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In introducing the resolution on

the Redistribution Bill and the ad- dition to the Senate which,inter alia, provides that the representation of no province in the Commons shall be less than its representation in the Senate, thus giving P. ii. Island 4 members as at present instead of 3,to which if, \vill be entitled on the basis of population, Premier Borden made the following reference to P. E. Is- land’s claim:

The provision will have application L_ t f C ada the “esac” on

at this time only to the province of Prince Edward Island. That prov- ince, as we know, has made strong claims that its representation ought toreontinue at six, the number al- lotted to it at the time it entered (‘osfederation. The term; of the Or- der in Council under which i’rince Edward Island was admitted to the union are plain and unambiguous. That province has rested its case

CASE

'Prince l-ldward Island and the Do- minion 0( Canada in 1873 is cou- cerned, this committee did not con- sider the matter and when they re- ported upon it they were not justi- fied in stating that there was no- evidence. I repeat there_ was ample evidence. _I I This matter has been put before this Parliament before on several oc- icnsions. In 1903 it was before Par-

Iliament and at that time it was agreed to submit to the Supreme

()l1I` 0 Hfl Q \\hcther Prince Iidward Island was entitled to s representation of six.’ .The Supreme ('uurt decided that, ac- 'cording to the letter of the law, 'Prince Edward Island was not en- Ititled to any more than the Parlia- ment of Canada was then conceding, 10 it_ llut the Supren-.e Court did, not enter upon the merits of the case. The chief justice stated: I

upon certain written communicationsi It might be _that if WHS I-he \m’, prim- go the ‘unionl amyaino upon _pressfon of Prince _Edward Island at, the well knouai feeling in tho island,i-il” fimv. in UW mlflds Of U10 Public, at that time thu the pi-nvinnn men when they consented to this,

should not enter the union with

that they did not Gxpellt n dccrease,I

lass thnn six members. The Com-,but that is not a consideration ini mittee on itcdistribution, whose re-,thc iniifffvfetstlvn Oi 8 Clear -'Wt Of port will be under consideration at P1\rli8m0“t~ _ a later stage today, have not foundl That I °°nc°d°- Them Wa? “U ev" themselves able to recommend that 119006 b'3f0¥'0 thi' Supreme (0lUft at the representation of Prince Edward the time and the J'Udl-.205 \\'0I`€ Simply 1s1nnd'slni1i he continued sc sixfcivins n decision upon the wording

but they have made this unanimousici the British X0"th Qmericu Act

recom.'nendation, which commends itself to my judgment for the rcas-I ous I have already mentioned. There- forc I have embodied it in the pro- posed resolution, and I trustit will receive the favourable consideration

of thc House. I Mr. A. A. Mci.|-IAN (Qucen's, P,

E. I.): I am sorry that the com- lnitiicc to whom this rcni'cscntnt.ion' Bill was refi'i'i'cd did not src eye to eye with thc i'cpi'ci-uuitutivcs from| l’rince lildwnrd Island who presented thc case of that province before the cornmittce. It is nn old story in this House und in the country thc mon-t ner in which the province of I'rim-.c' Edward Island refused to enter into Confederation in 1864. 'l‘ho rcfusnl was based upon the question of rc- presentation. Thu confvrcnen com. posed of reprcscntutivcs from Vppor and l.o\vcr Unnndn., Now Brunswick and Novn -\`cotin, ofloivul to Prince lddwnrd lslnnd u. i'epr1=s"ui.:itioi\ of five in the liousc of f‘ommons. 'l`l\is the dclcirutcs from |'|‘iucc lfldwurd ls- land absolutely refused, and gnvc valid reasons for their refusal. The U(.\n`."l‘fd\vurd Palmer, who wus one 0f'\.hc u\en‘,‘>ers of the fl'1vi‘rii1.‘ut ut that time, spoke at the Quebec c'-u- fercnce as follows:

lfcprcsmitntion ‘.y populn' ion is

not applicable when n rrert-rin' ul mbcr of provinces are throwing up their self-government and individuality. When n colony surrenders that right she should have something commen- surate in the Uonfcderntion. Why give up so great certaintics wlwre \-.-n have only u. feeble voice. I never un- derstood lhut uny proposition at Charlottetown wus to bc binding us tu representation by population.

