Mr. MACKIE:

I will let the matter

stand as it is, as I shall not crave the in-

dulgence of the House. There will be days when Supply comes on, and some one will speak on this matter again.

Resolution withdrawn.

On motion of Right Hon. Mr. Meighen the House adjourned at 12.40 a.m. Tuesday.

Tuesday, March 15, 1921

Mr. MACKIE (East Edmonton):

No

Act of parliament fixing regulations-not in their present form.

Mr. MACKIE (East Edmonton) :

I do

not know of any such case but I do know this, that after private individuals have embarked on a railway enterprise in this country to which the Dominion Government was not a party in any shape, whatsoever, and after people have settled along that line of railway, these individuals and the people who have so settled have come to this Government and said: It is your moral duty to take over this road. We say today in the face of the fiasco which has been permitted in this country by all Governments in their railway policy that this Government should put its foot down on granting charters to private individuals who may open up the country and after people have settled along the line tell this Government " it is your moral duty to take over the road."

Mr. MACKIE:

Mr. Speaker-

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Mr. MACKIE:

A general law to what

effect?