CANADIAN MARKETING ACT
COURT'S ADVERSE DECISION c [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] e> ? (Reed. June 19. 11 a.m.) i OTTAWA, June 18. Thu compulsory prol marketing of i agricultural products suffers a severe 1 blow by the decision of the Supreme Court ruling as invalid the National Marketing Act. compelling producers of fruit., vegetables and’milk to submit ■ to control by the Government Board, - fixihg prices and regulating shipments. > The Government submitted eight reform statutes passed by the Bennett • Government for opinion. The Court upheld the Farmers’ Credi- ! tors Arrangement Ait, permitting the i writing down of debts, the statute permitting prosecution of merchants for unethical practices, the minimum wage act, the 48-hour week, and the weekly day of rest. It. ruled unconstitutional the Social Insurance Act, under which workers would contribute a portion of the wages and receive doles when thrown idle. The Provinces will appeal in connection with the Market Act to the Privy Council.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 June 1936, Page 5
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