My right hon. friend the lcadcr of

the Opposition today mnde thc state- ment that the representation had to be based on population. It seems to me, from my reading of the history of Confederation tlint that was not the idea in the several conferences which took place previous to 1867. We have the speeches of the rcprcsn- tatives of Prince Edward Island at the conferences denying that that principle should be adopted in setting their representation in the House of Commons. l’rincc l-Idward Island, principally on that ground, held out until 1873. '|`hcn we had Earl flrnnvillc asking the llominion of ('anadu to round out the Confed- eration nnd bring in I’rincc Ed\-.ird Island. A special request was made by the British Hovernnient that gcn- erous treatment should be given to Prince Edward island. What was Prince Edward Island asking for? There was only one thing that we were asking for and that is that the representation should be six instead of five and that is what was ollered by us to the delegates from the dif- ferent provinces previnus to 1867. When the delegation cam: here from Prince Iiduvzird Island in 1873 the question which was put to the (lov- crnment of Canada was. Will you concede ns six representatives in the Ilouse of Commons? There is a re- cord of what took place; it wus put in writing, it is entered upon the journals of the House of Commons nnd upon the journals of the House nf Assembly of Prince Edward Is- land. It has been stated to me sev- eral times hy some of my colleagues that there was nn evidence to go hc- fore thc committee to which this llill was referred of any arrangement or understanding whcrcby n representa- tion of six was to be granted to Prince Edward Island in 1871!. There is ample evidence; there is the evi- dence of the records of Parliament and of the House of Assembly. Here wo are sitting ns a supreme court of justice and the committee to which the Bill was referred is a part of this House. The evidence was sub- mitted to the members of that com- mittee and when they report that they would not be instilled in re- commending a representation of six they are committing an error. There was ample evidence of the fact that Prince Edward Island is entitled to six. This report, in my opinion,was simply s matter of expedlency. They were not, in any way, entering into the merits of the case. This report does not deal with the merits of the

in regard to the recom-

which would apply to

that is, that

" in

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and the resolutions which were pass- ed by the Imperial Parliament ad- mitting Prince itdward Island into the union in 1873. fl`hcy were hound by thc words of that .\ct. The coun- sel, Mr. Willinnrs, stated:

It is not entirely an imprcssion.If,

wc can give you the express wording of the Act to show what was thc meaning of it in the minds of the confcrcnce.

The (lhicf Justice: 'l‘he framers of the .\ct may have intended ai diilcr-, ent meaning fron-_ the mind of the llritish Parlianieiit. | Thcrc is no doubt thnt thc mon'

who were coniu‘<-ted with the frnniiiig of this .ict did intend that Prince l-Idward Island should have n ccl"`°‘. sentation which would not be de- crcnsed below six. That is conceded on all hands. Iiut thesc hon. gcntlc- n-.v-n say that it would not he cx- prdicut to give Prince lildwnrd ls- lnnd the nuinbcr to which she is en- titled und iolcuve Nova \`eutia,T\e\v lirunswick :ind some otlier provinces without nny incrcnse. I do not tl'lr\k¢ that is the wny this Parliament nhould enter into the discussion of the Act or fo undertake to decide the mutter. 'l’hc mutter should be looked at fnirly und squarely and _lusticc and right should bc done. \ou must view the rmttci' in thc proper' light und you must treat it ns the people concerned at the time intended it should be treated. When this question was before the House in 1907 the ritiht hon. lender Of I-hi! Opposition stated that if it were proven that :i mistake had been made in the drafting of thc resolutions nd- mitting Prince Edwnrd Island into the union it should bc rcmcdicd. '|`hc right hon. gentleman, addressing the House in 1907, ‘Hnnsard,’ volume 2, page 2199, said:

For my part I say without hesita-

tion that this is a matter in which we can afford to he generous. Even if the balnnce of representation by population be not absolutrrly and niinutely kept, oven if Prince lildwnrd Islnnd or Nova Scotia or New Brunswick should have one or two members on the floor of this House

beyond the number provided by theI original constitution, the granting of such excess of representation would perhaps be a gracious nnd generous act and one which would redound to the benefit of confederation. But this House ought to hesitate in puss- ing judgment until it has before it; the views of all the provinces ailect- cd.

That was showing a proper spirit.

