April 30, 1918 (13th Parliament, 1st Session)

Mr. FORTIER:

Is there any possibility of having exemption granted in the case of a young man of twenty or twenty-two who is the sole support of a widowed mother with a family of young children? If there is no provision for his exemption have the Government considered taking over the farm in such a case rather than allowing it to lie idle?
Major-General MEWBURN: There is no power vested in me to do that.