1. How many persons of Indian ancestry have been evicted or otherwise removed from reserves in Alberta during each of the years 1951 to 1956 inclusive?

2. How many of these cases were represented by legal counsel?

3. Does provision in law exist with respect to the federal government providing legal counsel to act for persons threatened with expulsion from Indian reservations under terms of sections 9-12 of the Indian Act?

4. If not, is consideration being given by the department to provide this service free?

Answer by: Hon. J. W. Pickersgill (Minister

of Citizenship and Immigration):

1. 1951-none.

1952- none.

1953- none.

1954- none.

1955- none.

1956- none.

2. None.

3. No.

4. The policy has not been to provide legal counsel for either party involved in protests over Indian status or band membership. However in the case of the recent appeal in Alberta, it has at the request of the appellants been agreed to pay reasonable costs of their counsel; and the department is prepared to take similar action in the case of those who lodged the protest.

What amounts were paid to the province of Prince Edward Island in each year since 1945 in (a) subsidies on potatoes; (b) subsidies on feed grain; (c) bonuses on hogs and lambs; (d) subsidies on ground limestone and fertilizer?

Answer by: Right Hon. J. G. Gardiner

(Minister of Agriculture):

(a)

1946-47 . .. $ 17,000

1947-48 . . . 28,000

1949-50 . .. 586,000

1951-52 ... 78,000

1954-55 . . . 2,385,000

1955-56 . . . 6,000

The above payments were made to producers or organizations in Prince Edward Island for the benefit of producers of potatoes and to assist in marketing the Canadian potato crop, including payments for storage warehouses.

(b) Amounts paid in freight assistance on shipments of feed grains into Prince Edward Island:

Fiscal year:

1945-46 $ 405,317

1946-47 457,543

1947-48 422,611

1948-49 398,528

1949-50 363,430

1950-51 374,669

1951-52 349,383

1952-53 398,674

1953-54 328,946

1954-55 261,903

1955-56 417,646

(c)

1946- $ 67,035

1947- 75,040

1948- 111,332

1949- 113,658

1950- 130,686

1951- 129,613

1952- 138,234

1953 102,857

1954- 112,095

1955- 110,332

1956- . 97,289

The above hog premiums paid to Prince

Edward Island producers were calculated from gradings according to origin.

No bonuses were paid on lambs.

(d) Amount of assistance paid to the province of Prince Edward Island on the distribution of agricultural limestone:

Fiscal year:

1945-46 $ 22,577

1946-47 24,077

1947-48 18,654

1948-49 22,485

1949-50 25,192

1950-51 23,174

1951-52 30,532

1952-53 30,431

1953-54 34,127

1954-55 32,985

1955-56 37,563

No information available on a provincial

basis for subsidies on fertilizers, discontinued in 1947.

1. What cities and towns in Canada have letter carrier service at present?

2. How many letter carriers are there in each of those cities and towns?

Answer by: Mr. Kirk, Parliamentary Assistant, for the Postmaster General:

1 and 2. See following statement.

Questions

Number of letter carriers (not including supervisory

Location letter

carriers)

Amherst, N.S 6

Arvida, P.Q 5

Barrie, Ont 9

Belleville, Ont 14

Brampton, Ont 6

Brandon, Man 13

Brantford, Ont 30

Brockville, Ont 8

Burlington, Ont 12

Calgary, Alta 145

Campbellton, N.B 4

Cap de la Madeleine, P.Q 6

Charlottetown, P.E.1 8

Chatham, Ont 15

Chicoutimi, P.Q 14

Chilliwack, B.C 6

Cobourg, Ont 5

Collingwood, Ont 4

Corner Brook, Nfld 6

Cornwall, Ont 16

Don Mills, Ont 7

Downsview, Ont 23

Drummondville, P.Q 12

Dundas, Ont 6

Edmonton, Alta 170

Edmundston, N.B 5

Flin Flon, Man 5

Fort Erie, Ont 4

Fort Frances, Ont 4

Fort William, Ont 21

Fredericton, N.B 12

Galt, Ont 13

Glace Bay, N.S 12

Granby, P.Q 9

Grand Falls, Nfld 3

Grand-Mere, P.Q 5

Guelph, Ont 20

Halifax, N.S 73

Hamilton, Ont 126

Hull, P.Q 20

Joliette, P.Q 6

Jonquiere-Kenogami, P.Q 11

Kamloops, B.C 8

Kelowna, B.C 8

Kenora, Ont 4

Kentville, N.S 5

Kingston, Ont 24

Kirkland Lake, Ont 6

Kitchener, Ont 34

Leamington, Ont 5

Lethbridge, Alta 19

Levis, P.Q 11

Lindsay, Ont 8

London, Ont 73

Magog, P.Q 5

Medicine Hat, Alta 13

Number of letter carriers (not including

supervisory

Location letter

carriers)