The matter came up upon a resolu- tion asking the House to declare that the Maritime provinces should

retain the representation which they

had when they entered Confedera- tion. The leader of the Opposition, who was then the leader of the Gov- ernment, thougbt that more time should he taken ,hy the House to consider this matter, and he said thnt, aftcr consideration, he had no doubt that Parliament would act in a generous manner in order to pre- vent thcse provinces from losing their representation. _

At that time the hon. member for

Picton (Mr. Macdonald) also made some noteworthy remarks. He was of opinion that the representation nf Prince ltdwurd Island should bo re- stored to six. 'l`hc question was dis-

' s he is a man who does not

HIOUSE GF

the Confederation of/Canada lasts.I have no doubt that is the opinion of the hon, rn-savior for Picton today,

becau e rapidly change his mind; and I would ask him today in this House to give a declaration to the sanw effect as he gave at that time. `

There are other hon. gentlemen v\'~l1_0

have taken part in the discussion of this matter at various times in this House, and, who have expressed sim- ilar views to those expressed by the hon. member for Plctou; and I have no doubt that, if the matter were fairly presented to the members of this House today there would be on- ly one opinion on both sides, name- ly, that a contract was made in 1873 between the people of Prince Edward Island and the Dominion of Canada whereby that province for all time to come was to have a repre- sentation in the House of Commons of six members. It is my intention, before this nratter goes before tlie‘ committee, to move a resolution. In doing so I think I would be derelict in my duty if I did not strongly urge that this resolution be approv- ed by this Parliament. The resolu- tion would provide that the original representation of Prince Edward Is- land in the Commons, of' six mem- bcrs`he restored.

At one o'c1ock, the llouse took rc-

CCHS.

'l`hc llouse resumed at three

0'Cl0cl'&.

Mr. A. A. Mc|.E.\N: lleforc -recess

I mentioned that it wus my inten- tion to move this amendment in

number

.-nt:

il: It

all d llil' allott- would

influeucs will not,

that of Cau-

through the the report

would

dve

‘ed to us in the

not give this there, but as

increase_ _so

ada, there is a

operation of one

that our live

dwindle down to

That is what happened. These men

five and it was the principal objec- tion in the Legislature -of Prince lidylard Island in 1865, immediately after the contention of the delegates of _Prince lildward Island for a repre- sentation of sx was rejected by the delegates from the other provinces in the Quebec conference. Mr. Duncan goes on and says:

Taking all these points into con-

sideration, therefore, it s clear to me that we have nothing to gan and much to lose by adopting the Quebec scheme.

It may be said we are a small

province, ~nnd that we today are only on a level with any three other con- stituencies in any other part of the country. I do not look at thc mat- ter in that light at all. We were a separate province; we had certain valuable rights and privileges as a

committee:

tb) Prince lédwnrd Island shall bc,

entitled to be represented in the House of Commons by six mcn~.hcrs.I The rcprcscntation to be increasedn under the provisions of the British; North America Act., 1867. l‘rince county shall constitute one district' to bc designated 'Prince county dis-' trict’ and return two mciiihei's;l (.lucen's county shull cousti- I tutc one district und be designated ‘Queens county dis- trict and return two members; und Kings county shnll constitute one dirJti'ict, to be designated ‘Kings county dinlrict' und return two mom- bers.

When the resolution asking for the

udluissiou of Prince I-Idward Island to the l`nion was passed by this l"nrlinrr.cnt and sent to the lmpcrial l'nrlinment and thcrc mndc law, it provided that each of the counties should return two members. This is what I now ask to ho incorporated in this resolution.

There is no doubt that, if you take

this Order in (`ouncil of the Imper- ial iiovcriiment of thc 26th .lune, 1873, the resolution of this Parliu, ment, und the resolutions of thc Leg- islature of Prince Edward Island, you will find that the clear :-nd dis- tinct intentiou of the Legislature end of this Vurlinnicnt was f‘ int lrince Edu-'irri fslnnd should Luv/: mu-iiuum rcprcrentntion of six m_'°.|r|bcrs; other- Iwisc, why was it stated that cacli county should return two n:1'ml|crs'?

