The Ontario Scrapbook Hansard

Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 6 Apr 1944, p. 7

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A'.m\ C Legi eds Busi gislature Speeds Business With E P ti I ye on Proroggtion, At 2 o'clock this morning the 21st, Starting two hours earlier than Ontario Legislature had decided to'usu;l in dthe aftern(_aont.hthfg H}c:use s 7 a6 h made good progress in the five--hour adjourn to 2 ocloc"k' this aftglnoon1day session, and resumed at $ p.m. to put through unfinished estimates. Twenty--eight bills received third Further adjournment will be made'reading, to Wednesday, when prorogation is Lieutenant--Governor A l b e r t expected iMattheu{s was on hand to prorogue f \the Legislature. This procedure is oX € unusual, though not unprecedent-- ed. In most years the business of 'the House is finished at a night |session and prorogation takes place \the following day. An out--of--town |engagement this afternoon, made some time ago by the Lieutenant-- Governor, compelled a change in plan. There were 102 bills introduced in the session. Nine were with-- drawn, five were defeated, and one was partly added to another bill. Eighty--seven bills passed through all stages, not a record, although the largest legislative program in some years.

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