Mr. DOUGLAS (Weybum):

The quota will naturally affect the amount of grain which the farmer will want to store.

1. VTiat is the total cost of erecting and equipping the synthetic rubber plant at Sarnia, Ontario?

2. How much of this cost -was borne by the Canadian government?

3. By whom is this plant now being operated, and on what basis?

4. What is the cost per pound to the Canadian government of synthetic rubber manufactured in the above named plant?

5. What is the total amount paid by the government to the firm operating this plant as at December 31, 1943?

Questions

Mr. DOUGLAS (Weybum):

On March 20, as reported on page 1668 of Hansard, the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Finance gave the figure as of January 31, 1944,

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as $268,312,935.81. Perhaps the figure the minister gave includes interest on the railway-debt.

Mr. DOUGLAS (Weybum):

It was very difficult to hear the minister and I did not catch the figure he gave when he was dealing with uncontrollable expenditure. He referred to the interest on the funded debt, and I believe he mentioned $317,000,000.

1. How many cases of canned fish were supplied to the Canadian armed forces in the year 1943?

2. How many cases of each variety,' and at what price per case?

3. What was the total cost of same?