The provision in the iwolrltioii of

this l’arlir.ment,

That the population of Prince Ed-

ward having been increased by 15,000 since thc year 1861, the island should be represented in the House c.-f('on-.- mons hy six rminhcrs; the repsesen- tation to be readjustcd from totirre under the provisions of the British North America Act, 1867, \-'ns not intended to be in that form. Phe insertion of the word ‘read1ust' was an error. It was agreed between the Dominion Government and the Prince Edward Island Government that the island should have an irre- ducihlc representation of six, similar to British Columbia. It was not in- tended that the representation could be reduced under the Provisions 0! tnenritisn North America"Act. It was contended, in this HOU" Bom” time ago that we should have been reduced in representation in 1881, but that it was found that there was no record of a census of the island for 1871. That 'could never have been -successfully contended. 9-B ills resolution passed by this Parliament on the 20th May, 1873, distinctly de- clnrcs that the island's population, 'as shown, by the census of 1871,’ was 94,021. The resolution of this Parliament is incorporated into and forms part of the Imperial Order in (louncil admitting the province into the union. The population being on- ly 94,021 in 1871 we could not pos- sibly he entitled to a representation lof six in this llouse if it were the in- |tention of the agreeing parties that the tcrniri of the 51st section with ru-

cusscd in all its phnses; all the cvi- dence was presented to the House, und tho hun. member for Picton had nn opportunity of hearing the argu- nu-:nts pro and cnn and of reading the evidence adduced by the mem- bers who nrgucd in favour of Prince Edward Island. This is what the hon. member for Picton said at that time: i Whether' you are dealing with the ordinary affairs of life or whether you nre dealing with constitutional problems and constitutional rights which perhaps should be given a higher regard than the other; it is only common- sense and fair-play to say that the people of Prince Ed- vard Island who were given six mem.- bers in 1873, although they had no right to that number according to the unit of population, are entitled to preserve that number of six mem-I bers right through so long as the

Confederation of Canada lasts. I Hers is a strong Fha hnn

gentleman, was as can

with of Prince

members fo

,There wus no .lnstiflcntinn in giving -us six members in the first instance with our then population if the con- tracting parties thought for a mo- ment that the provisions of the 51st ,section with regard to readjustment applied. You must read all the docu- lmcnts, all the records .together and thus judge the case. My opinion lis that any fair-minded man will ad- mit after reading all the docu- ments and correspondence that the intention was t_o g ve the island a minimum representation of six. 'l`he ,Order in Council provides that each county should return two members. In 1881 Sir John Macdonald was pre- mier. He had a full knowledge of

In-hat passed in the Confederation ,conferences and subsequently. I-Ie' ‘negotiated the terms of union in 1813

and he evidently thought when the redistribution Bill was passed in 1882 that Prince l".dwnrd Island had a minimu representation of- six, otherwise he have

ilve All have

ma times. 1865

eythe

and

was

separate colony, we were asked to give those rights away; We made un agrccrrrnt with_thc Do inion Hov- ernnicnt that certain of these rights should be grunted away for all time. we wanted n representation of six nicrnbcrs in the Parliament of (‘ai1- udnus one of thu considerations and wc would not go into the union un- lcrs we got a representation of six. 'i‘lio Iruperiul l’ai'liament through one of its principal oflicers, said: Be

.ncncrous to Prince l-Idwurd Island.

'|`liey wcre generous; they gave us one nzorc 1'.-pirsrntativc than we were entitled to. 'l‘hat.solcmn compact should bc rntliicd by this I‘arl nmcnt _toduy, by inserting the amendment which I rrnd, in ihc resolution which ils going to the Impcrini Psrliu- uicnt for rni,iilcution.- This will only be '.lo‘n': what in air and just. We |:< t s x mr-mhers then. Arc wo any less \mpui‘l‘.ui\t today than we were in N711? _ I rio far ns wealth is concerned, we have gone nhcsd with rapid strides; ‘in proportion to our extent of terri- tory, we have ndvnnccd perhaps more rapidly than any other part uf Can- aria; yet our representation is now io be .rsduccd to three. The eest of Canada has increased in population to a very considerable extent. With- in the lust few years the tcrritoi-y of Ontario has been increased by 150,- ,000 square miles. We see by the leg- islation which is before us that two

,new const tucncies are opened up in -Northern Ontario; two have been 'opened up within the last two years, Ilziy reason of the addition of 180,. 1000 square miles in 1897 and of the |Unguva territory in 1912, the popula- ,tion of Quebec is rapidly increasing. In 1912, in the Act ceding Ungave to

