Mr. Bradley:

As a matter of fact copyright exists without registration, and I do not understand why the particular case to which my hon. friend refers cannot be straightened out.

Then tne non. memDer ior Hamilton West who had been questioning him said this:

This is not a particular case. I have been all through it, and I tried very hard to get Canadian coyright for an original composition. You just cannot get it in Canada.

I now come back to where I started. I want to ask the minister if he will just explain briefly the procedure which is followed. I have been reading the Copyright Act. I take it that there must be some procedure necessary-it is quite clear from the act that there is-but what I am not clear about it is just exactly what evidence is given by the department to the composer on the strength of which he is evidently able, according to the terms of the act, to seek legal remedies if his right is infringed. I repeat my question. I am asking for guidance as to the procedure which needs to be followed and as to the document or whatever it is which is obtained by the grantee for use in evidencing his rights.

Mr. Bradley:

I do not know that there is anything to prevent a Canadian composer from copyrighting his production now.

Then there was a further question and Mr. Bradley then replied as follows:

1. An offer was made to the following universities in Nova Scotia to recommend the names of their representatives and their wives for invitations to attend the coronation in Westminster Abbey: Acadia University, Wolf-ville, N.S.: Mount Saint Vincent College, Halifax, N.S.; Kings University, Halifax, N.S.; College Sainte Anne, Church Point, N.S.; Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.; St. Mary's University, Halifax, N.S.; St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S.; Nova Scotia Technical College, Halifax, N.S.

2. St. Mary's University, Halifax, N.S.; St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S.

3. The representatives of these institutions were selected by them.

4. No.

Mr. Bradley:

Mr. Chairman, this will cover the expenses of the department itself in connection with travelling expenses, salaries, office expenses and various other expenditures to the amount of about $67,970. The Department of External Affairs will require roughly $25,000. Canada House has a vote

here for expenditures which will be made by them for various purposes over there, including decorations, the hire of cars and one thing and another like that, amounting to some $14,000. Then the Department of Public Works requires a substantial amount, $243,500, for decorations all over Canada.

Mr. Bradley:

A decision has been reached to go ahead with the construction of the national library, and the site has been selected. I do not think the plans have yet been prepared. I do not think there is any amount in the public works estimates for construction, but it is proposed to proceed with the construction of a national library as soon as possible.