Mr. GOULET (Translation):

The farmers request also, not only in Ontario counties but throughout every county of Quebec, a bonus

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on butter and cheese. Precedents have been established by assisting industries which were certainly not as deserving as the dairy industry. Election pledges were made in this connection, and we are still waiting for these pledges to materialize.

Last Sunday, at three different meetings, held successively at St. Albert, Hammond and Marionville, in the county of Russell, the farmers were unanimous in endorsing a request to the government for the granting of a bonus on butter and cheese. And I am pleased to act as their mouth-piece in praying to government to comply with such a reasonable request on their part.

The farmer, without being taxed with exaggeration, could claim redress for many other grievances. Why should they be backward about it since others do not have the same scruples and unceasingly request millions of dollars from the government? For whom was the Hudson Bay railway constructed? For whom is a trans-Canadian highway being built? For whose benefit-does parliament enact the high protective tariff which is a loss to the treasury of many hundreds of millions of dollars per year?

The farmer requests to be exempted from the Bankruptcy Act. Is it not possible to grant him more favourable interest rates so as to carry him through the present crisis?

The government would be well advised to increase the appropriations for Agriculture instead of cutting them down, and grant to the man on the land some of the favours which it reserves to industry and trade. If it earnestly wishes a return to prosperity the path is opened. No class of our community is more deserving of sympathy than that of the farmers. No class, either is more courageous when faced with difficulties. However, this must not be a reason to foresake them.

1. Was the former superintendent Mr. Robitaille, of the Chambly canal, dismissed?

2. If so, why?

3. If he tendered his resignation, what was the reason?

4. What was the age, occupation, and where was the residence of Mr. Cantin when he was appointed as superintendent?

5. Was he then an employee of the government?

6. If so, since what date and what was his occupation?

Mr. GOULET:

What is the name of the present superintendent of the Chambly canal?

1. How was the present superintendent of the Chambly canal appointed?

2. Who asked for the inquiry which was held last year in connection with certain employees of the Chambly canal?

Mr. GOULET:

1 Is it so that one Roger Seguin of the county of Russell was temporarily employed at the Ottawa city post office during what is known as the Christmas rush in December,

1931? .

2. Did he see active service overseas in the

Great War?