Iwucbec, they were given their new Irepresentation. llutside of the 65,

which is the ivotal number r on

` P P _

Iwhich the representation of Canada.

is based, they are getting additional

lrepiioentatives for the territory which

'was igrentefl to them in 1912. If Iyou read the discussions which took Place not only at Quebec, but in tho diflerent legislatures of the Provinces Iat tho time of Confederation, you ,will see that the wlioletheme of the discussion was that the representa-

Ition was to he based upon the vari- ous conditions existing in and the influences acting upon the provinces. if the provinces gave away certain rights. they were conceded certain rights. Bone hon. gentlemen say that the basis of (‘on-federation is representation by the population, but ths Pfillresentatlves from Prince lid- `ward Island never com'-zded that. 'Ihc province Of Manitoba also got n large extent of territory, and their population is increasing very rnpidly, But nothing is given to the other provinccsln respect of this grent -gn. 1-reuse of tsrriipry. altbou ‘h there is a provision in tho British North America Act that in the case of in- crease, diminution or alteration of ii¢l'I`it0|`Y in respect of any province, provisions respecting the effect and operation of such increase or diminu- tion or alteration of territory in re-

spect to re-adjustment should apply.l“t|°" t0 UW l’f0Vif\0" 8f|0“il€~i there-

by muet bc considered, Although the three provinces which I have nnrnsd have ’ho"n largely increased in nrgn by the addition of territory, nn non- sideration is given to that in so far ns the Maritime provinces nrs con- cerned. This is a matter which the Brit irh North America Act clearly states

shoutld Le considered 'by this Parlia- nun . ‘ = We had ,_ in our terms of

Cczlc-deratiori wo should be Dro- vid ~:l with steam com- municatlon,

Prince

the

is -3

consider- discussion s It 'was

the

ll

WB!

of the Island

the

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were objecting to a representation of,

year |

,‘Newfoiiu~'.llaud in and of clearing up

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ver n 1'.. -nature nwwnfmnoewhichwok M* fl time sn alas.,

an I pr. ' 'i .f:i»;-, ' .Q ._ . " ' . c L '»&'~.l“§5i»¢-.eiiisisfihad _=~.'f.»~_¥'.’».._*=»~1»._f»@-_=fi~f »:1i€'\ii.\=._~.'§‘_i`il». n»<f1:f'i§3r;i->i’._»»»1~ ns .SE

gerrl will he flllllifld-_ ‘. _ _.f in-. sri;A.K_I#R_= lllfiwl s_uge°~¢ to, the lien. ni_ern-'o_qr‘ t-his-t he is rather: wanderin ` away from t-he mation'

. _ , B B 5 _ statement, but In deference to you, Mr. Speaker, I- shall not continue to'

to the colony of Neivfoundland. In myiopinion it would be n, g00d thing

thin not only for the people of

the mninland had not been fuli*li7i!.!, and because the representation which

cd to U81 We are living contiguous tn the colony of Newfounidland; we have trade comnluuicatlons with them; we have close commnrei-al relations with them? rn extgfnsive trade is carried on with Newfoundland. Notwithstand- ing the fact that it was known by the representatives of the people in ' this House that the terms of Confedera-

to stand from year to year. Is it any wonder that the people of New- foundland did not make any ap-

coniercncn met at Charlottetown, the delngates from Newfoundland were there, and we were in hopes at that time that Neufoundland would como into the Confederation. But they snw how Prince lrldward Isla-nd was Using treated. thc conference. would not grant what Prince Edward Island asked for, an-fl Newfoundland backed out also. They were in hopes nt that time that they woulfl gctiihe conces- sions for which they 'askcd, ‘hut thoir icnuests were refused by the delegates from thin othir pro\inc'.,|s. Now we hnve the 0Dl\.ortuu'ityI 07 bringing

all the olijections and grievances nf the provinces which did enter into tho union. Give to Prince Edward Is- land, New Brunlswrick and Novn Sen- tia what this pcop`|3 at that time thought they were getting. Be gener- ous, ns the right hon. len-der of the/ Opposition said here in 1906. .ovcn though you may concede ,. litlle morn' th- u you think that people -are entit- lcd to. If you are |r-“-l\€¥'0U¢-ii if you I n to Prince Edward Island, what, I con.~'idrr_ she is entitled to,| you will be heruldirlg to the wor‘i?l the fnct that you arc uct-

ing in n generous wmv and the poo- ple cf Newfoundland will see that Canada is desirous of fulfilling the contract which she entered into with the people. On .'\ug\.lst 18, 19, and

s¥°!'¥ sian of whom. ,that-s

contract Wal 'randi-"t:h|'1'i9` W9 9110.514."

