1952-11-20

Mr. Speaker:: I have the honour to inform the house that I have received the following communication:
Ottawa, November 20, 1952
Sir:
I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable Thibaudeau Rinfret, Chief Justice of Canada, acting as Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General, will proceed to the Senate chamber at 11.30 a.m. on Thursday, the 20th November, for the purpose of proroguing the sixth session of the twenty-first parliament.
I have the honour to be,
6ir.
Your obedient servant,
J. F. Delaute,
Secretary to the Governor General (Administrative)



VACANCIES

Mr. Speaker:: I have the honour to inform the house that during the adjournment I have received communications from several members notifying me that the following vacancies have occurred in the representation, viz.:
Of Hon. R. W. Mayhew, member for the electoral district of Victoria (B.C.), consequent upon his acceptance of an office of emolument under the crown.
Of Gerard Cournoyer, Esquire, member for the electoral district of Richelieu-Vercheres, by resignation.
Accordingly I issued my warrants to the chief electoral officer to make out new writs of election for the said electoral districts.



NEW MEMBERS

Mr. Speaker:: I have the honour to inform the house that during the adjournment the Clerk of the House has received from the chief electoral officer certificates of the election and return of the following members, viz.:
Of Romuald Bourque, Esquire, for the electoral district of Outremont-St. Jean.
Of Lucien Cardin, Esquire, for the electoral district of Richelieu-Vercheres.



THE LATE JOSEPH HENRY HARRIS

Right Hon. L. S. St. Laurent (Prime Minister):: Mr. Speaker, since the last meeting of this house one of its most esteemed members has passed away. I refer of course to the former member for Toronto Danforth.
It was with deep regret, shared by all of us regardless of party affiliations, that we learned of the death on October 25 of Mr. Joseph H. Harris, familiarly known to his many friends on parliament hill, in Toronto and, indeed, in many other parts of Canada, as Joe Harris. He had been unable, owing to ill health, to attend the last session of parliament, but most of us had hoped with some justification, in view of the reports we received from time to time from members of his family that he was recovering, that he would be able to be with us during the forthcoming session. We will miss him as will his political associates in particular and those he represented so long and so well in parliament.
Born of one of the original families of the Danforth district in 1888, he received his education at Pickering College and the University of Toronto from which he graduated in 1911 with the degree of bachelor of applied science. Ten years later, at the early age of 33, he was elected to parliament in the general election of 1921. Ever since, for thirty-one years, he has successively represented the Toronto east end ridings of East York, Scarborough and Danforth in this house.
In point of continuous service he was a veteran of parliament, being junior only to the Hon. C. G. Power who was first elected in 1917. To have remained so long in the House of Commons necessarily reflects the kind of service Mr. Harris always sought to give and succeeded in giving to all his constituents and to the country.
He of course naturally pressed for federal projects that would bring benefit to those he represented, but his work as a member of the war expenditures committee, for example, during the last war, and his active interest in the welfare of our veterans, are but examples of his concern for Canada as a whole. To the debates of the house and its committees he brought the vigorous mind and expression of a successful businessman and an active supporter of good causes.

The late J. H. Harris
As president of W. Harris and Company Limited and vice-president of the Harris Coal Company Limited, he exercised leadership in the industrial and commercial development of east Toronto. He was also president of Dominion Glues Limited of Kitchener and of Canadian Organic Developments Limited of London, England.
Whether in this house or as a prominent industrialist, Mr. Harris was ever active in promoting the welfare of that part of Canada where he was born and spent his life. One of his most constructive achievements has its monument in the Toronto East General hospital which he helped to build and where he passed away. For the last twenty years he was chairman of the board of managers of that hospital, and we all know that he worked unstintingly for its progress. Only three years ago he played the foremost part in raising funds for a new addition which, I think quite fittingly, bears his name.
His country, his city, his constituents, his party and all of us here have suffered a real loss in the death of Joe Harris. His whole life was dedicated to the service of his fellows regardless of religion or politics. This likeable, sincere and kindly man will long be missed but he has left a legacy of good works which will keep his memory alive for many years to come. I am sure that I can speak for all in saying to Mrs. Harris and other members of the family that the sincere sympathy of all members of this house goes out to them in full measure.


