January 24, 1961 (24th Parliament, 4th Session)

Mr. W. H. Jorgenson (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture):

Mr. Speaker, I wish to thank the hon. member for giving notice of his intention to ask this question. As of January 23, 1961, 76 million bushels of grain were in store at the lakehead terminal, an increase of 7 million bushels since January 11. A total of 4,488 box cars are en route to the lakehead. When these cars arrive and are unloaded the stocks of grain will total approximately 83 million bushels.
The total rated capacity for grain at the lakehead is 94,500,000 bushels, but it is recognized that working space must be kept available. It is estimated that the active working capacity at the lakehead terminals is 83 million to 85 million bushels.

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