CANADIAN ELECTIONS
OTTAWA, May 1 The Canadian Parliament has disdolved The general election is set down for June 27. The Prime Minister (Mr Louis St Laurent) set September 1 as the pro-forma date for the first session of th e new Parliament. A stack of unfinished Government business was left behind when Parliament was dissolved. The lack of passage through Parliament, however, has not blocked the operation of tariff lowering agreements, which have been in effect since 1937. Among Bills lost in the final flurry of dissolution was a measure to abolish appeals to the Privy Council and make the Supreme Court of Canada the highest judicial tribunal for’ Canadians. The Atlantic Treaty was ratified.
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Grey River Argus, 3 May 1949, Page 5
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