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January 7, 1958

LIB

John Whitney Pickersgill

Liberal
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Mr. Pickersgill:

You cannot slow down a stop.

Topic:   MAGDALEN ISLANDS
Subtopic:   REQUESTED USE OF ICEBREAKERS TO KEEP NAVIGATION OPEN
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HARBOURS

LOWER ST. LAWRENCE INQUIRY AS TO IMPROVE- MENTS IN PORT FACILITIES

On the orders of the day:
LIB

Lionel Chevrier (Official Opposition House Leader; Liberal Party House Leader)

Liberal
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Hon. Lionel Chevrier (Laurier):

I should like to direct a question to the Minister of Public Works. The Financial Post of January 4 carries an article entitled, "Ottawa Wants to Improve Four Lake 'Seaway' Ports". The article, if I may just read the first paragraph, says:

Plans for improving four upper lakes ports in time for the opening of the seaway are now before the government. They concern the lakehead, Sault Ste. Marie, Sarnia and Windsor.

Inquiries of the Ministry

The biggest changes and the most extensive works will be required at Port Arthur and Fort William.

Then the article goes on to say that a very comprehensive plan has been submitted to the Minister of Public Works. If this is the case, I commend the government and the minister upon this forward-looking plan. My question is, has the government given any consideration to or has it any plans in mind for the improvement of lower St. Lawrence ports from, say, Seven Islands right up to Montreal in the province of Quebec where, according to seaway economists, more than 50 per cent of the traffic will emanate?

Topic:   HARBOURS
Subtopic:   LOWER ST. LAWRENCE INQUIRY AS TO IMPROVE- MENTS IN PORT FACILITIES
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PC

Howard Charles Green (Minister of Defence Production; Minister of Public Works; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Progressive Conservative Party House Leader)

Progressive Conservative
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Hon. Howard C. Green (Minister of Public Works):

Mr. Speaker, wherever there is a request for a survey of potential developments in a port, the Department of Transport and the Department of Public Works co-operate to have a survey made by their economic branches. Requests of this type have come from the lakehead cities, from Sault Ste. Marie and Windsor, and investigations have been made by the officials of the two departments. We also are looking into the situation at Father Point on the lower St. Lawrence, but I do not believe there has been any request from other centres on the St. Lawrence for an investigation.

Topic:   HARBOURS
Subtopic:   LOWER ST. LAWRENCE INQUIRY AS TO IMPROVE- MENTS IN PORT FACILITIES
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LIB

Lionel Chevrier (Official Opposition House Leader; Liberal Party House Leader)

Liberal
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Mr. Chevrier:

I understand there have been from Three Rivers and Seven Islands. Does the minister say no?

Topic:   HARBOURS
Subtopic:   LOWER ST. LAWRENCE INQUIRY AS TO IMPROVE- MENTS IN PORT FACILITIES
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PC

Howard Charles Green (Minister of Defence Production; Minister of Public Works; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Progressive Conservative Party House Leader)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Green:

Not to my knowledge.

Topic:   HARBOURS
Subtopic:   LOWER ST. LAWRENCE INQUIRY AS TO IMPROVE- MENTS IN PORT FACILITIES
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CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

INDIAN AFFAIRS

On the orders of the day:
CCF

Colin Cameron

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
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Mr. Colin Cameron (Nanaimo):

I have a question for the Minister of Justice, but in his absence perhaps his parliamentary assistant can take it as notice. Has the department yet had a report on the disastrous fires on two Indian reservations during the Christmas holidays, one near Duncan and one near Vancouver, which caused considerable loss of life? Is the department making an inquiry into the living conditions on those reservations to which the fires are attributable?

Topic:   CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Subtopic:   INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sub-subtopic:   INQUIRY AS TO FIRES ON RESERVATIONS
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PC

David James Walker (Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. D. J. Walker (Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Justice):

I shall be very happy to accept the question as notice.

Topic:   CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
Subtopic:   INDIAN AFFAIRS
Sub-subtopic:   INQUIRY AS TO FIRES ON RESERVATIONS
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OIL-RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES

On the orders of the day:
LIB

Lester Bowles Pearson

Liberal
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Hon. L. B. Pearson (Algoma East):

Mr. Speaker, I should like to ask the Secretary of State for External Affairs whether a note

of protest has yet been sent to the United States government in respect of the action taken by that government restricting oil imports into the United States.

Topic:   OIL-RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES
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PC

Sidney Earle Smith (Secretary of State for External Affairs)

Progressive Conservative
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Hon. Sidney E. Smith (Secretary of State for External Affairs):

Mr. Speaker, the answer is no. It has not been prepared yet. It is in the process of being drafted.

Topic:   OIL-RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES

STATEMENT ON REPORTED INTEN- TION TO INCREASE GIVE-AWAY PROGRAM

On the orders of the day:

January 7, 1958