nays that ra1u~esentauoe;_ let this Parliament show tp ths_puspie'- ,of_New-

now' nv?-nfs eng appear' ~ `_iojnrniiltind, tlnsngd borhgvhg;i;‘h:tiiitgu_ Mr.Me_;.nA,N:_IriunxintitnssP"9°““ - °"“W-x ° n certain coninection with this me.tt`er DQ\,Ui“i°n is W4“'|°3 Bild. 30110118 and .nn fiat." 1 ir v i ri-in so more on ‘resin to 'H151-*=1\°~~°°“*=’e°_*° “ies

werp entered into with Prince Edward Island at that time. Then you will

discuss the matter sip ` that iinej 5”” "M th” P°°l’1`° Of N°Wf°“°,‘““°‘1 Refepence is mme ‘I5 ¢ni,`res¢.i'n_ will probablynlaktf ii different view

of the deslrauility of thtdr entering into Confederation’ with us.

ifwe were to obtain the consent of I k“°Y' that tm' m°°é‘“'° has 5°” Newf undla d to their entering' int ii'-1'-l`°d“°°'3 by th°_1'“d°"` 0' th* G°"'

0 ll 0

uns oonreasrseior. n would in s good °'I°m°°t and that Bib: lfivvepimeut

are bound by it. u t re s_ no

NewFou|;diand, but for the ple of 1“_W which We °°“°°t change' N°"_‘ ,J-,,,,,,,,,,--,,,,, ,,,,,n_ I ,,,,,,,,"‘§‘,’,,,., the withstanding me ian use uns some nie rea-1 mon why the colony of mittee represented that there °h°“1<1 Nnwfsnndisnd did not some into the be sr§“f€‘-'1 to MW Pf°vi“°° r°P\`°°°“*~ Iunictn is becauns the tem, D4 gonwp ation in this l'I0use egnal to W-hat it ,eration in respect of communication hai in the Senate, still there is no between I-‘rinsze Eduard Island and \`f-45°" Why this G°v°""m‘7”t' in my

opinion, should not add the clause which- I read to the House a few

was agreed upon has n-nt bsen ccnced- l m‘,’m°§n.5 '-"EV ‘think it Wm *(9 °“1Y<

fair, Just and right t-hat this Govern- rpent should do. that 'Z-n fumlmmlt Of the solreinn contract that was made with the people of Prince Edward Is- land in 1373-

Motion agreed to, and House went

into committee on the resolution, Mr. Murphy in the Chair.

On section 1, subsections 3 and

4 f the draft Bill

tion had not been carried. out with 9 ' ` the island, the matter was allowed' (3) The ““"‘\’“' '71 P°";°§°t Whgm

by section 26 of the sal c , he (ldvornor General muy, upon the di- rection 0f the King, arid to the

r.rh 1; tl~ Gover m~nt fC. d senate, is increased from three or D 0 ss ci? t mthelr eldtcirin othibndiidx 9" t" four or °“5`ht' mpmsenung

1 ~ - - f . . fI;d;f,,I?f(~n7 (fn 1g(;4_ whens tm, first equally the four divisions of Canada.

(4) In case of such addition being

uf; any time made the Governor fien- oral shall not summon any person tn the Sen-ate, except upon the furth- er Iiko direction _i-_'y the ning on the

like recommendntilon, to re{Jr.esent one of the four divisions nnti such division is reprret-n.ted by the twenty- four senators and -- "\0I`0»

Mr. A. A. McLb}AN2 I beg to movn that the fo'|‘_owing clause iic n¢ld€d to tho resolution..n.t the end tl|_crcof; Prlncn lildwnrd Island shall be en-

titled tn he represented iirtho House ol’ L‘¢,n1iii;ns ‘oy six n':cuib'cr_s, the representation to be iucrcnsed u-ndcr tha provision cf fha British North America Act, 1867!.

