1. Has the Department of Agriculture made any inquiries during the last two months from any trucking company in Ontario concerning the cost of trucking milk from Niagara Falls to Toronto?

2. If so, what is the purpose of this inquiry?

Hon. J. J. Greene (Minister of Agriculture):

1. No.

2. N/A.

1. What grants have been paid by the federal government for the construction of the "Cite etu-diante de Hull", situated in the municipality of Lucerne, in the county of Gatineau?

2. What grants will be required in order to complete the said project?

Hon. Judy V. LaMarsh (Secretary of State):

I am informed by the Department of Manpower and Immigration as follows: 1. To date the following contributions have been approved or made toward the Cite etudiante de Hull:

Apprenticeship centre Total cost $1,653,702

Federal share 1,127,776

Ecole secondaire polyvalente

Total cost $7,450,000

Federal share 5,303,505

April 3, 1967

Questions

The apprenticeship centre is complete. The secondary school is now under construction.

2. The federal government has not yet had proposals for participation in other buildings and cannot estimate possible total contribution.

1. In each of the last three years (a) how many unemployment insurance offices have been closed and at what places (b) how many new offices have been opened and at what places?

2. In each of the last three years (a) how many national employment service or manpower offices have been closed and at what places (b) how many new offices have been opened and at what places?

Hon. Judy V. LaMarsh (Secretary of State):

I am informed by the Unemployment Insurance Commission and the Department of Manpower and Immigration as follows: 1. (a) 1964, none; 1965, 18; 1966, 47.

The offices closed in 1965 were at the following locations: Asbestos, P.Q.; Blairmore, Alta.; Cowansville, P.Q.; Drumheller, Alta.; Edson, Alta.; Estevan, Sask.; Farnham, P.Q.; Flin Flon, Man.; Forestville, P.Q.; Gananoque, Ont.; Lachute, P.Q.; Liverpool, N.S.; Lloyd-minster, Sask.; Minto, N.B.; Mission City, B.C.; Picton, Ont.; Ste. Anne de Bellevue, P.Q.; Weyburn, Sask.

The offices closed in 1966 were at the following locations: Abbotsford, B.C.; Arnprior, Ont.; Beauharnois, P.Q.; Brockville, Ont.; Buckingham, P.Q.; Carleton Place, Ont.; Co-bourg, Ont.; Courtenay, B.C.; Dauphin, Man.; Dolbeau, P.Q.; Duncan, B.C.; Fort Erie, Ont.; Napanee, Ont.; Nelson, B.C.; New Liskeard, Ont.; North Battleford, Sask.; Parry Sound, Ont.; Perth, Ont.; Portage-La-Prairie, Man.; Port Alberni, B.C.; Port Alfred, P.Q.; Port Arthur, Ont.; Port Colborne, Ont.; Fort Frances, Ont.; Gaspe, P.Q.; Goderich, Ont.; Grande Prairie, Alta.; Inverness, N.S.; La Tuque, P.Q.; Lindsay, Ont.; Listowel, Ont.; Louiseville, P.Q.; Magog, P.Q.; Maniwaki, P.Q.; Midland, Ont.; Quesnel, B.C.; Renfrew, Ont.; Springhill, N.S.; Sturgeon Falls, Ont.; Sussex, N.B.; Swift Current, Sask.; Sydney, Mines, N.S.; The Pas, Man.; Tillsonburg, Ont.; Trail, B.C.; Wallaceburg, Ont.

(b) One new office was opened in 1966 at Castlegar, B.C.

2. (a) None, (b) Manpower centre was opened in Williams Lake, B.C. in the year 1966.

1. In what location will the office building in the city of Ottawa, for which $500,000 is provided in the estimates for 1967-68, be erected?

2. For use of what departments of government will the building be allocated?

3. When is it anticipated that this building will be (a) commenced (b) completed?

4. What is the estimated total cost of the building?

5. How many square feet of space will be provided in the building?

Hon. G. J. Mcllrailh (Minister of Public Works):

1. Tunney's Pasture.

2. The space will be used to meet the overall forecast needs of several departments. No allocation of space to specific departments has been made.

3. (a) Late autumn, 1967. (b) Early in 1969.

4. It is not customary to reveal the estimated cost before tenders have been called.

5. 200,000 net square feet.

Referring to page 434 of the estimates for 1967-68, how is the item of $5,710,000 not required for 1967-68 for accommodation services in Ottawa made up?

Hon. G. J. Mcllrailh (Minister of Public Works):

Vote 15

Ottawa-Administration building for Department of Agriculture-to complete $ 900,000

Ottawa-Central experimental farm -improvements to central heating plant-to complete 75,000

Ottawa-Confederation Heights- site development and improvements 315,000

Ottawa-Dominion Bureau of Statistics Building-alterations 120,000

Ottawa-Experimental station for fresh water resources branch of Department of Mines and Technical Surveys 100,000

Ottawa-J ackson Building-improvements to elevators-to complete 100,000

Ottawa-National Library-to complete

3,200,000

April 3, 1967

Ottawa-Norlite building-alterations and improvements-to complete 200,000

Ottawa

Parliament Buildings centre block-improvements 100,000

Ottawa-Purchase of, and alterations to property at 7 Rideau Gate 200,000 Ottawa-R.C.M.P. headquarters

buildings-improvements-to complete 160,000

Ottawa-Tunney's Pasture-improvements to electrical distribution system 140,000

Ottawa-Virus laboratory-addition

and alterations-to complete 100,000

1. When was the government wharf at Sambro, Halifax county. Nova Scotia, built?

2. What is its shape, and its length and breadth?

3. At the time it was built, how many fishing vessels used the same, and what was their approximate average length and tonnage?

4. At the time it was built, what limit if any was imposed on the weight of vehicles using same?

5. What moneys have been spent on the wharf since it was built?

Hon. G. J. Mcllraiih (Minister of Public Works):

1. The government wharf at Sambro was built in 1911, rebuilt in 1935 and in 1951, and extended in 1957.

2. It is "ell" shaped, having a stem 289 feet long by 20 feet wide and an ell 49 feet long by 20.8 feet wide.

3. We have no records of the number and size of vessels using the wharf during the year it was constructed.

4. The first recorded load limit was in 1935 when it was 150 pounds per square foot and concentrated load of 5 tons.

5. An amount of $66,391 has been spent on this wharf since it was built.

1. What progress has been made toward the construction of a new federal building at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia?

2. Has a site been secured and, if so, from whom and at what cost?

Questions

Hon. G. J. Mcllraiih (Minister of Public Works):

1. The proposed accommodation areas required have been approved.

2. Not yet.