1917-05-04

THE POTATO SUPPLY.

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On the Orders of the day:
['Yes.\nBill reported.']
Mr. D. D. McKENZIE (Cape Breton):: Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the hon. member for Sherbrooke (Mr. McCrea) who had to leave the House, I beg to read a telegram which he has just received from Sherbrooke. It is as follows:

Sherbrooke, P.Q., May 3.
F. N. McCrea, M.P.,
House of Commons. Ottawa.
The provision merchants of the City of Sherbrooke, at a public meeting held on the third day of May, 1917, unanimously adopted1 the following resolution:	"Whereas, according to the
Gazette, in reply to a question, the Hon. Mr. Burrell has informed the House that there is at this date a million bushels of potatoes in Canada, generally held by the farmers^ of Alberta, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Whereas, by messages and letters addressed to dealers of potatoes in the Maritime Provinces, the reply is that there is no stock to offer, and in most cases there is no reply at all; furthermore, that the ruling price in Montreal being prohibitive, there are no potatoes obtainable in our section; we therefore respectfully ask our deputy, Mr. F. N. McCrea, to inquire again from the hon. minister if he maintains his figures as being correct at this moment, and, if so, to give sufficient information so that a part of that surplus may be imported to this section without further delay.
This is signed by Mr. N. Lacroix and about twenty others, grocers, I presume, of Sherbrooke. I am requested to ascertain from the Minister of Agriculture if there is any information which he can give m connection with this matter.


Hon. MARTIN BURRELL (Minister of Agriculture):: Mr. Speaker, I do not know that I have very much to add to the statement I made the other afternoon, namely that on the date mentioned, the end of February, we did ascertain not only from the various ministers of agriculture but also from such trade sources and official sources as were available, the situation throughout Canada. As I mentioned the other day, the surpluses in the Maritime Provinces were as follows: In New Brunswick, 750,000 bushels was the lowest estimate and 1,250,000 the highest; in Prince Edward Island, the lowest estimate was
500,000	bushels; and in Alberta the lowest estimate of surplus was 800,000 bushels. So we estimated that there was about one and one-half million bushels of surplus, and up to the middle of April, watching the exports, there would be left probably about one million bushels surplus. We made use of every possible source of information.
In regard to the telegram which my hon. friend has read, I may repeat the action that we took: we communicated all these facts to the ministers of agriculture for the respective provinces. We also- suggested that as in some of their districts there appeared to be a surplus and in others a shortage, if the provincial minister of agriculture thought there was a shortage in the 
whole province it would be desirable, having placed all this information at his disposal, for him and for other ministers, as far as possible, to look after the shortages and requirements in their own provinces. That, it seems to me, was the proper action to take, and short of taking very drastic action, indeed, that is of embargoing or fixing a price, which would carry a great many complications with it and would raise a great many protests, I do not know that we could go any further. I will look into the matter again and corroborate the statement to date, and shall again find out what the exports have been; and if I can give further information to the House within the next day or so, I shall be glad to give it.



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On the Orders of the Day:
Hon.   S@: Mr. Speaker, I should like to give the House certain information which I think will be of interest in view of the discussion yesterday with reference to the recent sensational rise in the price of wheat on the Winnipeg Exchange. In confirmation of the statement which I made yesterday in my speech upon the subject, I have learned this morning, from what I regard as dependable financial and commercial sources, that the corner which has occurred on the Winnipeg wheat market has been brought about by the unusually large buying of the British Wheat Commission. That commission has been purchasing contract grades of wheat, and I understand that elevators and other vendors in the ordinary and, I believe, legitimate course of business, have been selling for May delivery, and that many of them have found themselves unable to fill their contracts with the contract grades of wheat. The result has been that the price of wheat has been driven up by the endeavours of those vendors to obtain wheat of contract grades for May delivery. It has been suggested that the British Wheat Commission should accept from these vendors, to the extent that they are unable to deliver contract grades of wheat, wheat of a lower grade to an equivalent amount, having regard to its proportionate value for milling purposes. The information which I desire to give to the House is that, understanding that that was the situation, I yesterday morning cabled Sir George Perley to take up the question with the British Wheat Commission, and I have

to-day cabled him further in the matter; and if, as a result of those cables, relief is not afforded to the situation, the Government will have to consider such further action as we may deem expedient in the public interest.


Mr. MACDONALD:: Is there any restriction against the mixing of wheat for the making of flour in Canada?


Sir THOMAS WHITE:: Not that I am aware of.


Mr. MARCLL:: Has there been any large increase in the sale of wheat in the United States since the Order in Council concerning free wheat was passed?


William Thomas White: I have not looked up the statistics.


Sir WILFRID LAURIER:: Has it occurred to my hon. friend that so long as it is known that the British Wheat Commission is buying there may always be expected to be a corner to hold them up, and that occasion may be taken to advise against that?


William Thomas White: In answer to my right hon. friend, I may say that it has long been known that the British Commission are the principal buyers for export.


THE BUDGET.
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The consideration of the proposed motion of Sir Thomas White (Minister of Finance) for the Committee of Ways and Means, and the amendment of Mr. Turriff thereto, was resumed from Thursday, May 3.
Daniel Duncan McKenzie: Mr. Speaker, I listened with a great deal of attention to the speech delivered last night by the hon. member for Rimouski (Mr. Boulay). As the hon. gentleman took advantage of the ease and facility with which he can change from one language to another, his speech was of a somewhat broken character, and while I could follow him fairly well when he spoke in English, I am sorry to say that he can very effectively draw a cloud between myself and his speech when he plunges into French. I have learned, however, from that speech, to know that he loves the Government in spots. A few evenings ago he took the Minister of Railways and Canals by the back of the neck, threw him out of the window and tore to tatters everything pertaining to his department. But last night 69
I noticed that the Minister of Finance was the chiefest among ten thousand, and altogether lovely. It was further observable from his speech that while he is no doubt a very patriotic son of the province of Quebec, his Toryism is nevertheless stronger than his patriotism. He was quite willing to treat very; tenderly, indeed, what was regarded as a strong affront offered to his province by the hon. member for Dufferin (Mr. Best), whom he let down very easily, with the touch of a velvet glove, saying, like one. of old: Lord, forgive him, for he knew not what he did. With these observations it is not my purpose to follow any further the speech of the hon. member for Rimou-ski. I do congratulate him, however, upon his excellent command of the English language. We shall no longer pardon him when he insists upon putting him, self forward as a man who does not understand English, because he disclosed to us yesterday the fact that he is well equipped m that respect, and that the needs of his constituency can well be set forth by him m the House through the medium of that very excellent vehicle of thought.
There are two occasions in particular upon which the representatives of the people in any House of Commons under the British flag have a wide sway in dealing with matters of a general character. One of these is m the debate on the Address in reply to the speech from the Throne, and the other ^ when the King comes before the Commons and asks for money to run the business of the country, as that is what the Budget is for. On these occasions it is particularly fitting that the voice of the people as represented in this House, should be presented to the Government, and particularly to the minister in charge of the country's finances.
Last night the hon. member for Rimouski rather chastised gentlemen on this side, because, forsdoth, we sometimes criticise the Government. In all British countries in which government of the people and for the people prevails and in which a system of government by majority is carried out, it is the function of the Opposition to criticise and to give their judgment squarely and honestly upon any question that comes up in the House. If the Opposition did not squarely and honestly voice its opinions, party government would necessarily become a failure. I submit, Sir, that it is our duty to follow that course, and, availing myself of that constitutional right, I purpose, in my own humble way, presenting some criticisms of this Government.



As has already been brought to the notice ol the House, the regime of the present Administration can.be divided into two parts. One of these dates from the inception of the Government in October, 1911, and continues to August 4, 1914. The other runs a somewhat double course, between the war obligations and duties of the Government, and such time as the Government have been able to devote to ordinary business. I submit that this Government have not lived up to the high standard set for them by the outgoing Government of my right hon. friend who now leads the Opposition, either in the matter of progressive measures in the interest of the people or in the matter of handling the finances which were left in their charge. They have fallen into errors which could have been avoided, and these errors, which have been going on from day to day, are going on now. The Government have not handled the war well and the finances of the country have not been husbanded in the best interests of that great undertaking upon which our country so loyally and patriotically launched. It was a grave mistake on the part of the Government, on the part of the ex-Minister of Militia and of the present Minister of Militia, to handle the money used in connection with the war on strictly party lines. The cause of the Government being everybody's cause, and the energy of everybody in the land being devoted to one great purpose, any moneys to be expended should be expended equally among all the people, and party lines should have entirely vanished. Such was not the case at any time since the war began, and such is not the case to-day. I arraign the Government before the bar of public opinion in that they have fallen short of the broad and big duty that devolved upon them in that connection. I point them to the Mother Country, from which we are proud to take our pattern in many matters, and direct the attention of hon. gentlemen to the fact that in that country party differences, party patronage and party advantage have been entirely dispelled; the great statesmen have joined hands in doing what was considered to be in the best interests of their great united effort. Here we do no such thing, and we have in Canada by reason of that fact great drawbacks, great heart-burnings and much dissatisfaction.
I purpose submitting to this House evidence which goes , to show that there did not exist amongst the Government them-	-
selves that harmony and that unity of effort that should exist under such conditions as we have been up against since the declaration of war on the 4th day of August, 1914, and I purpose giving a few pieces of testimony from one who at least was in a position to know what was going on in the sanctum sanctoium of the Government. Whether that person whom I am going to .quote-is giving the facts or not it is for the Government to judge; but we on the outside have a right to suppose that when a man has been elevated to the high position of an adviser to His Majesty, a Minister of the Crown, then, and while he is dealing with matters appertaining to his high office and after he leaves that office, he is gentleman enough to tell the truth and that he would scorn to lie about anything that pertains, to the discharge of his duties or to what (belongs to his expression of them after he leaves office. The speech which, was. made on the 26th day of April last at Lindsay in this province by the exMinister of Militia and Defence (Sir Sam Hughes) discloses a condition of things which, at least to me, appears to be deplorable, and which goes to. show that the united effort of this country could not possibly be put forward undeT the machinery afforded to us by the Government of the day. I am not vouching for the truth of the report of that speech; it is reported in the Toronto Globe of the 30th. of April, and that report is available to the whole world, and I have not had brought to my attention any contradiction of the speech, made by the ex-minister on that occasion or of the charges that were laid at the door of the present Administration. I have read over that speech with care and have picked out of it the various charges that were made against the Government, and I purpose submitting them to the House in their order. They are grave, and serious; and if they are not truthful, the ex-Minister of Militia should be called to account for publishing them to this country and giving them the authority of his prestige as a Knight, as a member of this House and as ex-Minister of Militia and Defence. I have tabulated those charges running in order from (a) to (m). They are:
(a)	That more than a year ago the Government interfered to stop recruiting, particularly the Prime Minister.
(b)	That there was Governmental interference in the sending of the First Contingent, the interference being by the now overseas Minister of Militia, Sir George

Perley, and Sir Thomas White, Minister of Finance.
(c) That there was useless arid wasteful expenditure of .publio moneys, because the advice of the then Minister of Militia was overruled by the Government.
, (d) That the High Commissioner and the Minister of Finance have tried to create trouble for the Minister of Militia in England, and as he puts it himself, to create 'an unwholesome atmosphere for him in that country, and that this was going on from the very commencement of the war.
(e)	That those gentlemen bribed or attempted to bribe and purchase the influence of the Canadian press, both in Canada and Great Britain, for the purpose of thwarting and defeating the plans of the Minister of Militia.
(f)	That newspapers, friendly to Sir Thomas White, Minister of Finance, made vicious attacks on the Minister of Militia of that day.
fe) That an envenomed poisonous conspiracy was entered into by the members of the Government to assassinate the Prime Minister that is, of course, politically- and as a preliminary to slay the Minister of Miliita.


William Thomas White: I presume you
*still mean politically.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: Further:
(h)	That the Prime Minister was informed that his colleagues and subordinates in the Cabinet were conspiring and thirsting for his political life.
(i)	That the branch of the Finance Department which had to do with the paying of troops and other expenses in England had been rotten, that is plain Anglo-Saxon.
(j)	That the medical service and organization in. connection .therewith was no better.
(k)	That attempts were made by enemies of the minister in the Cabinet to "sweeten the press "-" Sweeten the press " are the exact words of the minister-and to influence bankers and brokers of Canada, all of which was done at the cost of the poor people of this country-meaning, of course, that the moneys of the Finance Department were used for bribery and corruption in order to render abortive the efforts of the Minister of Militia to place an efficient and effective Canadian army in the field. ~
,	(1) That the then Minister of Militia adyised in 1914 that there should be a general election and was over-ruled. And this 691
last charge is possibly the most serious of all.
(m) That the Ross Rifle was discarded by the Government and its agencies, not because there was anything wrong with the rifle but because of the malign influences of " German gold,"-thus insinuating that his colleagues and others in authority accepted bribes from the enemy.


Mr. BURNHAM:: Would not that mean that the objectors to the Ross rifle had been influenced by German gold? They would be the Opposition.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: The ex-Minister of Militia, as any one can see by his speech, was arraigning and criticising his former colleagues in the Government; he was saying nothing about the Opposition and it was not in the power of the Opposition to discard the rifle. He was speaking about the people who discarded the rifle and who brought about the conditions which made it impossible to use that rifle further, and he said that those conditions were successful, not because there was anything the matter with the rifle, but because German gold was too influential. That is what he said, and it is for the Government and hon. gentlemen who are in touch with the ex-Minister of Militia to find out what he said. To the ordinary person who understands the English language, his words mean that somebody or a number of persons who brought about the discarding of the Ross rifle, did so, not because there was anything wrong with the rifle, but because German gold was too influential. That is the way I understand his language, and that is the way it has been expressed in tjie loyal city of Lindsay in the loyal province of Ontario, by a super-loyal ex-Minister of the Crown. That is an arraignment of the Government by a former colleague which we on the outside, until the contrary is shown, must accepted as being correct. If correct, it shows the condition pf things in connection with handling of the war to-have been absolutely deplorable. According to the minister himself, while he was doing his best to carry out his plans for putting our armies in the field, he was thwarted by a bad element, and an unwholesome atmosphere was created against him at the War Office and in official circles in England by the High Commissioner, a member of this Government. That is a sad condition of affairs, .if true. It may not *be true, but the minister says that it is and it is up to him and his friends to-prove to this country whether it is so or

not. Why even gold was used against him. The money of this country was taken to sweeten the press. The press was bribed in order to secure their influence in maligning the minister in order to defeat his purposes. No language that I can use is strong enough to characterize a condition of that kind, and I submit 'that for that reason I am justified in saying on this occasion to the Government 'and to this country that hon. gentlemen opposite have not handled the war well; nor are they entitled to any credit for their conduct of the war, nor is it in the interests of a successful prosecution of our share in the war that its conduct should be left any longer in their hands. If the people of this country or if we in this House believe that what the exMinister pf Militia has stated here is correct, then the sooner the carrying forward of military matters in this country is put on a sounder basis, the better it will be for the country and the better for all who are deeply interested in the war.


John Hampden Burnham: Does the hon. gentleman believe it himself? It would greatly shorten the debate if he would tell us.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: I do not know that I am bound to follow this leading kindly light that is coming to my help, but I said at the opening of my remarks that when a man has attained to the high position of a minister of the Crown, it is incumbent on a humble man like myself to believe what he says until the contrary is proved. I therefore believe that what the minister says is true, and shall believe it until I get some satisfactory evidence to the contrary. Of course, I am open to conviction when it comes in a. proper way. Irishmanlike, I might ask my hon. friend for Peterborough if he believes it. I will not press him to put his- reply on Hansard, if he does not, wish to do so, but it is up to him either to believe it or to say that the exminister is not telling the truth.


John Hampden Burnham: Would the hon. gentleman like me to give him an answer?


Mr. LEMIEUX:: Speak now.


John Hampden Burnham: I am ready.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: This phase of the Government's management of our war operations is thus brought strongly into the full glare of public opinion, and it is the duty of a loyal Opposition that regards itself as having some responsibility to bring these matters to the notice of the public, and then, to some extent, our duty has been 
performed, and the duty of those in power begins, of clearing up such charges as are laid at their doors.
Coming back to the question of patronage and of party lines being so closely drawn,
I submit that abuses have taken place in this country in connection with the expenditure of the public moneys of this Dominion, some of them axe in my own province, which show a gross lack of business principles and of. business ideas on the part of the Government, and a most reckless expenditure of public moneys, which were worse than thrown away. A few days ago we had the opportunity of seeing a short synopsis of a very lengthy report filed by the Hon. Sir Charles Davidson in connection with an inquiry conducted by him into the sale of horses in the province of Nova Scotia. I am sorry we have not the full report, but presume .the reporter who prepared this synopsis has quoted correctly. The two principal buyers, Todd Woodworth and F. B. Keever, are found guilty of being short in their accounting for public moneys which they spent in securing horses for the Militia Department. Sir Charles finds Woodworth short to the amount of $2,224, and Keever to the amount of $2,968. W. P. McKay, a buyer under Keever, is personally exonerated, and so is G. H. Oakes, but regarding the former the commissioner remarks that "as a horse buyer he does not rank high, or at all." That some very old nags were bought is fully established, including the famous steed twenty-three years old, and the one which at a sale some three years previously had been traded for two ducks and a drake. Further on the report says:
After getting credentials from the Department, Foster proceeded to St. John, N.B.
Now we have always been told in this House that nobody knew how Foster got his appointment and how his toboggan was started, but we have here the report of Sir Charles Davidson, after hearing all the evidence, that Foster got his credentials from the department. There is no doubt any longer as to how he got started or who put him on the road. He got credentials from the department, and it would be interesting to know what the purport of those credentials was. Sir Charles reports that after getting these credentials from the department Foster proceeded to St. John, New Brunswick, where by pre-arrangement he met Gifford H. Oakes, of Kentville, N.S., secretary of the Liberal-Conservative Association of Kings County, and William P.

McKay, son of the late Senator McKay of Truro, then resident of Ottawa, and Keever. The instructions were given, blank cheque books issued, and the buying commenced. All the parties had to do with it. The parties concerned were Foster, the chief, Woodworth, Keever, McKay and Oakes. The commissioner says that Foster's instructions, which would have hampered the committal of fraud, were breached from the outset, because he did not exact the delivery of price tags precedently or even concurrently with handing out cheques for equivalent amounts. Sir Charles-says:
In fairness to Oakes, Mr. Foster himself later on acquiesced in this practice and issued cheques of like character.
That is, cheques were filled in for large
amounts and handed over to Keever, Woodworth, McKay and others, without the slightest knowledge of what they were going to do with the money. There were no horses in sight and no vouchers in sight. It was simply a case of filling in cheques for any amount that Keever would say, and then going to the bank for the money and starting out to buy. Sir Charles further finds that there was
Abandonment in almost entirety of a system of individual checks to individual sellers, carried with it the pressing duty of precise bookkeeping methods ; of the securement of vouchers, of accountings and balancings practically day by day; all to the end-apart from the delicate responsibility which attached to Mr. Foster by reason of his position as a member of Parliament-that a final all-sufficient statement might be rendered to the department. Unfortunately methods of performance fell far short of these requirements.
The digest of the report published in the
newspaper gives the closing part of Sir Charles' report, as follows:-
Slipshod financial methods and1 the disgraceful purchase in a number of cases of horses venerable as to age and decrepit as to quality, have given substantial credence to the belief that inefficiency was the rule and not the exception.
But there is an extraordinary suggestion in Sir Charles' report, which, I am sure, will be as startling to other members of the legal profession as it was to me. He finds that 'between Keever and Woodworth well over $5,000 wa/s stolen-actually stolen. And he had not the means of knowing all that they stole, for he does not know how many horses they haught-they took good care from the beginning that there should be no evidence, no receipts from the men they paid, -and no record of the horses they
took over-and the money was dumped out regardless of even the most ordinary business principles. In some mysterious way the commissioner has found out that there were the shortages I have named. But here is the extraordinary thing. He says that, if such a thing should happen as that these men should account for this money, $300 should be allowed them for their travelling expenses. That is a new departure. Suppose' that principle were carried out generally. A house-breaker starts from Ottawa and goes to Toronto for the purpose of cracking a safe. Carrying out that operation, he steals $2,000. He is caught and made to account for the money. The judge, acting under the principle laid down here, allows that burglar his travelling expenses. I do not know whether the Minister of Finance (Sir Thomas White) will say "whether that is sound or not, nor have I the view of the Solicitor General (Mr. Meighen) on that subject. One thing is sure, if the Solicitor General will say that it is sound he will get a majority on that side of the House to back him up. If he introduces legislation confirming this report and so allowing travelling expenses to Messrs. Keever and Woodworth, he has only to make one of his usual insinuating speeches to call us down hard and to tell us we are bad Grits and obstructionists, and the Bill will be put through with enthusiasm. But, as I say, this is a new departure. And I need hardly tell you, Mr. Speaker, that in the fair province of Nova Scotia, where we profess to know a little about law, we have not yet heard that it is sound law to offer a premium of this kind to theft, highway robbery, and rascality. But these are the things which have been going on in this country under the eye of our big, solemn-looking, capable, watchdog of the treasury.


Some hon. MEMBERS:: Oh, oh.
Mr. MoKENZIE: I desire to be absolutely serious about this, for I represent a serious people, many of them poor working people who have no money to pay the travelling expenses of Messrs. Keever and Woodworth. They want a quid pro quo for every dollar they pay into the treasury, and I am here to see to it, SO' far as I can, that their money shall be used for serious and honest purposes. __
Now, what are we going to do about it? The Auditor General is called from time to time to give evidence before committees of this House. The members supporting the

Government seem to look upon him as a fend incarnate. He is /'Belled, booked and candle lighted" every time he appears. If he were not a Scotchman, and determined to do his duty, he would have (been driven to the woods long ago. But he stands to his guns; he is doing the best he can. Yet, after all, he is rather helpless. The real power is in the hands of the Minister of Finance, and it is for him to see to it that the people's money is not stolen and squandered in this way any longer.
I began by saying that in my judgment the record of this Administration does not compare favourably with that of their predecessors. When the right hon. gentleman (Sir Wilfrid Laurier), who now leads the Opposition, came into power in 1896, he found the finances and. the industries of this country at the lowest ebb. All hon, gentlemen opposite who have kept in touch with industrial and monetary matters know that. Even in the year when the Government that preceded his went to the country, and when they would naturally do alll that was possible to make a good showing, its Minister of Finance (Sir George Foster) was obliged to admit a very heavy deficit. The credit of the country was low. It was when things were in this condition that the right hon. gentleman (Sir Wilfrid Laurier) took control of the country's affairs. And hon. gentlemen ought to know as well as I that it is not too much to say that on the day when he took power the sun that had risen in adversity set in prosperity. And that prosperity continued for fifteen years throughout liis Administration. So great was that prosperity that the slogan of those who opposed 'him in the election of 1911 was "Let well enough alone." They declared that everything was lovely, magnificent, splendid; that the best of conditions prevailed; and they insisted that no chances be taken on a change.
That was the position in which the right hon. gentleman left the country and it was in striking contrast with the position in which he found it. But, comparing these records, I am bound to point out to the Government that during the regime of my right hon. friend, the immigration policy which was headed from the earliest day of that Government by the Hon. Mr. Sifton, was a great success. For the 18 long years that the Conservatives were in power, instead of a population ruling in the Wtest we had the buffalo and Red Indian in full control. When the policy of Mr. Sifton and the Administration of my right hon.
{Mr. McKenzie.]
friend came in, the Indians and the buffalo were bound to give way to the tide of a strong, vigorous, and intellectual immigration. The West sprang up into the condition in which it is to-day, the little hamlet gave place to strong settlements, settlements to towns, and towns to thriving and prosperous cities. That is the record that stands to the credit of the right hon. gentleman who now leads the Opposition and who had brought such progress, advancement and prosperity to the country in the fifteen years that he was in power.
He and his Government not only developed the West but they developed the country from one end to the other. No person knows better than the Minister of Finance that the railway policy of the former Government was of the widest apd strongest character, that he developed the Northwest Territories by building railways through the direct agency of the Government and by helping other railways financially and otherwise. Arrangements were made with the great system of railways controlled by ; the >
Canadian Pacific Railway Company which were highly beneficial to the people of the West and many of the strangleholds which that great corporation had upon the people of that country were removed and a freedom was given to the people which was foreign to them up to that time. Trade and navigation had been developed by the improvement of the canals and great waterways of this country. Improvements had 'been made along the coast of Nova Scotia and other parts of the Dominion which have been of great assistance to trade and navigation and which* are particularly important to the fishermen of this country. I submit to you, Sir, and I submit to the Government and to every leading man in this House that we have been too slow in recognizing the importance of developing our coastal harbours and providing facilities for the fishermen. I submit to you, Sir, that the fishery fields of British Colum-bit, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are just as important to the people of the country as are the wheat fields of Ontario and the West. While we are glad to expend money in encouraging the development of the wheat fields, we should also be equally happy, knowing that we are aiding the business of the country equally as well, when we are putting the fishermen in a position

to make the most of the vocation to which they are called. I cannot say much about the coastline of British Columbia, or what the extent of the coastal fisheries of British Columbia are beyond saying that the fisheries are very extensive, but from the boundary line 4 p.m. between Maine and Canada around New Brunswick on the Atlantic and down to pretty near Labrador, you have immense coastal fisheries on the eastern shore of this country. You all know what an excellent article of food fish is. If we have plenty of fish, potatoes and flouT, there is no danger of hunger invading the home of anybody in Canada. It is therefore highly important that the fishermen should be put in the position that they can go out with their boats from sheltered harbours and that they can return to them because, if this is not done, they are handicapped and put in competition with American fishermen who come with large vessels which our men cannot afford to build, get our fislh and sell them back to us again in such cities as Montreal, Winnipeg and Toronto. That is something which is happening because we have not fully appreciated the importance of the fisheries of Canada or provided facilities for our own fishermen.
It has been my effort, while supporting a Government, as well as during the' days in which I have been in Opposition, to press forward as much as possible for the adoption of such a policy as will give railway facilities to every part of Canada. I have, since this Government came into power, moved a resolution in this House stating that the day had arrived when the Intercolonial railway, or its branches, should be extended to every nonrailway county in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec. That resolution was accepted by the Government. It was on an occasion when the hon. Minister of Public Works (Mr. Rogers) was leading the House -I forget where the Prime Minister was- that the resolution was accepted and it was some time in March, 1915, I think. What more could I do? I moved that resolution, it was accepted by the Government and I had reason to suppose that something would be done. But, from that day to this, nothing has been done except the purchasing of the Quebec and Saguenay railway which was not for commercial purposes but for purpose . which are well known to hon. gentlemen opposite. A few months before the former
Government went out of office, a railway policy was adopted for the Maritime Provinces which was on the verge of being carried out. I am sorry to say that the Prime Minister dropped every railway that was involved in this scheme except the railway in his own county. I have often, jocularly, and otherwise, thrown this up to the Prime Minister since it was done. We had a railway projected for Cape Breton, one that went to Guysborough, one to Pictou and passing through the counties of Halifax and Guysborough. All were dropped except the road that the minister himself is concerned in. He was hand in glove with myself and others in trying to get the Government committed to the building of these roads, we were all pulling on the one oar and we were glad of the assistance of the then leader of the Opposition. I do not think it was fraternizing on his part when he dropped us after he got into power, built his railway and threw us to the dogs. I do not think it was proper treatment for our former associate in arms in view of the fact that we had been fighting for his road as well as our own. I contend that all the fishing field in Nova Scotia should not only have proper harbour facilities to enable the fishermen to go and catch the fish but that they should be put in touch with some of the branch railways that would enable the people who want the fisherman's product to get it as cheaply as possible. We have all around the Cape Breton coast line the most magnificent fishing fields in the world and I submit to the leader of the Government and hon. gentlemen opposite that we are not properly equipped fox the handling of this product until we have proper harbours. Proper harbours and railway facilities must be provided in order that the product when it is caught, can be speedily carried to the great centres where we find a great demand for fish.
I am discussing the question as to what was done and what was expected to be done by the former Government and I am contrasting that with the lack of doing under the present Administration. I do not expect the Government to build railways or to enter into any extravagant expenditure under present circumstances but I do suggest to the minister that there should be care taken in husbanding the money that he has collected from the people of this country. It will not do for the Government, or the minister to blame everything on the war.

It is a great convenience for the Government and for the minister particularly, whenever he is up against a snag to be able to throw out this red signal, the war. But I wish to remind him that we left him a magnificent heritage when he came into power. We left him with all bills paid, with every balance squared up, and we handed him $39,000,000 of cold cash. When the hon. Mr. Fielding went out and our good friend the Finance Minister of to-day came in, he found in the strong box of this country everything squared up and $39,000,000 of money. That, Sir, was a comfortable position for the new manager of a concern to find himself in, and that upon his own evidence in his first Budget speech, is undeniably the position in which he found himself. But what was the condition of the finances of this country before the war broke out? On the last day of July, 1914, before the war broke out, the $39,000,000 were gone; the hundreds of millions of dollars that had been collected in the years since their return to power had been expended, and a deficit stared the minister in the face of $47,000,000, of money. That is the condition that existed three or four days before the war broke out. What has been happening since I do not profess to know, because the amount of money borrowed and the way in which it has been expended are beyond any knowledge that I have of financing. All I can say is that the Government cannot justify itself before the people and has nothing to show what became of those $39,000,000 of money, and over three times that much, perhaps four times that much more, that was collected during the intervening years-and they had a deficit of $47,000,000 in July, 1914. There is no accounting for it excepting in one way: It is accounted for by having been shovelled out in bucketfulls and barrel-fulls to people who had no business to get it. If the people of this country wished inquire what has become of the money, they could put the defunct Sir Richard MacBride Government on the stand. There they would find some millions of this money. Let them put the other no less defunct Conservative Government of Manitoba on the stand, and they would find where millions of this money went. Let them come down farther, and they will find $2,000,000 of this money given to the province of Ontario as a post mortem subsidy to the Temiskaming railway. That is where $2,000,000 more went. Let them go down to the Government led by one James Kidd 
Flemming in New Brunswick, another defunct and disgraced and kicked-out Government, and if that Government are put upon the stand it will be possible to find where some of the money went. That is what has become of the money of this country, and I believe that that was in the paying back of men who threw their bread upon the waters for the support of the Conservative party when they were in opposition in the year 1911. Those provincial Governments were in power then, they were strong concerns, they had money, they came to the assistance of the Tory party, and received a strong promise that these moneys would be returned if they were elected to power. That money was taken out of the pockets of the people of this country, fifty-fold, sixty-fold and sometimes one hundred-fold of the amounts that had been advanced. There is where the money has gone, and that money we can never get back. There is where the Administration is at fault, for not having looked after these matters in a proper way, and carried on the Government of the country in a manner absolutely independent of influences of this kind, seeing that the money of the people was properly expended and that proper value was received for any advances out of the Treasury.
I submit that the people of Canada are getting tired of this method of handling the affairs of this country, and that they are longing for the day when better methods of government will prevail, and when a better system of administration will again be in vogue in this country; and I think, Sir, that I am right in saying, on behalf at least of the Liberal party and the people of Canada, that this great Canadian democracy from the Atlantic to the Pacific, irrespective of nationality, creed or colour, are disgusted, tired and sick of the swine husks of Toryism and have fully determined to arise and go back to the father of peace, progress, plenty and prosperity, the Empire statesman and leader of the people's party, the Right Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier.


Mr. F. R. LALOR (Haldimand):: Mr. speaker, I have had great pleasure in listening to the remarks of the hon. member for North Cape Breton (Mr. McKenzie), which, I am sure, were very amusing, although, I regret to say that some of his jokes were a little bit ancient-


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: You will give us better ones


Francis Ramsey Lalor: -and some of his references, I fear, were a little bit coa se as well. The

hon. member for North Cape Breton has spoken of the high, principles expected of the present Government when they were elected to office, and has spoken in a most admiring way of the high principles of the Government that he supported so long in this House. I wonder if he includes in those principles t'he purchase of the saw-duet wharf and the building of the Disraeli wharf, and such methods of expenditure as have been exposed in this House, including the giving away of the public domain, which became a . public scandal during the time his friends held office and he supported them. If the hon. member for Assiniboia (Mr. Turriff) were in the House he could enlighten us upon that subject and tell us more than we have been aJble to find out even by investigation. The hon. member (Mr. McKenzie) speaks Of the great prosperity that prevailed in this country during the time the Liberal party were in office. Well, they did come into office at a very fortunate time, and I think it was equally fortunate that they went out of office just about the time they did, considering that we are now engaged in a great war. The hon. gentlemen also spoke of the Intercolonial railway. Let me tell the hon. gentleman-and I do not come from the Maritime Provinces as he does, where all are so interested in the Intercolonial-but still, as a citizen of Canada I feel as all Canadians should, that the people all over Canada have an equal right and interest in the Intercolonial. Let me remind the hon. gentleman that one of the last acts of the Conservative Administration before they went out of power in 1896 was to build eleven miles of the Intercolonial, and during the time that the present Government have been in office they have, I understand, added sixty- miles of rails to the Intercolonial railway, But during all the time that the Liberal party were in power and the member for North Cape Breton and other hon. gentlemen opposite from the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were supporting the then Government-only	one and three-quarter
miles were added to it. Hon. gentlemen are good at promises, as they always have been especially at election times; and the hon. gentleman promises that if his paTty is returned to power and he is elected to -support it, he will try to get something done for the Intercolonial railway. Well, he has made premises along that line in the past, with the results that I have stated.
The hon. gentleman speaks of reckless expenditure, and asserts that the Liberal
party left the finances of this country in a magnificent condition. I am not so sure about that, especially when I think of the Transcontinental railway-especially the eastern section-one of the most gigantic evidences that we can find of the fplly and bad management of the late Administration. If the hon. gentleman were absolutely conscientious and honest in his expression of opinion, he would agree with me on that poinit. $258,000,000 was spent upon the Eastern section. A commission was appointed by this Government to investigate that expenditure and they found that out of that amount, $40,000,000 was stolen by contractors and friends of the then Government. The hon. gentleman supported that; and found no fault with it. I suppose he thought that was all right so long as his friends the contractors were able to get the money belonging to the people and pocket it. I say that the whole building of that road was folly. Recently a commission of railway experts inquired into the railway question in Canada and they found that a deplorable condition exists in the matter pf railways. The problems of	the future will be
very great, indeed, as to how we shall manage these roads, or how continue to give them money as we have in the past. We remember that Mr. Blair, who was Minister of Railways, resigned when this project was contemplated, and before doing so he tried to point out to hon. gentlemen opposite the folly of taking such a course. But they would not listen to him, and although he was Minister of Railways in the Administration, he resigned from office rather than assume any responsibility for the construction of the Transcontinental railway. That is the history of the Liberal party so far as railroads are concerned; compare that with the history of the Conservative party under Sir John A. Macdonald, who built the Canadian Pacific railway. One is a monument to the bad management, the 'bad. business judgment and the folly of our friends opposite, and the other is a magnificent monument to good business judgment and the wise expenditure of public money.
I want to compliment the Minister of Finance upon the splendid statement he has presented. It is a most inspiring message, and will, I am sure, be accepted as such by the Canadian people; also upon the successful manner in which he has handled the finances during these trying times. The people of Canada recognize his ability- and we are indeed fortunate in having such

an able and competent minister at tlie head of affairs at this time. In looking over the financial affairs of Canada dnring these war times I cannot see where the Minister of Finance has made one error of judgment. No other Minister of Finance since Confederation has had such tremendous problems to deal with, and the minister has handled those problems with great credit to himself and with satisfaction, I believe, to the people. The Budget speech this year was the most concise ever delivered in Parliament, and the facts and figures leave very little room, indeed, for criticism.
The revenue for the past fiscal year was $232,000,000, an amount exceeding the revenue of any other year by $60,000,000. After paying $25,000,000 for interest and for pensions, the Government were able to apply to the credit of war expenditures no less a sum than $60,000,000. We last year saved out of revenue over expenditure $45,000,000, so that during these two years we have been able to apply upwards of $100,000,000 towards our vast war expenses. The war expenses have amounted to $700,000,000, and it is most encouraging to the people to know that the .Government have been able to save $100,000,000 and to reduce that war expenditure to $600,000,000. With the continuance of prosperity and the thrift of the people, great as the financial problem is that we have to face, the people will be able to deal with it and to reduce the large expenditure which we are making in these times. No doubt we shall have to assume very heavy obligations, and the longer the war lasts the greater those obligations will be. Our interest account and pensions fund alone will be very large and the taxation for years to come cannot but be heavy, although under the management of the Minister of Finance the people have been very lightly taxed up to the present. In fact, the people, so far as taxation is concerned, hardly realize that there is a war. Taxation will naturally increase and I believe that the Finance Minister has been wise in spreading that taxation and those payments over future years so that those who follow us and the people who come into this country and settle will help to pay our heavy war debt.
In speaking of our expenditure, large as it is, and the splendid manner in which the people have assumed the responsibility of the war and have paid the taxation, I cannot help but mention the voluntary subscriptions to patriotic funds that have been

made in Canada. Upwards of $60,000,000, I understand, have been voluntarily contributed by the people towards the Bed Cross and Patriotic Funds and on behalf of the work of the Young Men's Christian Association work in the trenches. These are all voluntary subscriptions. It is really inspiring to think of the way people have given. In my little town of 3,000 inhabitants, in two days the voluntary subscriptions towards these funds amounted to upwards of $20,000. In my country. I have a little township with a population of about 600 people, all farmers, who have subscribed $6,000 towards the Patriotic Fund. The people of Canada generally, in every city, town and village, have subscribed in the same way. I must mention the work of the Young Men's Christian Association at the front. Not long ago when I was in Chicago, I went to a good Presbyterian church, such as my hon. friend from North Cape Breton (Mr. McKenzie) goes to.