Mr. George A. Drew (Leader of ihe Opposition):: Mr. Speaker, it is with a very deep feeling of personal loss that I join with the Prime Minister in expressing our regret at the death of a very dear friend of every member of this house and the hope that the members of his family will gain some measure of comfort from the knowledge that he lives in the thoughts of those who worked with him day by day in this sphere of activity for so many years.
As has already been said so well, Joe Harris, as we all knew him, was a lovable, earnest and kindly soul who served his constituency continuously over a long span of years during which time he sat in this house because of the personal attention and service that he gave to all people in that constituency regardless of their political affiliations. He was one to whom responsibility as an elected member immediately embraced all those who were citizens of the community he served,
Joe Harris displayed great courage in the past few years. To an extent that is well known to many members, he suffered very greatly, and it was only by immense effort

that he was able to attend the sessions as regularly and as faithfully as he did. There was hope that he might be cured of the disease which had afflicted him for some time but that hope proved to be unfulfilled, and as has been pointed out he died recently in the hospital which is so much indebted to him for the efforts that he put forth.
As everyone who has known Joe Harris for some years will attest, he was a man of very deep convictions and great faith in his own country. That was natural in a man who, by his own hard work, thrift and industry, had built for himself an important and successful place in the industrial community of Canada. He had made a great contribution to the development of the industry with which he was associated and in making that contribution had achieved very great personal success. At no time did that success in any way diminish his deep personal interest in the daily lives of every one of the people in the constituency which he had served since he was a young man.
He had deep loyalty. To him Canada was at all times his first interest and the first concern in his thoughts in the things that he did here. It was of the people of Canada that he was thinking when he presented his views on so many occasions. At the same time he was a man to whom the relationship of the Dominion of Canada, the crown and the commonwealth was a strongly living and abiding reality. He cherished those ancient loyalties which were the foundation of his great hopes of the future.
He had seen within his life tremendous developments take place in this country, and no one spoke with greater confidence of the years ahead and of the opportunities for youth in . Canada in the coming years, than did Joe Harris. He served his constituency well; he served his province well; and he served the Dominion of Canada well at all times in his public service.
The Toronto East General hospital stands as a permanent memorial and in a good many ways also stands as an example of the part that men and women can play in building this society of ours in Canada. There is no greater thing any man can do than ease the suffering and restore the health of those with whom he is closely associated. Throughout long years as chairman of the board of management of the Toronto East General hospital Joe Harris played a great role in extending the most effective possible service to those with whom he lived day by day. That hospital will be a memorial to Joe Harris' memory as long as it stands.

I should think that in the light of those services which he has performed no more fitting epitaph could be placed over the name of Joe Harris than the simple words: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."


Mr. Stanley Knowles (Winnipeg North Centre):: Mr. Speaker, we of this group wish to associate ourselves with the thoughts expressed by the Prime Minister (Mr. St. Laurent) and the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Drew).
Joe Harris was an esteemed member of this house and we too deeply regret his passing. We join in the tribute that has been paid to his memory and to the service that he has rendered to his community and to the nation. Likewise we wish to join with all members of this house in expressing our deepest sympathy in this their time of bereavement to his widow, to the children and to all to whom he was near and dear.


Mr. Solon E. Low (Peace River):: Mr. Speaker, the tributes that have been paid to the late member for Danforth this morning in my judgment have been richly deserved.
I feel that I am speaking for all of the members of my group when I say we held Joe Harris in very high regard. We did so because we recognized him as a high-minded, sincere, honourable gentleman, a good member who served his constituency and Canada as a whole very well. He was a vigorous personality, and this house will miss him and the contributions he has so often made and could have continued to make for a good many years had not this illness intervened. I wish to join all members of this house in mourning the loss of a good member, an honourable gentleman, and to express our sympathies to those who have been left to mourn his passing.


