Thomas Andrew Low (Minister of Trade and Commerce)
Liberal
Mr. LOW:
The amount was exactly the
same in 1921, $8,500.
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LIB
CON
Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
My Hansard
shows that in 1921-22 the vote was $5,000.
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LIB
Lewis Johnstone Lovett
Liberal
Mr. LOVETT:
I think I can explain the
apparent difference. There was one boat in 1921-22, and afterwards another boat was put on and $8,500 was the subsidy given both boats.
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CON
Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
Is there any
difference at all?
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LIB
Thomas Andrew Low (Minister of Trade and Commerce)
Liberal
Mr. LOW:
Some years ago the service was
performed by one company with two boats; now two companies have separate contracts, one for $3,500 and the other for $5,000,
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CON
Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
Mr. Chairman,
the hon. member for Digby and Annapolis (Mr. Lovett) thinks I am wrong. The vote for 1920-21 was No. 192, "St. John, New Brunswick, and ports on the bay of Fundy and Minas basin and Margaretville, N.S., steam service between." As I read it, that combination service was $5,000. What is the reason for the increase?
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LIB
Lewis Johnstone Lovett
Liberal
Mr. LOVETT:
The vote for $3,500 is in
my constituency; the vote for $5,000 is in the constituency of the member for Kings, N.S. (Mr. Robinson). I know that $3,500 is the subsidy for the service in my constituency, and it has been the same for a long time.
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CON
Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
If the minister
does not know', I suppose it is no use holding up the vote. This is simply another unexplained increase.
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Item agreed to. St. John, Westport and Yarmouth and other way ports, steam service between, $10,000.
CON
Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
What is the
service at this point?
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LIB
Thomas Andrew Low (Minister of Trade and Commerce)
Liberal
Mr. LOW:
The service is for seventy
round trips. Seventy-three and a half trips were made last year. There were 1,611 passengers and 6,985 tons of freight carried. The subsidy has been the same for the last six years.
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Item agreed to. St. John and Weymouth, steam service between, $1,500.
CON
Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
When was that put in?
Supply-Trade and Commerce
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LIB
Thomas Andrew Low (Minister of Trade and Commerce)
Liberal
Mr. LOW:
In 1923. The contract is with
the Weymouth Transportation Company, for one year. It provides for a weekly service. The Nova Scotia government pays a subsidy of $2,000.
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CON
Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
What business
is there?
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LIB
Lewis Johnstone Lovett
Liberal
Mr. LOVETT:
This boat plies between
Weymouth, Freeport, Westport, Tiverton, Little River, New Edinburgh, Plympton, and many other places where there is no rail connection. It is a very small subsidy. This boat is not making any money; the contractors just about broke even last year.
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CON
Henry Lumley Drayton
Conservative (1867-1942)
Sir HENRY DRAYTON:
What was done before 1923?
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LIB
Lewis Johnstone Lovett
Liberal
Mr. LOVETT:
I am not able to say what was done before, but I know that this subsidy is to give the people a much needed service.
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