An hon. MEMBER:: When he goes.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: And a very able minister, during the course of his sermon, explained to the congregation the splendid work the Y.M.C.A. was doing in the trenches in France. The Y.M.C.A., like the Red Cross, have done noble work during this war, and the Red Cross deserves great credit indeed. In- every city, town and village throughout the Dominion, there are Red Cross societies, and the work that the women of this country have undertaken in sending to our soldiers in the trenches gifts of food, clothing, etc., to make them comfortable and to relieve their sufferings as much as possible, I am sure, deserves the thanks of the Canadian people. When one considers the splendid work that has been done by the women and the voluntary subscriptions that have been given, one must feel proud to be a Canadian. Canada has set in this war an example that is admired by the world; in fact, it has surprised even our neighbours to the south of us, who point to us with pride and hold up Canada as an example for the United States at the present time.
In the present Government we have an honest Government; I do not think a more honest Government ever held office in Canada. I believe the Government have tried by every possible means to give good value for the money expended, and to see that it is honestly expended, and although some investigations, which have been brought about by hon. gentlemen opposite, have been held in this country, they

have resulted, as everyone knows, in not leaving a stain of any kind upon the Government or upon its administration. We want fair criticism; the Government expects fair criticism from hon. gentlemen opposite, hut they do not expect the kind of unfair and unjust criticism that they are getting during this session of Parliament. Hon. gentlemen opposite from day to day and from week to week have indulged in criticism of the very smallest kind; petty, parish politics is the best way in which I can describe it. They have indulged in criticism that is unfair and have made statements that are absolutely misleading. I believe they have an entirely wrong conception of their duties in this House during war time. We should have no politics at all in these critical times; we should be here as one people supporting the Government and doing our very utmost to assist this Government to bring the war to a successful conclusion. Instead of that, the whole object of hon. gentlemen opposite seems to be what point they can make in order to gain a vote in the country, or in order to obtain some political advantage over the Government. I would call their attention to statements which have been made by some of the leading statesmen in the United States. Not long ago Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president -of the United States, gave an interview in the papers. A committee had waited upon him and suggested to him a coalition government in the United States, and he said: " No, we do not want any coalition government in this country'; we have no politics until the war is over; we are supporters of President Wilson and his Administration." That is the prevailing sentiment in the United States; the same sentiment is expressed by Mr. Hughes, the Republican candidate, and I notice that Mr. Taft has said the same thing. That is the position taken by Senator Root and by other leading politicians in the United States, who are splendid examples, for hon. gentlemen opposite to follow. We are not doing our duty in this House; we are delayed here month after month listening to small politics and small political statements to catch votes in the province of Nova Scotia or in the province of New Brunswick, or in the wheat fields out in Saskatchewan, without any object or apparent responsibility as to the great troubles through which we are passing at the present time. It would be a fine thing if I could, from my seat in this House this afternoon, congratulate hon. gentlemen opposite on the manly stand that
they were taking in doing their best to assist the Government.	.


An hon. MEMBER:: You would have to stretch a point to do it.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: But hon. gentlemen opposite are indulging in criticisms of a petty nature. I am surprised at the right hon. gentleman who leads the Opposition-and I have no hesitation in saying that I respect him very much-content to let this small crowd from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and one member from Saskatchewan, occupy the time of the House every day while their own friends and supporters sitting around them are compelled to listen to them.
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Edward Mortimer Macdonald: Does the hon. gentleman undertake to lay down the principle that this Government is beyond criticism and should not be criticised?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: At the opening of my remarks I have said that the Government wants criticism, fair criticism, but not petty parish politics.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: In other words, my hon. friend wants mild criticism that is not going to displease him and that will not hurt the Government.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: I want in this House the kind of criticism that will help to win the war. We do not want political criticism that is meant to win votes and to make the people of this country dissatisfied.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: Would my hon.
friend agree to the proposition that there should be a reciprocity on that basis; that t'he Government should set out to win the war and should give up playing politics?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: This Government are not playing politics; they are trying to win the war.


Charles Marcil: What does Sir Sam Hughes say?


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: What does Sir Sam Hughes say about that and about Sir George Perley?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: We are not afraid of our record. In regard to the ex-MinisteT of Militia, hon. gentlemen opposite are very good friends of his now. How was it before he resigned 'his office? Who was it that followed the exnMinister of Militia day and night in this House and out of it with reckless statements? Hon. gentlemen' opposite are the men who did that and they know

it. I think that the ex-Minister of Militia and Defence did magnificent work in this country.
The enlistment of 400,000 men, and their equipment with everything necessary, showed the energy of General Sir Sam Hughes. We have raised an army greater than the British army at the time of the South African wax, and I admire the young men of Canada who have responded so nobly to the call fox volunteers. I have not heard hon. gentlemen opposite have the manliness to criticise the System of voluntary enlistment in the House, but I believe they criticise it outside in some parts of the country. If they do not approve of the voluntary system, why do they not move a resolution that we should have conscription? If such a resolution were moved, I imagine there are a great many hon. gentlemen opposite who would not support it; mighty few of them would be found to support it, in my opinion. But if they believe we should have conscription, we will be very glad to have them move a resolution to that effect, and, speaking for myself, I will support it.


Charles Marcil: The Government is running the country. It is for them to move the resolution, and not the Opposition.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: The hon. member himself would be a first class man to move it.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: Is it not a fact that the Prime Minister of this country has declared himself since the war broke out as adverse to any such thing as conscription?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: I understand that is the case, but that was early in the war.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: It was last year, in this House.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: I might remind the hon. member for North Cape Breton (Mr. McKenzie) and the hon. member for Pietou (Mr. Macdonald) that their leader made the statement.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: Is not my hon. friend aware that the Minister of the Interior in his advertisements in the United States stated only a month ago that this Government did not consider conscription as either advisable or necessary in this country?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: I say that one of the most admirable things in the whole war has been the success of the voluntary system in Canada. Thousands of our young men have volunteered regardless of polities and re-
gardless of religion. They have answered the call because they were Canadians, and it makes a man proud to think of it. When I told some friends of mine in the United States how our young men were enlisting in such great numbers, they had the idea that it was compulsory, and it was a great surprise to them when I said these young men were all volunteers. Only recently Colonel Roosevelt, though in favour of conscription, pointed to the success of the voluntary system of enlistment in Canada. But perhaps the time is coming when there must be a change. The cream of our young men have been obtained )by the voluntary system, and we must have men to replace those who have fallen in the trenches, and it is questionable if the time is not fast approaching when there should be 6ome other system of raising recruits in this country. I invite hon. gentlemen opposite to move a resolution along that line if they want to help win this war. They like moving resolutions, and this would be a first-class resolution for the hon. member for North Cape Breton to move.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: If I did move a resolution involving the expenditure of money, I presume the Speaker would rule me out of order.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: That rule does not apply
to resolutions', but only to Bills.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: It goes further than
that.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: Perhaps the hon. gentleman would tell me if he would support a resolution of that kind.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: I will tell the hon.
member I would not.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: And there are a lot more sitting around him who would not.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: I am no coward, I say what I think.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: I am very glad, Mr. Speaker, that all hon. gentlemen opposite are not all of the same kind. I believe there are men on the other side of the House who would support conscription. I am sure there are men over there who are sick and tired of the tirades we have in this House every day, and who have some sense of their responsibility as members of this Parliament. There is my hon. friend from Red Deer (Mr. Michael Clark), who is not in the House just now. He has three sons in the trenches. I do not agree with the free trade theories he advocates in this House,

because I am a moderate protectionist, but I think the hon. member for Red Deer is on the wrong side of the House. I think he would be in more congenial company sitting on this side, for more reasons than one. But one reason is that we are a moderate protectionist party on this side, and have been since the days of 1878. We have never changed our policy in that respect from that day to this. The national policy was inaugurated in 1878, when this country was full of soup kitchens under the administration of hon. gentlemen opposite.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: Is free wheat part of your policy?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: We have been consistent protectionists from that time down to the present. I think the hon. member for Red Deer should be sitting on this side of the House, rather than with the hon. member for Pictou and his friends, who, though they advocate free trade and a low tariff, practised protection for fifteen years.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: What does my hon. friend thjnk of wheat?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: I will come to that.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: You will dodge it.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: These free traders and low tariff gentlemen opposite were in power fifteen years, and what did they do? They adopted the Conservative tariff that was left them by their predecessors, and they never changed it during their fifteen years of office. On the contrary, they added steel bounties and paid out millions and millions of the people's money to my hon. friend's friends in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.


Daniel Duncan McKenzie: That comes in well in war time, doesn't if?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: It was a steel bounty; I do not know whether there was any " steal " in it or not. As I was saying, I think the hon. member for Red Deer would be in more congenial! company on this side of the House. I do not think that such addresses as the House has listened to from the hon. member for Richmond (Mr. Kyte), ithe hon. member for CaTleton (Mr. Carvell) and the hon. member for Assiniboia (Mr. Turriff) find much sympathy among some hon. gentlemen opposite. I notice the hon. member for Saskatoon (Mr. McCraney) taking his seat. I .listened to his speech the other night with great pleasure, and I have had pleasure since in reading it in Hansard. It was a manly, straightforward, non-political speech. It is reported that
the hon. gentleman is going to retire from public life.


William Thomas White: I hope not.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: If it is true hon. gentlemen on this side of the House will regret it very much, because we have great respect for the member for Saskatoon. We also had a speech the other evening from the hon. member for Moosejaw (Mr. Knowles), who wanted the hon. member for Pictou and his friends to declare where they stood on free trade* and protection. He said that his constituency wanted to know, that the people out there were getting a little bit tired of both political parties. A free trader himself, he wanted to know where the party he had supported for fifteen years stood. Hon. gentlemen opposite should stick to their principles, or let the public know just where they stand. They should not preach free trade and a low tariff in one place and whisper to the manufacturers and protectionists in other places:	Never
fear, put U3 into power, and trust us. I often wonder what these hon. gentlemen opposite would do if they came into power. I would like the hon. member for Cape Breton North (Mr. McKenzie) tp tell me that. Would they really change the tariff? I think the hon. member would be ready to assure his friends in Nova Scotia that the tariff will be maintained, while he hon. member for Assiniboia (Mr. Turriff) will be ready to declare that they wpuld introduce free trade. I was speaking to a member on the other side of the House who is engaged in the imanufacturing business. I said: " If your side came into power and reduced the tariff, it would be a nice thing for your business, wouldn't it? " His answer was, " Don't worry we were in power for fifteen years and did not lower the tariff, and we would not lower it if we came into power now." Preaching one thing and practising another, in an effort to deceive tile people-that is the history of the Liberals. Why, that is what they are doing right now in this House. One day we have a series of speeches from the gentlemen from the manufacturing towns and cities, telling about awful poverty that they say exists in those places-women and babies starving. It is not true, for there never was greater prosperity in this country than there is to-day. The price of farm products is high, it is true. But why should they not be 'high? The farmers deserve some prosperity. And, let me tell you, wages are pretty good-perhaps not quite equal to the increase in the cost of food, but still

they are good. Some of these hon. gentle-.men talk about people starving, but there never was a time in this country when our people bought as good goods or as high-priced goods, or as many of them, as they do to-day. This is especially true of wearing apparel, and this shows that the country is prosperous. And, as I am reminded by a friend near me, the money in the savings banks is greater in amount than ever before in the history of the conntry.
We are told that the prices of farm products are high. They are pretty high and the farmers are pretty prosperous. But, let one tell you, they deserve a good deal of the prosperity they are getting. And don't fprget that it cost a good deal more for the farmer to raise his crops now than it ever did in the past. Everything he has to buy is higher, and the wages he has to pay for help are very much more than formerly. In the province of Ontario to-day, there is an average of about one man for every hundred acres, because the young men have grope to the war. That means that the farmer and his wife and daughters are left to run the farm, and they are doing just as heToic work for the Empire as are the hoys who have joined the forces, for we have come to the days when the need for food for the soldiers is fully realized.	-
We have a Government in power that is very kind to the farmers. We on this side are the farmers' friends, there is no question about that, for we have done more for the farmers than any other government in the history of Canada. A resolution will come before us this session to grant $10,000,000 for the building of good roads. We had a similar resolution before, and had it not been for the friends of hon. gentlemen opposite the farmers of our country would have had good roads. In my county, good roads are almost as necessary as railways, for the roads are not very good naturally. Our county has spent a lot of money on roads, assisted by the provincial Government. If the Bill that we passed in this House and sent to the Senate had been confirmed by the Senate, we would have had good roads through the county of Hal-dimand. We have got a majority now in the Senate-that is one good thing for this country, and we are going to pass the Bill and give the farmers $10,000,000 to build roads.


Mr. A. K. MACLEAN:: If the hon. gentleman will permit me-I made a statement that this Bill was to provide for an

expenditure of $10,000,000, but I was informed officially that no such expenditure was contemplated. If I was in error, I am afraid that my hon. friend (Mr. Lalor) is equally in error.


Francis Ramsey Lalor: Certainly, the hon. gentleman is misinformed, for the Bill is to provide $10,000,000 for good roads. Of course, it is not all to be spent in one year- he did not expect that, I hope, but it is to be spread,over a number of years. One of our great problems is the problem' of providing employment for returned soldiers. If we spend $10,000,000 in building good roads for the farmers, that will provide something for the soldiers to do. I have great pride, as >a representative of a farming constituency, in pointing to the rural mail system of this Government. The farmers to-day do not have to drive over bad roads for five or ten miles to the nearest post office to get their papers -and letters, and then only get them once or twice a week; but a Government mail carrier goes to every farm house every day to deliver to the farmer his daily paper and his letters as well. I could enumerate, many other things that this Government has done for the farmers. I am proud to support a government that has given more to the farmers than has ever been given in the past, and has looked to their interests better than any other government in our history. I am sure the farmers will show their gratitude for what has been done for them by supporting the government that has carefully considered their interest.
We have heard a great deal this session about the manufacturers. Hon. gentlemen opposite, for political effect, make the most vicious attacks upon the manufacturing interests of this country, and try and make the people believe that they are being Tobbed by extortionate high protectionist manufacturers. But I notice that some hon. gentlemen on the other side are themselves engaged in manufacturing. What do they wrant to do-I ask this question in all seriousness-when they make these statements? Do they propose to close the manufacturing industries of this country? Where are the returned soldiers going to get employment when they come back? In my county, and I am glad to say it is the policy of this Government, the returned soldiers get all the public offices. That is the policy we are supporting. But, they have to get employment as well in the factories and they cannot get employment if this policy of hon. gentlemen opposite is

carried out because probably a good many of the factories would be put out of business.
The manufacturers, I am pleased to say, have shown a "good principle during this war. They are the only class of people who are directly taxed by the Government for the war. They have been asked to hand over to this Government 25 per cent of all the profits they make over a certain amount. I am pleased to say, and I think the Minister of Finance told us, that in all Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific, there has never been a grumble from a manufacturer. Although the tax amounts, in some instances, to hundreds of thousands of dollars, they have never grumbled or found fault, but have cheerfully paid over their money to the treasury of this country. Under the present taxation scheme of the Minister of Finance they will have to pay over very much more, in some cases as much as 75 per cent of their profits, and I believe they will cheerfully accept that taxation and pay whatever they are .asked to pay.
Hon. gentlemen opposite advocated an income tax. I presume that income tax will fall upon large and small incomes. There is great difficulty in the administration of an income tax, as the Minister of Finance has told us. It is a very difficult matter to go to a farmer who is making a thousand or two thousand dollars a year and ask him to pay an income tax upon what he is making. I am rather inclined to believe in a tax on large incomes. That is a very small problem compared with the effort to raise revenue by means of a tax on small incomes because the people are paying taxes now indirectly if not directly.
I propose, in a moment, to refer to the attack made by the hon. member for Richmond (Mr. Kyte) on the canning business, but in the meantime I will mention another subject. We have heard a good deal in this House about the old reciprocity agreement. Hon. gentlemen opposite regard this as a child of their own and some of them are pleased to tell us about it yet. They cannot give it up although I do not think they really love the baby very much now. The Conservative party opposed reciprocity and the people voted against it. They were opposed to the agreement that was made by Mr. Fielding and the late Mr. Paterson. What was the result? The result of the defeat of reciprocity was that the Republican party went out of office in the States, the Democratic party came in, they gave us more than they would have given us under
reciprocity, and we do not have to give anything in return. More than that, we have control of our own tariff
5 p.m. and our own tariff policy. We impose duty where we want to, we take off duty if we want to, and Washington cannot interfere. I have in my hand the Payne tariff, which was in force at the time hon. gentlemen were in power, the reciprocity agreement and the present trade arrangement, which is known as the Underwood tariff. I will just mention a few items, so that hon. gentlemen opposite can understand what a good arrangement the present Government have made by getting the Underwood Bill brought into effect. Under the Payne tariff, if a farmer shipped cattle less than a year old he had. to pay $2 duty. If worth not more than $14 he paid $3.75, and if worth over $14 he paid 27i per cent.


Mr. WILCOX:: Is that the reciprocity agreement? [DOT]


Francis Ramsey Lalor: No, that is the Payne tariff. We were told what a great thing it would be if we had reciprocity, because the farmers could ship their cattle to the United States and not pay any duty on them at all, that they would be absolutely free. Well, they are free now under the Underwood tariff. Therefore, there was nothing to be gained by the reciprocity agreement. Horses are a little different. Horses were 25 per cent under the Payne tariff. - The reciprocity agreement would have made them free, and now we are charged 10 per cent. Hogs; I remember in my own county that a very good friend, a gentleman whom I admire very much but who is not of the same party as I am myself, told the farmers what an advantage it would be to them if they could ship their hogs over to the United States. The reciprocity agreement made them free, but they are free to-day. You can go down through this whole list and find many instances of this kind. Beef and lambs were free under reciprocity; they are free under the Underwood Bill.


An hon. MEMBER:: Are they being shipped in?


Francis Ramsey Lalor: I do not know whether they are being shipped in or not. Poultry; the reciprocity agreement made them free; they were taxed under the Payne tariff 5 cents a pound, and they are now 1 cent .a pound. Meats fresh; under the reciprocity agreement the farmer, if he wanted to ship his fresh beef to the United States, had to pay li cents a pound, but under the present
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arrangement these articles are free. Bacon and hams were taxed under reciprocity; now they are free. Meats, salted, were taxed under reciprocity 14 cents a pound; they are now free. Wheat; you have heard about that before. Wheat used to be taxed 25 cents a bushel; the reciprocity made it free and wheat is free to-day, as you know. There has never been anything done by the Government that has hurt our friends upon the opposite side of t'he House so much as free wheat. I am sorry that we have not in the House now some of the representatives like the hon. member for Assiniboia (Mr. Turriff), who talks free wheat when there is a duty upon it, and, when there is no duty upon it and it is made absolutely free, regrets that it is free. On speeches free wheat has gone into the scrap. They are now of no use to hon. gentlemen opposite. They have to get something new, and the hon. member for Assiniboia the other night tried to make out that my hon. friend the Minister of Trade and Commerce (Sir George Foster), on behalf of this Government, had endeavoured to persuade the farmers of the West to sell their wheat at $1.30 a bushel. There is nothing in that; it was simply the offer of the British Government thait the Minister of Trade and Commerce submitted to the farmers of the West. I believe every member of this House knows it and that the hon. member for Assiniboia knows it as well. You can go down through the whole list of farm products and you will find that they are just as free as they were under reciprocity, and even some of the items that were taxed under reciprocity have been made free by the Underwood tariff.
Let me now take up the duty on flour. It was a good thing that the hon. member for Huntingdon (Mr. Kobb) was a member of this Parliament when the Reciprocity agreement was being negotiated, because the hon. member for Huntingdon and his friends arranged that wheat should be free so that he could go over to the United States, if wheat was cheaper there than in Canada, and bring it here and grind it into flour. He also took good care that the Government then in power put a duty of fifty cents a barrel on flour. And we had a resolution the other night charging this Government with blame for the high price of flour, and finding great fault with the Minister of Labour because he did not do something to reduce the price. We were told that if the duty on flour of fifty cents a barrel were Temoved flour would be 
cheaper in this country, that the poor people of Canada would be able to buy it cheaper, the artisans, labourers, all who desired to buy flour would be much better off if they could only get free flour from the United States. Here is what the hon. member for Assiniboia (Mr. Turriff) said:
Yet this Government stands in the way and refuses to allow the farmers of Canada to sell their wheat in the United States. They simply refuse to come to the relief of the farmer when the farmer is not asking any favour but only saying:	Give us the privilege of selling our
wheat where we can sell it to the best advantage. But it is not only the farmer who grows wheat who suffers. What about that great big class of workmen, mechanics and consumers of Canada? Give us free wheat and the farmer who grows wheat will get a better price, and the man who is "working for $1.50 or $2.50 a day, with a big family to feed and support, will buy his flour cheaper, so that it works both ways. I say that the workman can buy his flour cheaper.
Well, we have taken the duty off flour to help the poor man out, and there is no one finding greater fault than the right hon. gentleman and his supporters on the other side of the House. They proposed a resolution which occupied the whole time of this House yesterday. In that resolution they charged the Government with responsibility for the high price of flour, said that the Government were responsible, and wanted the Government, as I understood, to go out and buy all the wheat in this country, which is said to be 100,000,000 bushels which, at the present prices, would cost $300,000,000; then they wanted the Government to take over the flour mills of this country in order to produce flour cheaper for t'he consumer. Well surely you have all the advantage you could have even if such a step were taken when you have the market of t'he United States absolutely free. The member for Richmond (Mr. Kyte) the other night compared prices in this country with the prices in Australia.. Was that a fair comparison? Australia is 4,000 miles away from us. If the hon. member for Richmond had wanted to be fair in his comparison of prices he would have compared the prices of the United States and Canada. That would have been a fair comparison, because they are right beside us, and our farmers were told and always have been told that the prices in t'he United States for farm products were higher than here, while the consumer has been told that they were lower If the hon. member wanted to make a fair comparison, he would have compared the prices in the United States and in Canada. It is the same

old tiring today as it was in the time of t'he reciprocity campaign, an attempt to deceive the people of this country. In my* county on the day of the official nomination we always have a trig public meeting in order that the candidates may express their views to the electorate. I remember that at the last official nomination during the reciprocity campaign a friend of mine handed me a leading Liberal paper of Toronto. One edition of that paper was issued for the farmers to read and the other for the people in the towns and cities. One told the farmers that if they had reciprocity they would get higher prices, that everything would be worth more, butter, eggs, wheat, stocks of all kinds-everything would go up. The other edition told the people living in the cities and towns that they would (buy everything cheaper. Well, it was amusing. Fortunately I got the paper, and I think it amused the people very much to hear the statements of a leading Liberal organ in Toronto. Very largely I think as a result of that nomination meeting, I got three times the majority I had ever received before. I could go over the whole list of articles dealt with in the reciprocity agreement and show that we have gained by defeating reciprocity.
I do not intend to deal any longer with the remarks of the hon. member for Richmond, and his comparisons of prices. I want to say in all seriousness that the one thing .we have to fear in this country is a shortage of food. There is no question about that. We talk about the high price of flour and the high price of wheat, but what I fear is that they are going to be very much higher than they are to-day. I think that the greatest trouble that is ahead of us in this country is a shortage of wheat and a shortage of food generally. I read to-day a dispatch which anticipates that the American Government reports which will be issued on Monday will show that 10,000,000 acres of fall wheat have been ploughed up in the United States. That is an alarming statement. The report will also say that the balance of the acreage in the United States will produce only 60 per cent of a crop. The Commissioner of Agriculture for the Dominion of Canada issued a statement yesterday that he had just received a cable from Australia, where they are harvesting their crop, stating that the Australian crop is 36,000,000 bushels short of the crop of last year; and in the same report this commissioner tells us that
in the great wheat-growing province of Saskatchewan there is 1,500,000 acres less land ploughed this year than there was last year. I tell you that this is a very serious matter indeed. We talk about appointing a food dictator to tell what we should eat and what we should have on the table. I do not think such a plan would be very practicable in this country; it would be very hard to carry into effect a policy of that kind, although it may be possible to persuade the people to accept the conditions and to live as economically as they possibly can as far as food is concerned. I believe that all the food that we raise will be required by our people in Canada and by our men who are engaged in this war. It is not only the submarine menace that is so dangerous and doing such awful destruction. At the beginning of this war, a man said to me: God Almighty himself will finish this war by famine and by shortage of food. It looks very much as though his prophecy was going to be fulfilled, because we are short of wheat and short of food. I tell you that these conditions as to the wheat supply are very serious. I cannot see anything ahead but very high prices for wheat and flour as well; and if flour will stay at its present price of $14 a barrel and not go any higher, we can congratulate ourselves on the conditions that exist.
I now wish to[DOT] refer to an attack that was made on an industry in which I am interested, the Dominion Canners Company. The member for Richmond (Mr. G. W. Kyte) made a general attack upon many industrial institutions in Canada, but of the industries that he mentioned there is only one in respect of which I can reply to some of the things that he said. I am not interested in the others and know nothing about them, but if his remarks as to these were no fairer than what he said about the Dominion Canners Company, of which I have been a director since its organization, then my hon. friend's whole statement was unfair and a misrepresentation. I am told that our friends opposite have recently issued some literature-I have not seen it, but I am informed as to this by a gentleman who has seen it-in which the member. for East Elgin (Mr. David Marshall) and myself are painted in no very complimentary manner and referred to as having extorted money from the people. I am going to tell a few honest facts in connection with the Dominion Canners Company. It is a very large organization.



with about 75 factories spread from the province of Quebec to the province of British Columbia, employing 10,000 or 12,000 people in their factories in the canning season, contracting with farmers for 10,000 or 15,000 acres of land for vegetables alone. It is a large industry of which I believe the people of Canada may feel proud, because it is the largest institution of its kind in the world. Their methods have been fair and honest and they have never extracted from the people one dollar in the way of extra prices that they were not entitled to.
The hon. gentleman tells us in his statement that the Dominion Canners Company made in the year 1916 $555,777. In that statement he was correct. The Company has a large capitalization, which, I am proud to say, represents good hard cash that has been paid into the company. Let me tell you how they made some of that money in 1916. We know something about the prices of raw material. The Dominion Canners' Company, in 1916, had on hand nearly $1,000,000 worth of tin-plate, and the large increase in the price of tin-plate was responsible for our making $500,000 of the amount mentioned by the member for Richmond. Tin-plate that we used to buy for $3.60 a box is now worth $15 a box, and the same may be said of solder, nails, boxes, labels, and everything that is used in the canning business. The turnover of the company is very 'large, and I think it is only fair to take the figures for more than one year. That is something that is not quite fair about the Finance Minister's taxation. While the Dominion Canners' Company made a little money in 1916, they lost very heavily in 1915. Of course, the Government got no taxes then-and they did not come to our rescue and help us out. But in 1916, when we had a little better profit, we had to shell out 25 per cent to the Finance Minister to help him out.
In the year 1915 the Dominion Canners' Company lost $407,600. The member for Richmond did mention the loss, but he did not give the figures correctly; this figure is very much larger than that given by the hon. gentleman. In that year we put up a bigger pack of canned goods than ever before, and that in face of the increased cost of labour. These conditions, and the effects of competition, reduced the price of canned goods to such an extent that we lost in one year's operations the amount that I have stated. Let us compare the two years 1915 and 1916. I think it is only fair that we should do so. The total sum made in the two years was $149,000. That is a very 
small profit, indeed, upon the capitalization of our company and its operations for *two years. We paid no dividend on our preferred stock in 1915 or 1916, because we could not do so. As a director of that company I was very sorry, indeed, that widows and other people throughout the country who wanted to get a dividend upon their stock to live upon were not able to get it because we had lost so much money. Recently we paid a dividend of li per cent on our preferred stock; the common stock gets no dividend. You can buy Dominion Canners common stock to-day at 20 cents on the dollar, and you can buy preferred stock, with all these back dividends due upon them, at 70 or 75. Is it fair to make an attack upon a big organization which is in such a financial position as this, and which is struggling as the Dominion Canners Company has been struggling? I would tell the member for Richmond if he were here that the Dominion Canners Company in two years' operations turned out $15,000,000 worth of goods and they cleared less than one per cent on their turnover. Still hon. gentlemen opposite in their campaign literature say that the Dominion Canners Company are robbing the people and extorting money from them. That is grossly unfair, and would be unfair to any business organization like the Dominion Canners Company, who are mindful of the interests of the farmers as well as the interests of the consumers.
I will give you a little more information about the Dominion Canners Company. It is not always wise for directors to tell all they know about a company in which they are interested, but I want the public to know, and I think the other directors of the Dominion Canners Company want the public to know, all the facts in connection with these unfair and unfounded charges that have been made. In 1916 there was a failure of the vegetable crop in Canada- tomatoes, peas and corn. In selling our goods to the wholesale trade we guaranteed them a delivery of 60 per cent, because their goods are sold before the crop is sown. Every wholesale house that bought canned goods from the Dominion Canners Company was assured of a delivery of 60 per cent. But the crop was so poor that we were able to deliver only 25 per cent of our pack, at prices that were contracted before the crop was grown. I myself went to the United States to buy 100,000 cases of canned goods to help us fill our orders, but could only purchase 60,000 cases. The

wholesale trade knew that we had lost a tremendous amount of money the year before and they were very generous with us; if they had not been generous, I do not know what would have happened to the Dominion Canners Company. They made a compromise with us by taking goods from us and cancelling the original contracts. The wholesale houses got a fair price for the goods last year, because conditions were such that they were entitled to it. You could not buy the goods from anybody else, and they got good profits. When the hon. member for Richmond says that the price of tomatoes was $2.15 a case, I may tell him that that was not the price that the Dominion Canners Company received.
Thiis is the position of the wholesale trade in connection with the distribution of canned good's in Canada. The canners have always sold their goods to the wholesale trade at a profit of ten per cent; that is, the wholesale trade are allowed a profit of 10 per cent for selling the products of the Dominion Canners Company. That profit is not too large. Any business man who has ever sent out travellers to the retail trade knows that it costs about 7 per cent to sell goods, so that the wholesale trade have. 3 per cent left for their profit, and to pay overhead expenses. That is the profit the wholesale trade have in the past received. I do not think that profit is excessive. The Dominion Canners Company, from its organization down to the present time has had one aim, one object in view, namely, to give the consumers the best quality of goods, and to charge them ais reasonable a price as possible to cover expenses, interest on bonds and dividends on preferred stock. I regret that they have not been able to pay the latter for the last two years. The Dominion Canners Company is a large company, and I do not think any man can place any censure upon it or -upon its methods of doing business, which are honest, straightforward and upright. As a member and a stockholder of that company, I am very sorry that a gentleman sitting on the opposite side of the House, not only this session, but session after session has attacked this organization for political purposes solely, to try to make a little bit of capital against -some gentlemen who- happen to be members of this House and supporters of the Government. That is unfair; further than that, the hon. member for Richmond (Mr. Kyte) could direct his energies to a great deal better advantage in the House by
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trying to advise the Government as best he could, honestly, sincerely and non-politically, as to how to win this war.
And after all, there ie something higher and nobler in life than mere wrangling over petty -politics in this hour of our nation's sorrow, glorious though be the deeds of valour which our sons are achieving. May we not pause -to think that in many a once happy home in this land there is mourning to-day. It cornea close to -all of us when we think of the fine young men who were our every day companions who n,ow sleep their last sleep on the fields of France and Flandere and in Mesopotamia and in eastern Europe. Last week the news came to my own town that four splendid young fellows, well educated boys, had made the supreme sacrifice for liberty and humanity. If you go to the city of Toronto, you will see men with one arm or one leg or maimed in other waye going down the street. Such is the awful condition of things, and in addition to that there ie the great problem of food that will face us in the future with the German submarines sinking our ships and sending loads of food to the bottom of the ocean. The conditions in this country today are alarming; they are awfu1, as we all know; and as regards the fighting in France, while we are pleased when we pick up the papers and read the headlines, to think that, we are advancing just a little bit, yet, if we look at the papers for a week or ten days previous, we shall find that our forces are pretty nearly in the same position as they were in before. I noticed a despatch to-day stating that in the city of Berlin the Germans have turned their machine gums on their own people and shot down their own women and children, the poor women and children of Germany who are innocent in this war and who are crying for bread. Those are the methods that are used to quiet the people in Germany who are hungry. Yet hon. gentlemen opposite, like Mr. Kyte and Mr. Car-vell-I am sorry to mention their names- day after day in this House, foT political advantage, for party purposes, for what little impression they can make on the men in one section of the country or in another section, in the interest of the party, are occupying the time of the members of this Parliament who are sent here to devise some real remedies for the great evils and troubles that are facing us at the present time. It is lamentable, and I want now, as a humble member of this House, to appeal to the Right Hon. leader of the

Opposition, for whom I have the greatest respect-and I have never any hesitation in saying that, not only to his face bnt wherever I am-to set an example to his followers and to tell them to stop all this thing; to say to them: When this war is over, we will fight our political battles to a finish; we will make all the political capital that we can; we will turn the Tories out of office if possible; hut for the sake of our nation, for the sake of humanity, let us at the present time help to steer the Government, if we can, to win this waT. Hon. gentlemen opposite s"ay that we are going to have an election. I hope not; I hope that neither of the parties of this House will assume that enormous, that grave responsibility. I am quite satisfied that the people of this country do not want politics and do not want an .election at the present time. They want us to do our duty here to win this war, and they will respect the Opposition much more than they do to-day and thousands of people in this country, who have never supported the Opposition before will probably vote for them if they will do their duty and assist the Government at this time.