Mr. J. M. Macdonnell (Greenwood):: Mr. Speaker, coming from a riding that adjoins that of Mr. Harris I should like to add just a word.
Reference has been fittingly made to his great public service here, to his service to charitable institutions in Toronto and elsewhere, and there is just one thing I should like to add. As somewhat of a stranger to what we call in Toronto the area east of the Don, I found very quickly that the name of Joe Harris was a household word. The Harris family had been known there for many years, but Joe, by his readiness to serve everybody, carried the name to fresh heights. It was almost pathetic to see the confidence that anyone in that area who had any trouble
The late J. H. Harris
of any kind felt, that it could be solved if only he could get to Joe Harris and have him take it in hand.
With others who have spoken previously I hope the recollection of what he was, added to the sympathy which we all wish to express, will avail much to his sorrowing family.


Mr. J. G. Diefenbaker (Lake Centre):: Mr. Speaker, in the years I have been in the House of Commons there have been many occasions when I should have liked to say a word regarding a departed member as we have performed this solemn function year by year. This is one occasion, however, when I feel the house will agree that it is proper for me to say a word.
My mind goes back fifty years when in the one-room Plains Road school in east Toronto, in which there were twenty-seven pupils in all grades, my late father being the teacher, I met Joe Harris. Of that group in that school four subsequently became members of the House of Commons: the hon. member for York East (Mr. McGregor), the hon. member for Prince Edward-Lennox (Mr. Tustin), Joe Harris and myself.
Fifty years is a long while in one's life. Joe Harris in the House of Commons was the same Joe that I and the other serving members of that group knew so many years ago. Of him it could be said: He was a friend of the people.
The leader of the opposition (Mr. Drew) spoke of the memorial words that might be most fittingly applied to him. I think of an occasion during the early days of the war when the picnic in East York was taking place and there was a procession to the site of that picnic. Three little coloured boys stood up on the street corner on Danforth, and together they used these words: "Three cheers for Joe, the man we know and love." That was the tribute of the people of his constituency throughout the years.
Mr. Speaker, I join with the Prime Minister (Mr. St. Laurent), the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Drew) and the representatives of the other parties in extending to his widow and other members of the family my deepest sympathy. Joe Harris was a man whom members of this house without regard to party admired and esteemed, and of whom it can be said that the Toronto East General hospital to which the Prime Minister referred is his monument. Those who may come after will be able to say, as was said of Sir Christopher Wren, "If you would see his monument, look about you."

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Mr. Donald M. Fleming (Eglinion):: May I
add this brief word, Mr. Speaker. In the death of our late colleague, Mr. Joseph Harris, the weight of toil in the public service has taken its toll. We have this morning heard fitting tribute expressed to his public service, to his industry and success in business, and to his concern for the welfare of his fellow citizens. Half of his life was spent in the public service of Canada in this House of Commons, a rare record. As one who valued him as a personal friend and loyal comrade, I would say that as long as unstinting public service is appreciated and recognized by Canadians the name of Joseph Harris will be cherished in grateful memory.


Mr. G. J. Tustin (Prince Edward-Lennox):: I should like to take a minute to add a few words, since I knew Joe Harris longer than anyone in this house. I can remember that the first day I attended public school, Joe Harris called for me and we went to school together. We were in the same class throughout the whole of public school, and left public school on the same day. Since that time we have always been friends. For many years we were neighbours. Mr. Harris was born on the south side of the concession road and I was born on the north side, almost directly opposite.
I think every member of this house will agree with what has been said this morning about Joseph Harris. He was a brilliant scholar in his younger days. He continued his education, attaining a master of science degree, and used his scientific knowledge to improve the products of the firm with which he was connected. I believe everyone will agree he was a successful manufacturer and industrialist. As a tribute to his judgment I think it can be said that not once in his long business career did a strike ever take place in his plant, and he had a considerable number of employees.
In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I should like to join with those who preceded me in extending our sincere sympathy to Mrs. Harris and the members of the family.



