24 Quebec, 24 the Maritime Provinces, 24 the Western Provinces and 6 Newfoundland. Until 1965, Senators were appointed for life but in accordance with an Act passed on 2nd June 1965, Senators appointed after that date will cease to hold their position on reaching 75 years of age. The qualifications for Senator include the possession of property worth $4,000, age not less than 30 years and residence within the province for which he is appointed. The House of Commons consisted originally (1867) of 181 elected members. This number has been increased by additions on the accession of new provinces and as the result of increase in population. Representation in the House is reviewed decennially, and a new Act was passed in 1966, to take effect upon the dissolution of the 27th parliament. The provincial and territorial representation as it now stands is given below: Ontario 88; Quebec 74; Nova Scotia 11; New Brunswick 10; Manitoba 13; British Columbia 23; Prince Edward Island 4; Saskatchewan 13; Alberta 19; Newfoundland 7; Yukon Territory 1; Northwest Territories 1; Total 264. There is no property qualification; the age qualification is 21 years. A Parliament lasts five years if not sooner dissolved. The Parliament of Canada has exclusive legislative power in certain specified matters; these include public finance, trade regulations, postal services, currency, coinage, banking, navigation, defence, criminal law, bankruptcy, copyright, patents, naturalization and Indian affairs. The Judges are appointed by the Governor-General in the superior, district and county courts throughout Canada, except in the probate courts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCES The first Federal Provincial Conference to review the Constitution was held in Ottawa in February 1968 under the Chairmanship of the then Prime Minister, Mr Pearson. A Continuing Committee of Officials and a Secretariat were established to help the process of review which has been carried forward since that time in further conferences, meetings of Ministers, and meetings of officials. The second Conference held in February 1969 under the Chairmanship of Mr Trudeau reached agreement that the process of the Constitutional review should be carried on at an accelerated pace. It was agreed in particular that Committees of Ministers and of officials should examine specific aspects of the review, especially in regard to financial issues and the distribution of powers generally; official languages; fundamental rights; regional disparities; reform of the Senate; reform of the judiciary; and the establishment of a Canadian Capital Region. A working session of the Conference at Prime Minister level held in camera in June 1969 resulted in a measure of agreement on the distribution of taxing and spending powers. A third public Conference was held in December 1969. The main item discussed was income security and social services, the Federal Government's views on which were incorporated in a white paper published before the Conference. The various aspects of the subject were referred to Committees of Ministers and of Officials for further study. Items on taxation and regional economic disparities were referred to the Continuing Committee of Officials. The Conference also considered progress reports from the Committees of Ministers on Fundamental Rights, the Judiciary and Official Languages. The Conference also agreed to meet in camera in February 1970 to discuss non-constitutional matters, such as the economic situation, pollution and the report of the Tax Structure Committee. The February Conference was addressed by the Chairman of the (Federal) Prices and Incomes Commission who appealed for assistance from the Provinces in combating inflation. There was a large measure of agreement on the part of the Provinces, although it was argued and recognised that the economic situation in the various Provinces differed considerably and that the extent and nature of action might differ. The Conference also discussed without reaching specific agreement the subjects of tax-sharing, water pollution and agriculture in the Prairies. THE GOVERNMENT Pierre Elliott Trudeau succeeded Lester Bowles Pearson as Leader of the Liberal Party and as Prime Minister on 20th April 1968. In the General Election on 25th June 1968 the Liberal Party, which previously had operated as a minority Government, was returned with an overall majority. Members returned were Liberals 154, Progressive Conservatives 72, New Democrats 23, Creditistes 14, Independent (the Speaker) 1. GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF His Excellency the Rt Hon. Roland Michener, CC, CD CABINET Prime Minister: Rt Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, PC, MP Minister of Manpower and Immigration: Hon. Allan J. MacEachen, PC, MP Hon. Charles M. Drury, PC, CBE, DSO, QC, MP Minister of National Defence: Hon. Leo Cadieux, PC, MP Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce: Hon. Jean-Luc Pepin, PC, MP Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of Canada: Hon. John N. Turner, PC, MP President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada: Minister of National Health and Welfare: Hon. John C. Munro, PC, MP Postmaster-General and Minister of Communications: Hon. Eric W. Kierans, PC, MP Minister without Portfolio: Hon. Otto E. Lang, PC, MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION Hon. Robert Stanfield, PC, QC, MP SENATE OF CANADA Speaker: Hon. Jean-Paul Deschatelets, PC Leader of the Government in the Senate: Hon. Paul Martin, PC, QC PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE Principal Secretary: Marc Lalonde PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to Chief Science Adviser: Dr R. J. Uffen DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT Deputy Minister: O. G. Stoner DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs: A. E. Ritchie Associate Under-Secretary: Paul Tremblay CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT President: M. F. Strong DEPARTMENT OF THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL Deputy Solicitor-General: E. A. Côté Commissioner of Penitentiaries: A. J. MacLeod, QC DEPARTMENT of Public Works Deputy Minister: J. A. MacDonald DEPARTMENT OF MANPOWER AND Deputy Minister: L. E. Couillard TREASURY BOARD Secretary: (Vacant) DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE Deputy Minister: S. S. Reisman Comptroller of the Treasury: H. R. Balls DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL Defence Deputy Minister: E. B. Armstrong Chief of Defence Staff: General F. R. Sharp, DSO, CD Chairman, Defence Research Board: Dr L. