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House of Commons, 8 December 1947, Canadian Confederation with Newfoundland

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HOUSE OF COMMONS

Monday, December 8, 1947
The house met at three o'clock.

REPORTS AND PAPERS

Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister): Mr. Speaker, I desire to lay on the table the following documents:
Two copies in English and in French of :
(A) On general agreement on tariffs and trade-
1. Speech of the Prime Minister in London, England, on November 17, 1947.
2. Final Act of the second session of the preparatory committee of the united nations conference on trade and employment, held at Geneva from April 10 to October 30, 1947, and related documents. (Treaty series 1947, No. 27).
3. Schedule V to the general agreement on tariffs and trade.
4. Press release of November 17, 1947, with respect to the general agreement on trade and tariffs.
5. Schedules of tariff concessions to the general agreement on tariffs and trade.
(B) On emergency economic measures-
1. Speech of the Minister of Finance in Ottawa on November 17, 1947.
2. Order in council P.C. 4678 of November 12, 1947, with respect to import restrictions.
3. Order in council P.C. 4858 of November 20, 1947, amendments to the foreign exchange control regulations.
4. Explanatory notes on import restrictions.
5. Foreign exchange control regulations with respect to travel by Canadian residents.
6. Notes on travel restrictions.
7. Summary of proposed tax measures.
Order in council P.C. 3573, September 2, 1947, appointment of the Hon. Milton Fowler Gregg, a member of the King's Privy Council for Canada, to be Minister of Fisheries, vice the Hon. H. F. G. Bridges, deceased.
Order in council P.C. 4443, October 30, 1947, appointment of Ralph Maybank, Esquire, M.P., K.C., to be parliamentary assistant to the Minister of National Health and Welfare.
Order in council RC. 4444, October 30, 1947, appointment of Walter E. Harris, Esquire, M.P., to be parliamentary assistant to the Secretary of State for External Affairs.
Order in council P.C. 4445, October 30, 1947, appointment of Paul Emile Coté, Esquire, M.P., to be parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Labour.
Order in council P.C. 4446, October 30, 1947, appointment of Robert McCubbin, Esquire, MP., to be parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Agriculture.
Order in council RC. 4447, October 30, 1947, appointment of Gleason Belzile, Esquire, M.P., to be parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Finance.
Order in council RC. 4448, October 30, 1947, appointment of Robert H. Winters, Esquire, M.P., to be parliamentary assistant to the Minister of National Revenue.
Copies in English of the report of meetings between delegates from the national convention of Newfoundland and representatives of the government of Canada.
Copies in English and in French of terms believed to constitute a fair and equitable basis for union of Newfoundland with Canada should the people of Newfoundland desire to  enter into confederation.
Copies in English and in French of the "Letters patent constituting the office of the Governor General of Canada, effective October 1, 1947, with appendices reproducing documents relating to the office of the Governor General of Canada in effect prior to October 1, 1947" and an explanatory press release issued by the Prime Minister on October I, 1947.
Report in English on the audit of the accounts of the federal district commission for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1947.
Right Hon. L. S. ST. LAURENT (Secretary of State for External Affairs): Mr. Speaker, in compliance with section 2, subsection 3 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, 1945, I wish to table order in council of September 5, 1947, whereby Robert Broughton Bryce was appointed alternate governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Hon. J. J. McCANN (Minister of National Revenue): In accordance with standing order 84 I desire to lay on the table the annual report of the Department of National Revenue for the year ended March 31, 1946, in English and French. I wish to report further, with [...]

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Canada. House of Commons Debates, 1875-1949. Provided by the Library of Parliament.

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Selection of input documents and completion of metadata: Gordon Lyall.

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