Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
Yes.
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LIB
CON
William Alves Boys (Whip of the Conservative Party (1867-1942))
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. BOYS:
Why was $285,000 required?
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LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
That was the estimated cost by the engineers of the department.
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Item agreed to. Agencies-rents and contingencies, $212,000.
LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
The increase of $2,000 there provides for the statutory increases in salary.
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CON
Richard Burpee Hanson
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. HANSON:
How many agencies are
there and where are they located?
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LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
There are eight agents located as follows: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick. Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Montreal, Parry Sound, Victoria and Prince Rupert.
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CON
Richard Burpee Hanson
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. HANSON:
Why is it necessary to
maintain a separate agency in the province of Prince Edward Island? That must be a very small territory. It seems to me it could be yoked up with either Nova Scotia or New Brunswick.
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LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
That agency covers the northern coast of Nova Scotia and the northern coast of New Brunswick as well as Prince Edward Island and the Magdalen islands.
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CON
Richard Burpee Hanson
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. HANSON:
The New Brunswick agency only covers the Bay of Fundy?
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LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
The Bay of Fundy and
as far as Lockeport in Nova Scotia.
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CON
William Alves Boys (Whip of the Conservative Party (1867-1942))
Conservative (1867-1942)
Mr. BOYS:
What are the agencies for,
what work do they perform?
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LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
For placing and maintaining necessary aids to navigation and other work. All the lightkeepers and the vessels employed in placing the buoys are under the control of these agencies.
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Item agreed to. Salaries and allowances to lightkeepers, $650,000.
LIB
Auguste Théophile Léger
Liberal
Mr. LEGER:
I should like to ask the
minister if the lightkeepers were given any increase in salaries last year?
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LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
No. I must admit that there have been requests for increases in the salaries of the lightkeepers, and their case is deserving of consideration. The only reason for not yielding to these requests is economy and the disinclination of parliament to increase any expenditure at the present time. I may say that my hon. friend from Brandon (Mr. Forke) told me that he desired to plead for the lightkeepers when this item came up. The question of increasing salaries is under consideration.
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PRO
Arthur John Lewis
Progressive
Mr. LEWIS:
Are these men under the
Civil Service Commission?
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LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
The most of them are.
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PRO
Arthur John Lewis
Progressive
Mr. LEWIS:
Would they get the customary statutory increase if they were under the Civil Service Commission?
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LIB
Ernest Lapointe (Minister of Marine and Fisheries)
Liberal
Mr. LAPOINTE:
There is a minimum and a maximum salary provided in every class and they are getting it year by year.
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