry Byron-Pictou. McCusker, Emmett Andrew-Regina City. McDonald, Wilfred Kennedy-Parry Sound-Muskoka. McGregor, Robert Henry-York East.


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McIlraith, George James-Ottawa West. McIvor, Daniel-Fort William. McLean, Andrew Young-Huron-Perth. McLure, W. Chester S.-Queens (P.E.I.) "McMillan, William H.-Welland. McWilliam, George Roy-Northumberland (N.B.). Major, William J.-Glengarry. Maltais, Auguste-Charlevoix. Martin, Hon. Paul-Essex East. Masse, Arthur-Kamouraska. 7Matthews, James Ewen-Brandon. Maybank, Ralph-Winnipeg South Centre. Mayhew, Hon. Robert Wellington- Victoria (B.C.). "Mitchell, Hon. Humphrey-Welland. Monette, Marcel-Mercier. Mott, William Malcolm-New Westminster. Murphy, Joseph Warner-Lambton West. Murray, Alexander Clark-Oxford. Murray, George Matheson-Cariboo. Mutch, Leslie Alexander-Winnipeg South. Nadon, Joseph Celestin-Gatineau. Nixon, George Ewart-Algoma West. Noseworthy, Joseph William-York South. Nowlan, George Clyde-Annapolis-Kings. Parent, Charles-Quebec West. Pearkes, George Randolph-Nanaimo. Pearson, Hon. Lester Bowles-Algoma East. Picard, L. Philippe-Bellechasse. Pinard, Roch-Chambly-Rouville. Poulin, Raoul-Beauce. Pouliot, Jean Francois-Temiscouata. Power, Hon. Charles Gavan-Quebec South. 'Elected in by-election, October 16, 1950. 7Died, November 24, 1950. 'Died, August 1, 1950. 'Elected in by-election, October 16, 1950. Proudfoot, John Hugh-Pontiac-Timis-kaming. Prudham, Hon. George-Edmonton West. Quelch, Victor-Acadia. Ratelle, J. George-Lafontaine. Richard, Clovis Thomas-Gloucester. Richard, Jean Thomas-Ottawa East. Richard, Joseph Adolpe-St. Maurice-Lafleche. Riley, Daniel A.-Saint John-Albert. Rinfret, Hon. Gabriel Edouard-Outremont-St. Jean. Roberge, Louis Edouard-Stanstead. Robertson, Frederick Greystock- Northumberland (Ont.). Robinson, William Alfred-Simcoe East. Rochefort, Joseph I.-Champlain. Rooney, James Hendrick-St. Paul's. Ross, James Arthur-Souris. Ross, Thomas Hambly-Hamilton East. "Rousseau, Joseph H.-Rimouski. Rowe, Hon. William Earl-Dufferin-Simcoe. St. Laurent, Rt. Hon. Louis S.-Quebec East. Shaw, Frederick Davis-Red Deer. Simmons, James Aubrey-Yukon-Mackenzie River. Sinclair, James-Coast-Capilano. Sinnott, John Sylvester-Springfield. Smith, Arthur LeRoy-Calgary West. Smith, Donald-Queens-Shelburne. Smith, John Eachern-York North. Smith, John James-Moose Mountain. Stanfield, Frank Thomas-Colchester-Hants. Stewart, Alan Carl-Yorkton.


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xi Stewart, Alistair McLeod-Winnipeg North. Stick, Leonard T.-Trinity-Conception. Stuart, Andrew Wesley-Charlotte. Studer, Irvin William-Maple Creek. Thatcher, Wilbert Ross-Moose Jaw. Thomas, Ray-Wetaskiwin. Thomson, Walter Cunningham-Ontario. Tremblay, Leonard D.-Dorchester. Tustin, George James-Prince Edward-Lennox. Valois, Philippe-Argenteuil-Two Mountains. Viau, Fernand-St. Boniface. Ward, William John-Dauphin. Warren, Ralph Melville-Renfrew North. Weaver, George Dyer-Churchill. Weir, William Gilbert-Portage-Neepawa. Welbourn, John William-Jasper-Edson. White, George Stanley-Hastings-Peterborough. White, Harry Oliver-Middlesex East. Whiteside, Harry B.-Swift Current. Whitman, Frederick Primrose-Notre Dame de Grace. Winkler, Howard Waldemar-Lisgar. Winters, Hon. Robert Henry-Lunenburg-Wood, Robert James-Norquay. Wright, Percy Ellis-Melfort. Wylie, William Duncan-Medicine Hat. '



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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE


CONSTITUENCIES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Third Session-Twenty-first Parliament Acadia-Quelch, Victor. Algoma East-Pearson, Hon. Lester Bowles. Algoma West-Nixon, George Ewart. Annapolis-Kings-Nowlan, George Clyde. Antigonish-Guysborough-Kirk, James Ralph. Argenteuil-Two Mountains-Valois, Philippe. Assiniboia-Argue, Hazen Robert. Athabaska-Dechene, Joseph Miville. Battle River-Fair, Robert. Beauce-Poulin, Raoul. Beauharnois-Cauchon, Robert. Bellechasse-Picard, L. Philippe. Berthier-Maskinonge-Langlois, Joseph. Bonaventure-Arsenault, Bona. Bonavista-Twillingate-Bradley, Hon. F. G. Bow River-Johnston, Charles Edward. Brandon-'Matthews, James Ewen. Brantford-Macdonald, William Ross. Brant-Wentworth-Charlton, John Alpheus. Broadview-Hees, George Harris. Brome-Missisquoi-Gosselin, Henri A. Bruce-Blue, Donald B. Burin-Burgeo-Carter, Chesley William. Burnaby-Richmond-Goode, Thomas H. Calgary East-Harkness, Douglas Scott. Calgary West-Smith, Arthur LeRoy. Camrose-Beyerstein, Hilliard Harris William. Cape Breton North and Victoria-MacLean, Matthew. Cape Breton South-Gillis, Clarence. Cariboo-Murray, George Matheson. Carleton-Drew, George A. Cartier-Crestohl, Leon David. Chambly-Rouville-Pinard, Roch. Champlain-Rochefort, Joseph I. Chapleau-Gourd, David. Charlevoix-Maltais, Auguste. Charlotte-Stuart, Andrew Wesley. Chateauguay-Huntingdon-Laprairie-Black, Donald Elmer. Chicoutimi-Gagnon, Paul Edmond. Churchill-Weaver, George Dyer. Coast-Capilano-Sinclair, James. Cochrane-Bradette, Joseph Arthur. Colchester-Hants-Stanfield, Frank Thomas. Comox-Alberni-Gibson, John Lambert. Compton-Frontenac-Blanchette, Joseph Adeodat. Cumberland-Black, Percy Chapman. Danforth-Harris, Joseph Henry. Dauphin-Ward, William John. Davenport-Hellyer, Paul Theodore. Digby-Yarmouth-Kirk, Thomas Andrew Murray. Dorchester-Tremblay, Leonard D. Drummond-Arthabaska-Cloutier, Armand. Dufferin-Simcoe-Rowe, Hon. William Earl. 'Died, November 24, 1950.


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August 29, 1950