Mr. O. TURGEON (Gloucester):: Mr. Speaker, it is always with a certain timidity that I arise to address this House, but my timidity to-day is all the greater owing to the admonition of my hon. friend (Mr. Lalor) that no criticism of the Government should be offered by any hon. member on this side of the House. I feel, therefore, that I should perhaps stand aside and not make the remarks that I had intended to make, more especially as I am one of the members from the Maritime Provinces who are, according to my hon. friend, always causing trouble. But fortunately, Sir, so far as you are personally concerned, it may be that your familiarity with the spectre will permit you to keep patient while I address you for a little while.'
Later on in my remarks I shall deal with the many arguments presented by my hon. friend. First of all, I wish to discuss something which he has said about the Intercolonial railway and that great enterprise of my right hon. friend the leader of the Opposition, the National Transcontinental. Only a few days ago, we discussed the question of the Intercolonial for a whole afternoon and night, and I thought my hon. friend would have had all the information he could expect from any hon. member at that time without bringing up the .subject again,
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and displaying ignorance or forgetfulness when he spoke of the Liberal Government having added nothing to the Intercolonial Railway during the years they were in power. Does my hon. friend forget that the Drummond County Railway was taken over by my right hon. friend (Sir Wilfrid Laur-ier) and the Liberal Government in 1898-99 or shortly after they came into power in 1896 and that up to that date the Intercolonial railway from Hailfax was ending in a field at Levis with no proper terminals, and that the Liberal Government, as soon as they took office, extended the road to the great metropolis of Canada? Has he forgotten or did he ever know that the road known as the Gibson road connecting Fredericton with Chatham and Newcastle was taken over by hon. friends when, they were in power adding 125 miles to the Intercolonial? Has he forgotten or did he ever know that in 1911 when we appealed to the country, a bill was awaiting its second reading for the taking over of the International, the Caraquet, the Kent, and other small branch railways in the southern portion of the province of New Brunswick, to be added to the Intercolonial? I might be pardoned for recalling tho_ telegram sent by the present Prime Minister at the time of the election, pledging to take over all these branches if he was put in power, and I would ask the hon. gentleman who has just taken his seat to tell me how many of those railways have been taken over in the six years this Government has been in office. In that time they have taken over only one of these railways, the International. My right hon. leader (Sir Wilfrid Laurier) has been most generous to the Government in connection with everything pertaining to the war, and in extending the term of Parliament, yet after such generous treatment as that, when any hon. gentleman on this side of the House gets up and criticises the Government, he is accused of disloyalty. I never accuse any one in Canada of disloyalty, because I believe every man in this country is actuated by a proper sentiment whether he belongs to a Liberal or Conservative family. I think to accuse a person of disloyalty is the most terrible accusation one can make.
I wish to say just a few words about the Transcontinental railway, which hon. gentlemen opposite are trying to make so much political capital out of. That road in a few years, I am sure, will prove its usefulness. It would have proved it already if * it had not been for the attitude adopted bv this

Government when they took office. It appeared to be their deliberate object to show the people of this country that a great mistake had been made in constructing that road, and they at once set about to get public opinion on their side. Mr. Gutelius, who made the report on the Transcontinental has by his actions on the Intercolonial contradicted his own report. The report showed that he cared nothing for his reputation as an engineer. When he took charge of the Intercolonial he tried to improve the roadbed as much as possible so that trains could haul a greater number of cars between Moncton and Halifax and Sydney, and at a cheaper rate. Since the Government have taken over that portion of the Transcontinental between Winnipeg and Cochrane, the Minister of Railways and Mr. Gutelius have been advertising it as the best road on the American continent. They say that the service and equipment of the trains is unsurpassed. Why do they not boost to the same extent that portion of the road between Cochrane and St. John? My right hon. friend told the country that it would not be a great many years before great industries and populous villages would be settled along that line of railway, ' and people would go in there by the hundreds and thousands. Why is it that they have not gone? It is simply because this Government have not afforded the facilities which it was intended to give, and which it is able to give them to-day. It is only a few nights ago that the hon. member for Calgary (Mr. Bennett) threatened to tear up the rails on that portion of the Transcontinental that crosses New Brunswick. This Transcontinental road was expected to cement our provinces closer together, provinces that already were united by industrial and commercial activities, and which had heard the eloquent appeals of Haliburton, Joseph Howe, Tupper, Tilley, Mitchell, mingled with the -eloquent appeals of Cartier, Macdonald, Brown, and others. All these men made eloquent appeals to the provinces that were united by the still more noble ties of brotherhood, humanity and charity. Charity, by the way, is a virtue which some hon. gentlemen opposite seem to lack when they talk of the Maritime Provinces. The Maritime Provinces have all played their part. We have given to the West the great harbours with which our shores are so generously endowed, and which are to-day so necessary if Canada is to become the great nation
we expect her to be. My hon. friend said that the building of the Transcontinental from Quebec to New Brunswick was opposed by the Hon. Mr. Blair, who resigned because of the construction of that road. Very few men, permit me to say, have been closer to the heart and mind of the people of this Dominion than the late Mr. Blair, and by none is his memory more revered than by me. The Hon. Mr. Blair always treated my county of Gloucester with the greatest justice and consideration. His name is mentioned in every home in the county almost as if it were the name of a father.
I only do him justice when I say that I know that the action he took was inconsiderate and that he regretted it next day. And, perhaps, that was one of the causes that took him so quickly from us, to- our great regret. This Transcontinental road -across the Maritime Provinces, coming as far as Moncton and bringing down the products of the West to be -shipped from the ports of St. John and Halifax, might easily have been made the bearer of a much greater traffic, had the crossing at Quebec been completed. But, through the failure to make this connection and in other ways, the Government have caused this traffic from the West to reach Toronto and Montreal, to be ultimately diverted to American harbours. Some day the Transcontinental across New Brunswick will be one of the best paying roads in Canada. When a government undertakes an enterprise of such consequence as a transcontinental railway it has not in view the returns of the very next day; it looks to the future. This patriotic plan of uniting by another road the Atlantic coast with the Pacific should have had the effect of making the portion of New Brunswick to which I have referred one of the most highly productive parts of Canada. I am surprised that my hon. friends from Ontario are not satisfied with the development which the Transcontinental has given to the trade through that province. The connection from Cochrane to North Bay by the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario railway -itself the conception of a great -Liberal statesman, the late Sir George Ross-gives Ontario another means of connection with the West, and that province is thereby greatly benefited, just as central New Brunswick has benefited. The younger generation, when they make up their minds no longer to go to the United States, but to spend their energies in developing the land

in which they were born, will see this middle portion of New Brunswick the scene of many thriving industries, especially the pulp and paper manufactories for which it is so well fitted. And the traflac thus developed must make the magnificent scenery of 'the Miramichi valley and other portions of that country famous; for, while not so inspiring as the scenery of the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, its 'beauties will attract many lovers of nature, and will convince them that Providence lias been generous to eastern as well as to western Canada.
On the motion of Mr. Turgeon the debate was adjourned.
At six o'clock the House took recess.
After Recess.
The House resumed at eight o'clock.


PRIVATE BILLS.
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The House in Committee on Private Bills, Mr. Rainville in the Chair.

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Further consideration of Bill No. 14 respecting the Grain Growers Grain Company, Limited, and to authorize it to change its name to "United Grain Growers, Limited."-Mr. Bradbury-in Committee.
On section 5-Power to prohibit shareholder voting by proxy:
Mr. BRADBURY:: Before we go any further, an arrangement has been come to by which an amendment is to be made to that section. The discussion, the last time the Bill was before the House, was on clause 5 and that was regarding the voting to be permitted. The matter has been thoroughly explained and I am informed that my hon. friend the Solicitor General (Mr. Meighen) is perfectly satisfied with this amendment which has been placed in my hands. The amendment, which I beg leave to move, seconded by Mr. Schaffner, reads as follows :
That section 5 be amended' by adding- the following sub-section:	'tNo by-law passed
under the provisions of this section shall go into operation until a by-law has been passed under the next following section giving the shareholders representation at annual and other meetings by means of elected delegates as soon as the right of voting by proxy is abolished."
This, I think, clears up the difficulty.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: I would suggest that the preceding -subsection be numbered 1 -and this 2.


William Thomas White: I understand that it is not customary now to number the first subsection-. The second is No. 2 but the first is not numbered 1 because it is 1.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: I think that has become the rule here but I do not think it is considered good drafting all the same.


William Thomas White: I am disposed to agree with my hon. friend but I know it is customary.
Section as amended agreed to.
Bill reported, read the third time and passed.


MOUNT ROYAL TUNNEL AND TERMINAL COMPANY.
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Bill No. 37, respecting The Mount Royal Tunnel and Terminal Company, Limited.- Mr. Rainville-in committee.
Mr. MURPHY:: I notice that this Bill has been amended. Would you be good enough, Mr. Chairman, to indicate what the amendment is?


The CHAIRMAN:: The amendment is in clause 2: "Section 12 of chapter 74 of the Statutes of 1912 is hereby repealed."


Charles Murphy: Can any one tell us what that was?


Mr. BLAIN:: This work is pretty well advanced; indeed, a train has passed through the tunnel. The Bill merely provides for an extension of time. There is no opposition from the city of Montreal or from any other source. I regret that I cannot give a proper answer to my hon. friend's question, but I may say that the matter is not contentious. There is but little change from the terms of the original Bill.


Charles Murphy: From the reading of the amendment by the chairman, it occurs to me that it may be a verbal change made necessary by this new Bill. Apart from that, however, I desire to point out to the committee that, as the hon.. member for Peel has just said, the works referred to in this Act are rapidly approaching completion. A train went through the tunnel a week or ten days ago. The contract for the terminal on Dorchester street was let some time last fall, and the work there is fairly well advanced. The people of Montreal and vicinity are very much interested in the progress of this work; the Montreal newspapers devote a great deal of attention to it. Sir Donald Mann was recently interviewed, and stated that the trains through

the tunnel would be in operation by August next, if I mistake not. I read in one of the Montreal newspapers not very long	ago	that	financial arrangements	have	been made that
necessitate an application of the moneys that have been secured by way of loan for the completion of this work to no other undertaking of the Canadian Northern Company. Under these circumstances it occurs to me that five years is a rather long extension to grant, and that a couple of years at the outside would 'be sufficient, if the work is really to be completed, and if it is as near completion as persons connected with the Canadian Northern railway and their officers represent it to be. These works have dawdled along for quite a number of years, and possibly if a shorter extension commensurate with the requirements of the company were granted they would be brought to completion much more quickly. I invite an expression of opinion from some gentleman from Montreal who is more familiar with the matter than I am.


Rodolphe Lemieux: While under ordinary circumstances the extension would appeaT to be rather long, I may point out that of all the enterprises of the Canadian Northern this is, perhaps, the only one which has been brought to a successful issue. Since they started the tunnelling of the mountain at Montreal they have not stopped their work, and I know that in a short time they intend to build a convenient station and terminus on Dorchester street. I think that under the circumstances the committee would do well to give them the extension for which they ask.


Charles Murphy: Five years is rather long.


Rodolphe Lemieux: Perhaps so, but even during this war and under the difficult conditions which every railway company has had to go through, the Canadian Northern has been doing excellent work in Montreal. On account of the fact that they have tunnelled the mountain and that they are building the station, as I am told that they have secured the necessary funds to build it, I think we should grant them that extension of time.


Charles Murphy: I hope my hon. friend
is correct. Could my hon. friend from Peel (Mr. Blain) give us any statement as to that?


Richard Blain: That matter was discussed in committee and every one present was quite satisfied with the progress of the
work, as my hon. friend from Rouville has pointed out.


Charles Murphy: Did any representative
of the Canadian Northern railway give to the committee any assurance regarding the completion of the work?


Richard Blain: Yes, that was assured.


Charles Murphy: Who was present?


Richard Blain: Mr. Ruel, and he made a statement before the committee that the work was progressing and that a train had been sent through, which would show that the rails had all been laid. The extension of time, as I understand if, is to complete the terminals. The representative of the Canadian Northern railway promised the committee that the work would go forward at once and be completed in a short time. There is something in what my hon. friend says. The time of extension seems to be rather long, particularly as the work is so well advanced, 'but I do not think there is any cause of complaint in that regard. The work has been pushed forward in a fairly satisfactory manner to all concerned. In answer to the question of my hpn. friend in respect to the clause that was repealed, the clause to he repealed is:
The company shall commence to construct a tunnel on the said line of railway within two years after the passing of this Act-
And so on. 'That is the general clause. The committee may feel quite safe as to the work being pushed forward as rapidly as possible. The question is a fair one to come up before this committee, and on that point I can assure the committee that it may be perfectly satisfied.


Charles Murphy: The Railway Committee acted on the assurance of Mr. Ruel, representing the Canadian Northern railway, that the work would be completed within the time given, and so agreed to the extension?


Richard Blain: Yes.
Bill reported.


CONSIDERED IN COMMITTEE.
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Bill No. 6, respecting the Athabaska Northern Railway Company.-Mr. R. B. Bennett.
Bill No. 9, respecting the Lachine, Jacques Cartier and Maisonneuve Railway Company.-Mr. Biokerdike.
Bill No. 17, respecting the Westerrn Dominion Railway Company.-Mr. Smyth.
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Bill No. 26, respecting the Calgary and Fernie Railway Company.-Mr. Turriff.
Bill No. 28, respecting the Canadian Northern Quebec Railway Company.-Mr. Rainville.	^
Bill No. 30, respecting the Canadian Western Railway Company.-Mr. Turriff.
Bill No. 16, to confirm certain agreements made between the Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company and the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway Company.-Mr. Stevens.
Bill No. 34, respecting the Interprovincial and James Bay Railway Company.-Mr. Northrup.
Bill No. 35, respecting the Kaslo and Slogan Railway Company.-Mr. Green.
Bill No. 36, respecting La Companie de chemin de Fer de Colonisation du Nord -Mr. Northrup.
Bill No. 5, respecting the Guardian Accident and Guarantee Company and to change its name to the Guardian Insurance Company of Canada.-Mr. Achim.
Bill No. 15, respecting the Saint John Board of Trade.-Mr. Pugsley.
Bill No. 29, to amend the Act Incorporating the Canadian Surety Company.-Mr. Macdonell.

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Bill No. 44, to incorporate Alliance National.-Mr. Achim.	,

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The House in Committee of Supply, Mr. Rainville in the Chair.
Department of .Labour-Industrial Investigation Act, $25,000.
Hon. T. W. CROTHERS (Minister of Labour) Before taking up this item I desire to make a very brief statement concerning the expenditures of the Department of Labour, chiefly for the purpose of correcting two or three mis-statements that have been made respecting them. Some time ago the lion, member for Rouville, in criticising the expenditures of the various departments, stated that there had been an increase in the total expenditure of the Department of Labour between the years 1911 and 1915 of 50 per cent. On being challenged, he declared that he would prove his statement up to the hilt when we came to the estimates.
['2139-3186. " VI: 5271-6094.']
Rodolphe Lemieux: Did I make that statement this session or last?


Mr. CROTHERS:: Last session. The Public Accounts show that for the first full year
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after we were in power, namely, from March 31, 1912 to March 31, 1913, the expenditure of the Department of Labour, instead of being 50 per cent more than the expenditure in the last full year of our predecessors, namely 1910-1911, was 17 per cent less, and last year, 1915-16, our expenditure was 15 per cent less than in the last full year of our predecessors. Our expenditure last year, ending on March 31, the figures for which do not appear in the Auditor-General's report, but which I have made up, was about $700 less than the year before, and 15 per cent less than the last year hon. gentlemen opposite were in power. So that instead of the expenditures of the Department of Labour having increased by 50 per cent, there was a decrease of 17 per cent the first year we were in power, and of 15 per cent in the last two years. My hon. friend from Assiniboia, discussing the same subject, though I think he must have got his information from a different source, said that the expenditures of the Department of Labour for the last four years showed an increase over the expenditure when the hon. gentlemen opposite were in power of 32 per cent. The explanation I have just given in answer to the statement of my hon. friend from Rouville covers also the statement of my hon. friend from Assiniboia. If I may repeat, the decrease the first year we were in power was 17 per cent, and last year and the year before there was a decrease of about 15 per cent instead of an increase of 50 per cent or 32 per cent.
Labour - Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, $25,000.


John Hampden Burnham: Might I suggest that
this sum is not nearly large enough, if it includes anything more than simple investigation or incipient preliminary inquiry. Surely, the House ought to have grasped the fact that labour is something of a more extended character than simply the pulling back and forward of interests called' labour. It has too long been the fashion 'to suppose that the time would come when we should arrive at some settled point. That settled point never can be arrived at in labour, I submit, any more than in any other branch of economics. It is precisely like phenomena of meteorology. You never cam tell where an eddy of air is, going to work out at any one time. The economic equilibrium can never be attained. I would not say that it is a mathematical impossibility, but it is certainly a human impossibility; and, since there

are different people in tlie world, different dispositions, rivalries, various elements, that go to make up all these different currents, it must follow that there can never be a precise equilibrium. The effect will always manifest itself in continual upheaval. For people to say that we have arrived at the milennium because the minimum wage of labour is so and so, is to state what may be true at this moment; but, having- regard to the theory of rent, having regard to the Malthusian doctrine, having regard to the theories of John Stuart Mill, or any other elementary writer on political economy-Thorold Rogers, or anybody else you like-it will be seen at a glance that i't is simply one horse pulling against another in the great economic struggle, and you never can tell which is going to be ahead; one appears to be ahead and satisfied, but in a moment it is pulled back and the other is ahead; and so this struggle goes on. To maintain the fair, impartial and true condition of the whole economic world is the duty of the legislators of the nation; that iis the duty of the members of this House, and particularly of our expert, the Minister of Labour. That being the case, why cut down to -a paltry sum the investigation into one of the very few great elements of the whole economic struggle? I am sure the hon. member for Maisonneuve (Mr. Verville) will rise in his place -and reassert such a simple principle as that. We are so continually doing things in what we call the law, >an -adi captandum way-continually plastering up one little hole, or dealing with one little difficulty, never realizing that there is an underlying principle which, if we once ascertain it, gives us the solution of the problem. We must get out of this fashion, or else cease to call ourselves cultivated and scientific. It is just as in the study of zoology, or comparative anatomy, it is a question of life, of living beings', and what is needed is an analysis of experience in order to enable us to understand the elements of the problem we have to face. We shall not reach the solution by considering separately such questions as the price of flour, or the rate of wages. That is absurd. It does not matter what these are, so long as they are in equipose.


Charles Murphy: Would the hon. gentleman say how much additional would establish the equilibrium he has advocated?


John Hampden Burnham: I would reply by saying that I am criticising the disposition
to pare down this item. That is all.
Mr. LUC'IEN PACAUD (Megantic): I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to bring before this committee the facts disclosed to us by the documents brought down by the Minister of Labour in connection with the strike at Thetford Mines. In doing so, it is not my intention to elaborate at any great length the views I hold, nor is it my intention to indulge in any extensive criticisms which, though they may be, I am sure, quite proper, quite just, quite well-founded, would most likely fall on deaf ears so far as concerns the Minister of Labour (Mr. Crothers). My one object in rising is this:	The miners of Thetford
Mines have a just grievance against the Minister of Labour for the most extraordinary attitude which he saw fit to take at the time of our strike last year. As I share that grievance and as I am their representative, I intend to voice our grievance before this committee, and to set forth the facts which gave rise to them. At the beginning of June, 1916, a situation arising out of difficulties between the asbestos companies and the miners became most acute. There seemed at that time no ground for a compromise between the men and the companies. The Department of Labour was officially notified of this situation by a letter which I hold in my hand, written by the Secretary of tbo Western Federation of Miners on the 20th pf June, 1916:
To the Director of Inquiries,
Department of Labour, Ottawa.
Sir,-Would you be kind enough to send me immediately a copy of the Industrial Disputes Act, with all its amendments, the by-laws passed in conformity with this law, and also the blank forms necessary to make a formal request for a board? Does Article 57 of this law require that a notice of thirty days be given by the employees to the employers who desire a raise of salary of fifty cents per day, before making their request for ah inquiry?
Believe me,
Yours very truly,
L. J. L. Rousseau.
I received the first surprise of many which the perusal of the documents gave me when I ascertained that this letter was not included among these documents. I waive my right, for the present, to make any comment on this point. But I may add that there was no answe.r to this letter. So, on June 27-seven days later-Mr. Rousseau wrote a second letter as follows:
To the Director of Inquiries,
Department of Labour,
Ottawa.
Sir,-We have here a thousand of our members who are not satisfied with the condition of labour, and who have decided to strike if they

do not get satisfaction. A request for a raise of salary has been made and the employers have decided of refusing our request. We are actually taking a vote, which will close on the 1st July, and we have reason to believe that the vast majority is in favour of a strike. We, the officers of the Federation, are endeavouring to obtain a compromise between employees and employers. The, 20th instant I asked for blank forms necessary to make our request for inquiry, and you did not answer our letter. Please let me know if you still have these forms or better still, to send me them. If there are no special forms I would be very much obliged if you will inform me upon this matter.
L. J. L, Rousseau,
For the Union of Asbestos Miners W.F.U.
I may say that this letter was also not amongst the documents laid on the table of the House.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: What is the date of that?


Mr. PACAUD:: The 27th of June. The department replied on the 29th June, 1916. I may say immediately that I consider this letter the most important of all those written, or received, by the department in connection with this case. It was not on the file with the documents brought down. Here is the letter:
Deputy Minister of Labour, Canada.
Ottawa, 29th June, 1916.
Sir,-I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter.of the 27th of June, and in answer I am enclosing you four copies of the forms prepared by this office for a request for a council of conciliation and enquiry. We had not noticed that your letter of the 28th of June contained such a request. I hope that the officers of the Federation will continue to do their best to settle amicably these differences, and if this cannot be done through direct negotiations, that the employees will request a council of conciliation and enquiry. There are no special by-laws on this point, but you will find in the forms which we are addressing you, the printed information touching certain details, and in following closely these institutions, the petitioners would evade all errors.
Tours very truly,
(Sgd.) F. A. Acland, Deputy Minister of Labour.
Mr. L. J. L. Rousseau,
Thetford Mines, Que.
I will call the special attention of the minister to this part of the letter. This was a true declaration of policy on the part of the department. The minister was giving in this letter his intention, or the intention of his department, to follow the strict letter of the law as it is laid down in the Industrial Disputes Act 1907:
I hope that the officers of the Federation will continue to do their best to settle amicably

their differences, and if this cannot be done through direct negotiations, that the employees will request a council of conciliation and enquiry.
I will refer to this a little later on.


Charles Murphy: Who signs that?


Lucien Turcotte Pacaud: F. A. Acland, Deputy
Minister of Labour. I have a, letter dated the 30th June and addressed to Mr. Rousseau which is of secondary importance. It informs Mr. Rousseau that:
Mr. Narcisse Arcand, one of the officers of this department, has been charged to go to Thetford Mines and to give you all the assistance to settle amicably the differences arising between the employers and the employees.
Before I go any further I hope the minister will he in a position to tell us exactly what was the work that was performed by Mr. Arcand at Thetford. He was sent there by the department, but I notice in the documents brought down by the minister there is no mention of him at all. I know he was aronnd there for a week or so, and I understand he was dismissed from the service. I do not know if it was in connection with that strike or not. Negotiations ^fent on between the 30th June, the time of the arrival of Mr. Arcand, and the 15t'h July. Then a petition was sent to the department. This petition requested a board of conciliation. I notice that in this petition there are three special points. First, it was declared that the cause of the dispute was that the present wages were not in proportion to the high cost of living. The petition is in French, and it says:-
The cause and the nature of the difference is that the present wages are not in proportion to the high cost of living.
In the second place, they note that 90 per cent of the men had voted in favour of a strike, but that the officers had decided to ask for a report. In the third place, it was stated that direct negotiations were impossible in view of the fact that the employers had stated that no concessions would he made. I wish to direct attention to this point in the petition that Mr. Sharpe, manager of the Asbestos Corporation of Canada, had declared to the men that he had absolutely no concessions to make. Therefore, to return to the letter of the 29th June from the department, i't was stated that if negotiations failed the men would only 'have to apply for a board and it would be granted. That letter was in reply to the letter of the 27th, which made reference to the possibility of a strike, and, therefore, the letter of the 29th could only have that one meaning. Therefore, on the 15th July, when the

petition was sent to the department, the minister knew that direct negotiations were at an end, because, in order to have direct negotiations, there must be two parties. One of the parties having said that he was not going to make any concessions whatever, the men had an absolute reply to the letter of the 29th of June, and they sent forward their petition. That was on the 15th July. On the 24th July the department sent the following letter to Mr. Rousseau:-
Department of Labour,
Canada.
Ottawa, 24th July, 1916.
Re-law of enquiries in matters of industrial disputes of 1907, concerning the differences between the proprietor of the Asbestos Mines at Thetford Mines, Quebec, and their employees, members of the local Union, No. 143 of the Western Federation of Miners.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge reception of a petition signed by Mr. Joseph VallCe, and by yourself, as President and Secretary of the local Union 143 of the Western Federation of Miners, requesting the establishment by the miners of a commission of conciliation and enquiry by virtue of the law of enquiries in matters of industrial disputes, 1907. The petition does not mention clearly that yourself and Mr. Vallfie had informed the employees of the information given out at the time of your conference in the office of the Minister about one or two weeks ago, with the representatives of the principal Asbestos companies.
The questions which the petition claims are in dispute comprise the recognition of the Union, the check of system, etc. The opinion of the Minister is that these questions cannot be properly submitted to a commission of conciliation to be settled, and that it seems understood that the question of the recognition was not to be regarded as vital and was given up. As for the claim for a raise of wages, the conversation held in the office of the Minister established, you will remember, that a raise of salary having been given during the month of April last, and that the representatives of the company and of the employees at that meeting seemed to have come then at the conclusion that no advantage would probably result from a new agitation of this question at the present time.
The opinion of the Minister is, in the first place, that the employees of each company should be informed by Mr. VallSe or by yourself of the general nature and of the results of this discussion in question ; and, in the second place, that the pending questions should be discussed with each company separately, through the medium of a committee of employees, and you will remember that the Minister obtained for the Secretary of the Union the privilege of accompanying the committee of employees and to plead their cause. In proceeding along these principles, the employees will act in accordance with the entente which have been arrived at in the office of the Minister.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Sgd) F. A. ACLAND, Deputy-Minister of Labour, and Clerk of the Commission of Conciliation and Enquiry. Mr. L. J. L. Rousseau,
Thetford Mines, Que.
I think that before going -any further it would be well to summarize the position taken by the minister. On the 27th of June, he received a letter from the men informing him that the situation at Thetford is serious, that on the 1st of July they intended to take a vote as to whether or not they would go on strike. On the 29th, the minister writes acknowledging the receipt of this letter and telling the men: We aTe pleased that you are trying to negotiate; continue your negotiations and if you are not successful ask for a Board of Conciliation. In the petition of the 15th of July it was cleariy established and proved that direct negotiations were impossible, and the petitioners requested, not a favour, but the application of the law. The minister acknowledges the receipt of the petition on the 24th of July and then he says: But there is no more ground for a Board of conciliation; you, Mr. Vallee or Mr. Rousseau, go and see individually every miner, 2,000 of them; and after you have seen them individually and told them what happened in my office in April, that is six months before, go and see every employer and tell him what happened in our office at that time.' All of this was in the letter of the 24th of July, although we do not find it in the letter of the 29th of June. This letter was answered by Mr. Rousseau in the name of the union:
Thetford Mines, 28th July, 1916. The Clerk of the Commission of Conciliation and Enquiry,
Sir:-
In answer to your letter dated the 24th of July I wish to tell you that we do not see why our petition requesting a commission of 'conciliation and enquiry should contain clearly that we had previously informed our members of the information gathered at our conference at Ottawa, so that it would be accepted. As a matter of fact, we had informed our members of all the details of our interview with you. We take the permission of calling your attention on the fact that the points in dispute are: raising of salary from $2.00 to $2.50, that is to say approximately 25 per cent on the salaries as they are to-day.
During April last, it is true that there was a raise of 25 cents as an average, but taking into consideration the rising cost of living which is constant, our members have decided to claim this new raise of wages of 50 cents per day which is most reasonable and below the salaries paid in other parts of Canada.
We must consider further that our members do not work when the weather is bad, which is not the exception in our locality. You tell us in. your letter that the opinion of the Minister is that the miners of each company should submit and discuss with each manager separately the questions in dispute. We differ totally with you. His opinion would perhaps be good, if we were not organized as a labour union, but as such is the case, the moment that

our union by a vote taken at a meeting especially called to discuss such a demand, that decision becomes collective and applies to all the companies indiscriminately where our members are employed. If the opinion of the Minister was followed in the present case, we would have to follow it in cases where a trade union is engaged in about 500 different industries, which would be an impossibility and proves that that opinion is not conformable neither to the spirit nor to the letter of the law on industrial disputes. Nevertheless, we have fulfilled his desire through protesting on the interpretation given by the minister, and here is the result of our interviews. Mr. Hammerick, of the Jacob Asbestos, refused to grant the wish of the Minister in allowing me to accompany the delegation of miners from his mines. His answer was that his company could probably pay the salary that was requested but he did not know what to do under the circumstances. Mr. Johnson was amiable enough to meet the desire of the miners and he said in substance: that the raise of wages was favorable and agreeable to him, but that it would be necessary to come to an understanding with the other miners. Hon. J. It. Smith refused to recognize the advice of the Minister. We tried to meet Messrs Sharp & Bennett, but we were unable to do so due to their numerous occupations, v A great many people are enticing our men to strike. The detectives are daily repeating to our men: Hold on, you will win out. We cannot keep our men any longer. We have had to-night a general meeting and it was unanimously resolved that the workmen considered that they should not wait any longer for a Board of Arbitration. If in the 2nd of August it is not granted, we will take a decision. We therefore renew our request for a Board of Arbitration and attract the attention on the fact that it is impossible for us to prevent our members any longer to go on strike if this Board is not nominated in the very near future, and we disclaim any responsibility for the situation which might arise as we have given evidence of patiotism in preventing up to this date a strike at the mine at Thetford Mines and that we have conformed ourselves to the laws which govern this country in making application for a Board of Arbitration.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) L. J. L. Rousseau,
Secretary, W.F.M.
Then we have Mr. Rousseau on the 29th of July again sending a telegram to the clerk of the council of conciliation and inquiry:
Thetford Mines, 29th July, 1916.
To the Clerk of the Council of Conciliation and Enquiry, Department of Labor, Ottawa, Ont.,-
Our interview with the miners of the mines has not had the success which was expected. At a meeting held the same night, we have passed a resolution to inform you that if a Board of Arbitration is not granted on the 2nd of August, we shall no longer wait. I am writing you the details.
(Signed) L. J. L. Rousseau.
The only reply that the men got to that latter was this, on the 31st July, 1916, from the Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour:

Ottawa, 31st July, 1916. Deputy Minister of Labour,
Canada.
Sir,-I have the honor to acknowledge reception of your telegram concerning the actual differences between the employers and several of their employees at the asbestos mines of the district of Thetford Mines. We are taking measures which we hope will obviate the necessity of establishing a commission of conciliation and enquiry.
Anything but a Board of Conciliation.
In any case this department will not fail to make the greatest efforts in its power in the interest of peace and to assure the rights of the respective parties. We are. waiting for the reception of the details promised in your telegram.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Gerald H. Brown, Assistant Deputy Minister of Labor. Mr. L. J. L. Rousseau,
Thetford Mines.
Now we come to the culmination. The men had waited in vain. They informed the department officially on the 20th of June of their intention to take action, but the 3rd of August, 1916, arrived and nothing had been done. Then the minister received this telegram:
A general strike has been declared this morning at 7.30. The men are nearly all out of work.
L. J. L. Rousseau.
And I see on the 3rd of August a telegram to J. L. Rousseau:
Mr. Blanchet will be in Thetford Mines tomorrow to make public investigation. Have men continue work meantime.
(Sgd.) T. W. Crothers.
But the strike had already been declared. Mr. Blanchet came to Thetford. There was a very large meeting at St. Maurice, one of the sections of the town. The people had been informed that the department would send a man, but it was a great disappointment to them as everybody spoke but Mr. Blanchet, so that we did not know what mission he had. After the strike had been on for one week, on the 10th of August, 1916, the men had a letter from the minister as follows:
Ottawa, 10th of August, 1917. Dear Mr. Rousseau,-
I was very much grieved to learn that the miners of Thetford Mines had left their work a few days ago, a fact which I cannot help but think was not at all wise, especially at a time when negotiations were going on in view of a settlement by agreement.
And this is after all the correspondence I have placed on Hansard to-night.
"When the war broke out, I addressed to the employers and to the employees a special de-

mancl to evade everywhere where it would be possible all labour difficulties, and I am happy to know that that line of conduct was generally followed by the two parties.
It is of the greatest importance for the workmeh that all their efforts which tend to better their condition should be such as to attract the sympathy of the public in general, for if they have not the public opinion behind them, these efforts would not be crowned with any permanent success, and especially during the war, public opinion is decidedly opposed to any cessation of work. The product of the mines at Thetford is of urgent necessity for the pursuance of the war and it is, I believe, the duty of the employees to return immediately to their work, and if it is necessary they could continue negotiations in view of bettering their condition.
I hope that you will be able to use your influence to bring about a just and reasonable settlement of the present difficulty and at all events to persuade the employees to return to work. I understand that the operators are ready to raise the wages by 25 cents per day, and I believe that if this is true it would be to the better interest of the employees to accept this offer. I fervently desire that the employees should everywhere receive fair treatment, but at the same time I am strongly of the opinion that under the circumstances the workmen of the mines at Thetford should accept this offer and return immediately to work.
With kindest regards, I remain,
Tours truly
Mr. J. 1,. J. Rousseau,
Thetford Mines, P.Q.
The letter was not signed, but I presume it was from the minister. It is addressed to Mr. L. J. L. Rousseau, Thetford Mines, Quebec.
The most important fact brought out by this letter is that the minister did not consider that the strike was a serious matter. He recognizes the importance of the operation of the mines, in view of the war, but he does nothing to prevent the strike. He goes back on what he said in his previous letter. He is notified on July 30 by telegram and letter that on August 2 there would be a strike unless the law were applied. Although he recognizes it as urgent in view of the war that the strike should be prevented, this is the course he took: he passed an Order in Council dated August 3, sending Mr. Blanchet to Thetford to prevent the strike-after the strike had been declared.
But the miners of Thetford Mines were not to be denied consideration. They took to heart the little reproach of the minister and they sent him the following reply:
To the Honourable T. W. Crothers,
Minister of Labour,
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. Mr. the Minister;
We have at hand your letter of the 10th
instant. In reply I wish to inform you that
we have already acted in line with your wishes and that from the 10th of August last, the date on which you wrote us, the labour union of which I am the secretary had already given its assent to a resolution passed by a group of citizens of Thetford Mines, accepted at a meeting in which merchants and business men who are not workmen at the mines, but who have at heart the immediate settlement of these differences. You will see in reading a copy of this resolution, which accompanies my letter, that there is nothing excessively hard nor severe for the employers. It does not seem though that the latter have manifested any desire to accept it. The men belonging to the local catholic union have not as yet replied to the committee of citizens that they were ready to accept. We will add that as you informed us that the product of our men is of urgent necessity for the pursuance of the war, and that it was a patriotic duty for us to make certain sacrifices so as not to diminish this production. The union of which I am the secretary is right to accept an agreement still less severe for the employers and which ia as follows:
1.	The salary of all the workmen will be of $0.25 per day higher than it was at the month of July last.
2.	This scale of wages would remain in force during one year.
I have here a letter from Mr. Deschamps, attorney-at-law of Thetford Mines, who was secretary of the meeting of citizens at Thetford Mines which had been convened by the mayor. The letter is as follows:
Thetford Mines,
August 10th, 1916.
Mr. Joseph Vallfie,
President International Miners, P.Q.
Dear Sir,
At a meeting at Thetford Mines specially convened by His Honour the Mayor and held at the City Hall this day at 3.30 p.m., it was resolved unanimously to submit to the proprietors of the mines and also to the Labour Union a project of settlement which was submitted by His Honour the Mayor, of which a copy is herewith enclosed.
You will oblige me by giving me as soon as possible a reply informing me if your union accepts this project, so that I may be able to submit your reply at the next meeting.
I do not feel .that it is necessary to read this agreement. It is in absolute conformity with the terms of the letter written by the minister on August 10. The men had agreed to receive 25 cents a day.
I have given all the facts in this matter. The minister had one of two courses to follow: to respect the law or to evade it. He preferred to follow the latter course and to refuse a board of arbitration requested by the men, the law being very clear on this point. As a result of this refusal on his part for reasons which I do not wish to unveil, this body of men received more unfair treatment-I myself was a witness of what happened-than was ever accorded

to anybody in this country at the hands of a minister of the Crown.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Mr. Chairman, Thetford Mines
is in the county that my hon. friend has the honour of representing in this House. He lives and practices law in Thetford Mines, and I am very much surprised that a lawyer should make such a deliverance as he has just made to the committee. He says that he has told us all the facts; I do not think he has. There were six separate corporations mining asbestos at Thetford Mines. There were two labour organizations there, a local one called the Catholic Association and the other the Western Federation of Miners. My hon. friend does not, perhaps, know all the facts, because three or four parties from Thetford Mines came to Ottawa on two .occasions, first of their own accord, and the second time at my request. If the hon. gentleman had read the Industrial Disputes Investion Act he would not have made the speech that he has just made. Five minutes examination of that Act would have shown him that it does not lend itself tp the establishment of a 'board of conciliation in the circumstances that existed at Thetford Mines. The first letter that he read from my deputy or myself was written at a time when we did not know anything about there being five other corporations or about the members of these labour organizations working at the six different mines. I am speaking from recollection because I have not any of the papers here. I am surprised that my hon. friend -should have brought the matter up at all, it is so perfectly plain that the case was not one in which a board of conciliation could have been properly established. Two thousand five hundred men belonging to these two different organizations were working in the six mines, if I remember rightly, about 1,200 belonging to each organization. I have on many occasions pointed out that where similar circumstances existed, the Act did not permit the establishment of a board of conciliation.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: Why not?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I am coming to that now. One very prominent case occurred at Cobalt, where the miners were members of the same organization, the Western Federation of Miners. There were forty separate and distinct mines, with forty separate and distinct corporations running them, and we were asked to appoint a board of conciliation to investigate

the conditions in those forty different mines, each one of which would have been entitled to name one of the members of that board. When I pointed out the facts and stated that the Act did not lefid itself to any such action and suggested that we appoint a commission to inquire into the conditions in the forty mines, our suggestion was accepted; a commission was appointed, the investigation was made, and we have had no trouble since. Another case occurred at Toronto and Hamilton, where about a year ago a large number of machinists working in about half a hundred different factories asked for a board of conciliation. Each one of the fifty odd employers would have been entitled under the Act to name a member of that board, so, of course, I pointed out at once that we could not do anything of that kind, and I appointed another commission of three men, who investigated matters in Toronto and Hamilton, and made a report. I have had to deal with cases where there were only two employers who would not agree upon a man to represent them. If the employers all agree and say: We want one board of investigation and we will agree to have one man represent us on that board, a board will be granted at once. I have had cases of that kind in the smelter mines in western Canada. On one occasion four employers there agreed upon a man who should represent them on a board of conciliation and a board was appointed. There was, however, nothing of that kind here. The mayor of Thetford Mines, the President of this Western Federation of Miners and the secretary, whose letters my hon. friend has read, came to Ottawa at my request. The facts were these. These various corporations had increased the pay of their men by twenty-five cents a day the fall before and twenty-five cents a day again in April of last year, and in June they were willing to advance the men's pay by another twenty-five cents. Even with all these increases the wages would not be very high and, of course, wages were not so high then as they are now. Shortly before that we had had in that district two Boards of Conciliation which gave unanimous findings fixing the wages at 51.75 per day instead of $2.25, the representatives of the employers on those boards respectively agreeing with the representatives of the men, that 51.75 were the wages the men should get. I pointed that out to miners' representatives when they came to Ottawa: These companies will give you an advance of 25 cents a day more, and I think you

had better aceeipt it, because I am afraid if you have a commission to inquire into [DOT] the conditions, they will not give you as much as that; and I pointed out what those other two boards of conciliation had found, namely, that SI .75 were the correct wages. After their second visit, they left me thoroughly satisfied that they were going back with the intention of accepting the 25 cents advance, and that they would be satisfied with that.