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TRADE AND Deputy Minister: J. H. Warren DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL Revenue Deputy Minister (Customs and Excise): R. Č. Labarge Deputy Minister (Taxation): Sylvian Cloutier Deputy Minister of Welfare: Joseph W. Willard DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE Under-Secretary of State: Jules Léger DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND FORESTRY Deputy Minister: A. W. H. Needler, OBE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Deputy Minister: S. B. Williams DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND Deputy Minister: J. F. Grandy DEPARTMENT OF SUPPLY AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS Chairman: W. W. Buchanan ATOMIC ENERGY CONTROL BOARD President: Donald G. Hurst ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. President: J. L. Gray, cc AUDITOR-GENERAL'S OFFICE Auditor-General: A. M. Henderson, OBE BANK OF CANADA Governor: Louis Rasminsky, CC, CBE Inspector-General of Banks: W. E. Scott CANADA COUNCIL Director: Peter Dwyer CANADA DEPOSIT INSURANCE Chairman: Antonio Raninville CANADA LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD Chairman: A. H. Brown, OBE CANADIAN ARSENALS LTD. President: J. S. Glassford CANADIAN TRANSPORT COMMISSION President: Hon. J. W. Pickersgill, PC, QC CENTRAL MORTGAGE AND HOUSING President: H. W. Hignett, MBE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER Chief Electoral Officer: J. M. Hamel COMPANY OF YOUNG CANADIANS Executive Director: Claude Vidal CROWN ASSETS DISPOSAL CORPORATION President: J. Miquelon, QC DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS Dominion Statistician: W. E. Duffett DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE Superintendent of Insurance: Richard Humphrys ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF CANADA Chairman: Arthur J. Smith EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION President: H. T. Aitken FARM CREDIT CORPORATION Chairman: G. Owen IMMIGRATION APPEAL BOARD Chairman: Miss J. V. Scott INFORMATION CANADA Director: J.-L. Gagnon INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE President: Dr W. D. Hopper INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION Chairman (Canadian Section): A. D. P. Heeney, CC, QC MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Chairman: Dr G. Malcolm Brown NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE Director-General: G. Hamilton Southam NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION Chairman: Douglas Fullerton CANADIAN REPRESENTATIVES IN OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES Australia: A. R. Menzies (High Commissioner); Barbados: G. A. Rau (High Commissioner) (resident in Port of Spain); Botswana: H. H. Carter (High Commissioner) (resident in Pretoria); Britain: C. S. A. Ritchie (High Commissioner); Ceylon: J. Timmerman (High Commissioner); Cyprus: J. Gignac (High Commissioner) (resident in Beirut); The Gambia: J. J. M. Côté (High Commissioner) (resident in Dakar); Ghana: D. B. Hicks (High Commissioner); Guyana: J. A. Dougan (High Commissioner); India: James George (High Commissioner); Jamaica: V. E. Moore (High Commissioner); Kenya: J. W. Cook (High Commissioner); Lesotho: H. H. Carter (High Commissioner) (resident in Pretoria); Malaysia: J. G. Hadwen (High Commissioner); Malta, G.C.: Benjamin Rogers (High Commissioner) (resident in Rome); Mauritius: J. A. Irwin (High Commissioner) (resident in Dar-es-Salaam); New Zealand: R. M. MacDonnell (High Commissioner); Nigeria: Paul Malone (High Commissioner); Pakistan: C. J. Small (High Commissioner); Sierra Leone: Paul Malone (High Commissioner) (resident in Lagos); Singapore: J. G. Hadwen (High Commissioner) (resident in Kuala Lumpur); Swaziland: H. H. Carter (High Commissioner) (resident in Pretoria); Tanzania: J. A. Irwin (High Commissioner); Trinidad and Tobago: G. A. Rau (High Commissioner); Uganda: J. W. Cook (High Commissioner) (resident in Nairobi); Zambia: J. A. Irwin (High Commissioner) (resident in Dar-es-Salaam); West Indies: (Associated States): G. A. Rau (Commissioner) (resident in Port of Spain); Hong Kong: C. R. Gallow (Senior Trade Commissioner). COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATION H. Australia: D. W. McNicol, CBE (High Commissioner); Barbados: C. B. Williams, OBE (High Commissioner); Botswana: Chief Linchwe II Molefhi Kgafela (High Commissioner) (resident in Washington); Britain: P.T. Hayman, CMG, CVO, MBE (High Commissioner); Ceylon: G. S. Peiris (High Commissioner); Cyprus: Zenon Rossides (High Commissioner) (resident in Washington); Ghana: Major Seth K. Anthony, MBE (High Commissioner); Guyana: (vacant) (High Commissioner) (resident in Washington); India: Ashok Balkrishna Bhadkamkar (High Commissioner): Jamaica: Vincent McFarlane, CBE (High Commissioner); Lesotho: Mothusi Thamsanga Mashologu (High Commissioner) (resident in Washington); Malaysia: H. M. A. Zakaria (High Commissioner); Mauritius: P. G. G. Balaney, CBE (High Commissioner) (resident in New York); Malta, G.C.: Dr Arvid Pardo (High Commissioner) (resident in Washington); New Zealand: The Honourable Dean J. Eyre (High Commissioner); Nigeria: E. O. Enahoro (High Commissioner); Pakistan: M. S. Shaikh (High Commissioner); Sierra Leone: Christopher O. E. Cole, OBE (High |