THE MINISTRY


Louis Stephen St-Laurent: I should like to mention at this time the changes that have taken place in the ministry since the adjournment of the house last July. Hon. R. W. Mayhew was appointed ambassador and minister plenipotentiary of Canada in Japan. Hon. James Sinclair was appointed Minister of Fisheries on October 15. On the same day Hon. Ralph O. Campney was appointed Solicitor General.

I should like to table the relative orders in council dealing with those appointments, and to add that Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Campney, before taking the oaths of office as ministers of the crown, resigned as parliamentary assistants to the Minister of Finance (Mr. Abbott) and the Minister of National Defence (Mr. Claxton) respectively.



ORDERS FOR RETURNS


George Alexander Drew: In view of the fact that the Prime Minister (Mr. St. Laurent) has been tabling certain reports, I think it appropriate at this time that I should point out that eighteen orders for returns, adopted by this house, are outstanding as yet. I wonder if it is the intention to table those this morning?


Louis Stephen St-Laurent: I have not ascertained whether there are eighteen, but I know a number are going to be tabled immediately.


Stanley Howard Knowles: May I ask whether the Minister of Justice is going to table at this time any document under the Combines Investigation Act?


Mr. Garson:: Mr. Speaker, I think that it would be preferable that that should be tabled in the new parliament in order that it may be discussed there if hon. members wish to do so. It has already been made public.


Stanley Howard Knowles: The new session, I hope.


Stuart Sinclair Garson: Yes; the new session.


George Alexander Drew: Before you conclude the business of the session, Mr. Speaker, might I point out that even with the returns that have been tabled, this still leaves ten orders for returns not tabled. I would ask the government what they propose to do with regard to them, so we shall not conclude this session without knowledge as to the status of those orders for returns which were passed by this house and which the government is therefore under an obligation to place before us.


Mr. Fournier (Hull):: Mr. Speaker, we hope to have those orders tabled in the near future. Seeing that we shall be sitting continuously from this afternoon on, I do not think there will be much delay.


George Alexander Drew: 
Mr. Abboll:: They have to be.


Alphonse Fournier: The government has never refused to follow an order of the house; and in this instance we are sure we will not refuse to do so.



PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT

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A message was delivered by Major C. R. Lamoureux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, as follows:
Mr. Speaker, the Right Honourable the Deputy Governor General desires the immediate attendance of this honourable house in the chamber of the honourable the Senate.
Accordingly, Mr. Speaker with the house went up to the Senate chamber.
In the Senate chamber, the Deputy Governor General was pleased to close the sixth session of the twenty-first parliament of Canada with the following speech:
Honourable Members of the Senate:
Members of the House of Commons:
During the session which is now concluding, the quest for security for our nation and the establishment of genuinely peaceful conditions remained the principal concern of my government.
In the Far East our Canadian forces have continued to co-operate with the forces of the United Nations to resist aggression in Korea.
In Europe a formation from the Canadian army is now part of the integrated force of the North Atlantic alliance and the build-up of the Royal Canadian Air Force overseas is continuing. Defence production for our own forces and for those of our allies is steadily increasing.
You have approved a further contribution to the Colombo plan for co-operative economic development in south and southeast Asia and you have also authorized a contribution to the United Nations program for technical assistance to underdeveloped countries.