Mr. VERVILLE:: Where were these two boards of conciliation the minister speaks of?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: In Nova Scotia, and
the awards were unanimous. The men were doing somewhat similar work.
Mr, DEVLI'N:	Did the minister advise
the men of Thetford Mines that under the Act a board of conciliation could not be granted?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I think I did.


Mr. DEVLIN:: You did?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I think I did. I am not sure; I am speaking only from memory, but I think I would 'have done so.


Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin: That does not appear in
the correspondence.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I am sure, although
I do not just remember the matter of telling them, but that is the first thing that would strike me in a case where there were six employers. The six men must agree on a man to represent them or we cannot grant a board of conciliation. I sent Mr. Ar-cand the fair-wage officer whom we had at that time for the province of Quebec and the Maritime Provinces, and he did not succeed in reaching an adjustment or in inducing the parties to adjust the matters in dispute, and I took the course there that I have taken in many similar cases, that is, I appointed a commissioner, in the person of Mr. Blan-chet, a barrister of Ottawa, who speaks both English and French fluently. He -went down there and in a few days he got a perfectly satisfactory agreement signed up by two men from each of tne six mines, or twelve men in.all, some of them 'belonging to the Catholic Association and some belonging to the Western Federation of Miners. That agreement was perfectly satisfactory to everybody, and I was gratified at and fully satisfied with the work. Mr. Blanchet had done, and I am much surprised that my hon. friend, who is ia lawyer
and who very likely possesses a copy of the Industrial Disputes Act, did not advise these men to keep on working and tell them that Mr. Blanchet, a fair and just man, was being appointed as commissioner and that he would make an honest report, as he did.


Lucien Turcotte Pacaud: Why did the minister
wait until a strike was declared?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I did not anticipate a strike; I supposed the men were going to carry out my advice. I paid their expenses to come to Ottawa 'because I thought I could talk the matter over with them better than I could discuss it by correspondence. This matter was brought up by two prominent Liberals from Montreal, more from a party standpoint than anything else, before the Trades and Labour Congress held in Toronto last fall, and the solicitor of that Congress, Mr. J. G. O'Donoghue, who has been their solicitor for a great many years and who is well known to many members of this House, when he learned of the facts, said: "The minister is quite right; he cannot grant a board of conciliation under the circumstances," and any legal gentleman reading over the statute would come to the same conclusion. At any rate, in the end we secured a settlement that was satisfactory to everybody.


Alexander Kenneth Maclean: Did the men get the increase of twenty-five cents a day?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Yes, and they went to work. I am very much afraid, to be frank with my hon. friend (Mr. Pacaud) that he did not make any effort to keep the thing iquiet. I was advised at the time that he and another prominent Liberal in the town of Thetford Mines addressed a public meeting of those men and inflamed them to going on strike.


Lucien Turcotte Pacaud: I deny that absolutely. I am very much pleased that the minister has mentioned the matter. I understood that the Department of Labour had sent to Thetford Mines some Austrians from the com finement camps to work for the Asbestos Corporation. Immediately before I attended the meeting, which was the only one I addressed, I went and saw the manager of the mine and asked if the men had been sent at the request of that company, and I asked the department and they said they were short of labour. They had to get detectives to protect the Austrians and see them safely home at the end of their day's work, but even then one of them got killed.

I did attend the meeting, and I am proud of it.
Mt CROTHERS. Did you not denounce the Minister of Labour and the Government for not granting a Board?


Lucien Turcotte Pacaud: I never mentioned a word about anything except the Austrians.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: But you denounced the Minister of Labour and the Government in connection with that?


Lucien Turcotte Pacaud: Yes.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: And inflamed the crowd that was there?


Lucien Turcotte Pacaud: I had a perfect right to attack the minister.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: He had a perfect
right to attack the minister for sending the Austrians there.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I do not know what my hon, friend means about sending them there. These men went there quite properly.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: If the minister sent them there, my hon. friend had a perfect right to attack him.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I did hot send them there in the first place, but if I had, the hon. member would not be right in denouncing me under the circumstances. Thousands of these Austrians are interned in different parts of the country. When the war broke out, the men interned were divided into two classes. The first class consisted of those who were suspected of being enemies; these men were interned, and have never been let out so far as I know. The other class consisted of men who had been dismissed from their positions because they were of Austrian or German birth. I am not finding fault with any one for that, but these men could not get work as they were of enemy birth, and many of them came to the Registrar and asked to be sent to the internment camp, where they could get something to eat and have their families taken care of, and this class were sent to the -internment camps in large numbers. Subsequently, when there was work to be done, the men of this second class were let out if they were not thought dangerous, and that has been done all over the country. I accept my hon. friend's denial, of course. He admits, however, that he was at the meeting and that he .denounced the Government. I submit that I did what was per-
fectly right in the circumstances, and under similar ercumstances I should do it again to-morrow. I have nothing to retract, and nothing to apologize for, and the solicitor of the Trades and Labour Congress approved of my action.


Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin: Who paid the expenses of these Austrians to go there?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: The employer pays the fare in the first instance, but recoups himself out of the first money earned by the men. If they remain a reasonable length of time, however, their fares are refunded.


Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin: Did these Austrians come from the Abitibi district?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I think they came from the Spirit Lake district.


Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin: Surely the Government did not bring men 800 to 1,000 miles to work in the Thetford Mines?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I did not say the Government 'brought them, but the employer.


Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin: I know, but the original cost must have been paid by the Government.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: You mean the cost of sending them there?"


Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin: And bringing them back?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: No, the employer does that.


Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin: I know a good deal about those Austrians.


Alphonse Verville: I am not a lawyer, and I am rather proud I am not in discussing a question like this, but the minister cannot claim ignorance of the law. He said a moment ago that the operators of these six mines should have got together.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I did not say they
should have; I said they might.


Alphonse Verville: The minister blames
the men because they did not get the operators together.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: No, I do not.


Alphonse Verville: What was the reason for refusing a board? The minister said that the men would have to get a representative for each of the companies.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: When I said that it would be necessary to have a representative for each of the operators, I meant that they would be given the opportunity of selecting them.


Alphonse Verville: Very well. The minister says that at the outset they did not know how many mines there were in Thet-ford. That is a poor excuse.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: That is what you say.


Alphonse Verville: Do you mean to say that the Department of Labour or the Deputy Minister does not know how many mines there are in any mining camp in Canada? It is ridiculous to say that, and I am sure the deputy minister would not say it.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: The number of mines is one thing, but the number of mines involved in the dispute is another, and we did not know the number of mines involved in this dispute.
Mr. VER'VILLE: It is all given in the letters that have been read.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I am speaking subject to correction, because I have not the correspondence here, but my recollection is that no intimation is given in the first letter of any company but one being involved.


Alphonse Verville: I do not want to go over the whole correspondence again. It is all given in the application.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Does the application mention more than one employer?


Alphonse Verville: I will not detain the House by reading it all, but I will give the names of the companies that are mentioned: Asbestos Corporation, Johnson Mines, Jacob Mining Company, Limited, Bell Asbestos Mines, Limited, Martin Bennett, Limited. That is more than one company, is it not? So the minister was wrong when he said the application concerned only one company.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: In the letter they do not say anything about these different employers being in the dispute.


Alphonse Verville: In the return I received there were three important letters missing, of the following dates, the 26th, 27th and 29th of June. These letters should have been in the return, but I suppose they were omitted through a mistake. I go't them elsewhere. I do not mean to say, that the minister is personally responsible for that, but the letters should have been in the return. As I have already said, the application was made on the 15th July, and the . minister wrote saying the men should have got together so that he could grant a board.
According to my understanding of the Lemieux Act, the minister is wrong. There have been cases before this, and I will cite one. The carpenters in Montreal some few years ago asked for a board, and although it was contrary to the law to grant one, a3 they were not a public utility, a majority of the men asked for a board and it was granted. In this case there was a builders' exchange.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: It can only be done by consent of both parties. They all agreed upon one man in that case.


Alphonse Verville: Surely the minister could have taken similar action in this case, instead of sending Mr. Blanchet down.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: We sent Mr. Arcand, and he reported that they could not agree.


Alphonse Verville: 
Thomas Wilson Crothers: We are satisfied with the result.


Alphonse Verville: Which result?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: The one Mr. Blanchet got.


Alphonse Verville: Two dollars a day! And this to support a family of five or six children, perhaps. Why, the minister could not buy cigars for that. It is a shame when any one says that men are satisfied with such conditions. Of course, I am not the sufferer, but how can anyone claim that he is satisfied because men are getting two dollars a day? The fact remains that these men have lost three weeks, or thereabouts. They were out on strike for that length of time-from the 3rd to the 23rd August. At $12 a week this would mean $36. Does the minister mean to say that these men will be able to make up that loss? It is his fault, and he knows it. I do not accept his statement that it would have been impossible to get these operators together and



to have a board appointed with a view to preventing a strike. It is true that the Trades and Labour Congress did favour the repeal of this Act. But I would be the first man to vote against that, and I have said so in the Congress.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Was the hon. member (Mr. Verville) in the Congress in 1911, when they voted in favour of the repeal of the Act?


Alphonse Verville: I was always against the repeal of the Act, and am on record on that point in the Congress. I was man enough to tell them what I thought. The principle of the law is all right; it is the application of it that is bad. It has been poorly handled in many cases, and the hon. minister must know it. I suppose he will not express agreement with me in that. This strike ought to have been avoided, but what I wish to urge is more activity in these matters in the future. If there is the prospect of a strike anywhere the minister ought to use diligence and to appoint a board if netessary, so as to prevent the strike. The hon. minister says that this matter was brought up in Montreal by a Liberal. I am not a member of the Trades Council of Montreal, and so I cannot say whether the minister is correct in that or
10 p.m. not. But if he will tell me who was the man-


Thomas Wilson Crothers: The hon. gentleman was at the congress.


Alphonse Verville: But the minister said that it had been brought up in the Montreal Trades Council.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: No, I said it had been brought up in the congress by a delegate from Montreal.


Alphonse Verville: Who was he?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I am not going to tell you that. Look up the record of the congress.


Alphonse Verville: The minister says that the man was a Liberal; does he know that to be the case?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Yes.


Alphonse Verville: We have some men in the labour movement who are neither Liberals nor Conservatives, and if the man referred to is the one I think of, he is one of these-a Radical. I do not accept the .information given by the minister that in this case it was not possible under the law to appoint a board. Of course, I must
tMr. Terville.]
leave the discussion of that point to the lawyers, but at present I firmly believe that it was possible. But if there is impossibility in such cases, then it is time to change the law so as to make it more effective. I am only sorry that the men are satisfied with what they have received. I would not be satisfied with it-far from it. But I am discussing this matter with a view to the future, and I urge the minister to take steps in good time to prevent strikes.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I am not surprised that my hon. friend (Mr. Verville) is not satisfied. .Such men are never satisfied. They don't want'to be satisfied; they want to have a grievance. He expresses the hope that this discussion will cause me to be more active in trying to avoid strikes. It will not have the slightest effect upon me.


Alphonse Verville: I did not suppose it would.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: Can't teach you anything.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Ont moment, please.
I have been doing my level best for five years past to prevent strikes. When I hear i* of trouble brewing I send an officer to try I to prevent an outbreak of that trouble. And since I took charge of the department there have been fewer strikes in Canada in proportion to our population than in any other civilized country in the world. We hear a great deal about Australia where they have compulsory arbitration and all that sort of thing. Last year they had 330 strikes and lock-outs, and we had 75. They have a population of five millions and we have a population of eight millions. In the United States last year they had 3,330 strikes and lock-outs. Had they had no greater proportion than we had, they would have had only 800 or 900. While I have nothing to say against my predecessor, nor against the hon. member for Rouville (Mr. Lemieux), there have been fewer labour troubles in Canada within the last five years than there were ever before. I have done everything I could to prevent these troubles. In the case under discussion I thought the difficulty was settled when the men left Ottawa. So, my hon. friend from Maison-neuve need not waste time in expressing the hope that his efforts of to-night will help me in this matter. I have used diligence in these matters for the last five years, and I intend to follow the same course as long as I am in the department.


Alphonse Verville: The hon. member says there were fewer strikes in Canada. I believe that. But where was there any room v for strikes?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: There were more
strikes before the war than there have been since.
I Mr. MACDONALD:	The minister need
I not take credit to himself for that. The i simple reason is that the Canadian people \ were more patriotic than the people in j other countries, and were therefore anxious to avoid labour troubles during the : war. But the relatively small number of j labour troubles shows also the advantages j of the legislation which was introduced j hy my hon. friend from Rouville (Mr. | Lemieux) by which compulsory investi-' gation is made possible with a view, to adjusting these matters.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I have always recognized that, and have ^always expressed myself in the strongest terms in favour of this Act. My hon. friend from Rouville knows that,


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: I represent a large labour constituency, (and one plea made against me in the last campaign was that I supported this Act, known as the Lemieux Act. In all the labour centres of this country the Conservative party, to the best of their ability, urged the view that this was a nefarious Act intended to cripple, the rights of labour and in a great many cases their candidates were pledged to repeal it. The minister is frank enough to say that he recognizes that this -is a good Act. I think that everyone will agree that the principle of the compulsory investigation of trouble previous to a strike is a sound one. But the minister'promised last year to give us some amendments of this Act and I am sorry that he has not introduced them. There is an imperfection in the Act which prevents the investigation of troubles that arise where an application is made by a body of organized labour on the one hand *nd employers who are made up of different companies on the other. If the Act does not permit compulsory investigation I would suggest to the minister that it would be wise on his part if he would at this session introduce a Bill by which the provisions of this Act might be made applicable to given situations of that kind. I have no doubt that in the labour difficulties that existed in the West, and which the minister was investigating during the
past winter, we had a situation where on the one hand we had a number of men belonging to one particular labour union and on the other hand numerous employers belonging to different companies. There ought not to be any technical difficulty existing by which provisions of this law should be prevented from being put into force in any labour district. If that is the difficulty that the minister speaks about, I would like to ask whether he considers it the part of wisdom to introduce- an amendment to deal with that and whether he will not do so.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: The administration of the Act by my predecessor, Mr. King, and my hon. friend from Rouville (Mr. Lemieux), disclosed to them certain difficulties which they would like to have overcome by amendments and the administration of the < Act has disclosed to me some more. I am ! finding no fault with the Act. Like every other Act which is new, you discover in its j administration and operation that it is capable of improvement. I anticipated what my hon. friend just suggested, three years ; ago, and I had a new Bill throughout prepared. I think it included about twenty alterations. Under the Act as it stands now you might have a difficulty arising between employer and employees as to the meaning of an award. In one case I had to appoint a second board to determine what the first board meant. One of the amendments I proposed was that a board might be reconvened for the purpose of reconsidering and determining what the award really did mean. I talked the matter over, the war came on, it was a controversial question, I was satisfied that we would be weeks and weeks discussing the matter, and I did not bring the Bill down because the war was on. I do not propose this ses- j sion to bring in any amendments. We are getting along pretty well; we would be bet- j ter with these amendments but I do not feel justified in bringing in a Bill of this j very controversial character at the present i time. I talked it over with the representative labour men and they did not agree as to what should be done. I do not think we would agree in this House as to what should be done and I therefore do not think it would be wise to introduce the Bill this year. -


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: The minister does
not need to introduce a whole Bill. It is an entirely technical matter. Manifestly the intention of the Act was that there
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should be an investigation of these troubles. You might have a labour union on the one hand and different employers on the other and all you need to do is to amend this clause. The minister might do it under the War Measures Act if he does not want to bring down a new Bill.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Nobody is suffering
because it has not been changed.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: Yes, you know what happened at Thetford.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I have nothing to take back, nothing to apologise for; we would do it again to-morrow. We have the results.	,


Lucien Turcotte Pacaud: We had a three weeks' strike.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: That was not my fault.
I am afraid that my hon. friend had more to do with that strike than I had.


Rodolphe Lemieux: It was agreed that the
committee should rise at ten o'clock, and I see it is ten minutes past. My hon. friend from Saskatoon (Mr. McCraney) intends to address the committee on this item and before leaving for Toronto he requested me. to ask the minister to kindly bring the following information for the next sitting of the committee:
Will the minister indicate all the different strikes with dates of the reports in which the report of the hoard was not accepted and strikes ensued, stating in which cases the report was not accepted by the employers and by the men?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Does it mention the period?


Rodolphe Lemieux: It does not mention the period but I think the statistics, could be easily made up from the old reports.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Does it state that it should be since the Act became law?


Rodolphe Lemieux: No, I do not say since the beginning but for the last four or five years,


Thomas Wilson Crothers: We will be very glad to get that. It is in the 9th Report of the Registrar of Boards of Conciliation and Investigation, pp. 26-27.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I understand that my hon. friend from Saskatoon did not find that information in the report.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: We will see that it is provided.
[Mr. Macdonald.!


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: I would like to ask the hon. gentleman if, when we go into Supply again-, he will bring down the information which he spoke of when we were in Supply on April 23. The minister spoke of having taken up with certain classes of business, prices, with a view to considering the question of the cost of living, such as coal and sugar, and that certain questions had been asked and certain answers had.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: The report?


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: The information
which he got from these different people. The minister will find the statement to which I refer on page 730 of Hansard.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: My recollection is that I mentioned at that time that reports were being prepared. Does my hon. friend want copies of the questions?


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: I want copies of the questions and the answers.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: That would be a herculean task. I think my hon. friend had better make a motion in the regular way.


Edward Mortimer Macdonald: If the minister would submit to us the original documents and allow us to inspect them, that would perhaps be all that would be necessary.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I think I could do that.


Rodolphe Lemieux: When the hon. gentleman takes up his Estimates again I intend to bring up the matter of labour bureaus, in view of the evidence which has been given before the Imperial Dominions Royal Commission.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: Do you think that that might be discussed on these items?


Rodolphe Lemieux: It comes under the Labour Department. Under what head should I bring up this very important question?


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I think you made a motion last year.


Rodolphe Lemieux: I made a motion, but this question is still full of life. I shall bring it before the House.


