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NATIONAL MARKETING ACT CANADIAN SUPREME COURT DECISION PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL PENDING (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 19th June, 8.55 a.m.) OTTAWA, 18th June. The compulsory pool marketing of agricultural products suffers a severe blow by a decision of the Supreme Court ruling invalid the National Marketing Act compelling 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 opinion. The court upheld the Farmers’ Creditors Arrangement Act, permitting the writing down of debts; the statute permitting the prosecution of merchants for unethical practices, and the minimum Wage Act, with a forty-eight hour week and a weekly day of rest. The court ruled unconstitutional the Social Insurance Act, under which workers would contribute a portion of their wages and receive doles when thrown idle. The provinces will appeal in connection with the Marketing Act to the Privy Council.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 June 1936, Page 5
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162RULED INVALID Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 19 June 1936, Page 5
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