Legislation has been passed to provide for carrying into effect the treaty of peace between Canada and Japan, and full diplomatic relations have been resumed between our two countries.
A war claims commission to inquire into and report upon claims made by Canadians arising out of the last war has been established.
Provision has been made for the immediate payment of awards to certain veterans and other Canadians for maltreatment suffered in Japanese and certain German internment camps.
To meet the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the province of Saskatchewan, you enacted a measure for the control and extirpation of the disease and for the compensation of owners of destroyed animals.
Canada is now free of the scourge and my government is sparing no efforts to bring about the resumption of normal exports of livestock and meat within a reasonable period.
Provision has been made for the development of the industrial and scientific uses of atomic energy through a new crown company known as Atomic Energy of Canada, Limited.
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You have approved legislation to enable the Canadian National Railways to construct a branch line between Terrace and Kitimat in British Columbia to assist in the industrial development of that province.
The War Veterans Allowance Act, 1946, has been revised to increase allowances and permissible income. The date of the expiration of the Veterans Benefit Act, 1951, has been extended and benefits under the Veterans Insurance Act and the Pension Act have been increased.
You have approved a bill to authorize the federal government to enter into new tax rental agreements with the provinces and agreements thereunder have been made with the governments of nine provinces.
The British North America Act has been amended for the first time in Canada. The amendment altered the rules for the readjustment of representation in the House of Commons and a measure providing for the readjustment under the new rules has also been enacted.
You have given legislative effect to the recommendation by the royal commission on national development in the arts, letters and sciences for the establishment of a national library.
You have approved a program to enable Canadian scholars, selected by the Royal Society of Canada, to continue their education abroad.
The Unemployment Insurance Act has been amended to reduce the waiting period and to provide for increases in benefits payable.
You have approved amendments to the Combines Investigation Act and the Criminal Code to give effect to recommendations of the MacQuarrie committee on combines legislation.
The Immigration Act has been completely revised.
Legislation respecting the currency, mint and exchange fund has been consolidated in one statute.
You enacted measures respecting the revision of the capital structure of the Canadian National Railways, the zoning of airports and the marine and aviation war risks insurance and the reinsurance agreements. Your approval was given to a convention for the promotion of safety on the great lakes.
Amendments have been made to the Canada Grain Act; the Cold Storage Act; the Canadian Farm Loan Act; the Northwest Territories Act; the Government Employees Compensation Act, 1947; and the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act. Members of the House of Commons:
I thank you for the provision you have made for all essential services, as well as for our national defence and the meeting of our obligations under the United Nations charter and the North Atlantic treaty.
During the present session, in addition to income and other tax adjustments, it was found possible to remove certain commodity taxes entirely and to make substantial reductions in taxes on other commodities.
Honourable Members of the Senate:
Members of the House of Commons:
May Divine Providence continue to bless our country and the efforts of peace-loving peoples to maintain the rule of law among nations.
This concluded the sixth session of the twenty-first parliament.

