SETBACK IN CANADA
COMPULSION' PL A* PRODUCE MARKETING POOL (Received June 19, 9 a.m.) OTTAWA, June 18. Compulsory pool marketing of agricultural products has suffered a severe blow in a decision by the Supreme Court. The ruling invalidates the National Marketing Act, which compels producers of fruit, vegetables, and milk to submit to control by a Government board fixing prices and regulating shipments.
The Government submitted eight reform Statutes passed by the Bennett Government for the opinion of the Court, which upheld the Farmers' Creditors' Arrangement Act, permitting the writing down of debts, a Statute permitting prosecution of merchants for unethical practices, and the minimum Wage Act, providing for a 48hour week and a weekly day. of rest, and ruled unconstitutional the Social Insurance Act, under whicii workers would contribute a portion of their wages and receive doles when thrown idle. The provinces will appeal in respect to the Marketing Act to the Privy Council.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 9
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155SETBACK IN CANADA Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 144, 19 June 1936, Page 9
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