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Date: 1905-03-21
By: Canada (Parliament)
Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 10th Parl, 1st Sess, 1905 at 2840-2841.
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PROVINCIAL AUTONOMY IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES—PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTS.

Hon. W. S. FIELDING (Minister of Finance). The House will hardly desire to proceed further with the Orders. Before moving the adjournment, if any hon. gentleman has nothing else to bring up, I desire to submit some papers to the House. I lay on the table a copy of the School Ordinances of the Northwest Territories, chaps. 29, 30 and 31, passed in 1901. I also lay on the table a memorandum giving a summary of legislation relating to subsidies to the provinces. These are documents which have been asked for by hon. gentlemen opposite. They are both printed, and will be in the distribution office to-night or to-morrow morning. I have sufficient copies to-night to hand a few around. I also submit a statement showing the areas of the provisional districts of the Northwest Territories, and other information with respect to lands in the Northwest Territories, numbers of settlers and so forth, these being papers which were asked for. They are not in printed form, and I think it would be better to suspend the rule at once and ask the House to agree to have them printed. I would therefore move that the rule be suspended for the purpose of having these printed.

Mr. FOSTER. Is that all? Is there nothing else to come before the House in connection with the Northwest Territories?—Because the First Minister promised that before the sitting closed we would have something with regard to amendments to the Bill.

Mr. FIELDING. Immediately on the adjournment I will send to my hon. friend a copy of the amendment, which will be placed on the notice paper. I do not think I

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need to read it, but I will furnish my bon. friend at once with a copy.

Motion agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Fielding, House adjourned at 11.25 p.m.