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House of Commons Debates
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Speaker: The Honourable W. Ross Macdonald
Thursday, November 20, 1952

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The parliament which had been prorogued earlier this day met again at Ottawa for the dispatch of business.

Mr. Speaker read a communication from the Governor General's Secretary, announcing that His Excellency the Governor General would proceed to the Senate chamber at three o'clock on this day, for the purpose of formally opening the session of the dominion parliament.
A message was delivered by Major C. R. Lamoureux, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, as follows:
Mr. Speaker, His Excellency the Governor General desires the immediate attendance of this honourable house in the chamber of the honourable the Senate.
Accordingly, Mr. Speaker with the house went up to the Senate chamber.
And the house being returned to the Commons chamber:

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Romuald Bourque, Esquire, member for the electoral district of Outremont-St. Jean, introduced by Right Hon. L. S. St. Laurent, and Hon. Alphonse Fournier.
Lucien Cardin, Esquire, member for the electoral district of Richelieu-Vercheres, introduced by Right Hon. L. S. St. Laurent and Hon. Alcide Cote.

Louis Stephen St-Laurent: for leave to introduce Bill No. 1, respecting the administration of oaths of office.
Motion agreed to and bill read the first time.



SPEECH FROM THE THRONE

Mr. Speaker:: I have the honour to inform the house that when the house did attend His Excellency the Governor General this day in the Senate chamber, His Excellency was pleased to make a speech to both houses of parliament. To prevent mistakes, I have obtained a copy, which is as follows: Honourable Members of the Senate:
Members of the House of Commons:
You resume your labours on behalf of the Canadian people at a time of continuing international tension. Nevertheless, because of the steadfast resistance of our Canadian forces and their comrades in arms to aggression in Korea and because of the increasing strength of the forces of freedom in Europe, there are signs of a lessening of the danger of an outbreak of war on a global scale.
My ministers are convinced that a lasting peace can be assured only so long as the combined strength of the free world continues to be built up and maintained.
The sacrifices of those directly involved in the United Nations police action in Korea and the anxieties of their families are an inevitable and most regrettable part of the price we are paying to prevent another world war.
To meet our nation's international responsibilities certain of my ministers are attending the seventh session of the general assembly of the United Nations.
Because of the continued international tension you will be asked to approve legislation providing for the continuation of the Emergency Powers Act and you will also be asked to provide for the appointment of an associate minister of national defence.
My Prime Minister and my Minister of Finance will attend a meeting of the prime ministers of the commonwealth to open in London later this month to consider important economic and monetary problems.
Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to set June the second next as the date of her coronation.
Arrangements will be made for Canadian representation at the ceremonies and plans are being formulated for the celebration in Canada of this historic event.
Canada has been blessed this year with a record grain crop.
Our economic conditions remain favourable and the level of external trade is high. While the dangers of inflation have not disappeared, pressures have eased and it has been possible to suspend the operation of some of the anti-inflationary measures.
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Under an amendment to the income tax regulations the provisions for deferred depreciation which have been in effect since April 11, 1951, will not apply to property acquired after December 31, 1952, nor to taxation years commencing after that date.
Early in 1953 negotiations will be carried on in Washington for a new international wheat agreement to replace the existing agreement which expires on July 31, next. You will be asked to consider amendments to the Canadian Wheat Board Act.
The international joint commission has issued an order of approval for the development of hydroelectric power in the international section of the St. Lawrence river.
Because of this latest step the Canadian government has informed the government of the United States it considers that the agreement made in 1941 in respect of the St. Lawrence seaway has been superseded.
Pending the establishment of the St. Lawrence seaway authority, an engineering planning staff has been set up in Montreal to begin work on detailed plans for the seaway, and the Gut dam in the river near Iroquois is now being removed.
You will be asked to make financial provision for certain improvements to Vancouver harbour and for engineering studies of that harbour and of other possible improvements to navigation on the Pacific coast. You will also be asked to make further provision for the Canso causeway, the ferry service from North Sydney to Port aux Basques and the terminal facilities at Port aux Basques, and the new ferry service between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and Bar Harbor, Maine.
You will be invited to consider a measure to provide for federal co-operation with the provincial governments in the conservation of the water resources of Canada.
To give effect to recommendations made by the standing committee on banking and commerce at the last session of parliament and to extend its scope your approval will be sought for an amendment to the National Housing Act.
Provision has been made for the insertion in all federal government contracts of clauses prohibiting discrimination on the part of the contractor against any person in regard to employment because of that person's race, national origin, colour or religion.
You will be asked to consider a bill to make similar provisions in respect of employment upon or in connection with any work, undertaking or business that is within the legislative authority of the parliament of Canada.
A bill designed to provide greater educational opportunities for children whose fathers died as a result of war service will be placed before you.
You will also be asked to approve a bill to authorize the continuance of the Veterans Benefit Act.
Much has been accomplished since the inauguration in 1948 of the five-year national health grants program to strengthen and improve, in co-operation with the provincial governments, the health and hospital facilities available to our people. To ensure the continued expansion of this important work, my government proposes to ask you to give consideration to the extension, with certain changes, of this program of co-operation with the provincial governments.
You will have learned with regret that the library of parliament has been damaged by fire. The building must soon be vacated, and extensive reconstruction carried out, in order to guard against a repetition of this disaster. These circumstances have made the need for a national library more immediate and more pressing. My ministers have therefore taken steps to bring the library into existence with the least possible delay. A site for