Thomas Wilson Crothers: I have no objection to my hon. friend discussing it when my Estimates are up again.
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Reference. Rep.zzReport. Res. = Resolution. Sec. = Section.
Abbotsford postmaster, 608 Achim, Mr. Konore (Labelle)
Military Service Bill, 2873 Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 9, 47, 83, 119, 160, 195, 249 Address to His Majesty the King. See Parliament: Extension of term of Adjournment moved to discuss matter of urgent public importance Mr. Pardee, returned soldiers, 459 Mr. Lemieux, liquor in military camps, 806 Mr. Kyte, price of flour, 1039 Mr. Devlin, conservation of grain, 1176 Mr. Macdonald, German submarines, 1320 Mr. Oliver, removal of rails, 1820 Mr. Turriff, farm labour, 3504 Mr. Macdonald, munitions, 5517 Adulteration of food. See Food Advertising, government Department of the Secretary of State, 656 Recruiting, 986, 3136 Aeroplane. See Air service and Aviation Aetna Explosives Company, 4508 Agriculture Animals
Health of, 2271 Loaning of to farmers, 4152 Pure bred, purchase of, 2276 See, under this head, Live stock.
Apples, embargo on export of, 5776 Associations, 2276 Beans for seed, 671, 1473 Bulletins, 2062, 2274 Butter
Imports and exports of, 1573 Purchases by British Government, 899 Cattle. See, under this head, Live stock Cheese
Imports and exports of, 1573 Manufacturing and curing of, 2265 Purchase of by British Government, 1774, 1863, 1971, 2197, 2257, 2265, 2267, 2557 See also Food
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Embargo on, 1222 Imports and exports of, 1574 Inspection and grading, of, 3402 Purchases of vby British Government, 5086 Hogs
Inspection of, 2271 Cholera, 2273 Insect pests, 2066, 2075 Labourers. See Labour Horses, compensation for destruction of, 2056
Live stock
British embargo on, 918, 987, 1535 Pure bred, purchase of, 2276 Shipments, inspection of, 1841 See also Live stock and Produce Bill Noxious weeds, 2068 Parcel post shipments, 2072 Plant diseases
Rust in wheat, 2063, 2067 Powdery scab in potatoes, 2269, 5991 Potatoes
Accumulation of on railways, 607 Duty, proposed removal, 703, 5274, 5777, 5982
Exports and imports of, 2267, 5982 Powdery scab, 2269, 5991 Prices and supply of, 936, 1087, 1189, 1437, 2095
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' Petewawa land claims, 5241 Training, in Canada, 899 Canteen system in England, 718 Casualties
June 30, 1916, to June 5, 1917, 2201 June, 1917, 3719 July, 1917, 4151 August 16-31, 1917, 5901 Civil servants, in, pay and allowance to, 663, 713
Classifications, 2185 Commissions, granting of, 203, 207 Conscription. See Military service Demobilization plans, 3118 Dental Service, 31 Officers, 1574, 4009 Desertions, 338, 3111 Discharge Purchase of, 3111 Regulations governing, 3096, 3098 Table of, 3096 Total to June 30, 1917, 4152 Work pay, on, 457 Divisions, 459, 2186 Enlistment
Aliens, of, 4413, 4415. See below Persons of foreign birth British army, in, 385 Civil Service, from. See Civil Service Different units, in, 29, 245 Farmers, of, 4685 Figures
April 30, 1917, to, 1572 June 30, 1917, to, 4152 July, 1917, 4151
Generally, 2411, 2442, 2446-2451, 2454, 2463-2478, 2573, 2583, 2600, 2624, 2631, 2647, 2855, 2884, 2904 Moosejaw, at, 5122 Non-residents, of, 1476	[DOT]
Persons of foreign birth, 3556, 3759. See above, Aliens Provinces, by, 216, 221 Unfit men, of, 697, 3099, 3107, 4003 Urban and rural, 3135 Western provinces, from, 4685 Equipment, 23. See also War supplies Expeditionary force Command of, 28, 268
Conditions governing in respect of British Government, 1576 Control of by Canada, 20, 39 Disposition of, 268, 1816, 2356 Holiday for, proposed, 5902, 6065 Status of, 259
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Non-commisisoned officers, 1608 Officers
Alleged surplus of, 3102 Appointments, charges regarding, 98 Mentioned in despatches, 4062 Pay of, 1628, 1673, 5773 Reversion in ranks, 3997, 5773 Retention of on leave, 5902 Salutes to, 5424 Unemployed, 560, 3102 Wives of, passports for, 3996 For individual officers see their names Overseas Department Officers employed by, 6069 See also under this head Expeditionary force
Pay and Records office, staff of, 3104 Pensions. See that title Recruiting
Advertising in connection with, 986, 3136 Civil Service, from. See that title Correspondence between Prime Minister and ex-minister of Militia, 2446, 3086 Expenses, 1959 Folkstone Director of, 1226 Forestry battalions, for, 5703 Generally, 51, 69, 86, 98, 101, 269, 559, 2395, 3371
Irish, Mr. Mark, statements of, 2707 Medical examination of recruits, 3098, 3963, 3967
National service proposals, 360 Officers
Bonaventure county, 1675 Cape Breton, 5361 Quebec, 3135 Rimouski, 456
Orders in Council respecting, 2482 Provinces, by, 2511. See also under titles of Provinces
Retarding of, alleged, 3086, 3110 Statement by Prime Minister, 194 System of, 360, 372 United States British subjects in, 2482 Canadians in, 3758, 3759, 3904, 4466 Regiments 104th, 1570 165th, 1725
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Certificates to, 5423 Disposition of, 3099 Rum, issues of, 535, 536 Soldiers
Age of on enlisting, 3577, 3993, 4001 Attendance of at political meetings, 4338, 5231
Deceased, estates of, 3805
See also Soldier Settlement Board
Employment of on farms, 1677
Former occupation of, 4685
Graves of, 1534
Leave of absence, 4005, 4055
Life, insurance of, 3557, 3589
Mail matter for, 1263, 3644
Pay
Assigned, 383
Increases in, proposed, 2603, 5223 Promotion, in cases of, 5423, 5773 Working, 457
Personal requests concerning, 4203 Public meetings, attendance of at, 4338, 5231
Returned
.	Badges for, 5953	<
Care of, 10, 67, 587, 1586, 1594 Committee on, 459, 524, 756 Employment of, 3846
Camp Kapuskasing at, 5422 Government service in, 491, 1127, 1850, 1858, 1884, 6054 Pensions, scale of, 1594 See also Soldier Settlement Board and Pensions
Reversions in rank; pay in such cases, 5423
Voting of, 87, 223, 452, 1383, 2403, 2557, 2651,, 2850, 3727, 4406, 4688, 4693, 4740, 4792, 4874,	5195. See also Military
Voters Bill and War-time Elections Bill
Widows of, 3805 Working pay, cessation of, 457 For individual soldiers see their names Soldier Settlement Board. See that title Substitutes, buying of, 3113 Troops
Alleged stoning of, 803, 2756 Despatch of to the front, 574 Local, supplies for
Pictou, N.S., contracts, 303 Trenton, N.S., contracts, 303 Maintenance of at the front, 536 United [DOT] States, training of in Canada, 2482
Army-Con.
Unfit men
Certificates to, 5423 Utilization of, 3099
Veterans. See Army and Navy Veterans Incorporation Bill Work pay, cessation of, 457
See also Military Service and War Army Act. See Military Service Bill Army and Navy Veterans of Canada Incorporation Bill, lr., 5421.	2r., 5541.	3r.,
Arthurs, Mr. James (Parry Sound)
Army
Officers, surplus of, 3103 Pensions, 3218 Rejected men, 3101
Soldiers, voting of, 4716, 4761, 4777, 4813, 4825, 4895
Immigration from the United States, 1750 Military Service Bill, 2654 Soldiers, attendance of at political meetings, 4338, 5231
Arthurs, Lieut.-Col. James, position and pay of, 5914
Ashcroft-Fort George mail service, 668 Assyrians, franchise rights under War-time Elections Bill, 5421 Astronomical Surveys, 4917 Athletic Associations, incorporation of. 5922 Atholstan, Lord, dynamite plot against, 5360 Atlantic mail service, 452 Atlantic Patrol Service. See Naval Service Auditor General Office of, 1791 Report of, 1469
Austro-Germans in western provinces, 1265 Aviation
Canadian fund, 5362 Corps, enlistment in, 1886 .See Air Service
Babtie, Dr., report of. See Canadian Army Medical Service Baddeck mail contract, 1819 Bags, duty on. See Customs Balfour, Rt. Hon. Arthur J.
Announcement of visit of, 613, 1724 Reception to, 1766 Speech of, 1767 Bank Act Amendment Bills
1.	Bill No. 46, Mr. L. A. Lapointe, lr., 1037
2.	Bill No. 56, Sir Thomas White, lr., 1773;
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Bank Act Amendment Bills-Con.
3 Bill No. 65, Sir Thomas White,-loans on farmers' live stock. Res., 1960; lr„ 1971;	2r., (referred to Banking and
Commerce Committee), 2149 Bank of Commerce, Canadian, 4686 Banks and banking Savings deposits, 4685 Unclaimed bank balances, 1001 Barnard, Mr. Geo. H. (Victoria, B.C.)
Judges' salaries, 1976 Railway Act, The, 3529 Barrette, Mr. Joseph A. (Berthier)
Gauthier, Mr. L. J.,_denial of statements of, 2570
Halifax Chronicle, statement in, 3352 Military Service Bill, 2521 Amendment proposed, 2524 Opposition to compulsory service, 2522 Referendum proposals, 2523 Bartlett, Major, position of, 4292, 4416, 5422 Bathurst harbour improvements, 3872 Baugh, Edward Levi Defalcations of, 1470 Release of, 2481
Baxter, Leslie E„ employment of, 3418 Bawdy houses. See Criminal Code Amendment Bills
Bay State Fish Company, 2321 Beans. See Agriculture.
Bear River, N.S.
Indian agents, 1569 Post office site, 1378, 1569 Beland, Hon. H. S., M.P., detention of in Germany, 311, 341, 524
Belford, Major J. F., position of, 5703 Bell, Mr. Graham, pay of, 1129 Bell, steamer, 1377.
Bell Telephone Company, 3548
Bell Telephone Memorial Association, 5780
Bellemare, Mr. A. (MaskinongO)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 294
Military service, 294, 2823, 3573 Bennett, Mr. R. B. (Calgary)
Bishop of Mackenzie River, 868 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 4566, 4627-4638, 5149 Civil Service salaries, 2248 Companies, incorporation of, 5924-5942 Government railways, rolling stock, 4931 Gwatkin, General, 4428
Bennett, Mr. R. B.-Con.
Intercolonial railway Operation of, 786
Reply to Mr. Graham's statement, 805 Intoxicating liquors, prohibition of, 4402 Legislators, free transportation for, 4936 Live stock exchanges, 5506, 5509 McLeod-Tellier Commission, 5252, 5259 Military Service Bill, 4664 Mounted Police, Royal Northwest, 4669, 4672
Overseas Military Forces, minister of, 4428
Pensions, 6023
Railways
Material for France, 1830 Private cars, 4937 Transportation for legislators, 4936 Soldiers, voting of, 1403, 4902 War-time Elections Bill, 5614 Woman suffrage, 1510 Bennett, Mr. W. H. (East Simcoe)
Flour, price of, 1048 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5499, 5904 Insurance Act amendment, 1037, 1157, 1524, 1568
National Transcontinental Railway-solicitor's fees, 454
War-time Elections Bill, 5681, 5870 Berlinguet, Thomas F. X., employment of, 1381
Bernard, Lieut.-Col. E. S., position of, 5703 Best, Mr. John A. (Dufferin)
Rankin, Captain Ramsay, 987 Troops, alleged stoning of, 803 Bickerdike, Mr. Robert (Montreal, St. Lawrence)
Capital punishment Abolition of, 46, 325, 617, 1028 Proposed plebiscite, 1016 Russia, in, 1012
Spain case, the, 1018 Women and children, 1017, 1150 Cattle, British embargo on, 920 Dubrfjuil, Mr., dismissal of, 3635 Prisoners, proposed enlistment of, 1012, 1015
War-time Elections Bill, 5600 Bigamy. See Criminal Code Amendment Bills
Bigras, GedSon, dynamite plot against, 5360	*
Bills. See their titles Binder twine, 3233.
Blain, Lieut. Roswell, position of, 4245 Blain, Mr. Richard (Peel)
Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 824 Recruiting, 3377
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Galt, Mr. Justice, investigation into report of, 2056
Gauthier, Mr. L. J„ denial of statements
of. 2570
Gordon Divorce Bill, 5903 High Commissioner, Canadian, office of, 4177 Hospitals, military, 464 House of Commons Business of the House
Morning sittings, 2619, 2775, 2833 Saturday sittings, 324. 2569 Wednesday sittings, 324 Mace, new, 1468
Members, tributes to deceased, 3 Officials
Appointments, 586
Clerk of the House, retirement of, 6069 Sergeant-at-arms, death of, 6069 Imperial Munitions Board, labour, 1986 Imperial War Cabinet and Imperial War Conference
Adjournment of House for, 117, 597, 603 Announcement re meeting of, 42 Correspondence respecting, 5, 24 Proceedings, 1525
Cattle embargo, 1535 Dominions overseas, constitutional relations of, 1528, 1531 Development and control of natural resources, 1532 France, visit to, 1536 Imperial preference, 1532 India, representation of, 1534 Minutes of, 2354 Soldiers' graves, 1534 Statements by British Prime Minister, 2354
Judges' salaries, 5955 Labour bureaus, establishment of, 118 Lake of the Woods water level, 2775 Landry, Mr. Justice, finding of, 3110, 3615 Lessard, General, 364 Mace, vote of thanks to donors of, 1468 Members of Parliament, tributes to deceased, 3
Military Service Bill Introduction, 1542, 2184 Amendment of Mr. Copp, 3078 Appeals, 2191, 3178 Army Act, regulations of, 3114 Available men, 2390 Board of Selection, 5083 Canada's position in the war, 2184 Contraventions of Act, 3342-3351, 3361, 3588
Exemptions, 3208, 3363, 6068 Exceptions, 3559
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Mounted Police, Royal Northwest, 4174, 4667
National Service Commission, 309, 370 Nationalist Party, 4564
O'Connor, Mr. W. F., report of, 3745, 3747, 3749
Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4196, 4417, 4436
Parliament, extension of term of, 37, 3419, 3504
Parliament, printing of, 5950 Parliamentary procedure Order of the day, reinstatement of, 2877 Question of privilege, discussion on, 600 Votes and proceedings, correctness of entry in, 2880
Parliamentary Secretaryships, 4196, 4417, 4438
Peace terms, consultation with Dominions on, 300
Pensions, 6018
Pension Commissioners, 4958 Political deadlock, rumoured, 1971 Press censorship, 3654, 3718, 3955, 4059 Racing meets, limitation of, 323 Railway Act, The, 603 Railways
Employees, payment of salaries of, 5956 Material, removal of to France, 310 Traffic, congestion of, 587 Recruiting
Alleged statement regarding, 194 Correspondence with ex-Minister of Militia, 2446, 3086, 3371 Figures for 1916, 379 Retarding of, alleged, 3371 Systems explained, 360-382, 2482 Rogers, Hon. Robert, resignation of, 4736 Ross rifle, 392, 408-434, 477-522 Speaker, election of, 1 Taxation of incomes, 4655 Union Government
Correspondence with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 2690
Rumoured political deadlock, 1971 Votes and proceedings, correctness of entry in, 2880 War
Expenditure, 354, 476 Requirements. See Military Service
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Supplies-clothing, motor trucks, Oliver equipment, wagons, 556-558 Trophies, exhibit of, 6003 War Purchasing Commission, 32 War-time Elections Bill, 5576, 5648-5702, War vote ($500,000,000), 354, 586 5706, 5805, 5834, 6071 Woman suffrage, 1504 Yukon price advances, 2199
Boulay, Mr. Hermenegilde (Rimouski)
Agriculture Department, French-speaking employes of, 2262, 2265 Army Medical Service, 3989 Bright, the late John, 987 Budget, 1085 Free wheat, 1085
Behaviour of soldiers passing through Quebec, 1086
Necessity for co-operation with the Government, 1087 Civil Service
Employment of men in higher offices, 1256
French-speaking employees, 2262, 2265, 2340, 2759
Salaries, 2239, 2251 Government railways Accidents, 1376
Operation and management of, 3389 Removal of obstructions, 595 Rolling stock, 594 St. Fabien crossing, 2226, 3389 Government Railways Act amendment, 4373, 4382
Interior Department, French-speaking employees, 2340 Mail service, 3640
McWilliams, Mr., dismissal of, 2167 Military Service Bill Authority of Parliament, 2761 Classes, 3353 Exceptions, 3571 Exemptions, 3190, 3306 Quebec, position of, 2754 National Transcontinental Railway Express service, 595
Fitzpatrick yard and engineer's residence, 455, 456 Telegraph line, 456 Ottawa Citizen, statement of, 2776 Parliament buildings, destruction of-indemnities for losses, 4413 Pension Commissioner's staff, 60?
Quebec
Recruiting in, 2754
Troops passing through, insults to, 2756 Railway Act, The, 3435, 3511
Boulay, Mr. Hermenegilde-Con.
Rimouski
Government employees, 2165 Recruiting officers, 456 St. Dawrence signal and telegraph service, 1471
Scientific and industrial research, 3957 Senate, proposed change in constitution of, 1145
South African war, 2200 Steamship services, 2323	.
Technical education, 1249 Telegraph and telephone lines, 5384 Troops, alleged insults to, 2756 Veterinary Director General, 987 Bourassa, Mr. J. Boutin (LOvis)
Gravel, Lieut. God eon, 1674 Gravelle, Oscar, 1226 Levis railway station, 1129 Military Service Bill, 3069, 3147 St. Romuald public works, 1129 Boy Scouts Association, 2062, 3740 Boyce, Mr. Arthur C. (West Algoma)
Military Service, 3147 Boyce, George H., position of, 1472 Boyer, Mr. Gustave (Vaudreuil)
Butter and cheese purchases, 899 Maple sugar-adulteration, 1958 Military service, 2931 Boys, Mr. W. A. (South Simcoe)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 90
Patriotism of Canadian women, 90 Simcoe county and the war, 90 Loyal Orange Order, 91 The Dorchester election, 92 National service, 93 Recruiting in Quebec, 94 Bradbury, Mr. George H. (Selkirk)
Army canteens, 811 Army and navy veterans, 5910 Capital punishment, 634 Dominion Lands Act amendment, 3799 Military service, 3190 United Grain Growers, Limited, 893 War affairs, Government administration of, 3383
Brampton-Palestine mail route, 590 Bran. See Grain Brantford moulders' strike, 2322 Breadner, Mr. R. W., position of, 3676 Bright, the late John, 987 Brindle, Mr. William, dismissal of, 3758 British Admiralty, recruiting in Canada for, 4159, 4163
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British Government and Canadian Pacific Railway Financial Arrangements Bill,
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British Government, war supplies, purchases of in Canada, 4953, 5517, 5541 Bromptonville postmaster, 1129.
Brouillard, Mr. Ovide (Drummond and Ar-thabaska)
JEtna Explosives Company, 4508 Military service, 3072
Bruce, Dr., investigations of. See Canadian Army Medical Service Buchanan, Mr. W. A. (Medicine Hat)
Army allowances, subsistence, 5915 Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 5178
Coal mining, western, 119, 458, 523, 1266, 1372, 1616, 1723, 1725, 2526, 2570, 2653 Coutts quarantine reserve, 590 Economic and Development Commission, 1125
Farm labour, 3507 Fuel, 1414 Grain
Commission, 3711 Elevators, 986 Seed, advances for, 303, 305 Home guard duty, 336
Hudson's Bay Company lands, taxation of. 986
Hyde, Mr. J. W., 301 Indian reserves, 989, 2389 Judgments, uniform interest on, 900 Letter carriers' salaries, 1474 Medicine Hat military reserve, 301 Military service, 2600 Exemptions, 2607 Referendum proposals, 2607 Taxation of wealth, 2608 Mounted Police pensions, 5701 Oil-boring machinery, 301 Proportional representation, 913 School lands, western, 1378 Shaw, Mr. F. D., dismissal of, 1847 Soldier Settlement Board, 1163 Soldiers, former occupations of, 4685 Taxation
Farm implements, 1686 Hudson's Bay Co. Lands, 986 Income, 1687, 4122 Wealth, 2,608
Unclaimed bank balances, 1009 War-time Elections Bill, 5580 Woman suffrage, 1515
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Maritime Express service, 8 Milford ballast pit, 2320 Obstructions, removal of, 1376 Operation of, 759 Passenger service, 2203 Peniac bridge, 2320 Pension fund, 1476 Rails, 1575 Rates, coal, on, 4292 Station accommodation, 2227 Stations, naming of, 3386 Tracadie siding, 2618
See also Government Railways Act Amendment Bill.
Intoxicating liquors, shipment on, 591 Level crossing, Pictou harbour branch, 304 Line improvements, 2204
Military and hospital trains. 2205 National Transcontinental Earnings, 2203
Engineers' residence at Fitzpatrick, 455, 456
Express service, 595 Fitzpatrick yard, 455 Freight rates, 2210, 3394 Operation, 657, 1573, 3411.
Expenses of, 2203 Portneuf claims, 1571 Rails, removal of to France, 1229, 1266, 2225
St. Malo shops, 1128 Salmon river viaduct, 2212 Solicitor's fees, 454 Telegraph line, 456 Ties, purchases of, 455 Traffic, 2209, 2218 Obstructions, removal of, 595 Officials, 657, 3390 Operation of, 2203, 3386 Passenger service, 2207 Prince Edward Island
Car ferry and terminals, 2205 Widening of, 3902, 3945 Quebec railways, 4948, 5452 Rails, 2224
Rolling stock, 594, 4928. See, under this title, Cars
Safety-first inspectors, 337 Ships, building of, for, 4939, 5429 Valley railway, 1380 Working expenses, 3410 See also Government Railways Act Amendment Bill
Canadian Northern Railway.
British Columbia, lines and works aided by province of, 4987
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Capital stock of affiliated companies held by, 4626
Payments on interest account, 4338 Removal of rails from, 301, 3398 Canadian Northern Railway Company.
Financial statements respecting, 4058 Report of Drayton-Acworth Commission, 4011
Canadian Northern Railway Acquisition Bill.
Res., 4022, 4215, 4217, 4247. lr., 4293.	2r.,
4467,	4512, . 4566. Com., 4590,	4622,
4835, 4960, 5015. 3r., 5108, 5123-5194 Amendment proposed: Mr. Graham, 4477; lost on div., 4590
Closure applied, 5002, 5015, 5121, 5123 Canadian Pacific Railway. See British Government
Canadian Patriotic Fund, 595, 3078 Allowances from, 203, 207, 383, 3951 See also War Charities Canadian Press Limited, 3740 Canals, 3402, 3417
For individual canals, see their titles Canteen. See Army Cape Bold breakwater, 3873 Cape Breton Recruiting officers, 5361 Senate representation, 89 Cape Cove pier, 3879 Capital Punishment,
Plebiscite proposed, 1016 Russia's abolition of; proposed congratulations, 1012 Spain case, 1018
Women and children, in cases of, 1017, 1150
See Criminal Code Amendment Bills Caraquet and South Shore Railway, 2223,
Cardin, Mr. P. J. A. (Richelieu)
Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 5175
Military Service Bill, 3058 St. Lawrence Flour Mills Company, 4509 Carleton beach protection works, 1128 Caron, Mr. Hector, employment of, 4151 Carrier, Emile, allowance to, 581 Carroll, Mr. William F. (South Cape Breton) Aeroplane service, 1331 Army Recruiting Officers, Cape Breton, 5361
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Taxation of incomes, 1424 Government expenditure, 1425 So-called prosperity, 1426 [DOT]
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Censors and decoders, 576, 3718 Louisburg, at, 4008, 4048 See "The Fiddlers"
Census
Male population of Canada, 2283 Western, 2336
C. E. Tanner, steamer, '5362
Chabot, Mr. John L. (Ottawa)
Civil Service
Appointments, 2020 Salaries, 2251 Military service, 2781
Enlistment In Quebec, 2784
Chabot, Lt.-Col. J. L., M.P., position and pay of, 988
Chairman of Committees. See Deputy Speaker
Charitable and patriotic enterprises, organization and control of, 378, 462
Charlton, Mr. William A. (Norfolk)
Budget, 1304
Pulp and paper industry, 1304 Chicago drainage canal, 302 Chicoutimi, pure bred animals at, 4152
Chinese Immigration Act Amendment Bill.
lr., 843.	2r., com., 2139. Rep., 2149.
3r., 2285
Chisholm, Mr. A. W. (Inverness)
Economic and Development Commission, 2200
Fish and fisheries Advisory Board, 2151 Dogfish, 2177
Inverness harbour, improvements, 5326 Margaree harbour improvements, 3867, 5330 National Service, provincial directors of, 2200
Nova Scotia public works, 5319, 5337 Scotch Hill post office, 3649 Steamship service, 2301, 2306 Telegraph and telephone lines, 5371 Cheese. See Agriculture: Dairy Civil Service
Act, administration of, 1791 Appointments
Order in Council, Jan. 1917, under, 3003 Regulations governing, 643 Returned soldiers, 643
See also Army: Soldiers: Returned Section 21, under, 607, 650, 693, 1023, 1351, 1937
Compulsory retirement from, alleged, 2059
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The fiftieth anniversary of Confederation, 161
National government, 161 Political patronage, 162 Extravagance of present administration, 163
The ex-Minister of Militia, 164 National service, 170 Westmorland county and war profits, 171 Extension of term of Parliament, 172 The Dorchester election, 173 Alleged statement of Mr. Blondin, 173 Budget, 1307
Speech of Sir Sam Hughes, 1307 Winning of the war, 1310 Charges of extravagance against the Government, 1310 High cost of living, 1313 Revenue and expenditure, 1314 Taxation proposals, 1315 Intercolonial railway, operation of, 1316 Canadian Government Railways Construction and betterment, 3387 Intercolonial
Grand Narrows bridge, 2321 Management and operation, 773 Milford ballast pit, 2320 Peniac bridge, 2320
Government Railways Act Amendment, 4363
Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 5143
Cape Bald breakwater, 3873 Cost of living, 2005	-
Customs duties payable by provincial governments, 2135 Dorchester county election, 173 Fisheries officers, 2164
Food products, price'and control of, 1313 Government Railways Act Amendment, 4363
Indians, 1892
Inland Revenue Department estimates, 3843
Labour problems, 1173 Migratory birds, 3658 Military Service, 3075 Moncton armoury site, 4787 National service, 170
National Transcontinental Railway, removal of rails, 2225 Patriotic Fund, 3077 Pensions, 6031
Copp, Mr. A. B.-Con.
Proportional representation, 917 Railway Act, The, 3442 Sackville wharves, 3878 Soldiers, votes for, 1401, 4703 Taxation, 1315
Telegraph and telephone lines, 5382 War-time Elections Bill, 5610 Wilfrid C., boat, 4062	.
Cost of living
See O'Connor, Mr. W. F., K.C., also Cold storage
Council of Indian Tribes of Canada Incorporation Bill, lr., 3902
Courcelette, steamer, 1377
Court, Pte. Harry Ivan, request for discharge of, 3295
Courts, See Justice
Coutts quarantine reserve, 590
Cox, John, position of, 1472
Criminal Code Amendment Bills
Alien enemies prohibited from voting (No.
59, Mr. Currie), lr., 1862 Capital punishment, abolition of, (No. 3, Mr. Bickerdike), lr., 46; 2r„ moved, 325, negatived, 1028-1036	.
See Capital Punishment Contract prices, prohibition of, (No. 21, Mr. Knowles), lr., 386;	2r:,- moved,
1617; debate adjourned, 1627 Insurance (No. 54, Mr. Doherty), lr., 1773;
2r., 2104; com., 4388; 3r., 4395 Jurors, (No. 97, Mr, Doherty), lr., 2567; 2r„ 4293; com., 4318; 3r„ 4383. Six-months' hoist, moved by Mr. Lemieux, negatived, 4307
Non-support; foster parents; bawdy houses; insolvent traders; constables' fees, (No. 124, Mr. Doherty), lr., 4291; 2r., 4463; com., 4463; 3r„ 4466 Racing meets, limitation of, (No. 2, Mr. Wilcox), lr., 8; 2r., 313-324
Cromwell, Mr. F. R. (Compton)
Live stock purchases, 2279 Railway Act, The, 3604
Cross point wharf, 988, 1228, 1571
Crothers, Hon. T. W. (Minister of Labour) Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 831
Soldiers, voting of, 4702 Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour, abolition of office of, 686 Budget, 1267
The extravagant waste of time in the House, 1267
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Administration of Labour Department, 1269
The labour situation, 1270 The coal situation, 1275 Food prices, 127S Coal
Questionnaire concerning, 1998 Sale, regulation of, 1275 Western mining of, 159, 614, 1266, 1372, 1616, 2295, 2570, 2653, 2776 Food
Control of sales and prices, 1273, 1989, 2083
Flour, price of, 1043 High cost of living, 695 Industrial Dicputes Investigation Act, 1112, 1168, 1270
Labour Department
Administration of, 1269 Estimates, 686, 1112, 1166, 1989, 3652 Landry, Mr. Justice, findings of, 5248 Le Canada, correction of statement in, 2571
Military Service, 2483 Referendum, 2487
O'Connor, Mr. W. F., K.C., inquiry and report by, 3652, 3925 Strikes, prevention of, 1270 Technical education, 1236 Thetford mines labour trouble, 1118 War-time Elections Bill, 5867	.
Yukon, cost of living in, 2199, 2481, 2525
Cruise, Mr. Robert (Dauphin)
Budget, 1432
Taxation of profits, 1432 Government expenditure, 1434 Free wheat, 1435 Proposed Highways Bill, 1435 Manitoba boundaries extension, 1435 Campbell, Duncan J., 758 Chabot, Lt.-Col., 988 Free wheat, 1435
Glen, Col. Joseph, payments to, 1377 Railway Act, The, 3520, 3550 Railway transportation for members of Parliament, 3520 Smith's Falls postmaster, 1570 Taxation of business profits, 1432
Cunningham, Frances Henry, payments to, 1125
Currie, Mr. John A. (North Simcoe)
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Companies, incorporation of, 5926, 5928 Criminal Code amendments, Jurors, 4299 Dominion Lands Act Amendment, 3801, 3805-3817
France, trade relations -with, 2310, 2316 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5498, 5905 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company Branch Lines Company, 1375 Imperial Preference, 1584 Loans to farmers, 1965 Martell, Lt. L. A., 5914 Military Service Classes, 3293, 3356
Exemptions, 3221, 3228, 3279, 3304, 3367 General provisions, 3243, 3252 Great Britain, in, 2908 Regulations, 3316
Reinforcements, need of, 2904, 2915 Selective draft, 2916 O'Connor, Mr. W. F., report of, 3752 Packages, marking of-inspection and sale,-4069
Parliament, printing of, 5949, 5950
Pensions, 6008
Railway Act, The, 3548
Rifles, importations of, 1125
Rural mail carriers, 3643
Shipbuilding, 1584, 5449
Soldiers,
Parcels for, 3644 Returned, 1586 Votes for, 4775, 4832 Widow's of, 3805 Steyner public building, 5412 Taxation, proposals of the Government,
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Telegraphs and telephones, 3548 War
Canada's part in the, 2906 Prosecution of, 1576 War-time Elections Bill, 5762, 5845 Currie, Col. J. A., M.P., military position and pay of, 595
Currie, General, despatch from, 4510 Customs
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Dismissals, 1844
Estimates, 643, 1843, 1881, 5098, 5777 Motor boats in use by, 3759 . Motor car of, 1476
North Sydney officials, 1852 Staff and salaries, 643, 1843, 5908, 5777 See also Civil Service
Drawbacks, payments of, 1818 Forms, printing of in French and English, 3133, 3134
Minister of, private car for, 5082 Preventive service, 1881 Revenue cruisers, 1881 Unclaimed goods, disposal of, 3743
Customs Act Amendment Bill
Duties payable on	Crown's goods.	Res.,1978. lr., 1985.	2r., 2119. Com.,	2121.Rep., 2136. 3r.,	2137	Customs Tariff,	Alcohol, proposed	free admission	for
hospital use, 5103 Apples, 1472, 1615,1 Bags and sacks, 1867 Beans for seed, 671 Bran and middlings, 1867 British preference, proposed increase, 1776 Crown, goods of the, dutiable. See Customs Act Amendment Bill Farm implements, 1686, 1708 Fertilizer, 1709
Food, proposed additions to the free list, 1776-1790 Gasolene, 1675 Hospital supplies, 5103 Imperial Munitions Board imports, 1978 Provincial governments, duties payable by, See Customs Act Amendment Bills
Dagneau, John F., position of, 1471 Dairying. See Agriculture Dalhousie, N.B., militia buildings, 454 Danis, Joseph Maximilian, employment of, 2618
Davidson, Mr. Avard L. (Annapolis)
Army, soldiers, voting of, 4709, 4712, 4772 Carroll, Lieut. W. F., M.P., 6066 Douglas, Captain J. M., M.P., 6066 Ellis, Captain J. F., M.P.P., 6066 Neely, Captain D. B„ M.P., 6066 Nova Scotia public works, 5320 Ralston, Major J. L., M.P.P., 6067 Schaffner, Mr. L. P., dismissal of, 441 Taxation, income, 4136 Telegraph and telephone lines, 5376 War-time Elections Bill, 5733, 5737
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Imperial. War Conference, 15 Expiration of term of Parliament, 15 Progressive policies of present administration, 16
Fiftieth anniversary of Confederation, 16 Military Service Bill, 2982 Appeals, 3184 Burden of proof, 3323 Tribunals, 3172
Railway Act, The, 3441, 3444 Desjardins, Lt.-Col., employment of, 1818 Devlin, Mr. Emmanuel B. (Wright)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 244, 249 National unity and harmony, 244 Recruiting figures, 245 Quebec and the war, 247 Patriotic policy of Liberal party, 248 Statements of Hon. Mr. Blondin, 250 Attitude of the Government, 250 Blondin, Hon. Mr., alleged statements of. 250
Burgess, defalcation of, 1127 Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1576 Canadian Northern railway, 4863 Civil Service
Disfranchisement of civil servants, 2021 Salaries, 1038, 2010
Grain for breweries and distilleries, 1176 Judges' salaries, 5797 Military Service Bill, 2731
Authority under Militia Act, 2732 Contraventions of Act, 3332 Persons liable for service, 3129 Quebec province, position of, 2736 Referendum proposals, 2736 Tribunals, 3153 Milsom, Major J. C., 1265 Recruiting, 245
Folkstone director of, 1226 Spittal, Lt.-Col. C. D., 1127 War loan bonds, 2774
War taxation, use of funds obtained from, 4147
DeWolfe, Fred. T., position of, 5703 Digby,
Government lands, 2321 Indian lands, 304
Dillon, Major G. A., appointment of, 1958, 4061 Distilleries. See Grain and Alcohol Divorce, Committee to revise rules governing, 4192, 4291 See Gordon Divorce Bill
Dodge, Tj. B., payments to, 306_____________
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Customs, Crown's goods, 1983, 2119 Davidson Commission report, 524 Exchequer Court expenses, 1811 Government Railways Act amendment, 4368 Interest Act Amendment Bill, 2569, 3401 Judges
Appointment of, 1807
Salaries. See Judges Act Amendment Bill
Saskatchewan and Ontario, 1973 Yukon, 5896
Judges Act amendment, 2137, 5954, 6062 Justice Department, estimates, 1805, 5896, 6033
Kelly, Thomas, 1813, 4926, 5794 McLeod-Tellier Commission, 2357, 4291 Military service, 3016
Appeals and appeal tribunals, 3184, 3301 Authority of Parliament, 3031 Burden of proof, 3320 Classes, division into, 3353, 3359 Contraventions of Act, 3326, 3351 Enforcement, 3264
Exceptions and exemptions, 3303, 3307, 3568
Referendum proposals, 3028 Tribunals, 3153, 3168, 3296, 4193, 5881 Military Voters' Bill, 4406, 4688, 4742, 4792, 4874, 4889, 5956
Pelagic Sealing Treaty, claims under, 5977 Penitentiaries
Kelly, Thomas, treatment of, 1813, 4926,
Officials' salaries, 6039 Prisoners, proposed enlistment of, 1013, 1814
Pensions, 6039
Post Office Department, estimates, 2352, 2360, 3634, 6051 Prices, contract fixing of, 1624 Provincial legislatures, powers of, 1808 Provincial prohibitory legislation, Bill in aid of, 4192, 4395, 5514 Woman suffrage, 1491
Doherty, Hon. C. J., payments to, 898
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Dominion Lands Act Amendment Bills
General (No. 107, Mr. Roche), lr., 2832. 2r., 3793. Com., 3793
Patents (No. 12, Mr. McCraney), lr., 159. Withdrawn, 1157.
Dominion Lands and Parks
Animals in, 1359 Estimates, 1344, 4917 Forest reserves, 1349 Officials, 1675 See Parks
Dominions, overseas, constitutional relations of, 1528, 1531
Dominions Royal Commission, 599, 2338 Donaldson, Mr. Samuel J. (Prince Albert) Army camps, sale of liquor in, 816 Dorchester county election, 92. Ill, 120, 146, 173, 208, 255, 293 Dorchester County Railway, 5361 Dorchester, N.B.
Penitentiary. See Penitentiaries Wharf, 3874
Douglas, Mr. James M. (Stratheona)
Apples, duty on, 1472, 1715
Army, forestry battalions, 3950
Dominion Lands Act amendment, 3805
Flour, price of, 5211
Gasolene, duty on, 1675
Grain
Elevators, 3705 Wheat, fixing of price of, 3705 Military Service Bill, 3051 Patriotic Fund allowances, 3952 Tariff revision, 1714 War-time Elections Bill, 5604 Douglas, Captain J. M., position of, 6066 Drake, steamship, duty on cargo of, 4245 Dredging. See Public Works Dropped order. See Parliamentary Procedure Drummond, T. J., steamer, 669, 4925, 4939 Dry Dock Subsidies Act Amendment Bill. Res., 4455. lr„ 5771.	2r., 5887. Com.,
5915. 3r., 5918
Dubreuil, Mr., dismissal of, 3635 Dussault, Mr. Albert, employment of, 457 Dynamite outrages Arrests in Montreal, 5423 Atliolstan, Lord, 5423 Bigras, Gedeon, 5360 East Bay wharves, 5315 Eaton, Ernest, enlistment of, 3419 Volume I:	1-1124.
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Edmonton, enlistments, 336. 3373
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway, subsidy to, 4925
Edson, Alta., population of, 1816
Edward VII, monument to His late Majesty, 3897
Edwards, Mr. J. W. (Frontenac)
Address in reply to the Governor General's
Speech, 204 The war, 204
Political patronage in purchase of war supplies, 205
Patriotic Fund separation allowances, 207
Military appointments, 207 Maritime Province elections, 207 The Dorchester compaign, 208 Recruiting in Quebec. 213, 221 Statements of the leader of the Opposition, 218, 220
Naval policy of Liberal party, 219 Extension of term of Parliament-votes for soldiers, 223 National ideals, 224 Bran and shorts, duty on, 1875 Budget, 1209
The record of the Liberal party, 1209 Canada's trade, 1211 Free wheat, 1212 Vessels for carrying flour, 1213 Free trade, 1214 Scarcity of food, 1216 Improvement of highways, 1217 The leader of the Opposition, 1219 Proposed general election, 1220 Cattle, British embargo on, 922 Censorship, 5943 Dorchester county election, 208 Experimental farms, 2055 Food, scarcity of, 712, 1216 Free wheat, 1212 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5500 High cost of living, 712, 1216	.
Highways, improvement of, 1217 Home defence recruiting officers, 3134 Horses, glandered, 2056 House of Commons stenographers, 5789 Immigration agents, 4914, 5361 Judges' salaries, o799. See, under this head, Supreme Court Lavergne, Mr. Armand, 2619 Mail clerks, French-speaking, 5272 Military districts Nos. 3 and 10, 455 Military service, 2715, 3221 National service cards, 667, 713
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Pensions, 6012
Post office signs-language in which written, 5999 Potatoes, 5987 Pugsley, Lieut. J. A., 4895 Quebec and military service, 2719-2728 Recruiting, 213, 221, 569 Rural mail routes, 1959 Shipbuilding, 1213, 1670 Soldiers
Pay and pensions of, 3216, 6012 Voting of, 223, 4807, 4895 Storage elevators, 2099
Supreme Court-allowance to Chief Justice, 6049
Taxation of wealth, 2728 Unclaimed bank balances, 1010 Votes for soldiers, 223, 4807 War-time Elections Bill. 5570, 5678, 5742, 5873
Eggs, imports and exports of, 1573 Elaine, steamer, 1379 Elevators. See Grain.
Ellis, Captain J. F., position and pay of, 6066 Elrose, Sask., mail service, 899.
Elliot, Mr. George A. (North Middlesex) Soldiers, votes for, 1387 Emigration
Restrictions on Canadians of military age, 1726; 1775
United States, to, 987, 3285 See also Immigration Esquimalt dock yards, 5915 Estevan, Canadian Government Steamship, purchase of provisions for, 4923 Estimates. See titles of Departments and subjects
Ethier, Mr. J. A. C. (Two Mountains) Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 5019, 5112
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Excise. See Inland Revenue Expeditionary force. See Army Experimental farms. See Agriculture.
Faguy, Gaudiose. dismissal of, 2284 False Creek dredging, 900, 1126 Farm labour. See Labour Farmers
Employment of soldiers by, 1677 Loans to. See Bank Act Amendment Bill Western, relief for. See Grain Farmers Bank
Depositors, proposed reimbursement of, 4508
Shareholders of, 301
Farming industry, development of, 1776, 1786.
See also Agriculture Fiddlers See "The Fiddlers"
Finance
Debt of Canada, 347 Department
Estimates, 578, 1790, 6289 Staff and salaries, 1796, 5289 Gold, handling of, 1796
Income and expenditure of Canada, 274, 718, 723, 745, 846
Interest. See Interest Act Amendment Bill Loans
Dominion, $100,000,000
Cost of issue, 342, 435, 4957 Proceeds from, 4416, 4621. See Public Service Loan Bill
Farmers, to. See Bank Act Amendment Bills
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 5292 Quebec harbour. See that title Fiset, Theophile, payments to, 1959 Fish and fisheries
Advisory Board, 2151 Bait, 2036
Bounties to fishermen, 457 Canneries
Licenses for operation of, 3399 See Meat and Canned Foods Act Amendment Bill and Fisheries Act Amendment Bill
Committee on supply of, 3400 Department
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Inspection, 2035 Inspector Fisher, 2170 Investigation of problems, 5288 Laws, violation of, 2389 Licenses, 2051, 2182 Lobsters, 2049, 2117, 2154, 4171, 5425 Marketing, 2037, 2042	-
Ministry of, proposed, 2026 Officers, 2151, 2157, 2161 Oysters, 2*174 Patrol service, 2183 Protection service, 4163, 4166, 4170 Sait for curing purposes, 1027, 1319, 1373, 2044, 2290, 3556 Sardine fisheries, 4168 Telephone method of fishing, 2176 Transportation, 2031, 2042, 3392, 3556, 4933 Trawlers, steam, 300 Whitefish, 2159
Fisheries Act Amendment Bill. Res, 211G. lr., 2118. 2r„ 2149. Ref, to Com., 2149. Com., 3399. 3r., 3400
Fisher, Mr. John H. (Brant)
Recruiting in Paris and Burford, 601 Soldiers, votes for, 1386
Flags on public buildings, 4146 Flavelle, Sir Joseph, letter from, 2956, 4010 See O'Connor and Food Flax industry, 4683 Flour. See Grain Food
Adulteration of, 2387 Bacon and lard, 3915, 5274 Beef, exports and imports of, 1574 Butter. See Agriculture Cheese. See Agriculture Control of, 108, 695, 1304, 1313, 1427, 1989, 2076, 2471, 2509, 2580, 3045, 3744 Australia, in, 963 Prices, 3918 Sugar, 1992 Controller
Appointment, 2433
Office and assistants, 3502, 4413, 4414, 4244
Powers of, 3943 See also Food Products Eggs, exports and imports of, 1573 Fish, committee on supply of, 3400 Flour, 700, 1868, 5207
Prices and profits, 1039, 1088, 5085 Yukon, in, 2237 See also Grain.
Imports and exports of, 1573 Inspectors, 607
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Report of, 3652, 3914; inquiry into, 3914, 3744, 4243
Maple sugar and syrup, 1958 Order in Council re sale of, 1273 Packages and containers of, 4065, 4070 Potatoes, 702, 2095. See Agriculture Prices and supply of Flour, 700 Sugar, 695
See, under this tills, Control and Controller Scarcity of. 1216 Sugar, 695, 1957
Supply of, arrangements with British Government, 2260
See also Meat and Canned Foods Act Amendment Bill; Grain; Inspection and Sale Act Amendment Bill Forestry
Poplar, conservation of, 3742 Timber, protection of, 1349 White pine, blister rust, 4677 Fortier, Mr. Edmond (Lotbiniere)
Burke, Col. Rev. A. E., 5704 Customs, private car for Minister of, 5082 McLeod-Tellier Commission, 3418 Military service, 3067
Public Works Department,

