Mr. QUINN:

Did they have to tell you

there were nine provinces of Canada?

Mr. QUINN:

I have also received similar

telegrams, . one from a biscuit manufacturer in Halifax, Moirs Limited, and also telegrams from Christie Brown and Company and others. I suppose the answer is the same to all.

Mr. QUINN:

Are these men not entitled to work?

Mr. QUINN:

May I say a word at this point, since the hon. member for Shelbume-

Yarmouth (Mr. Ralston) has mentioned a case in Halifax? He referred to the Sambro work. That contract was given out by tender and the contractor who was awarded the job is a Liberal. I have had several complaints from the people who live right in the district in which the work is going on, that this contractor gave all the work to Liberal friends from outside while men in the district of Sambro and the adjoining district of Camper-down were idle.

Mr. QUINN:

I do not know what the minister reported. I am reporting myself. The local member for West Halifax, who is a good friend of the hon. member for Shel-burne-Yarmouth, is also a good friend of mine. He reported the case to me and I replied, telling him that I had no authority over the matter; that the contractors could employ whomever they saw fit; that the government had no control.