February 22, 1961 (24th Parliament, 4th Session)

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

Mr. Speaker, the question is rather ambiguous. It is rather difficult to estimate the total cost of storage if you take into consideration all the people who are involved in the storage of grain. I presume, however, that the hon. member is asking for the storage cost under

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the Temporary Wheat Reserves Act. I do have those figures here, and they are as follows:
Crop year Storage paid by
by government
1955- 56
$31,486,1871956- 57
28,816,7661957- 58
35,553,5091958- 59
39,825,3041959- 60
43,604,073