the building has been chosen, and you will be asked to make provision for the necessary planning and preliminary work.
At the time television broadcasting was started in Toronto and Montreal in September, the Prime Minister announced that parliament would be asked to provide for the establishment of three additional public television stations, one in the maritimes, one on the prairies and one on the Pacific coast and that active consideration was being given to the role of private enterprise in television broadcasting.
You will accordingly be asked to make provision to enable the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to establish television stations in the Halifax, Winnipeg and Vancouver areas. My ministers have indicated to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that they are now prepared to consider applications for licences for private television broadcasting stations which may be recommended by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to serve areas which could not be served at this time by public stations, with the objective of making television as widely available throughout the country as may be feasible through appropriate co-operation between the corporation and private agencies.
A measure will be submitted designed to place the crown in substantially the same position as a private person with respect to liability for acts committed by its servants, for breach of duty arising out of the ownership or occupation of property, and for salvage claims, and also to confer upon provincial courts jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Exchequer Court of Canada to entertain certain classes of claims.
Measures respecting the payment of rural mail carriers will be submitted for your consideration.
To meet conditions resulting from the entry of the province of Newfoundland into confederation and the introduction of new methods of fishing off the Atlantic coast, a bill to revise the Customs and Fisheries Protection Act will be placed before you. You will also be asked to consider legislation to implement the international convention for the high seas fisheries of the north Pacific ocean.
A bill will be introduced to place the historic sites and monuments board of Canada on a statutory basis.
The measure to revise and consolidate the Criminal Code will be re-introduced at this session.
You will be asked to consider legislation to amend the Trust Companies Act and the Loan Companies Act to authorize companies incorporated thereunder to invest in bonds issued by the international bank for reconstruction and development.
You will also be asked to consider legislation to provide for the incorporation by parliament and for federal supervision of co-operative credit societies desiring to operate in more than one province under such legislation.
You will be asked to consider revisions of the Civil Service Superannuation Act; the Food and Drugs Act; the Yukon Act; and the legislation respecting trade marks.
Other measures to be introduced will include amendments to the Trans-Canada Air Lines Act, the Merchant Seamen Compensation Act, the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Statistics Act, the Indian Act, the Farm Improvement Loans Act, the Prisons and Reformatories Act, the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act, the Canada Evidence Act, the Judges Act, the Canada Shipping Act, the Civil

Service Insurance Act, the Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation Act and to the Territorial Lands Act.
Members of the House of Commons:
You will be asked to make provision for all essential services, and for national defence and the meeting of our obligations under the United Nations charter and the North Atlantic treaty, during the next fiscal year.
Honourable Members of the Senate:
Members of the House of Commons:
May Divine Providence bless your deliberations. MOTION FOR PRECEDENCE OF DEBATE ON ADDRESS


Louis Stephen St-Laurent: That the speech of His Excellency the Governor General to both houses of parliament be taken into consideration on Friday next, and that this order have precedence over all other business unless and until otherwise ordered except introduction of bills and government notices of motions, until disposed of.


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Motion agreed to.

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Report of the joint librarians of parliament. -Mr. Speaker.
Report of the chief electoral officer on by-elections held on May 26 and October 6, 1952.-Mr. Speaker.

Louis Stephen St-Laurent: That a special committee be appointed to prepare and report, with all convenient speed, lists of members to compose the standing committees of this house under standing order 63, said committee to be composed of Messrs. Fournier (Hull), Harris Casselman, Knowles and Weir.


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Business of the House INTERNAL ECONOMY COMMISSION
Right Hon. L. S. St. Laurent (Prime Minister) presented the following message from His Excellency the Governor General:
The Governor General transmits to the House of Commons a certified copy of an approved minute of council appointing the Hon. Alphonse Fournier, Minister of Public Works, the Hon. Douglas Abbott, Minister of Finance, the Hon. J. J. McCann, Minister of National Revenue, and the Hon. F. G. Bradley, Secretary of State of Canada, to act with the Speaker of the House of Commons as commissioners for the purposes and under the provisions of chapter 145 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, intituled: An act respecting the House of Commons.

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Right Hon. L. S. St. Laurent (Prime
Minister) moved:
That William Alfred Robinson, Esquire, member for the electoral district of Simcoe East, be appointed deputy chairman of committees of the whole house.
Motion agreed to.

Louis Stephen St-Laurent: Mr. Speaker, the house having ordered that the consideration of His Excellency's speech addressed to both houses of parliament do not start until tomorrow afternoon, I move that this house do now adjourn until tomorrow at half past two, in accordance with the amendment to the standing order adopted just prior to the adjournment of the last session.
Motion agreed to and the house adjourned at 4.15 p.m.
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Friday, November 21, 1952