Midland, Ont 5

Moncton, N.B 17

Montreal, P.Q 770

Moose Jaw, Sask 17

Nanaimo, B.C 12

Nelson, B.C 6

New Glasgow, N.S 7

New Westminster, B.C 42

Niagara Falls, Ont 25

Noranda, P.Q 3

North Battleford, Sask 5

North Bay, Ont 13

Oakville, Ont 12

Orillia, Ont 9

Oshawa, Ont 25

Ottawa, Ont 150

Owen Sound, Ont 10

Pembroke, Ont 8

Penticton, B.C 7

Peterborough, Ont 26

Portage la Prairie, Man 5

Port Alberni, B.C 6

Port Arthur, Ont 21

Port Colborne, Ont 8

Port Credit, Ont 17

Port Hope, Ont 4

Preston, Ont 6

Prince Albert, Sask 13

Prince George, B.C 8

Prince Rupert, B.C 6

Quebec, P.Q 107

Red Deer, Alta 8

Regina, Sask 63

Renfrew, Ont 5

Rexdale, Ont 6

Rimouski, P.Q 6

Riviere du Loup, P.Q 4

Rouyn, P.Q 5

St. Catharines, Ont 34

St. Hyacinthe, P.Q 11

St. Jean, P.Q 11

St. Jerome, P.Q 7

Saint John, N.B 31

St. John's, Nfld 21

St. Therese de Blainville, P.Q 4

St. Thomas, Ont 14

Sarnia, Ont 29

Saskatoon, Sask 43

Sault Ste. Marie, Ont 20

Scarborough, Ont 37

Shawinigan Falls, P.Q 14

Sherbrooke, P.Q 28

Simcoe, Ont 5

Smiths Falls, Ont 5

Sorel, P.Q 9

Stratford, Ont 12

Questions

Number of letter carriers (not including supervisory

Location letter

carriers)

Sudbury, Ont 32

Swift Current, Sask 6

Sydney, N.S 16

Thetford Mines, P.Q 7

Thorold, Ont 6

Timmins, Ont 15

Toronto, Ont 839

Trail, B.C 10

Trenton, Ont 7

Trois Rivieres, P.Q 17

Truro, N.S 7

Val d'Or, P.Q 5

Valleyfield, P.Q 9

Vancouver, B.C 391

Vernon, B.C 6

Victoria, B.C 88

Victoriaville, P.Q 5

Ville Jacques Cartier, P.Q 33

Wallaceburg, Ont 6

Waterloo, Ont 8

Welland, Ont 15

White Rock, B.C 6

Willowdale, Ont 33

Windsor, Ont 88

Winnipeg, Man 205

Woodstock, Ont 12

Yarmouth, N.S 6

Yorkton, Sask 5

2. If so, for what purpose is the building required, and how many junior ranks is it designed to accommodate?

Answer by: Hon. R. O. Campney (Minister of

National Defence):

1. Yes.

2. As part of the home station development program, this building will provide canteen and light recreational facilities for corporals and privates. It is of standard design for an establishment of upwards of 800 junior ranks.

How much income tax was collected in the last full year, for which records are available, on incomes of (a) $3,000 or less; (b) $3,000 to $6,000; (c) $6,000 to $10,000; (d) $10,000 and over?

Answer by: Hon. J. J. McCann (Minister of National Revenue):

Income tax collections are not broken down by the incomes of the taxpayers. Income tax returns filed by individuals however are analysed in this way, and an analysis of returns filed for the 1954 taxation year shows the tax payable assessed as follows:

Income group

under $3,000

$ 3,000 under 6,0006,000 under 10,00010,000 and over

Income and old age security tax payable $207,428,000

449.531.000

133.303.000

307.130.000

1. Have rural route and/or suburban mail services been established in communities in Hestigouche and Madawaska counties. New Brunswick, in 1956?

2. If so, where?

3. Have rural route and/or suburban mail services been approved for implementation in 1957, in communities in Restigouche and Madawaska counties, New Brunswick?

4. If so, where?

Answer by: Mr. Kirk, Parliamentary

Assistant, for the Postmaster General:

1. No.

2. See answer to No. 1.

3. Yes.

4. Campbellton suburban service No. 1. Campbellton suburban service No. 2.

1. Has a contract been awarded to Burns and Dutton Concrete and Construction Company, Limited, of Calgary, Alberta, for the construction of a junior ranks building at Sarcee Camp, Alberta?

Question No. 138-Mr. Hansell:

1. Have any persons in Canada, during the past three years, refused to pay income tax on the grounds that the Income Tax Act is ultra vires of the parliament of Canada and therefore unconstitutional? If so, how many?

2. What action, if any, has been taken to collect the tax and with what result in each case?

Answer by: Hon. J. J. McCann (Minister of

National Revenue):

1. Records of the taxation division are not kept in such a way as to make it possible to answer this inquiry. Occasionally taxpayers have alleged that the Income Tax Act is ultra vires. However, since this question was settled by the judicial committee of the privy council in 1924 in the case of Caron v. The King, this argument has not been accepted by any court.

2. In any cases where this argument has been raised, the same actions have been taken to collect the tax as in any other cases where the taxpayer had either neglected or refused to pay the tax.

1. In the province of Nova Scotia and by counties, what was the number and aggregate amount of loans authorized by the Canadian farm loan board, for the year ending 31st of March, 1956?

2. In the province of Nova Scotia and by counties, what was the number and amount of loans made by the Canadian farm loan board, from the inception of the act to the 31st of March, 1956?

Answer by: Hon. W. E. Harris (Minister of Finance):

1 and 2. Information on the basis of counties is not available. For the province of Nova Scotia as a whole the answers are:

1. Thirty-six loans for an aggregate amount of $123,700.

2. Fourteen hundred and sixty-three loans for an aggregate amount of $2,673,400.

Mr. Matheson:

1. Has the Minister of Labour or his officers, or the unemployment insurance commission, had any indication in the past year of an increased interest in the problem of providing unemployment insurance for paid agricultural workers?

Questions

2. Has any further study been given to the extension of unemployment insurance benefits to cover these workers?

3. Is any study being given now to the provision of a scheme of unemployment insurance to cover paid farm workers on a voluntary basis or otherwise?

Answer by: Hon. Milion F. Gregg (Minister of Labour):

1. Yes.

2. A study has been conducted for some time to seek a method for covering paid agricultural workers.

3. Yes, the study is being continued in co-operation with the Department of Agriculture.