Prince Uounty shall constitute one

district to lie designated ‘Prince county district' nnd return two mem- hors.

f..luern's county shall constitno one

district to he designated 'Queen`s county dl-»tri0t, nnd return two mem hers, King's county shall constitute one district to be drsignatcd 'King’s county district. ulnd return two mem- bers.

While ll nDpr_cC_-lute the concession of

four representatives for Prince Ed- ward Island ns is provided in the last clause of the resolution, I sub- mit that the original bargain should be recognized and carried into enact.

20 next _we propose to have R cele- ,The Government deserves great cred-

bration in Prince Edward Is1¢m_d_ of \it___ for thfis concession which is of

>., . .1 =. wi saw..-i._=nwv1°dP»s¢°r an ri , as 2°5°5i‘ii=°i»l`=§ i.in3iii§fvw*`I3i*c_.&‘-_ ‘f»§“_--.“ii’@;¢- °'“¥-P%“°r;g,»*§;e9g “Ju _ __ _ $d;f-:digg _:~_i°" °' .zinunus stmmfnioenlniepiion up gg the-n_,_. ve_an»_` ¢1_ _°.~s| _ii%et1vg._- that the w-r.~.1~°L_nniqn_ in that ne- psprugnmtien ot B115 in tlii_|.,_ H°s%§§;, Eali. A., ._ Mv__EAI_i (Q\iaep,_»"ei~in¢,

_. . Mend) mov . i _

ment, _ _ _,Pd n. amend 'That the lr°P9l\%¢\°“ -he. not mv, rw! » »é¢°=1.<i tim hutfuiac the anis” be reteritcd, lnvlc to the commute, with instructions time may h,_,'v°’,,,°,,,_ er tqanitnd the same as follows: 1 143°). P"'“°_° Erlvsrrl Island shsu be entitled tn be represented in 'the House of Commons by 9,-X members, the representation to be 'increased under _ the pi-nvi. sions of ‘the British North America Act, 1867.’ Prince county shall con- stitute ohe district to lv! .designated Prince county dllfstrict' and return twonvmbers; Queens county ,nan 0UnS_'¢ii1'-ite one district, to be degig. nate_d Queens county district and re. turn' two msnibers: ann King, nonmy ,shall constitute one district to he designated Kings county district and return two members, ‘ ' ` 'Amendment nesatlved, :potion agre- ed' to and 1¢9&91\lti0n read the second timsto -'m1end the 'clause by adding at the end of the section relatingitn ,prmca EdW3l`d Iilslrd the following:

Provided, th-ut if the British North

America. Act, 1867, should be amend. ed by the Parlianumt of the United Kingdom, in accordance with the address dl both Houses of Parlinmsnt of Canada in that behalf, passed at 1:-he present session, immediately upon the Act of the I’arl'ia~men-t of the United Kir.'gdom amrnding tho ssh-1 British Nerui America Act, 1867, in accordance with sucu address coming into force, there shall be in the pw. vince of Princo Edward Island three electoral districts defined as follows’ ' (1) The county of Kings shalnl form and constitute the electoral district .nf Kings and shall return one mem- ber.

(2) The county of Prince shnii

form nnd constitute the electoral dis- trlst of Prince and shall return one iueniber. ' /

(3) The County of Qllenens shall

form and constitute the olectral dis- trict of Queens audi shall return two members. ' '

That' would provide for the exist-

ing condition of things irr_|med'lul.e‘ly upon the Imperial Act coming into force. _ ‘

1 see no reason Why it slloluld not

be done. '

Mr. BORDICN: And save legislation

next year. Perhaps my hon. friend will let it stand- and have the Bill read the third time to-night, and I will consult with the Minister of Justice in regard to the matter. I 'do not see any objection to the pro- posal; it seems to mo rather.appro- priate. I do not know whether my hon. friend from Pri-nee Edward Is- land has considered it or not-

MI‘. A. A. IVIACLEAN-I wng vigt

sure whether the resolution would pnss in the senate whore it now is, and if it dlild not, I supposed that the Bill would pass us it is, and that the amendment, if it were necessary, woulrrl require tn lm moved tomorrow on the third reading. That is the reason I divd not move it tonight. I h d the matter in mind but did not

H ' .` - consider this the proper time to m0ve |my .an-iendment.

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