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" intend," he went on, "to con- tinue to exert my efforts and raise my voice on behalf of, the people of Northern Ontario and in the de- 'velopment of tho resources of that jgreat North country. This Govern- 'ment has. done more tn .d'eveIOp the natural resources of Northern On- [ tarlo than any previous Government. it 1eaveithe department {owing that 'nv'ery snort has been upended llhere. and thr members who haw rommenced this propaganda will find out that what I have said is true." Mr. MCCrca's Disclaimer. "The honorable member said these things would come out later," said the Speaker. I". Chas. McCrea, Minister of It! tytttrrmrd the Home that tt 111.1191}: was lnslnuatlng that momMn or the House were Involved ttog did not apply ii, Sim. Concerning Mr. Lyons's reference to the legal profession. Hon. W. E. Raney said: "I suggest that the hon. orable Minister be more specific. He has either said too much or too lit- tle." Mr. Radey insisted that the impu- tations should be brought out at Onoo. "I think," said Mr, Sinclair, re. torting. "I should be able to go as far as the Minister of Mines. The insinuation doesn't apply to me." Answers to Some Questions. Later in the day, following the announcement of Mr. Lyons's resitp. nation from the Cabinet, a number of the questions involving relations between the Government and the Lyons Fuel and Supply Co.. Ltd, - questions which have been on the order paper of the 'Houae unan- swered since the early days ot the tgeaaion---were replied to by the Prime Minister. A . - _ _ . He went on to say that while he considered a great deal of the talk was politityr.. he had no regrets to express. but would take the situ- ation as he found it. and accept it gracefully. He declared that he would not leave the House at the presentijme. butwould remain there for the session. and that he hoped to present to the House a review of his department since he in As it over and that it would be a creditable showing not only for himself but for the Goveitment.' That Mr. Lyons's statements ap- plied to tho legal profession on the Government side of the House was the opinion expressed by W. E. N. Sinclair. Liberal Leader - an opin- ion to which Premier Ferguson raised objection. A member oriherHouse, he con-f |-tinued,. who was a member of the! 'legal profession, was entitled by' law to do business with the Gov- (ernment on behalf of a client. They iwere legally privileged to do busi- =ness with the Government respect- ing timber limits and mining prop- erties. and they were in a position to use their influence. " can say from actual experience." he de- clared. "that some ot them do not hesitate to use their influence. If .a member of the legal profession is 'entitled hv law to accept a retainer :0! $10,000 from a pulp and paper (company or a mining company, on gany company.' it is only reasonable in my mind to assume that he is going to use every' effort that he 'can put forthto get the best trans- actions he can secure for his clients. But. while he can do so legally. un-' fortunately. owing to the fact that! your humble servant happens to: own some stock in a company that, might possibly do business with the Government. he s deprived of that privilege and must ot necessity re- sign or carry a load of suspicion." i [Members and Timber Limits.' It ivas' impossible for a Minister to tollowan the transactions of his de- partment and they were in a posi- tion to use their influence. He went on to any that there were members of the House- _who held timber limits from the 'Government purchased through his department, find that members Well realized that if." "MT-1'13}; _ (Progressive. Oxford "esdaq. Jeiiizigé. my 13min; that the that re- arch 'Lhd In reply to D. J. Taylor (Progres- sive, Grey North). Mr. Ferguson stated that the Government. had pur- chased one lot in Sault Ste. Marie as Crown Land for $25,000, that other land had been bought there for an aerodrome site for $15,000. and other property for $4,500. Ask- ed whether Mr. Lyons had recom- mended these expenditures, it was stated he had recommended only those that came into the considera- tion of his department. Answering a further question by Mr. Taylor and queries_by A. P. Mewhinney (Lib- eral. Bruce West) and R. H. Kemp (Progressive. Lincoln), Mr. Fergu- son stated that tho Government had built an aerodrome at Sault Ste. Marie. at a, cost of $131,000. The contract had been given to J, J. Fitzpatrick. the lowest tenderer. A question as to whether Fitzpatrick had purchased material "from the Lyons Company was answered with the reply that he trot the material from any source he desired. North) was told that [allowing an established policy. the Government had offered to pay a certain portion of the cost of paving u "all in Sault Ste. Marlo. 13" my WM. Mr. Lynne rerWitet. Th; not; "been done by tho McNam'n Q9913 prion fir,; an: lowest ",tegt in .000 awn; Gen paid. II n as to whether the Lyons "a ttlt'lLti.i ply Co., Lam. or Mon. Mr. Icons Ot" mm member of his family sup- plied the tiles or vemont for the work. and for further information along this line was answered by thr statement that the Government couldn't undertake to say whom the contracting ttrm purchased supplies, from.