automobile purchase, 2480
Foster, Mr. A. De Witt, government employ of, 303
Foster, Rt. Hon. Sir Gecrge E. (Minister of Trade and Commerce)
Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., visit to Canada and to House of Commons, 613 Board of Grain Supervisors for Canada, 2236, 3692
Boards of Trade Act, 3657 Canada Temperance Act, 1263 Canada Year Book, 2337 Civil Service-employment of men in higher offices, 1260 Coal, supply of, 4064, 4788 Confederation, fiftieth anniversary of, 1865 Connaught, the late Duchess of, 609 Daylight saving, 2356, 2945, 3677 Dominions Royal Commission, 599, 2338 France, trade relations with, 597, 2309 Fuel controller, appointment of, 2235 Grain
Breweries and distilleries, for, 1185 Congestion in the West, 340 Elevators, 2334, 3707, 3710, 3689 Prices, fixing of, 3689, 4564 Hay, inspection and grading of, 3402 Industrial and scientific research, 5276 Joffre, General-visit to Canada, 613
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Exchequer Court cases, 335 Government railways
Intercolonial, pension fund, 1476 Promotion of employees, 768 Jenkins, Lieut.-Col. S. R., 5422 Leigh, Major, 5422 L'Esperance, Hon. D. O., 4511 Lighthouse keepers' salaries, 3134 Louisville post office, 899 Military service, 2746 Exceptions, 3566 Recruiting- in Quebec, 2748 Patent medicines, 335, 985, 1470 Riou, Mr. C S„ 3904 Riviere du Loup, ferry service, 452 Seed grain for eastern Canada, 1150 Steamship service, Quebec, 2318 Temiscouata mail contract, 335 Thompson, Dr. Alfred, M.P., 5083 Gazelle, Noel, enlistment of. 337 Geological surveys, 4179
Georgian Bay Canal Commission, 452, 989, 3900, 5913
German, Mr. William M. (Welland)
Army
Equipment, 559 Medical service, 559, 3989 Officers, alleged surplus of, 560, 564 Recruiting, 560, 2631 Soldiers, voting of, 4701, 4718, 4818, 48934914
Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 4026, 4254, 4869, 4960, 5049, 5189 Civil servants, compulsory retirement of, alleged, 2059
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Branch Lines Company, 1375
High Commissionership, 4177 Loans to farmers, 1961 Military Service, 2630 Racing meets, limitation of, 322 Railways,
Government policy in regard to, 2219, 2221 [DOT] Senate, proposed change in constitution of, 1131
Situation, inquiry into, 3408, 3414 Submarine warfare, 334 Taxation of income, 4072 Trent canal, 3405 War supplies,
Boots, 4062
' Equipment generally, 559 Munitions, 5525 Wrar-time Elections Bill, 5755 Welland canal, 3402 Woman suffage, 1508
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High cost of living, 2829 Military service, 2825, 3189, 3353 Recruiting, 28-27
Riviere du Loup steamship service, 2358 Glass, Mr. S. Francis (East Middlesex) Budget, 1432
Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 4039
Cheese, inspection of, 2268 Cold storage, 2080 Daylight saving, 3685 Grain Supervisors, 3699 Insurance, 4389
Lord's Day Observance Act, 936 Military service, 1676, 3145, 3224, 3230, 3277 Straw, utilization of, 4683 Taxation of business profits, 1646 Technical education, 1249 Unclaimed bank balances, 1010 War charities, 5484, 5491, 6064 War-time Elections Bill, 5602, 5686, 5740 Wheat, fixing of price of, 3696
Glen, Colonel Joseph, payments to, 1377 Goldman, Mr. I., employment of, 4510 Government Railways
Canadian Government Railways Government Railways Act Amendment Bill, lr„ 3845. 2r., 4339. Com., 4339, 4365, 4863. 3r., 4417
Amendment, proposed: Mr. Boulay, ruled out, 4382:	Mr. Hughes, 4385; lost on
div., 4387
Graham, Hon. George P. (South Renfrew) Agriculture, development of, 2578 Aiken, Mr. G. O., 4151, 4508 Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 835 Officers
Reversion to ranks of, 3997 Wives of, passports for, 3997	.
Soldiers, voting of, 4793-4834 Athletic associations, 5922 Bennett, Mr. R. B., M.P., reply to statement of, 804, 869 Breidert and Mudge patents, 1200 Canada Gazette, publication of, 3737 Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 4022, 4217, 4277, 4282, 4388, 4471, 4591, 4622, 4845, 5041, 5158 Capital punishment, 627, 1022 Charitable enterprises, organization and control over, 378, 5485 Chicago drainage canal, 302
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Promotions, 2017 Companies Act amendment, 5922 Customs disposal of unclaimed goods, 3743 Defence of Canada, 359 Fisheries jjrotection service, 4170 Food control, 2580 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5501 Government Railways
Cars, purchase of, 758, 1376 Promotion of employees, 770 Government Railways Act amendments, 4344, 4367
See under this head, Intercolonial; Transcontinental
Grain elevator facilities, 4188 Grain for breweries and distilleries, 1183 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, loan to, 5299
Indians, British Columbia, 2340 Intercolonial, transfer of, alleged arrangements for,-denial, 804, 869 Judges, appointment of, 1807 McNab, Colin C., 578 Military buildings, inspector of, 1039 Military service Classes, 3276
Contraventions of Act, 3225, 3349, 3580 Conscription of wealth, 2576 Enforcement, 3268 Exceptions, 3270, 3564, 3591 Exemptions, 3212, 3276 Industrial requirements, 2579 Insurance of war risks, 3557 Persons liable for service, 3128 Policies of leader of the Opposition, 2572 Quebec's attitude, 2572 Recruiting, 2573 Referendum proposal, 2582 Tribunals, 3160
Mines, Minister of, proposed, 2007 National Serivce Board Expenses, 3676 Officers, 376	-
Noxious weeds, 2068
Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4431 Packages, marking-inspection and sale, 4068
Parliament buildings, construction of, 4182 Parliament, extension of term of, 3458 Pensions, 6024
Post Office Department estimates, 2352 Prisoners in penitentiaries, release of for farm work, 803
Graham, Hon. G. P.-Con.
Proportional representation, 911 Public works expenditure, 5343 Quebec and Saguenay Railway bondholders, 669
Railway Act, the, 605, 3420-3453, 3522 Railways-material for use in France, 335, 1833
Recruiting, 375, 568, 2573 Ross rifle, 482 Royal Military College, 5310 Senate, appointments to, 928 Soldiers
Cessation of working pay, 457 Returned, appointment of to government positions, .1850, 1858, 6054 Voting of, 4793, 4834 Taxation	.
Income, 1631, 3771, 4073, 4104 Land, 1629 Wealth, 2576, 3461 Telegraphs and telephones, 3545	'
Telephone lines, government, 5364, 5382 Trade and Commerce Commissioners, 2327 Transcontinental railway operations, 1573 *War charities, 378, 5485 War, prosecution of the, 2320 War-time Elections Bill, 5589, 5674, 5686, 5693, 5729-5771, 5856 Wheat, free, 642 Grain and grain products
Bran and middlings, 1867, 4468 Breweries and distilleries for, 1176 Commission, Chairman of, 3711 Congestion of in the West, 340 Diseases-rust, 2063 Elevators, 986, 2099, 2334 Claims of employees, 386 Facilities, 4189 Operation of, 3705
Flour, sales of between Canada and United States, 5273 Freight rates on, 2210 Grading of, 1265 Middlings, duty on, 1867 ftust, 2063
Seed	.
Eastern Canada for, 1150, 1188 Payment for advances, 1126 Purchase of, 4677, 4916, 4924 Supervisors. See Board of Grain Supervisors
Transportation of, 1682, 3396, 3412, 3712 Wheat
Commission, 1381 Exportation of prohibited, 3882 Free, 729, 747-756, 850, 864-884, 889 Prices, fixing of, 3688, 4687, 4887, 4926, 5206, 5218, 6000
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Surplus, purchases of, 1126 Telegram from Non-Partisan League, on, 4512, 4564, 4661 United States tariff on, 1342 Grande Prairie immigration hall, 1575, 1817 Grand Trunk Pacific Branch Lines Company Bills
1.	Bill No. 33 (Mr. Currie) lr., 585; *withdrawn, 667
2.	Bill No. 41 (Mr. Currie) lr., 843; 2r„ 896;
com., 1375; 3r., 1445 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Financial statements respecting, 4058 Loan to. 5292
Removal of rails from, 5293 Report of Drayton-Acworth Commission, 4011
Gravel, Lieut. Ged£on, 1674 Grave lie, Mr. Oscar, position of, 1226 Great Britain, military service in, 2908 See Army Act
Great War Veterans Association, 1574
Green, Mr. Robert F. (Kootenay)
Railway Act, The, 3514, 3542, 3545 Telegraphs, provisions governing, 3542 Grenier, Mr. Armand, employment of, 3757 Grey, Ambrose, employment of, 1818 Grilse, H.M.C.S., 4563 Grosse Isle quarantine station, 5306 Guthrie, Mr. Hugh (South Wellington)
Bags and sacks, duty on, 1873 Bran and shorts, 1874
Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 5035
Coalition government, 2463 Enlistment, voluntary, 2454 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5502, 5903 Grain for breweries and distilleries, 1179 Military service, 2452
Personal, attitude respecting, 3721 Tribunals, 3300 Soldiers
Returned, care of, 470 Voting of, 4410 Tariff revision, 1780 Taxation
Income, 1783, 2453 Wealth, 2453
War-time Elections Bill, 5598 Windsor immigration officer, 2357 Guysborough public building, 5914 Gwatkin, General, administration of military affairs by, 4419
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Halifax & Eastern Railway, contractors, 304 Hansard. See House of Commons Hants county apple inspectors, 1380 Harbours. See Public works Hardy, Lieut. M. R., employment of, 4509 Harris, Capt. R. V., position of, 5422
Hay, inspection and grading of, 3402
See Inspection and Sale Act Amendment Bill
Hazen, Hon. J. D. (Minister of Marine and Fisheries) -Army
French front, visit to, 1563 Pensions, 1610 Wet canteens, 1561
British Admiralty, recruiting for, 4163 Coal, transportation of, 4791 Dry docks, 5887 Fish and fisheries Advisory Board, 2151 Canneries, 2117, 3399 Department
Appointments, 2149 Estimates, 2149 Dogfish, 2176 Exhibit at Toronto, 2033 Herring, 2036 Inspection, 2035 Lobsters, packing of, 5426 Ministry of, proposed, 2030 Officers, 2163 Transportation, 2031 White fish, 2159
Fisher, Mr. Ward, appointment of, 2170 Fisheries Act Amendment Bill, 3399' Gwatkin, General, 4426 Imperial War Conference, 1556 Lake of the Woods water level, 4178 Live stock, shipments, inspection of, 1842 Marine Department, estimates, 1815, 1836, 1881, 1912
Meat and Canned Foods Act, 2114, 3400 Minto, steamer, food supplies for, 2175 Naval Service Department, estimates, 4157 Ocean Telegraph Act, 2024*2108 Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4426 Public WTorks Department estimates, 5890 Pugsley, Mr, statement of, 5274 Quebec harbour advances, 435, 577 Royal Naval College, 4163 St John harbour, 4187, 5892 Shipbuilding, 1557, 1665, 1912, 4164


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Hardy, Lieut. M. R-, 4509 Intoxicating liquor, 4396, 4404
Carriage on government railways, 591 James Simmonds Co., 5122 Labourers from the United States, 1193 Machine guns, 452	.
Magdalen islands steamship service, 2302 McQueen, Lieut. W. A., 4508 Military District No. 6. 5237 Military service, 2971 Referendum, 2977 Moffatt, Lieut. R. J., 5361 Potatoes
Marketing of, 5989 Powdery scab, 2269 Prince Edward Island Medical officers, 4563 Patriotism of men of the province, 2974 Railway, widening of, 3902, 3945 Steamship service, 660, 3954 Princess Louise Fusiliers officers, 5271 Quebec, recruiting in, 2972, 2977 Ross rifle, 235 Shipbuilding, 1335 Souris breakwater, 3871 Steamship services, 2326 United Mine Workmen of Nova Scotia, 802 War-time Elections Bill, 5664 Hughes, Sir Sam (Victoria, Ont.)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 253
Appreciation of British military assistance, 253
Personal attitude and policy, 254, 271 Col. Armand Lavergne, 256 Dorchester campaign, 255 Canadian troops in the South African war, 256
Troubles in administration of military affairs, 256
Status of Canadian forces, 259 Military equipment, 262 Appointment of General Steele, 264 Method of purchasing war supplies, 265 Disposition and command of Canadian forces, 268 Recruiting, 269
Canadian industries and the war, 270 Army
Badges of identification, 5953 Canteens, 808
Enlistment, voluntary, 2434-2449 Medical service,' 537, 4199, 4466 Recruiting
Correspondence with Prime Minister, 3090
Officers in Quebec, 3135 Rejected men, 3099
Hughes, Hon. Sir Sam-Con.
Soldiers, voting of, 4898 60th Battalion, 525 Bruce, Dr., report of, 602 Canadian overseas forces Despatch of to the front, 574 Disposition and command of, 268 Status of, 259 Canteens, open, 536 Currie, Mr. J. A., statement of, 5773 Hospitals, military-Bruce and Babtie commissions, 538
Irish, Mr. Mark, statements of, 2707
Leraard, General, 368
Maclean, Mr. A. K„ statements of, 2777
Military equipment, 262
Military service, 3135
Authority of Canada, 2435 Classes, calling out by, 3137 Compulsion, advantages of, 2438 Correspondence with Prime Minister, 2434, 2446, 2449 Labour, requirements of, 2441 Recruiting, alleged retarding of, 2442 Officers
Reversion in rank-pay in such cases, 5423
Unemployed, 573
Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4198, 4207, 4419, 4422, 4444 Administrative staff, 4956, 4959 Pay and Records Office, 3106 Recruiting, 269, 366, 379
Correspondence with Prime Minister, 2446
Lessening of, reasons for, 2442 Resignation of, 602 Ross rifle, 416, 480-493, 2451 Steele, General, appointment of, 264 Von Donop, Stanley, 523 War supplies, method of purchasing, 265 Hughes, Brig.-Gen. W. S., position of, 5361 Hyde, Mr. J. W., position of, 301 Hydrographic surveys, 4173 Immigration
Agents, 1737, 1754	.
Clergymen and priests employed as, 5361 Montreal, 5122 Quebec, 5122
United States, in, 4914, 5361 Chinese. See Chinese Immigration Act Amendment Bill
Department, estimates, staff and salaries, 4911
Deportation and rejection, 803 Figures, 803
Forms, printing of in French, 899, 3133, 3134
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French-Canadians in the United States, 4914
Hindu, 1763 Inspection, 803
Military service, exemption of immigrants from, 1572 Officers
Salaries, 2245 Windsor, at, 2357 Quarantine stations, 5306, 5312 Regulations, 372, 525 Regulations, Chinese immigration, 447 Rejection of undesirables at N. B. ports, 454
Rimouski, immigrants landed at, 4151 United States, from, 1739, 1747 See also Emigration
Imperial Munitions Board
Clerks, 305
Construction of ships by, 1661, 1663, 1913 Imports, 1978 Labour, 1985 Employees. 5271
Imperial preference, 1532, 1584	.
Imperial War Cabinet and Imperial War Conference
Adjournment of Parliament, 117, 596, 603 Announcement of meeting, 42 Attendance of Canadian Prime Minister, 597, 603, 1525
Correspondence with Colonial Secretary,
'	5, 24
Minutes of, extracts from, 2354 Proceedings of, 1525 Cattle embargo, 1535
Dominions overseas, constitutional relations of, 1528, 1531
Development and control of natural resources, 1532 Imperial preference, 1532 India, representation of, soldiers' graves, 1534
References to, 15, 24, 42, 148, 294 Statements by British Prime Minister, 2354 Statement by Mr. Hazen, 1556
Imperial War Graves Commission, 1534
Income War Tax Bill. Res., 3765. lr., 3793. 2r., 4070. Com., 4070, 4102, 4124.	3r.,
4638. Senate amdts., 5475; no precedent, 5476, 5883; amendment proposed: Mr. Pardee, 4639; ruled out, 4648
India, representation of,-Imperial War Conference, 1534
Indians
Agents, Bear River, 1569 Department of Indian Affairs, estimates, 1891, 2340, 2346 Lands of, 1887, 2348, 2389 Cutting timber on, 1889, 1901 Surveys of, 1894
Valuation and protection of, 1887 See also, under this head, Provinces and Reserves Provinces, in
British Columbia, 653, 1896, 2340 New Brunswick, 1889 Northwest Provinces and Territories, 1894
Nova Scotia, 1887, 2349 Ontario, 1886 Quebec, 1886 Reserves, 989 Blackfoot, 2389 Caughnawaga, 1735 Digby, 304 Edmunston, 4920 Kitsilano, 1129, 1899 Okanagan, 1378, 2341 Sydney, 3663
Royal Commission, British Columbia, 653, 1038, 1896
Industrial and Scientific Research Bureau
Advisory council, 5279 Expenses, 5276
See also Research Council Bill and Technical education
Industrial Disputes Investigation Act. See
Labour
Industrial requirements See Labour Inland Revenue
Department
Appointments in 1916, 758 Employees at Montreal, 758 Estimates, 2360, 3817 Expenditure, 2380 Preventive, officers, 3837, 3847 Staff and salaries, 2360, 3380 Insolvent Traders. See Criminal Code Amendment Bills
Inspection and Sale Act Amendment Bill.
Res., 4065. lr., 4070. Withdrawn, 5887 Insurance
Civil Service, 3503
Premiums of men in military service, 3557 See also Criminal Code Amendment Bills Insurance Act of 1910 Reenactment Bill, lr., 1724. 2r., 2100. Ref. to Com., 2104. Com., 3848, 4138, 5196. 3r„ 5205. Sen. amdts., 5956
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Insurance Act Amendment Bills
Mr. W. H. Bennett	<
Bill No 45; lr„ 1037; withdrawn, 1157 Bill No. 50; lr„ 1568
Intercolonial Railway. See Canadian Government Railways
Interest Act Amendment Bill, lr., 2569. 2r., 3401. Com., 3401.	3r., 3402
Interest on judgments, 900 Interior Department
Appointments to under section 21, 1351 Calgary offices, 668 Estimates, 652, 1344, 1735, 4916 Expenditure, 1344
French-speaking employees of, 2340 Orders in Council relating to, 6000 Political activity of employees, 2349 Internal Economy Commission, 45 International Fisheries Commission, 892 International surveys, 1735 Interprovincial bridges, 3888 Intoxicating liquors Army camps, in See Army Manufacture and sale of, 454 Prohibition of, 2008
See also "The Fiddlers" and Canada Temperance Act
Prosecutions for sale of, 1575 Sale of, 3818
See also Provincial Prohibitory Legislation
Inverness harbour improvements, 5325 Irish-Canadian Rangers. See Army Jack, Mr. E. Bryden, position of, 4508 Jaffray, Mr. J. P., position of, 4062 Jails. See Penitentiaries Jameson, Mr. Clarence (Digby)
Fisheries, proposed ministry of, 2026 Military Service Bill, 2969 Soldier Settlement Board, 3784'
Technical education, 1243 James Simmonds Co., The, purchase of goods from, 5122
Jamesville breakwater, 5328 Jenkins, Lieut.-Col. S. R., duties and pay of, 5422
Joffre, General, 613
Judges Act Amendment Bill. Res., 1973. lr„ 1978.	2r„ Com., 2136.	3r„ 2137. Sen.
amdt., 5954, 6062 Judgments, interest on, 900
See Interest Act Amendment Bill Justice
Administration of, 1805
Baugh, Edward Levi, case of, 1814
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Department, estimates, 1805, 5097. 6794, 5896, 6033, 6049	-
Exchequer Court Cases, 335 Expenses, 1811 Publications, 5804 Judges
Appointment of, 1806 Provincial commissions, on, 593 Salaries, 1973, 5798, 5954 ' Saskatchewan and Ontario, 1973 Tukon, 5896
Minister of, payments to, 898, 1225 Provincial legislatures, powers of, 1807, 1811 Supreme Court, Chief Justice of, special allowance to, 6049 Kay, Mr. William F. (Missisquoi)
Ballots for overseas forces, 452 Food Controller's office,employees, 3502 Foster, Mp. A. De Witt, 303 Fuel Controller, staff of, 4245 Oleomargarine, prohibition of, 304 Parliament buildings, marble for, 2833 War profits and income tax-cost of collection, 4686
Kelly, Thomas, treatment of in penitentiary, and release of, 896, 4926, 5273, 5794 Kemp, Sir Edward (Minister of Militia and Defence)
Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 815 Discharges, 3096 Enlistments Total, 3098 _ Voluntary, 3381 Forestry battalions, 3950 Medical service, 3967 Officers
Pay of, 1628
Retention of on leave, 5902 Salutes to, 5425 Surplus, 3103
Pay and Records office staff, 3104
Rejected men, 3099
Soldiers
Behaviour of, 5235 Personal requests concerning, 4203 Separation allowances, 4203 Civil servants, enlisted, pay and separation allowances to, 663 Expeditionary Force, disposition of, 2356 Home defence campaign, 2628 Irish-Canadian Rangers, 195 Lens, valour of Canadian soldiers at, 5195 Military service, 2620, 3239 Classes, 3357
Discharges from army, 3096 Exceptions, 3270
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Canadians in Imperial forces, to, 4688 Prisoners of war, 666 Money orders and parcels for, 714 Recruiting, 562
British subjects in the United States, 2482
Quebec, in, 2626
War affairs, Government, administration of, 3381
War Purchasing Commission, purchases by, 341
156th Battalion, 523	.
Kentville armoury
Caretaker, 4509 Militia stores, 4510
Knight, Mr. N. H. R., position of, 4952 Knowles, Mr. William E. (Moosejaw)
Army
Officers' wives, passports for, 3996 Soldiers, votes for, 4690, 4806, 4877 Budget, 887
Free wheat, 889
Canada Grain Act, proposed amendment, 2954
Canadian Government railways Private cars, 4938
Intercolonial, appointment of officials, 659 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 4637, 5022
Civil Service salaries, 2946 Coal, shortage of, 2294 Western supply of, 4621 Coalition government, 2901 Daylight saving, 3686 Farming industry, development of, 1787 Flax industry, 4683 Flour prices, 5214 Food control, 2002 Free wheat, 889 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5498 Immigration
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Interior Department employees, political activities of, 2350
Legislators, fi-ee transportation for, 4935 Military service, 2895
Date of second reading of Bill, 2322 Referendum, 2900 Senate amendments, 4665 Mining industry, 657 Moosejaw, enlistments at, 5122 Moosejaw News, patronage, 2708 Mounted Police, Royal Northwest, 4670 Postal clerks, salaries, 2708 Prices, contract fixing of, 385, 1617 Public works expenditure, 5333 Racing meets, limitation of, 324 Renault, Raoul, appointment of, 2371 Seed grain, 4678 Collections, 2351
Shipbuilding, British Columbia, 4940 Tariff revision, 1785 Taxation, income, 4075, 4105 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railway, 2614
Toronto Telegram, statement of, 5085 Trade and Commerce Department, estimates, 2338 War charities, 5493
War-time Elections Bill, 5637, 5658, 5721, 5810, 5818, 6083
Kyte, Mr. George W. (Richmond)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 195
Appointment of'Senators for Nova Scotia, 196
The high cost of living-war profits, 197 National Service Commission, 200 Resignation of ex-Minister of Militia, 201 Canadian Army Medical Service, 201 Separation allowances, 203 Political patronage in military affairs, 203 Army
Medical service, 201 Soldiers' assigned pay, 3224 Bear River post office site, 1378, 1569 Budget, 956
Free wheat, 956 Business profits, 959 High cost of living, 961 Control of foodstuffs in Australia, 963 Taxation of business profits, 965 Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 4041, 5010, 5165 Censors at Louisburg, 4008, 4048 Civil Serice appointments, 647


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Shortage of, 1919
Cost of living, O'Connor Commission report, 700, 961, 3914, 4010 Flour, 1039 Food control, 961, 988 Customs Department officials, 5101 Dawson post office, 4952 Dredge Cape Breton, loss of, 596, 1024, 3881 East Bay wharves, 5315 False Creek dredging, 900, 1126 Fish and fisheries, 2050 Advisory Board, 2152 Dogfish, 2179 Officers, 2157, 2161 Flags on public buildings, 4146 Flint, Dr., retirement of, 6044 Flour, price of, 1039 Food control, 1998
Fraser river channel improvements, 1126 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5904 Heals station rifle range, 1573 Imperial Munitions Board Labour, 1985 Inland Revenue Department officials, 2377 Intercolonial railway - improvement of grades, 456 Judges' salaries, 1974 Leblanc, Dr. B. A., 2283, 4416 Lewis machine guns, 590 Louisburg '
Censors, 4008 Pilot Commissioners, 3677 Wireless station, 5122 Macdonald, Dr. J A., 2283 Mail contracts, 3636, 3639 Maritime Provinces military affairs, 5228 Military District No. 6, 5228 Military Hospitals Commission, 4243 Military service Exemptions, 5271
Tribunals, 3158	m
Militia Department estimates, 5221 National Service Commission, 200 Naval Service officers at Halifax, 6000 Neilly, Dr., position of, 2707 Nova Scotia public works, 5315, 5324 O'Connor report, 4010
Ogilvie Flour Mills Company, Limlteu, 1818, 2389, 3677
Ottawa Journal-Press-correction of statement, 3759
Pacific Dredging Company, 1126 Parliamentary secretaryships, 4211 Pensions, 6018
Point Tupper mail service, 3502 Pommery, Mr. Samuel, 4952 Port Malcolm wharf, 3866
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Recruiting, 2482
Returned soldiers, appointment of to gov-eernment positions, 6055 Richmond county medical officers, 3758 * Ross rifle factory, taking over of by the Government, 663 Salt, shortage of, 3556 Shipbuilding, 5434 Steamship services, 2325 Sydney industrial sites, 3956 Taxation
Business profits, 965 Income, 4115, 5291
Telegraph and telephone lines, 5336 Turner, Mr. Harvey, 1469 Urquhart, Mr. Hector, 5367 Vancouver drill hall site, 456 War supplies Munitions contracts, 5526 Purchase of, 4053 Waterford explosion, 5775 Women munitions workers, 4063 Yukon
Administrator, 5122 Commissioner, 3677
Labour
Attitude of on military service, 2426, 2488, 2451, 2604, 2663, 2795, 2871, 2958, 3725, 3732
Australian labour troubles, 698 Bureaus, 118 Chinese labourers, 2139 Conditions on munition work, 2492 Department administration, 1269 Assistant Deputy Minister, abolition of office of, 686
Estimates, 686, 1112, 1168, 1989, 3652 Staff and salaries, 686 See also Mines and Minerals, Coal Fair wages and inspection officers, 3652 Farm labourers from the United States, 665, 1193, 1740, 1747, 3504, 4512 Government elevators, claims by employees, 386
Imperial Munitions Board, 1985 Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1112, 1166, 1270
Military service, attitude to See under this head Attitude Strikes. See Coal and Thetford Brantford moulders, 2322 Sorel strike, 1912, 1935 Yukon miners, 3086 Thetford mines. See that title
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Imperial Munitions Board employees, 5271 Intercolonial railway, damage claims, 2707 Judges' salaries, 5801 Laporte, Mr. Hormidas, 4510 Military Service, 2962
National Service Commission employees, 4787
National Trust Company, directors of, 4685, 4417
Plaxton, Mr. C. P., 4416
Postmaster General, recruiting by, 4415
Rimouski
Immigrants, landing of, at, 4151 Medical officers, 4509 Public works employees, 4244 War measures, 525 War Veterans Association, 1574 Wealth, conscription of, 2965
Landry, Mr. Justice, findings of, 3109, 3609, 4512, 5248
Lapointe, Mr. E. (Kamouraska)
Civil Service employment of men in higher offices, 1260
Dussault, Albert, employment of, 457 Exchequer Court Act Amendment Bill, 1422 Inland Revenue Department estimates and officials, 361, 2364, 3825 Military service
Contraventions of Act, 3341 Exemptions, 3304, 6002 Voluntary enlistment, 2514 Referendum proposals, 2521 Provisions of the Militia Act, 2519 Quebec's position, 2515 Murray Bay railway service, 617 Quebec, available men for military service in, 3255
Riviere Ouelle-Murray Bay steamship service, 643
St. Roche Traverse light-keeper, 137S War-time Elections Bill, 5807 Women, in the Civil Service, 1260
Lapointe, Mr. Louis A. (Montreal, St. James) Alcoholic liquors, revenue from sale and manufacture of, 304 Army-Soldiers, voting of, 4725 Bank Act amendment, 1037 Canadian Northern Railway acquisition of, 5036
Grain, fixing of price of, 3704 Hansard, clOst of, 607 Military Service, 2770
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Quebec's contribution of men, 3256 Recruiting, 2772 Quebec electoral lists, 6002 Senate Hansard, cost of, 1571 War-time Elections Bill, 5621, 5639, 5722, 5741, 5759, 5865
Laporte, Mr. Hormidas, payments to, 4510
Latchford, Ont., plant and buildings, sale of, 5706
Laurentian, steamer, 4563
Laurier, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid (Quebec, East) Address in reply to, the Governor General's Speech, 17
Canada's Governor General, 17 The war situation, 18 German peace proposals, 19 Our soldiers at the front, 20 Laxity of present administration, 20 Control of our military forces, 20 Equipment of Canadian troops, 23 The fiftieth Anniversary of Confederation, 24
Imperial War Conference, 24 Amqui-St. Leonard mail contract, 3903 Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 813 Control of, by Canada, 20 Discharges, 3111 Equipment, 23 Recruiting
Quebec, in, 2395 Retarding of, 3094 Rejected men, 3101 Soldiers, voting of, 2403, 3727 Army Act, regulations, 3111 Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., address to, 1772' Canadian Northern Railway acquisition of, 4216, 4625, 4635, 5128 Capital punishment, 622 Coalition government, 3727 Correspondence with Sir Robert Borden, 2690
Confederation, fiftieth anniversary of, 24 Connaught, the late Duchess of, 610 Daylight saving, 3681 Defence of Canada, 358 Fisheries protection service, 4166 Galt, Mr. Justice Report of, 2057
Rogers, Hon. Robert, criticism of, by, 599 Government Railways Act amendment, 4384 Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Branch Lines Company, 1375
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House of Commons Business of the House, 1524 Morning sittings, 2619, 2775 Saturday sittings, 325, 2569 Wednesday sittings, 325 Clerk of the House, retirement of, 6070 Officials, appointments of, 586 Rights of House in dealing with taxation, 5479
Speaker's quarters, 5784 Imperial War Conference, 24 Adjournment of Parliament, 118 Visit of Prime Minister to, 1542 Insurance, 3848 Intoxicating liquor, 4397 Landry, Mr. Justice, report of, 4152, 5250 Mace, vote of thanks to donors of, 1469 McLeod-Tellier Commission, 2357, 5245 Members, deceased, tributes to, 4 Migratory birds, 3657 Military Service, 3111, 3254 Appeals, 3177 Board of Selection, 5084 Burden of Proof, 3319 Classes, 3132, 3140
Conscription, need of, considered, 2396 Contraventions of Act, 3324, 3337 Exceptions, 3559 Exemptions, 3207, 3362 Labour, attitude of, 3725 Men, available, 3724 Parliament, power of, 2392, 3723 Persons liable for service, 3116 Quebec enlistments, 2398 Referendum, 2403, 3721, 3728 Senate amendments, 4663 Tribunals, 3149, 3165, 3296, 3575, 5880 Votes for soldiers, 3727 Mounted Police, Royal Northwest, 4668 National Service Commission, 309 Newsprint paper, 757
Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4195 Parliament
Extension of term of, 2396, 3420, 3484 Printing of, 5950, 5952 Parliamentary secretaryships, 4195, 4206 Pelagic Sealing Treaty, claims under, 5972 Point of order-Hon. Robert Rogers' reference to Mr. Justice Galt, 599 Prisoners, proposed enlistment of, 1014 Quebec and Saguenay Railway purchase and completion of, 303 Quebec harbour advances, 431 Railway Act, the, 606
Railway material, removal of to France, 310, 1372
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Scientific and industrial research, 3911 Senate, proposel change in constitution of, 1148
Right of to amend taxation bills denied, 5479
Soldier Settlement Board, 1163 Soldiers, votes for, 2403, 3727 Speaker, election of, 2 Taxation
Business profits, 1637 Income, 4084, 4114, 4122, 4132 Senate's right to amend taxation bills denied, 5479
Transcontinental railways, removal of rails to Prance, 1229, 1266
United States, declaration of war by, 612
Viviani, M., address to, 1367
War
Expenditure, 476
Supplies, munitions contracts, 5518 Votes ($500,000,000), 585 War-time Elections Bill, 5421, 5572, 5637, 5652, 5706, 5805, 5849 Woman suffrage, 1499 Laval, steamer, 1470 Lavergne, Col. Armand, 256, 1038, 2619 Leblanc, Dr. B. A., employment of, 2283, 4416 Le Blanc, Maurice, position and salary of, 1816
Lefebvre, Major Alfred, position and pay of, 1037, 2618, 3003
Legislatures, members of provincial, free transportation. See Railway Act Amendment Bills Leigh, Major, position of, 5422 L'Esperance, Hon. D. O., appointment of to Senate, 4511
Lemieux, Hon. Rodolphe (Rouville) Abbotsford postmaster, 608 Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 136
National government, 136 The Opposition's duty, 137 Ross rifle, 137 True loyalty, 139
Attitude of the leader of the Opposition, 140
Great Britain's attitude in the war, 141 Quebec's view of the war, 141 What England and Prance are accomplishing, 142
Nationalism in Quebec, 143 The Dorchester election, 146 Recruiting in Quebec, 147	_________
Lemieux, Hon. R.-Con.
The Imperial War Conference, 148 The fiftieth anniversary of Confederation, 150
Alcohol, distilling of, 3743 Angers, Captain, dismissal of, 758 Anglo-French delegates, visit of to Canada, 669 Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 806, 840, 1226 Demobilization, plans for, 3118 Enlistment, 2463-2478 Recruiting in Quebec, 363, 3136 Recruits, urban and rural, 3135 Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour, suspension of, 690 Bell, steamer, 1377 Brindle, Mr. William, 3758 Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 4043, 4217, 4278, 4554, 4600-4619, 5046 5184
Cattle, British embargo on, 987 Civil Service insurance, 3503 Civil Service salaries, 583, 1804, 2241 Enlisted men, pay of, 2254 Coal
Confiscation of by railways, 584 Ottawa prices of, 1320 Cold storage, 2076 Courcelette, steamer, 1377 Criminal Code amendments, 4464 Jurors, 4306 Customs
Duties payable on Crown's goods, 2127 Silks, valuation of for customs, 1574 Customs and immigration forms, 3133, 3134 "Defeat or Victory," 1473 Dorchester county election, 146 Dynamite outrages in Montreal, 5423 Elevator men, pay of, 2946 Exhibitions, 2260
Farmers' Bank, shareholders of, 301 Pish, transportation of, 3556 Foodstuffs, control of, 2471 France, promotion of trade with, 597, 2307 French-Canadians in the United States, 4914
French-speaking employees, Department of Agriculture, 2264 Gaspe steamship service, 2299 Gerrie, Mr. Charles, 4245 High cost of living, 2055, 2077 Hudson Bay railway, 5090 Immigration Agents, 1760
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Hindus, of, 1763, 2144 Japanese, of, 2144
Indians-Caughnawaga hospital, 1886 Inland Revenue Department Estimates, 3831 Officials, 3817 Montreal, at, 758
Insurance of war risks, 3557, 358S Intercolonial railway, cars, shortage of 1378
Intoxicating liquor Prohibition of, 4401 Sale of, 3819
Jack, Mr. E. Bryden, 4508 Kelly, Thomas, 4926, 5794 Labour bureaus, 118 Laval, steamer, 1470 Lessard, General, 363, 2055 Levis railway, station, 2208 Magdalen Islands Cable service, 5408 Steamship service, 2303 Mail matter, registration of, 668 Matane Harbour light, 1575 McWilliams, Mr., dismissal of, 2167 Military service
Burden of proof, 3318 Contraventions of Act, 3329 Enlistment - Canada compared with United States and France, 2463 Exceptions, 3560 Exemptions, 3131 Insurance of soldiers, 3557, 3589 Militia Act, provisions of, 2465 Persons liable to serve, 3117 Pledges of government, 2467 Quebec's position, 2473, 3137 Referendum, 2478 Regulations, 3316 Tribunals, 3158
Mining industry, development of, 4181 Mitchell, Private J. F., death of, 1377 Montreal postmaster, 523, 581 O'Connor, Mr. W. F„ report of, 3746 Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4202, 4420, 4442 Parcel post, 2075
Parliamentary secretaryships, 4202, 4207, 4212, 4420
Parliamentary sessions, expense of, 1262 Quebec harbour advances, 577 Improvements, 3879
Quebec, Montmorency and Charlevoix; Quebec and Saguenay, and Lotbiniere and Megantic Railways, 4848, 5454 Railway Act, The, 3514, 3716 Railway company, advance to, 2100
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Development of industry, 2047 Lobsters, 2049, 2155, 5426 Free wheat, 1286
Government raliways, branch lines, 2223 Military Service, 2984 Referendum, 29S6 Recruiting, 380 Shipbuilding, 1929 Soldiers, voting of, 4778 Steamship service, 2311 Taxation
Business profits, 1645 Income, 4069
Lord's Day Observance Act
Suggested suspension of, 936 Lotbiniere and Megantic Railway
Completion and operation of, 4948, 5452
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Pilot Commissioners, 3677 Wireless station at, 5122 Louisville post office, 899 Lovett, James, dismissal of, 453, 759 Loyal Orange Order, 85, 91 Macdonald, Mr. E. M. (Pictou)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 47
The fiftieth anniversary of Confederation, 47
Imperial War Conference, 47 The War, 48
The present Government and the war, 49 Extension of term of Parliament, 50 Canada's participation in wars of the Empire, 51 Recruiting, 51 Political patronage, 52, 55 Conscription, 54
Conditions in military hospitals, 54, 59 Administration of military affairs, 54 Government expenditures, 60 The winning of the war, 61 Aeroplane service, 805, 844 Army
Allowances, separation, 336,	383, 387,
Camps and canteens, 535, 820, 1266 Canteen system in England, 718 Conscription, 54, 893
Criticism of military affairs, duty of the Opposition, 571
Enlistment of Canadians in the United States, 3758 Hospital No. 8, 1674 Irish-Canadian Rangers, 195, 458
Macdonald, Mr. E. M.-Con.
Medical service, 527, 3962 Pensions, 84i5 Recruiting, 51, 360, 372 Advertising of, cost, 986 State of, 936 Unfit men, of, 697, 4006 United States, in, 3758, 3904 Soldiers
Farms, employment.on, 1677 Medical treatment of, 3962 Voting of, 4692, 4704, 4729, 4(41, 4786, 4792, 4834, 4876, 4887 Army and Navy Veterans, 5911 Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour, suspension of, 688
Babtie, report, Dr. Bruce's reply to, 669 Bull, Mr. Perkins, 1130 Canadian Government Railways Cars, purchase of, 4928 Coal purchases, 664, 667, 3388 United States, in, 592 Employees Magazine, 452 Level crossing near Trenton, 304 Quebec and Saguenay, etc., 5460 Safety-first inspectors, 337 Steamers, purchase of, 669 See under this head Government Railways Amendment Act and Intercolonial Railway
Canadian Northern Railway acquisition of, 4030, 4283, 4544, 4606-4618, 4628-4632, 4864, 4996, 5124 Carson, Major General, 986 Coal, Western mining of, 159, 614 Criminal Code amendments, jurors, 4296, 4322
Customs duties on goods of the Crown 1979, 1982
Dominions Royal Commission, 2338 Emigration of Canadians, 987 Food control, 2001, 3744
Supplies for Great Britain, 2260 France, trade with, 2312 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5904 Government Railways Act amendment, 4339, 4366, 4386 Grain, 4679
Gwatkin, General, 4419 Heals station rifle range, 1675 High cost of living, 695, 3935 Hospitals, military, 54, 59 Hudson Bay railway expenditure, 900, 5088
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Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1123 Inland Revenue Department Estimates, 3825, 3827, 3833, 2842 Expenditure, 2380, 2384 Offici&ls, 2360 Intercolonial Railway Cars, 2226
Employees, promotion of, 779 Operation of, 776 Judges' salaries, 5955 Kentville armoury Caretaker, 4509 Militia stores, 4510 Kitsilario Indian reserve, 1129 Loan ($100,000,000), 4416, 4621 Lobster fishing, 2155, 5425 Master mariners, 4416
Medically unfit persons, certificates to, 5423 Military hands, 4044 Military service, 2947 Board of Selection, 2954 Contraventions of Act, 3339 Exemptions, 2955 Labour, attitude of, 2958 Quebec, position of, 2959 Referendum, 2961
Minto, steamship-food supplies, 2179 Munitions contracts, 4928 New Glasgow-Mountville mail service, 1037 O'Connor, Mr. W. F., report of, 3935 Overseas Military Forces, Ministry of, 4417, 4442
Overseas Militia Department, non-combatant positions in, 4786	-
Parliament, extension of term of, 3478 Pelagic Sealing Treaty, claims under, 5958 Pensions, 6005-6033
Canadians in Imperial Forces, for. 4669 Pictou
Freight, handling of, at, 303 Marine and Fisheries agency, 304, 596, 1937
Rural mail routes, 900 Post Office Department, estimates, 2352 Prince Edward Island Car ferry, 2305 Freight for, 1037 Steamship service, 3389 Prisoners of war, 666
Provincial governments, duties payable by, 2119, 2129
Provincial legislatures, powers of, 1807 Public works expenditure, 1038 Railway Act, The, 3426, 3439, 3441 Railway Department, steamers purchased by, 669
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Army, soldiers' pay, 3217 Beans for seed, duty on, 671 Cold storage plants, 1628, 2078 Flour, price of, 1063 Food control, 2087 Grain, congestion in the West, 340 Henderson, Mr. Geo. F., K.C., 4243 Hogs, inspection of, 2271 Cholera, 2273 Loans to farmers, 1965 Military service, 2785 Exemptions, 3218 Potatoes, supply of, 936 Titus, Private John, 2237 Tractor engines, duty on, 674 Training camps in Canada, 899 McCraney, Mr. Geo. E. (Saskatoon)
Alcohol for public institutions, 5103 Army, medical service, 3993 Budget, 949 Taxation, 951
Policies, after the war, 953 Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 4551, 4633, 5174 Coal, western mining of, 2184 Dominion Lands Act Amendment Bills, 1157, 3805, 3811 Elrose mail service, 899 Fuel, 1417
Homestead patents, delay in, 3759 Immigrants-exemption from military service, 1572
Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1166 Military service, 2558 Enforcement, 2560 Exemptions, 1572, 3221, 3369 Referendum, 2559
Parliament, railway transportation for members of, 3519
Provincial legislators, free transportation for, 300, 683 Railway Act, The, 3519 Seed grain indebtedness, 302, 1126 Soldiers, returned, care of, 475 Soldier Settlement Board, 1164 Taxation, income, 3778, 4075, 4094, 4099 War-time Elections Bill, 5559, 5643-5702, 5712
McCrea, Mr. Francis N. (Sherbrooke)
Budget, 1300
Taxation of business profits, 1300 The pulp and paper industry, 1302 Flour, price of, 1069 Horses, purchases of pure bred, 2279 Military service, 3035
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McCurdy, Mr. F. B. (Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Militia and Defence)
Army camps, sale of liquor in, 833 Military Service Bill, 2890 Parliamentary secretaryships, 4210, 4450 War-time Elections Bill, 6085 McCutcheon, Stanley, dismissal of, 306
McGee, the late Thos D'Arcy, monument to
Mclnnis, Mr. M. A., assistant to Fuel Controller, 5422
McKee, A. J., steamer, 669, 4925, 4939
McKenzie, Mr. Daniel D. (North Cape Breton)
Address in reply to the Governor General's -Speech, 78, 83
The attitude of Nova Scotia, 79 Mai-administration of the present Government, 81, 89
Canada's duty in regard to the war, 80 Militia Department affairs and the late Minister, 82
Loyal Orange Order, 85 Political patronage in recruiting, 86 Voting of soldiers, 87 Representation of Cape Breton in the Senate, 89 Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 826, 1567 Enlistment of Canadians in British Army, 385
Forestry battalions, 4509 Recruiting, 86
Soldiers' votes, 87, 4729, 4759 Bacldeck mail contract, 1819 Bell, Mr. Alexander Graham, 5783 Budget, 1809
Record of the present Administration, 1090
Political patronage, 1092 Purchase of horses in Nova Scotia, 1093 Development and progress under late Administration, 1094
Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 4039, 4521, 5032, 5162 Civil Service, promotions, 4667 Coal, 2005
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Report of, 4291 Sittings of, 2322, 2357 See also Galt, Mr. Justice, and Landry, Mr. Justice
McMillan, Mr. John A. (Glengarry)
Cheese purchases by British Government, 1774
Dairying industry, 2256 McNab, Colin C., proposed allowance to, 578 McNeil, F. C., payments to, 1380 McNeil, Lt. John D., promotion of, 5272 McQueen, Lieut. W. A., employment of, 4508 McSpadden, Lt.-Col., position of, 2618 McWilliams, Mr., dismissal of, 2165 Magdalen Islands, cable service, 5407 Magladery, Mr. Thomas, M.L.A., position and pay of, 4685 Mails. See Post office Manitoba, County Court judges, 5083 Maple sugar. See Food products Marcil, Hon. Charles (Bonaventure)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 109, 119 Canada and the war, 109, 119 The Nationalist party, 109, 120 The Dorchester election, 111, 120 Recruiting in Quebec, 112, 119, 127 Quebec, past and present. 123 National service, 126 The high cost of living, 129 Army, Fifth Canadian Division, 459 BOland, Hon. Dr., M.P., 311, 341 Bonaventure Breakwater, 988 County, mail service, 1126 Recruiting officer, 1675	.
Campbellton-Gaspe steamship service, 1126, 1228, 1959
Carleton Beach protection works, 1126
Civil Service, salaries, 2238
Court, Private Harry Ivan, 3295	'
Cross Point wharf, 988, 1228, 1571 Customs Department, dismissals from, 1844 Dagneau, John F., 1471 Daylight saving, 36? 5 Dorchester county election, 111, 120 Elaine, steamer, 1379 Gascons wharf, 2055 Gaspe steamship services, 2325 Government Railways Act amendment, 4343 Hopetown post office, 989, 1474 Interprovincial bridges, 3891 Intoxicating liquors, 2008 Le Blanc, Maurice, 1816
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Militia Department, employees, 312 Montreal, customs collectorship, 311 Nationalist party, 109, 120 New Carlisle, war expenditure in, 1575 New Richmond post office, 898 Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4209 * Packages, marking of,-inspection and sale, 4067, 4070 Paspebiac wharf, 898, 988 Paspebiac-Hopetown mail service, 1126 Pratt Bros., payments to, 1570 Prisoners of war, exchange of, 341 Quebec and Oriental railway, 1674 Quebec, recruiting in, 112, 127, 213, 342, 2428 Railway Act, The, 3513 Read, Lance Corporal, 717 Renault, Raoul, appointment of, 2375 Restigouehe river, bridging of, 988 Ross rifle, 422
Ruisseau le Blanc breakwater, 898 St. Charles de Caplan wharf, 898 Separation allowances, 386 Shigawake post office, 898 Shigawake East post office, 988 Shipbuilding, 1921, 1930 Soldier Settlement Board, 3626, 3789 Taxation, income, 4102, 4123, 4130 United States troops, training of in Canada, 2482
War-time Elections Bill, 5641, 5717, 583 3 Wharves, 1944
Marcile, Mr. Joseph E. (Bagot)
Budget, 1292
Trade and financial conditions, 1293 The Freneh-Canadian people, 1294 Recruiting, 1294 Transcontinental railway, 1295 Government appointments and dismissals, 1296
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Coastal regulations, 1912 Hospitals. See that title Icebreakers, 1818, 1836 Insurance. See that title Life-saving, 1949 Lighthouse and coast service Agencies, 1936 Compressors, sale of, 4920 Lights, experiments with, 2173 Maintenance and repairs, 1940 Salaries, 1939, 3134, 6049 Signal service, 1942 Maritime road repairs, 1815, 1947 Minto, steamer, food supplies for, 2175 Navigation Aids to, 1940 Obstructions to, 1841 Schools, 1838
Ocean and river service, contracts for pro visions, 4923 Pilotage, 4922, 6049 Pilots' pensions, 1948
St. Lawrence signal and telegraph service, 1471
Shipbuilding, 242, 292, 703, 1325, 1342, 1551, 1556, 1565, 1566, 2293
Contracts by Imperial Munitions Board, 1371, 1661, 1663, 1913 Government aid to, 802, 1371 Government vessels, 1912 Vessels under construction, 665, 1666 Wooden, vessels, construction of, 1775, 1924
Steamers, government Construction, 1912 Maintenance and repairs, 1836 Revenue cruisers, 1881 Steamship services. See that title Vessels
Commandeering of, 662, 1667 Government service, in, 1130 Investigations into, 1838 Wharves, repairs to, 1943 Marine and Fisheries Department Appointments, 1937
Estimates, 655, 1815, 1836, 1912, 4920, 6049 Pictou agent, 1936 Services of, 2027 Maritime Provinces Elections, 207 Military affairs, 5226
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Persons liable for service, 3116, 3125 Quebec situation, 2536 Referendum, 2533 Regulations, 3314 Tribunals, 3149, 3295, 3574 Passports for women, 5783 Press statements correction of, 4889 Provincial legislators, free transportation for, 685
Senate, appointments to, 926 Soldiers
Returned, appointment of to government positions, 6058 Votes for, 1390, 3730
Transcontinental railway-removal of rails to Prance, 1229, 1266 United Grain Growers, Limited, 894 War charities, 6062 War supplies, Ross rifle, 479, 493 War-time Elections Bill, 5582, 5637-5702, 5708-5771, 6076
Merritt, Col. W. H., collection by for Aviation Fund, 5362
Michaud, Mr. Pius (Victoria, N.B.),
Blain, Lieut. Roswell, 4245 Canadian Northern Railway, acquisition of, 5028
Civil Service promotions, 2021 Dalhousie militia buildings, 454 Danis, Joseph M., 2618 Farm labourers from United States, 4512 Immigration regulations, 454 Intercolonial railway, 798 Mail service, 3639 Military Service Bill, 2808 United States, head tax on foreigners entering, 1266
Middlebro, Mr. William S. (North Grey)
Army, soldiers' votes, 4894 Breidert and Mudge patents, 1199 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 4512
Companies, incorporation of, 5939 Food control, 2509
Government Railways Act amendment, 4378 House of Commons-sessional indemnity of members, 6046 Military service, 2502 Exemptions, 2506, 3202 Parliament authority of, 2503 Provinces, recruiting by, 2511 Referendum, 2502, 2512 Pensions, 6010
Soldier Settlement Board, 3624
Middlebro, Mr. W. S.-Con.
Taxation
Business profits, 2508 Wealth, 2507 Income, 4073, 4106
Migratory Birds Convention Bill. lr„ 2525.
2r., 3657. Com., 3657. 3r., 3662 Miguasha wharf, 1126 M ilitary
Bands, 4044 Districts
Nos. 3 and 10, 455
No. 6, Halifax, Capt. R. V. Harris, 5422 Officers, 5226, 5236, 5422 Forces
Overseas, Minister of, 4195, 4417, 4441 Administration of, 4200 Hospitals. See that title Trains, 2205
Military and Naval Aid Bill ($500,000,000).
See War Appropriation Military Hospitals Commission, 464, 473, 4243 See also Canadian Army Medical Service and Hospitals
Military Service. See also Army and Conscription Appeals, 3175
Army Act, provisions of, 3111 Authority of Parliament, 2392, 2419, 2435, 2465, 2530, 2539, 2622, 2632, 2643, 2669, 2743, 2848, 2851, 2911, 3031, 3723 Available men, 2390, 2439, 2455, 2551, 3049, 3255, 3371
Board of selection, 2954, 5083, 5474 Burden of proof, 3318 Certificates, 3261 Classes
Calling out by, 3130, 3138, 3272 Division into, 3353
Contraventions of Act, 3324, 3360, 3579 Correspondence between Prime Minister and ex-Minister of Militia, 2434, 2446 3086
Council, 5314
Enforcement, 2416, 2545, 2560, 2681, 2744, 2780, 3262
Examiners, medical, 6069 Exceptions, 3269, 3362, 3559 Exemptions, 2607, 2624, 2806, 2955, 3043, 3130, 3187, 3272, 3303, 3362 5417, 6OO2' 6068
See also under this title Classes and Persons liable for service Expenses, 3262, 3361 Great Britain, military service in, 2908 Industrial requirements, 2441, 2579	2798
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Montreal Trades and Labour Council, 2198 Monuments, erection of, 3896, 3899 Moore, Major Rev. A. H., 1265 Moosejaw
Enlistments, 5122
Moosejaw News patronage, 2708
Morphy, Mr. H. B. (North Perth)
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Soldiers, voting of, 4701, 4756, 4786, 4815, 4900	.
Cheese manufacture, regulations, 2265 Civil Service salaries, 2013 Companies, incorporation of, 5941 Criminal Code amendments, jurors, 4299, 4324
Gordon Divorce Bill, 5906 Insurance, 5196
Live Stock and Produce Bill, 4290, 5505, 5513
Military service
Classes, 3142, 3284, 3291 Exemptions, 3193, 3364 Persons liable for service, 31.18 National Gallery of Canada, 5301 Pensions, 6010
Telegraph and telephone lines, 5378
Morris, Mr. James (Chateauguay)
Budget, 973	.
Nationalist party, 974 Free wheat, 975
The record of the Government, 975 Military Service, 2978 Newspaper article, correction of, 1775 Woman suffrage, 1523
Morton, Dr. A., position of, 5706, 5913
Mounted Police
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Mount Royal Tunnel and Terminal, 4835 Mapcom, Major, position of, 4415 Muchaboom wharf, 304
Murphy, Hon. Charles (Russell)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 225	.
Proposed committee of inquiry, 225 Charges by ex-Minister of Militia, 226 Army medical service, 227 The Ross rifle, 228 Armstrong, S. A., 802
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Medical service, 227, 3978 Overseas forces, proposed holiday for, 5902
Rejected men, 3100 Soldiers, voting of, 4760, 4812, 4890 Baugh, Edward Levi, 1470, 2481 Canada Gazette, publication of, 2738 Canadian Northern railway acquisition of, 4593-4608, 4637, 4972
Cheese purchases by British Government, 1863, 2197
Civil Service appointments, 643, 648, 2021, 2238
Under Order in Council of Jan. 1, 1917, 3003
Promotions, 4666
Firearms in Quebec hardware stores, 5083 Flour, alleged profit on, 5085 Georgian Bay Canal Commission, 3901 Hospital on Parliament Hill, 1228 Inland Revenue Department, estimates, 2388
Latchford, Ont., plant and buildings, sale of, 5706
Lessard, General, 365 Marlowe, Lt.-Col. F. W., 1227 McLeod-Tellier Commission, 5251 McSpadden, Lt.-Col., 2618 Military Service, 2538 Enforcement, 2545 Labour, attitude of, 2543 Quebec, attitude of, 2543 Senate amendments, 4665 Montreal
Post office sub-station, 596 Public building, 305 Monuments, erection of, 3900 Ottawa, government land in, 1130 Parliament buildings Brick for, 337
Contract for construction of, 454 Stone for, 304
Parliamentary secretaryships, 4213 Public Works Department architect, 5104 Recruiting of British subjects in United States, 2482
Rideau canal, lighting of, 1939 Ross rifle, 228, 421
Substitute for, 1012, 1594 Valuation of factory, 1265 Taxation, income, 4131, 4649 War supplies, clothing, 3556 War-time Elections Bill, 5618, 5656, 5669, 5732, 5764

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National Organization for War, pamphlet,
4685 '
National Service, 71, 93, 126, 170, 191 Cards, 2479
Distribution and return of, 361, 667, 713, 1376
Effect of on recruiting, 361, 374 Commission, 64, 200 Employes of military age, 4787 Expenditure, 3676 Officials, 309, 376, 3676 Purpose of, 370, 2413
Statement by the Director General, 6086 National Trust Company, 4417, 4685 National Transcontinental Railway. See Canadian Government railways Nationalist party, 109, 120, 143, 179, 1224 Statement by Prime Minister, 4564 Naturalization Acts, administration of, 3741
Naval Service
Department
Estimates, staff and salaries, 660, 4157 Statement by the Minister, 4157 Grilse, H.M.C.S., command of, 4563 H.M.C.S. Niobe and Rainbow, 4162 Life saving, 661
Master mariners at Halifax, 4416 Officers at Halifax, 6000 Patrol service, 4163, 4164, 4170, 5243, 5274 Recruiting for British Admiralty, 4159 Transport service, 4161 Wilfrid C., vessel, 4062 See Air Service
Niobe
See Naval Service Neely, Mr. D. B. (Humboldt)
Mclnnes, M. A., 5422 Military Service Bill, 2778 Sifton, Sir Clifford, statement of, reply to, 5774
Tariff revision, 1730 Taxation, farm implements, 1730 War-time Elections Bill, 5587, 5643-5652, 5724, 5821
White, Rev. Ward, 3903 Neely, Captain D. B., M.P., position and pay of, 6066
Neilly, Dr., military position of, 2707 Nesbitt, Mr. Edward W. (North Oxford) Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 94
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Medical service, 542 Soldiers
Pay, 3216, 5223 Voting, 4705, 4769, 5196 Bran, prices of, 4466 Brantford moulders' strike, 2322 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 4501, 4609, 4632, 5131 Cattle, British embargo on, 920 Cheese purchases, 2197, 2258 Cold storage, 2255
Criminal Code Amendment, proposed, 1677 Daylight saving, 3684 Farm labour, 3510
Government Railway Act amendment, 4346 Grain for breweries and distilleries, 1179 Insurance, 3850, 5200 Live stock exchanges, 4289, 5503 Loans, public, 347 Military Service Classes, 3143
Exemptions, 3211, 3216, 3272 Quebec situation, 2594 Voluntary enlistment, 2592 O'Connor, Mr. W. F., report of, 3747 Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4208 Penitentiaries, 6036 Pensions, 6016 Political patronage, 97 Potatoes, 1437 Quebec railways, 5463 Railway Act, The, 3520, 3530 St. John harbour works, 5895 Scientific and industrial research, 3911 Taxation _
Business profits, 1436, 1445, 1654 Wealth, 2597
Telegraph and telephones lines, 5400 Tractor engines, duty on, 677 United Grain Growers, Limited, 896 War charities, 5481 War expenditure, 541
New Brunswick Public Works. See Public Works
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Nicholson, Mr. Donald (Queen's, P.E.I.) Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 2*38
Canada under Conservative rule, 238 Enlistments from Prince Edward Island, 241
Prosperity of Canada, 241, 243 Shipbuilding, 242 The French-Canadian people, 243 Military Service, 3001 Nickerson, W. H., dismissal of, 1472 Nickerson, William C., employment of, 2283 Nickle, Mr. W. F. (Kingston)
Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 838 Forestry battalions, 3951 Pensions, 1615
Canadian Northern railway acquisition of, 4587
Civil Service salaries, 2250 Industrial and scientific research, 5284 Military Hospitals Commission, 473 Military Service	-
Classes, 3290 Exemptions, 3203
Packages, marking of-inspection and sale, 4066
Penitentiaries, officials, 6037 Pensions, 6011, 6033 Quebec railways, 5462 Railway Act, The, 3532, 3540, 3604, 3608 Royal Military College, 5310 Senate, proposed change in constitution of, 1141
Separation allowances, 382 Soldiers, returned, care of, 472 Taxation, income, 4074, 4107 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railway, 2611
War charities, 5488 War-time Elections Bill, 5753, 5837 Nixon, Mr. A. W., military position of, 6067 Non-support
See Criminal Code Amendment Bills North Battleford, government employees, 453 Northrup, Mr. W. B. (East Hastings)
Gordon Divorce Bill, 5497, 5904 Grain for breweries and distilleries, 1184 Parliamentary sessions, expense of, 1261, 2524
Racing meets, limitation of, 321 North Sydney customs service, 607, 1852 Northwest Game Bill, The. lr., 2569.	2r„
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Canadian Government railways, rolling Stock, 4930
Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 4304, 4505, 4610-4619, 5180 Capital punishment, 630 Cloakey, George, 1819
Coal, western mining of, 2200, 2238, 2525, 2653, 2776 Cold storage, 2259
Conscription, statement in B'Evenement, 434
Customs Tariff Act, proposed amendment, 1685, 1689, 1727, 1776 Dominion Bands officials, 1675 Dominion Bands Act amendment, 3793-3812 Drake, steamer, 4245 Edmonton railway bridge, 3892 Edson, town of, 1816 Elevators See, wilder this title, Grain Experimental stations, 2065 Fiddlers, the. See, under this title, " The Fiddlers"
Fisheries, Bac la Biche, 2158 Flour, 5209, 5212
Sales between Canada and United States, 5273
Free food, proposed amendment, 1686 Food control, 2081 Freight rates, 3715 Game in the Northwest, 3665 Government employees, political activity of, 2349 Grain
Board of Supervisors, 3697 Elevators, 2334
Transportation of, 1681, 3396, 3412, 3712 Wheat
Export, prohibition of, 3882 Prices and control, 3690, 4512, 4661, 4687, 4887, 5209, 6000 Grande Prairie immigration hall, 1575 Grey, Ambrose, 1818 Homestead regulations, 1747 Homesteaders, names of, 1819 House of Commons Estimates, 2359
Sessional indemnity of Members, 6047 Howe, Bt. M. J., 6066 Hudson Bay railway, 5092 Immigration, 1764, 2140, 2148 United States, from, 1747 Indians
Kitsilano reserve, 1899 Bands, 1888
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Exchanges, 5508 Improvement of, 2278, 2281 Mail service, 3638 Merritt, Col.-Aviation Fund, 5362 Military service
Authority of Parliament, 2419 Available men, 3371 Burden of proof, 3322 Classes, 3358
Contraventions of Act, 3328, 3351, 3360, 3579
Enforcement, 2416
Exemptions, 3195, 3227, 3234, 3311, 3364 General provisions, 2411, 3238 Mounted Police, Royal Northwest, 301, 335, 4674
National service, 71, 361, 370, 374, 2413 National Transcontinental railway, 2209, 2218
North Battleford government employees 453
O'Connor, Mr. W. F., report of, 3938 Oil bounties, 2329
Parliament, extension of term of, 3496 Patriotic Fund, 3079 Penitentiaries-officials' salaries, 6043 Pensions, 6005-6033 Poplar trees, conservation of, 3742 Public buildings Construction, 4181 Rentals, 4149, 5097 Repairs, 5106, 5304 Telephone service, 4147 Quebec and Saguenay railway, 1575 Railway material, removal of to France, 301, 310, 1473-1474, 1615, 1628, 1820, 3407-3408, 3398, 5293 Railways
Expenditure on, 2233 Operation of, 3412 Transportation of coal by, 3395 Recruiting. See, under this title, Army Rogers, Bt.-Col. Maynard, 1818 Ross rifle, 427, 432, 478, 510 Shore, George, suspension of sentence on, 1373
Soldier Settlement Board, 2780, 3625 Tariff revision, 1776 Taxation, 1677 Income, 4644
Telegraph and telephone lines, 3893, 5389
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3654, 3881, 5942. 5944 War
Charities, 3489
Government, administration of, 3371 Munitions contracts, 5532 War-time Elections Bill, 5553, 5638-5702, 5816
Ways and Means-amendment to motion for second reading of resolutions, 1677 Yukon
Judges' salaries, 5897 Miners' strike, 3086
Prices and cost of living, 2199, 2237, 2481, 2525, 2945
Orangemen. See Loyal Orange Order Ottawa
Government land in, 1130 Rents paid by the Government in, 4149, 5097 Outlook Publishing Company, payments to 607
Overseas Minister of Munitions. See War Overseas Forces, Minister of the, 5 Non-combatant employees of Department, 4786
See Minister of the Overseas Forces, etc., Bill
Overseas forces. See Army.
Pacaud, Mr. Lucien T. (Megantic)
Military Service Bill, 2916 Thetford mines labour trouble, 1113 Pacific Dredging Company, 1126 Packages, marking of. See Inspection and Sale Act Amendment Bill Palmerston post office building, 1127 Papineau, Mr. Louis J. (Beauharnois) Lefebvre, Major Alfred, 1037, 2618, 2003 Military service, 2997 Paquet, Mr. Eugene (L'lfclet)
Budget, 1297
Union and solidarity of the Canadian people, 1297
The financial position of Canada, 1298 Munitions manufacture, 1299 Development of agriculture, 1300 Food products, imports and exports of, 1573 Immigration, 803 Military service, 2789 Public health, 992 Repatriation of Canadians, 803 Pardee, Mr. Frederick F. (West Lambton) Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 823 Enlistments, 1125 Medical service, 3971
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Old-destruction of-indemnities for losses, 4413
Parliamentary Procedure
Adjournment motion for discussion of definite matter of urgent public importance
Discussion closely limited, 1176 When allowable, 5517, 5547 Appeal from ruling of Chairman, 2366 Bills
Discussion on introduction of, 4410 Discussion of subsequent to amendments being reported from Committee, 5771 Printing of in both languages, 5550, 5559 Sections allowed to stand not debatable, 4752
Censored publications, quotation from in Parliament, 5492 Closure Applied
Canadian Northern Railway Bill, notice, 5121; carried, 5123 War-time Elections Bill. 2r„ 5565,
[DOT] 5566. 3r., 5806
Concurrence in resolution of Committee of Supply not debatable, 5095 See Speaker
Rules of debate under, 5002, 5015, 5121, 5123, 5565
Committee of Supply
Application of rule 17c to Saturday sittings of, 5891, 5901
Procedure in discussing items of which votes are made up, 4947 See, under this head, Concurrence Committee of Ways and Means amendments when in order Moved, 478
Chairman's ruling, 521
Resolutions from, amendment to second reading must be relevant, 1686 Concurrence in resolution of Committee of Supply-form of notice, 5095 Irrelevancy, 2362, 2374, 5235, 5237 Language reflecting on the Chair, 2567, 2609
Letter read in violation of rules of the House, not printed, 3956 Motions, debatable, 5094 Motion for delay, Speaker's ruling, 3078 Order of business, 5891, 5901
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For Privilege, see that title Questions
Answers to, discussions on, 4959 Not in proper form, 4834 Receiving report of Committee of Supply- form of notice, 5095
Saturday sittings, Committe of Supply, how constituted in, 5890 Senate
Regularity of its proceedings not to be questioned in House of Commons, 5498 Taxation measure amended by, 5480, 5883 Sitting of House suspended, 1766 Taxation exclusive rights of House of Commons over, 5480, 5883 Votes and Proceedings, correctness of entry in, Committee to inquire into appointed, 2880. Report of, 2944 Parliamentary Secretaryships, 5
See Minister of the Overseas Forces, etc., Bill
Paspebiac wharf, 898, 988 Paspebiac-Hopetown mail service, il26 Passports, Atlantic, for women, 3996, 5783 Patenaude, Hon. Esioff L. (Secretary of
State)
Post Office Department estimates, 660 Resignation of office, 2199, 2235
Correspondence with Prime Minister, 2494
Secretary of State Department, of the,
estimates, 655
Victoria bridge toll rates, 672
Patent medicines, 1470
*Classification of, 33.5 Controller of, resigns, 986 Legislation, inquiry as to proposed, 98t Regulations governing, 381T Patent Record, printing of, 2062 Patriotic Fund. See Canadian Patriotic Fund Patronage. See Political Pay and Records Office, 3104 Payne, Mr., employment of, 5272 Peace
Dominions, consultation with on, 300 Proposals	.
President Wilson's, 103 Rumoured, 4466
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Pelagie Sealing Treaty, claims under, 5958 Penitentaries
Dorchester, 1813
Meat supplies for, 337 Guards, salaries, of, 5803 Kelly, Thomas, treatment of, 1813 See Kelfe-
Officials, salaries of, 5898, 6033 Portsmouth, 3418 Prisoners
Enlistment of, proposed, 1012, 1814 Labour of, 6036, 6040 Release of, for work on farms, 803 Report of inspector, 3419 Pennsylvania coal, embargo on, 2199 Penny Bank Act Amendment Bill, lr., 1773.
2r., Com., 3r., 2059 Pensions Military, 1594
Amount required for, 5899 Board of Commissioners and staff, 608, 4176, 4958
Canadian in Imperial forces, for, 4662, 4688
Dependents of soldiers, 4051 Erroneous announcement denied, 5423 European war, 6005 Militiamen, 6004
Patriotic Fund, agents in applications, 382
Proposed bill, 845	[DOT]
Inquiry concerning, 4293 Revision of scale, 5424 Naval, pilots, 6049
Royal Northwest Mounted Police, 5704 Perley,. Sir George Halsey Appointment as Minister of the Overseas Forces, 5
Petroleum. See Oil Pictou (County)
Rural mail routes, 900 Pictou (Town)
Contractors for war supplies at, 303 Freight, handling of, at, 303 Marine and Fisheries agency, 304, 596, 1936 Plaxton, Mr. Charles P., position of, 4416 Point Tupper mail service, 3502 Political deadlock, rumoured, 1971
Political meetings, attendance of soldiers at, 4338
Political patronage, 203, 205, 287, 726 Recruiting, in, 86, 97, 154, 162 Pollution of streams, 454 Pommeroy, Mr. Samuel, position of, 4952
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Poplar trees, utilization of, 3742 Port Hood wharf, 5336 Port Malcolm wharf, 3866 Post Office
Country postmasters, salaries of, 3634, 3642 Department
Estimates, 660, 2352, 2360, 3633, 5898, 6051
Staff and salaries, 660, 3633, 5898, 6051 Letter carriers, salaries of, 580, 1474, 1805,
Mail carriers, 2243-4, 2708 Mail clerks, French-speaking, 5272 Mail contracts, 3635 Mail matter for soldiers, 3644 Mails, misuse of, 893, 1027 Parcel post, 2072, 3634, 3639 Prisoners of war, to, 3958 Postal clerks salaries, of, 2708, 3639 Railway mail service, 2244, 3650, 4102, 6051 Registration of mail matter, 668 Rural mail service, 3634, 5898 Carriers, 2247, 3634, 3636, 3643 Routes, number of, 2247 Signs, printing of, in French and English, 5999
Potatoes. See Agriculture and Food pro
ducts
Power, Mr. William (Quebec, West)
Military Service, 2805
Pratt Brothers, payments to, 1570
Press censorship, 3503, 3654, 3718, 3881, 3995,
Prices, fixing of. See Criminal Code Amendment Bills, Food and Cold storage *
Prince Edward Island
Car ferry, 2205, 2304 See also Steamship services Enlistments from, 241, 4563 Freight, handling of, 1037 Military organization, 5422 Payments to under Agricultural Instruction Act, 455
Public works. See that title Steamship service, 660, 3389
Prince Edward Island Railway. See Canadian Government railways
Prince Rupert, shipbuilding at, 4787 Princess Louise Fusiliers, 5271 Printing, Government, 3737 Prison Labour, utilization of, 6036, 6040 Prisoners. See Penitentaries and War
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Cascade Scenic Railway Company, 4365 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5496, 5641, 5902 Grain Growers Grain Co., Ltd., 1110 Grand Trunk Pacific Branch Lines Company, 1373
Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire and the Children of the Empire (Junior Branch), 5495 Mount Royal Tunnel and Terminal Co., 1110
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railway, 2590, 2609, 3865, 3955, 3980 United Grain Growers Limited, 893
Privilege, questions of
Barrette, Mr.-statement in Halifax Chronicle, 3352
Blondin, Hon. P. E.-statement in Ottawa Evening Journal, 339
Boulay, Mr.-statement in Ottawa Citizen, 2776
Bureau, Mr.-statements in Montreal Gazette, 2709, 4730
Burnham, Mr.-correction of remarks in Hansard, 869
Clark, Mr. Michael-statements in the press, 3617
Descarries, Mr.-vote on Military Service Bill, 3846
Graham, Mr.-statement of Mr. R. B. Bennett, 804, 869
Hazen, Mr.-statement by Mr. Pugsley, 5274
Hughes, Sir Sam
Statement of Mr. Mark Irish, 2707 Statement of Mr. A. K. Maclean, 2777 Statement of Mr. Currie, 5773 Knowles, Mr.-statement in Toronto Telegram, 5085
Lafortune, Mr,-Ottawa	Journal-Press,
Laurier, Sir Wilfrid-statement of Sir Clifford Sifton, 4009
MacNutt, Mr.-Ottawa Journal-Press, 3656 Mondou, Mr.-statement in Montreal Gazette, 3004
Neely, Mr.-statement by Sir Clifford Sifton, 5774
Oliver, Hon. Frank-statement in L'Evene-ment, 434
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Steamer C. E. Tanner, 5362
Taylor, Lt.-Col. J. D. M.P., 986
Tiemain, Lieut.-Col. H. B., M.P., 608, 1472
War supplies-hay, 338
War-time Elections Bill, 5623, 5669, 5829
Webb, Lieutenant, 4563
Wood, Lieutenant, 4563
Provincial governments, duties payable by, 2119, 2129
Provincial prohibitory legislation. Bill in aid of, lr., 4192; 2r. and Com., 4395; 3r., 4405; Senate amendments, 5514 See also Intoxicating liquors, Prohibition and Canada Temperance Act
Public health, proposed department of, 992
Public Service Committee, recommendations of, 3633
Public Service Loan Bill. Res., 242. lr., 353.
2r„ 435. Com., 435. 3r„ 476 Public Works
Buildings Alberta, 5312
British Columbia, 1126, 5312 Generally, 4147, 5314 Manitoba, 5311 Nova Scotia, 4145
Ontario, 4146, 5309, 5412. See Ottawa Quebec, 1935, 4145, 5309 Saskatchewan, 4146, 5312 Department
Automobile, purchase of, 2480 Estimates, 652, 1935, 3867, 3882, 4145, 4181, 5096, 5304, 5314, 5362 Staff and Salaries, 3893, 5104 Dredging
British Columbia, 5359 Dredge Cape Breton, loss of, 596, 668, 1024, 3881 Dredge No. 6, 5404 Generally, 5096
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 3887
Maritime Provinces, 5359 Ontario and Quebec, 3886, 5359 See, under this title, Harbours and Rivers Dry docks. See Dry Docks Subsidies Act Amendment Bill Expenditure 1916-17, 1038 Harbours and Rivers
British Columbia, 3885, 5304, 5357 Manitoba, 5356
New Brunswick, 3872, 4185, 5347, 5411, 5890
Nova Scotia, 3866, 5314
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Publication Committee, 5791
Pugsley, Hon. William (St. John City) Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 286
The political situation, 286 Returned soldiers and political patronage, 287
Administration of military affairs under late Minister of Militia, 287 Utilization of our natural resources, 291 Shipbuilding, 292 The Dorchester campaign, 293 Canada's naval policies, 293 Extension of term of Parliament, 293 Imperial War Conference, 294 Army
Desertions, 3111 Discharges, purchase of, 3112 Enlistments, 2647 Soldiers
Returned, employment of, 3846, 6057 Voting of, 2651, 4689-4736, 4740-4786, 4808-4834, 4874-4887, 4889-4914 165th Regiment, 1725 Bathurst harbour improvements, 3872 Budget, 863, 870 Trade conditions, 863 Free wheat, 864, 870 The Minister of Inland Revenue, 879 Amendment of Mr. Turriff, 881 Canadian Government railways Branch lines, 2228, 2232 Cars for, 4928
Employees, promotion of, 762 Intercolonial railway
Coal, freight rates on, 3511 Maritime Express service, 8 Passenger service, 2207 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 4230, 4248, 4486, 4837, 4990-5015, 5108 Capital punishment, 631 Civil servants, enlisted-pay and separa

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Maritime Provinces, in, 4063, 5085 Transportation of, 4138 Coastal regulations, 1912 Conscription, 1565
United States citizens, of, 1743 Criminal Code amendments, jurors, 4293, 4334
Customs, duties payable by provincial governments, 2121, 2133 Daylight saving, 2 945
Divorced persons, re-marriage of, 46, 1383, 1524
Dominion Lands Act Amendment, 3796 Dredging, 5096 Drill halls, control of, 4146 Dry docks, 4456, 5772, 5888, 5917 Fish and fisheries Licenses, 2150 Lobsters, 4171 Sardine fisheries, 4168 Flint, Dr., retirement of, 6044 Food control, 2091 Free wheat, 864, 870 Fuel, 1421
.Game in the Northwest, 3670 Grosse Isle quarantine station, 5306 Hansard, correction of statement in, 6067 Members' sessional indemnity, 6048 Morning sittings, 2619 Stenographers, 5788 Hudson Bay railway, 5036 Immigration, 2141, 2146 Imperial Munitions Board, imports, 1978 Imperial War Conference, visit of Prime Minister to, 1551 Indian lands, 1908 Insurance, 3849, 3864, 4138, 5198 Landry, Mr. Justice, findings of, 3109, 3609, 5265
See under this title, McLeod-Tellier Lighthouse keepers' salaries, 6049 Live stock exchanges, 5504 Loans to farmers, 1962 Loans, public ($100,000,000), 342 Mail contracts, 3635
McLeod-Tellier Commission, 5245, 5265 See under this title, Landry, Mr. Justice Military Service, 2642, 3254 Appeals, 3175, 3181 Classes, 3144, 3287 Definitions, 3111 Enforcement, 2651 Enlistments, voluntary, 2647 Exemptions, 3209, 3213


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Wealth, conscription of, 3471, 3475 Woman suffrage, 309, 672, 759, 1482, 1521, 1594 1627, 4958
Pugsley, Lieut. J. A., position of, 4895 Pulp and paper
Newsprint, fixing of price of, 1302 Quarantine service, 3756 Quebec (City)
Firearms in hardware stores, 5083 Harbour master, 897 Immigration agents, 5122 Quebec (Province)
Bridges, 3889 Electoral lists, 6002 Judges' salaries, 5798 Military districts Nos. 3 and 10, 455 Public Works. See that title Recruiting in, 94, 112, 119, 127, 147, 160, 185, 213, 221, 342, 363, 2398, 2424, 2515'	'
Officers, recruiting of, 3135 See Military Service Bill and French Canadian
Quebec Montmorency and Charlevoix Railway, completion and operation of. 4948 5452
Quebec and Oriental railway, 1674 Quebec and Saguenay railway Bondholders, 669
Completion and operation of, 303, 668, 1575, 4948, 5452 Expenditure, 1658
Legislation concerning, proposed, 458 Quebec Harbour Advances Bill. Res., 435.
lr., 438. 2r„ 577. Com., 577. 3r., 578 Quebec Harbour Commission, 436
Racing Form, The, exclusion from mails of, 306, 336, 896
Racing meets, limitation of. See Criminal Code Amendment Bills Radiotelegraph service. See Telegraphs, also' Ocean Telegraph Act
Railway Act Amendment Bills
1.	Bill No. 13, Mr. Cochrane, general, lr.,
194; 2r., 602; special committee, 602; motion to amend, stands, 605; com., 3420, 3511, 3592, 3716; 3r., 3740
2.	Bill No. 18, Mr. McCraney, free transportation for provincial legislators, lr., 300. 2r., 685. Ref. to Railway Com., 685 Railway Commission, 1862, 3407
Railway mail clerks. See Post office Railways
Alleged advance to Company, 2100 Bridges, 3889
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Confiscation of, by, 584 Handling of, by, 3395, 3402 Constables, 3599
Employees, payment of salaries of, 5956 Expenditure on, 2233 Fires from locomotives, 3552, 3602 French language, printing of literature in, 3511
Material, removal of to France, 310, 335, 1229, 1266, 1372, 1473, 1474, 1615, 1628, 1690, 1820/ 3407, 3409, 5293 Overdue trains, notice of, 3594 Situation, 2219, 2221, 4011, 4058, 4217, 4247, 4467, 4512, 4566, 4622, 4835 Cost of inquiry into, 3408 Traffic, congestion of, 587	[DOT]
For Canadian Government railways, see that title
For individual railways, see their titles Railways and Canals Department
Estimates, staff and salaries, 2202, 3385, 3402, 4925, 4928, 5428 Steamers purchased by, 669
Rainbow, His Majesty's Canadian Ship, 457, 1472
See Naval Service
Rainville, Mr. Joseph H. (Deputy Speaker) Emigration to the United States, 3285 Military service Classes, 3285
Exemptions, 3189, 3194, 3218 Farmers, of, 6002 See Deputy Speaker
Ralston, Major J. L., position and pay of 6067
Rankin, Captain Ramsay, position of, 987 Recruiting. See Army
For recruiting by localities, see names of localities
Reid, Hon. J. D. (Minister of Customs) Canadian Government railways Intercolonial, management of, 769 Passenger service, 2207 Promotion of employees, 769 Quebec, 4948, 5452, 5458 Civil Service appointments, 644, 1023 Coal, confiscation of by railways, 585 Customs
Crown goods, duties payable on, 19781985, 2119
Departmental estimates, staff and salaries, 643, 1843, 1881, 5098, 5777 Disposal of unclaimed goods, 3743 1125-2138.
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Imperial Munitions Board imports, 1978 Montreal collectorship, 648 Revenue cruisers, 1882 Dredging, 5096 Dry docks, 5771 Flint, Dr., retirement of, 6044 House of Commons-sessional indemnity of Members, 6047
Naval Service Department estimates, 660 Pensions, 6004, 6533
Public Works Department estimates, 5104, 5304, 5314, 5362
Railway Act Amendment Bills, 5997 Schaffner, Mr. L. P., dismissal of, 440 Shipbuilding, 5440, 5453 Spittal, Major, dismissal of, 646, 651 Telegraph and telephone lines, 5362 Reid, Lance Corporal, allowances to, 717 Renault, Raoul, appointment of, 2361 Repatriation of Canadians, 803 Research Council Bill, lr., 2357.	2r., 3905.
Com., 3909. 3r., 3957 Restigouche river, bridging of, 988 Returns, complaints of delay in bringing down, 1373
Rhodes, Hon. Edgar N. (Cumberland). See Speaker
Richmond county medical officers, 3758 Rideau canal Lighting of, 1939 Pretoria Avenue bridge, 4926 Rimouski
Medical officers, 4509 Public works engineer, 4244 Recruiting officers, 456 Riou, Mr. C. S., payments to, 3904 Riviere du Loup-Tadoussac ferry, 452, 2358 Riviere Ouelle-Murray bay steamship service, 643
Robb, Mr. James A. (Huntingdon)
Bags, duty on, 1867-1881 Bran and middlings, duty on. 1867-1881 Budget, 969, 1317, 1319 Tariff changes, 969, 971 Free wheat, 970 Duty on mill feeds, 971 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 5055
Farm labour, 3509 F) ee wheat, 970
Grain for breweries and distilleries, 1182 Harbour facilities, 4190 Live stock exchanges, 5507 National Transcontinental freight rates. 3394
Rural mail service, 3641 Taxation-income, 4106
Robb, P. A., employment of, 1572 Robidoux, Mr. Ferdinand J. (Kent, N.B.) Military service, 2703
Authority of Parliament, 2703 Enlistment in Quebec, 2704 Telegraph and telephone lines, 5380 Robinson, Captain J. T., appointment of, 1377 Roche, Hon. W. J. (Minister of the Interior) Agricultural labourers from the United States, 1194
British Columbia Indian Commission, 653 Dominion Lands Act .Amendment Bill, 159, 2832, 3793-3817 Farm labour, 3507
Frank, Alta., moving of residences at, 4919 French-Canadians in the United States, 4914
Game in the Northwest, 3665, 4659 Homestead regulations, 1741, 1747 immigration Agents, 1738 Chinese, 843, 2139 Department estimates, 4914 Regulations, 449, 525 Indians, 2340, 2349
Department estimates, 1886 Sydney reserve, 3663	.
See Indians Interior Department
Employees, political activities of, 2350 Estimates, 652, 1344, 1735 French-speaking employees of, 2341 Orders in Council relating to, 6000 Migratory birds, 2525, 3657 Seed grain collections, 2352 Soldier Settlement Act, administration of, 4917
Soldier Settlement Board, 686, 1157, 2653, 3618, 3779
Surveys, 1345, 1735
United States' head tax on Canadians, 892 Rogers, Lt.-Col. Maynard, salary of, 1818 Rogers, Hon. Robert (Minister of Public Works)
Dry docks, 4456, 5915
Ottawa Citizen, statement of, 599
Public works
Buildings, 4145, 4181
Department:	estimates, staff and salaries,, 3866, 3882, 3893, 4145, 4181, 5104 Harbours and rivers, 3866, 3882, 4187 Roads and bridges, 3888 Resignation from the Cabinet, 4736 Ross, Mr. Duncan C. (West Middlesex) Army
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Returns, delay in bringing down of, 1373 Ross rifle, 154, £25, 451 Rural mail service, 5898 St. John harbour works, 5896 Salt for fish curing, 1027, 2290 Sand Point wharf, 5316 Savings banks deposits, 4685 Shipbuilding, 1671, 1923, 5434, 5452 Small arms ammunition, 156, 2480 Soldiers, returned, appointment of, 6059 Soldier's Cove wharf, 5337 Sonora preventive officers, 4244 Steam trawlers, 300 Steamship services, 2288, 2300 Steele, Arthur, dismissal of, 338 Submarine situation, 1328 Superannuation payments, 595 Technical education, 1247 Telegraph and telephone lines, 5371 Toronto water-borne traffic, 454 Tracadie Inland Revenue officer, 1817 War-time Elections Bill, 5567, 6081 Welland canal, 3404 Wells, Clarence, 2480 White, N. W., payments to, 1038 Whitehead life saving station, 1469 Small Arms Ammunition. See War supplies Smith, Pte. J. I., discharge of, 3418 Smith, Mr. William (South Ontario)
Army, casualties, 2201 Cattle, British embargo on, 923 National Service cards, 2479 Railway Act, The, 3442 imith's Falls postmaster, 1570 Soldiers. See Army Soldiers' Settlement Board Advances to soldiers, 4918 Commissioners, 4917	[DOT]
Soldier Settlement Board Bill. Res., 1157, 2653, 3618. lr., 3630.	2r„ 3779.	3r„
Sonora preventive officers, 4244 Sorel, strike at, 1912, 1935 South African War-Canadian contingent, 2200
Speaker (Hon. Edgar N. Rhodes), rulings and statements of
Adjournment motions, when in order. 5517, 5547
Amendments ruled out not subsequently debatable, 1686 Bills
Not debatable in detail on motion for leave to introduce, 4410 Printing of in both languages, 5550
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Censored publications, quotations from in Parliament, 5944 Closure
Bill reported amended, amendments not debatable; Rule 17A overrides Rule 56, 5771
Concurrence in resolution of Committee of Supply not debatable, 5095 Crown property, Bills to dispose of, must have Crown's consent, for third reading, 1157
Flint, Dr., retirement of, 6044 House of Commons Estimates, 2359, 5784 Officials, 5786 Interjections, 2596 Irrelevancy, .444, 5478
Language reflecting on the Chair tb be withdrawn, 2567
Letters from persons outside referring to House proceedings not to be quoted, 3956
Member must take his seat when Speaker addresses House, 4410 Motions .dealing with questions already before House, 1017, 1022, 1150 Motions, irregular
Repetition of matters disposed of, 1867 Substantial repetition of notice of motion standing on order paper, 1490, 1508, 1523
Taxation, to levy, without recommendation by the Crown, 3078, 4648 Order of the day, reinstatement of, 2878,
Orders of the Day, on, extended remarks irregular, 665, 804
Petitions, form for presentation of, 2284 Privilege, statements under to be confined to denial of matters complained of, 599, 3612, 3614, 3616 Questions and answers Answers not debatable, 4959 Questions not to contain allegation of fact or inuendo, 4834 Quorum, absence of, 2877 Reply, privilege of, confined to mover of substantive motion, 1880 Order of speakers varied by unanimous consent, 1015
Rules, lenient interpretation not to establish a precedent, 3078 Saturday sittings, Committee of Supply, how constituted (Rule 17C), 5891 Senate proceedings, regularity of not to be questioned in House, 5498
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"A man who was ashamed, Sir, of what he was doing," 5587 "Vile motives," 4313
Votes and Proceedings, errof, not immediately discovered, referred to special committee, 2880 Ways and Means, amendment to second reading of resolution reported from Committee must be relevant, 1686 See also Deputy Speaker and Parliamentary procedure
Spence, Andrew, position of, 1472
Spittal, Lt.-Col. C. D., dismissal of, 645, 651, 1127
Spotten, Judge, 1127
Stanfield, Mr. John (Colchester)
Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 823 Medical service, 3984	'
Government railways, promotion of employees, 765
Stayner public building, 5412
Steamers utilized by British Government,
the C. E. Tanner, 5362
Steamship services
Australia and New Zealand, 2285 Canada
British Columbia, 2299 Magdalen Islands, 2302, 2326 New Brunswick, 2292, 2297, 2323
' Nova Scotia, 2286, 2299, 2300, 2304, 2319 Prince Edward Island, 2303, 2319, 3389, 3945
Quebec, 2299, 2318, 2325 China and Japan, 2298 France, 2307
Great Britain, 2285, 2291, 2297 Ireland, 2292 Newfoundland, 2286, 2291 South Africa, 2291 South America, 2287 United States, 2299 West Indies, 2287
See also Transportation
Steam trawlers. See Fish and Fisheries Steele, Arthur, dismissal of, 338 Steele, General, appointment of, 264
Steele, Mr. Michael (South Perth)
Aerial League of the British Empire, 3633 Alcohol, on charge to medical stores, loss of, 2776
Army, soldiers, voting of, 1383, 4825 Canadian Association of Stationary Engineers, 1198 Cheese purchases, 2258 Coal, shortage of, 83 Cold storage, 2079 Gordon Divorce Bill, 5496 Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, 5495
Public health, proposed department of, 992 Bailway Act, The, 3442, 3452 Scientific and industrial research, 3909
Stefansson expedition, 4173
Stellarton, N.S.
Postmaster, 669, 897, 3758 Public building, 4951
Stevens, Mr. H. H. (Vancouver)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 62
Our troops at the front, 62 Reply to criticisms of Mr. Macdonald, 62 The Ross rifle, 63 National Service Commission, 64 The smelting and refining of ores, 66 Care of returned soldiers, 67 Army, soldiers, voting of, 4749 Canadian Northern Railway acquisition of, 4965	'
Enlistment, 2421-2428 Fisheries, proposed ministry of, 2029 Grain for breweries and distilleries, 1182 Indians, Kitsilano Reserve, 1902 Military Service, 2421
Enlistment, interference with, 2421 Labour's attitude, 2426 Quebec's attitude, 2424, ,2428 Referendum, 2427 National Service Commission, 64 Ross rifle, 63 Shipbuilding, 5445 Telephone lines, 5402 Wealth, conscription of, 2427 Woman suffrage, 1522 Stewart, Mr. T. J. (West Hamilton)
Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railway, 2590, 2609, 3865, 3955, 3980 Tractor engines, duty on, 680 Submarine situation, 1320 Sulphur, United States embargo on export of, 4889


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6205-5242, 5242- 5270, 5275-5314, 53145360, 5362-5415, 5428-5474, 5777-5805, 5890, 5892-5900, 5948, 5997, 6004-6060 For details see titles of departments and subjects
Supreme Court Act and Exchequer Court Act amendment Bill. lr., 2568; 2r., Com., 3r„ 3630 Surveys, 1345, 1367 Astronomical, 4917 Generally, 1345, 1357, 3898 Geological, 4179 Hydrographic, 4173 Indian Lands, 1894 International, 1735
Sutherland, Mr. Donald (South Oxford) Army camps, sale of liquor in, 829 Coalition government, 2690 Flour, price of, 1080 Live stock purchases, 2280 Military service, 2682 Classes, 3282
Quebec, recruiting in, 2685 Referendum, 2692 Railway Act, The, 3545, 3547 Railways, government operation of, 2234 Rural mail carriers, 3636 Soldier Settlement Board, 3786 Soldiers, behaviour of, 5234 Soldiers, votes for, 1395 Telegraphs and telephones, 3545 War-time Elections Bill, 5685, 5860 Women Suffrage, 1477 Swiss Army manoeuvres, attendance of Canadian officers at, 5219 Sydney
Harbour improvements, 5342 Industrial sites, 3956
Tanner, C. E., Steamer or Motor Boat, 5362 Tariff. See Customs and Customs Tariff Act Taxation. Senate amendment of taxation measure no precedent, 5476	,
Special
Business profits, 719, 727, 737, 745, 750, 959, .965, 1432, 1437, 1447, 1628, 2107 Comparative statement, 2508 Cost of collecting, 4686
Taxation-Con.
Returns of business concern, 4245 See Wealth, Conscription of Income, 719, 738, 1424, 1441, 1631, 1687, 3760, 3767, 4070, 4102, 4124, 4638 Cost of collecting estimated, 4686 See also Income War Tax Bill Land, 1630
Hudson's Bay Co., lands, 986 Patent medicines, 363 Use made of funds obtained by, 4177 Wealth, 2453, 2469, 2508, 2528, 2576, 2587, 2597, 2608, 2671, 2728, 2869, 3045 See Wealth, Conscription of
Taylor, Mr. James D. (New Westminster) Army
Medical service, 3981 Non-commissioned officers, 1608, 3999 Officers, employment of, 565 Recruiting, 565 Soldiers Pensions, 1607 Voting of, 4703, 4757-4786 Fraser river dredging, 5357 Hindu immigration, 2145 Military service, 3145, 3275 Thomson, Mr. Levi, reply to statement of, 1370
Taylor, Lt.-Col. J. D., M.P., payments to, 986
Technical Education, 1229
See Industrial and Scientific Research.
Telegraphs, telephones and radiotelegraphs
Government lines
Alberta and Saskatchewan, 3892, 5393 British Columbia, 3893, 5365, 5395, 5410 Manitoba, 5411 Magdalen Islands cable, 5407 New Brunswick, 5379 Nova J?cotia, 5362 Prince Edward Island, 5407, 5411 Quebec, 5384 Telephones for, 4147 Ocean service, 2024, 2108 Provisions governing, 3542, 3546 Radiotelegraph service, 4159 Subsidies, 3892 West India cable, 2339
Temiscouata mail contract, 335
"The Fiddlers," circulation of forbidden, 3503, 3654, 3718, 3881, 3955, 4059, 5942
Thetford Mines, labour trouble at, 590, 606, 1113
Thoburn, Mr. William (North Lanark) Gordon Divorce Bill, 5909 Military service, 3358 Postmasters, salaries of, 3642 Technical education, 1238
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Thompson, Mr. Alfred (Yukon)
Game in the Northwest, 3668 Yukon, cost of living in, 2571 Thompson, Dr. Alfred, M.P., employment and
salary of, 5083
Thomson, Mr. Levi (Qu'Appelle)
Army, soldiers' pay, 3216 Budget, 976
The duty on farm machinery, 977 Inequalities in the tariff, 979 Free wheat, 982
Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 5143
Dominion Lands Act amendment, 3811 Free wheat, 982 Military service, 2993 Exemptions, 3193, 3225 Railway transportation for Members of Parliament, 3521, 3523 Soldier Settlement Board, 3629 Thornton, Mr. Charles J. (Durham)
Packages, marking of,-inspection and sale,-4066
Railway Act, The, 3544 Telegraphs and telephones, 3544 Three Rivers
Harbour improvements, 3879 Public buildings, 668 Titus, Private John, 2237
Tobin, Mr. Edmund W. (Richmond and Wolfe)
Bromptonville postmaster, 1129 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 5052
Horses for war purposes, 1129	.
Military service, 2810	[DOT]
Militia Department motor cars, 2525 Ross rifle, 2054
Telegraph and telephone lines, 5388 Wool, exportation of, 1130 Toronto water-borne traffic, 454 T racadie
Inland Revenue officer, 1817 Railway siding, 2618 Tractor engines, duty on, 674 Trade and Commerce
Agents and commissioners, 2326 Department of
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Lake and ocean freight rates, 3715 Legislators, for, 4935
Problems, report of Royal Commission on, 1012
Terminal facilities, 4189
See also Marine, Railways, Shipbuilding, and Steamship Services Tremain, Lieut.-Col. H. B., M.P., pay and allowances to, 608, 1472 Trent canal, 759, 2206, 3405, 3417 Trenton, N.S., contractors for war supplies at, 303
Truax, Mr. R. E. (South Bruce) Brampton-Palestine mail route, 590 Military Service Bill, 3048 Royal Mint, Ottawa branch, 1474 Turgeon, Mr. Onesiphore (Gloucester)
Army-dental corps, 4008 Budget, 1108, 1194, 1201 Government railways, 1108 Canada's prosperity, 1195 Taxation, 1197, 1201 Protection or free trade, 1197 Conservative and Liberal policies contrasted, 1203
Duty on potatoes and flour, 1204 Free wheat, 1205 The shipping industry, 1206 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 5029
Caraquet and South Shore railway, 3387
Flour, duty on, 1204
Free wheat, 1205
Goldman, Mr. I., 4510
Insurance, 4390
Intercolonial railway, operation of, 795 Lobsters, 2050 Military service, 2667 Classes, 3354 Exceptions, 3572
Overseas Military Forces, Minister of, 4434 Potatoes, duty on, 1204 Salt, shortage of, 1319
Senate, proposed change in constitution of, 1143
Shipbuilding, 1931 Shipping industry, 1206 Soldiers, returned appointment of to government positions, 1858 Soldiers, votes for, 1394 Taxation-business profits, wealth, income, 1197, 1201, 2671
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Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 175
The fiftieth anniversary of Confederation, 175
Extension of term of Parliament, 175 National government, 177 Taxation of war profits, 178 The Nationalist party, 179 Recruiting in Quebec, 185 Enlistment of Canadians, 187 The manufacture of munitions, 188 Cost of the war to Canada, 189 Extension of term of Parliament, 189 Increased production, 190 National service, 191 Recruiting from the Civil Service, 192 The Ross rifle, 193 Aliens, naturalization of. 3814 Anderson, Mr. Daniel, 1265 Army
Officers, surplus of, 3103 Rejected men, 3099 Ashcroft mail service, 668 Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour, suspension of, 687 Beans for seed, 1473 Blow, Dr„ payments to, 668 Budget, 746
Trade relations with Great Britain, 746 Free wheat, 747, 750 Government expenditure, 747 Taxation of business profits, 750 Revenue of Canada, 755 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 5026
Civil Service
Disfranchisement of Civil servafits, proposed, 2020 Recruiting from, 192 Daylight saving, 3684 Dominion Lands Act amendment, 3798 Farm labour for western Canada, 3504 Flour, price of, 1070 Food Control, 1999, 3751 Fuel, 1414 Grain
Breweries and distilleries, for, 1180
Commission, 1381
Elevators, 3707
Grading of, 1265
Rust in, 2063
Wheat
Free, 747, 756
Surplus, purchase of, 1126 United States tariff on, 1342 Hobbs, Mr. Hugh, 1228 Loans to farmers, 1968 Lockhart, Mr. Hugh, 1265
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Saskatchewan coal miners' strike, 3237 Senate, proposed change in constitution of 1137
Smith, Pte. J. I., 3418 Soldier Settlement Board, 3779 Spotten, Judge, 1127 Taxation
Business profits, 178, 750, 1458 Income, 1463
Tractor engines, duty on, 678 National Transcontinental railway, operation of, 657 War
Prisoners of, parcels to, 3958 Prosecution of the, 1591 War-time Elections Bill, 5711, 5836 Woman suffrage, 1518
Turner, General, appointment of, 268, 279 Turner, Mr. Harvey, position of, 1469 Union Government
See Coalition Government; National Government
United Mines Workmen of Nova Scotia, 802 United States
British subjects in, recruiting of, 2482, 3904 Declaration of war by, 610 Exodus of Canadians to, 3285 Farm labourers from, 665, 1740, 1747, 1193, 4512
French Canadians in, 4914
Head tax on foreigners entering, 892, 1266
Tariff
Changes in, 1264 Wheat, on, 1342
Troops, training of, in Canada, 2482
Universal Radio Syndicate Limited. See
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Urquhart, Mr. Hector, dismissal of, 5367
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Dredging in False Creek, 900, 1126 Drill Hall site, 456 Harbour Commissioners, 1575 Harbour improvements, 5304 Venereal diseases, 817, 839, 869 Verville, Mr. Alphonse (Maisonneuve)
Army, soldiers, attendance of, at public meetings, 5231
Assistant Deputy Minister of Labour, suspension of, 686
Canadian Northern Railway acquisition of, 5066
Civil Service salaries, 2245 Cold storage, 2089 Food control, 1989, 2089 High cost of living, 710
House of Commons, sessional indemnity of Members, 6047 Labour
Attitude of on Military service, 2795 Requirements, 2798 Military Service, 2795 Moore, Major Rev. A. H., 1265 Tariff revision, 1789 Taxation, income, 4103, 4121, 4130 Technical education, 1237 Thetford Mines labour trouble, 590, 606, 1120
War-time Elections Bill, 5741 Veterans
Army and Navy, Bill, 5421 Victoria bridge toll rates, 672
Victoria, B.C.
Breakwater, 1381 Victoria Sealing Company, 5958 Viviani, M., visit and address to Parliament of, 1318, 1361, 1362
Votes for soldiers. See Army, Soldiers Voters Lists
Provision for under War-time Elections Bill, 5418
Walsh, J. J., payments to, 1675 War
Charities. See Charities Bill Defence of Canada. See Militia and Defence
Expenditure, 274, 354, 386, 408, 476, 522, 525, 549, 718, 2936
See also War Appropriation Bill Loans, 720, 2774
Minister of Overseas Services, proposed, 277, 279
Pay and Records office, 1355 Prisoners of, 660
Arrangements for exchange of, 4194


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Female enumerators, 6071 Polling Divisions, 6070 Qualifications of voter, 6092 Tribunals, candidates for federal elections serving on, 6070
Washington Conference, Canadian delegates to, 1127
Waterford, N. S., explosion at, 5775
Ways and Means, Committee of, 584, 1436, 1445, 1628, 3760, 5242, 6061 Amendment, Mr. Oliver, 1677 See Budget and Taxation
Wealth, Conscription of
Amendments to address for extension of term of Parliament, Mr. Graham, 3641, 3471, 3480
Statement by Finance Minister, 3187 See Taxation
Webb, Lieutenant, position of, 4563
Webster, Mr. John (Brockville)	.
Army, 122nd Battalion, 5083 Budget, 953
The dairying industry, 953 Canada's part in the war, 956 Cheese, manufacture and sale of, 2268 Packages, marking of-inspection and sale, 4068
Weichel, Mr. William G. (North Waterloo) Military Service Bill, 2801 National Transcontinental Railway, ties, 455
War-time Elections Bill, 5832
Weights and measures, inspection of, 2383, 3842
Welland canal
Construction of, 2206, 3402, 4925 Dynamiters of, 4926
West Edmonton forest rangers and homestead inspectors, 1476
Western Canada, farm labour for, 3504
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Reply to statements of Sir Sam Hughes, 272
War expenditure, 274 Proposed Minister of Overseas Services, 277, 279
Appointment of General Turner, 279, 280 Purchase of motor trucks and transports, 280
Canada and the war, 282 Army
Camps, sale of liquor in, 818 Medical service, commission of inquiry into, 542
Soldiers, life insurance of, 3589 Officers, unattached, 563 Beans, duty on, 671 Bran and shorts, duty on, 1870 British Government and Canadian Pacific Railway Financial arrangement Bill, 1369, 2059 Budget, 718, 937
National income and expenditure, 718 War expenditure, ,718 Income taxation, 719 Taxation of business profits, 719 War loans, 720 Trade of Canada, 721 Free wheat, 937 Amendment of Mr. Oliver, 949 Business Profits War Tax, 5290 Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 4011, 4217, 4247-4287, 4467, 4595-4620, 4622-4638, 4835-4873, 4960-5015, 5154 Canadian Pacific railway-Bill to facilitate financial arrangements, etc., 1369, 2059 Civil Service
Enlistments from, 2014, 2253 Promotions, 2010 Salaries, 2008, 2238
Civil Service Act amendment, 2008, 2238 Customs Tariff Act amendment, proposed, 1689
Enlistment, voluntary, 2583 Finance, Department of, estimates, 1790, 1796
Flour, price of, 1053, 1088 Fuel, 1419
Grand Trunk Pacific railway, loan to, 5292 Rails, removal of from, 5296 Hughes, Sir Sam, reply to statement of, 3110
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See, under this title, Taxation Inland Revenue Department estimates, 2381, 3832
Insurance, 1724, 2100
Rife insurance of soldiers, 3589 Insurance Act Amendment Bills, 3848, 4138, 5196
Loans to farmers, 1960 Loans, public, 720
$100,000,000 for Public Service, 342, 435, 4957
Amount received and commission paid, 4957
McNab, Colin C., 579 Members, deceased, tributes to, 5 Motor trucks, purchase of. 280 National Gallery of Canada, 5301 Newsprint paper, 757, 1646 Penny Bank Act, 2061 Pensions, 845
Denial of erroneous statement, 5423 Proportional representation, 908 Quebec and Saguenay railway, 1658 Railway, situation in Canada, 4011, 4058 Recruiting, retarding of, 3110 Senate, appointments to, 930 Shipbuilding, 666
Imperial Munitions Board contracts, 1661 Soldier Settlement Board, 3788 Supply, vote for three months, 2946 Tariff revision, 1689	-
Taxation measures; Senate amendment no precedent, 5476 Taxation
Business profits, 178, 719, 1438, 1635, 2108 Returns by business concerns, 4246 Income, 719, 1441, 1449, 1631, 3760, 3768, 4070, 4102, 4126, 4638 Wealth, 2587
Toronto Globe, correction of editorial in, 2707
Unclaimed bank balances, 1004 United Grain Growers, Limited, 894 War charities, 54X4, 5481 War expenditure, 718 War finance, vote of $500,000,000, 542 War supplies for British Government, 4953, 5522
War taxation
See, under this title, Taxation


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White, Sir T.-Con.
Wealth, conscription of, 3187 See, under this title, Taxation
Whitehead life-saving station, 1469 Williams Head quarantine station, 5312 Wilcox, Mr. Oliver J. (North Essex)
Racing meets, limitation of, 8, 313 Toronto Globe-correction of statement in, 47
Tractor engines, duty on, 676 Wilfrid C., vessel, 4062
William Davies Co., 4151 See Food Investigation Wilson, Mr. Charles A. (Laval)
Canadian Northern railway, acquisition of, 5069
Criminal Code amendment, jurors, 4300, 4326
Military Service Bill, 2925 Contraventions of Act, 3328 Exemptions, 3303 Quebec, recruiting in, 2926 Penitentiaries, salaries of guards, 5803 Potato consignments, 607 Railway Act, The, 3444, 3447 Ships built in Canada, 591 Soldiers, voting of, 4722 Taxation, income, 4073 Wilson, Mr. Gordon C. (Wentworth)
Address in reply to the Governor General's Speech, 9
Canada and the war, 9 Tribute to deceased Member, 10 Provision for returned soldiers, 10 National service, 10 Canada's financial stability, 11 Fiftieth anniversary of Confederation, 11 Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo railway, 2610
Windsor, N.S.
Tribune building, 1380 Wharf repairs, 1380
Windsor, Ontario, immigration officers, 2357 Windsor Junction, N.S., mail service, 5913 Wireless telegraph. See Telegraphs Woman suffrage
Enfranchisement under War-time Elections Bill, 5416
Pugsley, Mr., motion and amendments by Notice stands, 309; postponed, 672, 759 Amendment to motion of Mr. Sutherland, 1488
Ruled out by Mr. Speaker, 1490, 1508 Amendment to amendment of Sir Robert Borden, 1522


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Volume III:: 2139-3186. " VI: 5271-6094.


INDEX-1917
[Stage Direction]
lxvli
Woman suffrage-Com.
Sutherland, Mr., motion of, 1477, 1627 Borden, Sir Robert, amendment of, 1508 Inquiry by Mr. Pugsley, 4958
Women
Atlantic passports for, 3996, 5783 Munition workers, 4063
Wood, Lieutenant, position of, 4563 Wool, exportation of, 1130
Wright, Mr. Will iam (Muskoka)
Grain, 5208
Wheat, fixing price of, 3694, 3703 Live stock exchanges, 5512 Public Works Department estimates, 5335 Railway Act, The, 3514
Wright, Mr. W.-Con.
Railway transportation for Members of Parliament, 3521	,
Soldier Settlement Board, 3629 Woman suffrage, 1479 Yarmouth harbour improvements, 3870 Year Book, Canada, 2337 Yukon territory, 1736 Administrator, 5122 Commissioner of, 3677 Expenditure, 592 Judges' salaries, 5896 Miners' strike, 3086 Population, 593
Prices and cost of living, 2199, 2237, 2481. 2571, 2954
Zinc. See Mines and minerals