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1534491 units Vancouver island points tremely can to mawmwmcv 23 or Emcrgoncy federal legislation to and British Coluinhbls long CPR steamship nflkehiehllshted llamentary activity last week even overshadowing Canadian concern in the Middlejlast mu ordering striking em bersot the Seafarers Internistlon alUnion CDC back to work was rushed through the House of Commons and the Senate to get the CPRs leight ships operating again between lbemainland and The government in meet was taking over the ferry service tem porarily while the disputanta set tle their differences The strike started May 18 The bill provides that gov ernmentnamed administrator op erate the fleet as companyagent that the 320 striking SIU mein bars get an immediateclgbtpcr cent wage boostshort oi the 16 percent immediate boost they were asking and compulsory arbi tration ii and only it the parties cannot eventually arrive atagree ment Farm Workers The federal government is studying apianto extend unem ployment insurance to some farm workers Labor lilinisler Starr told the Conimons industrial relations com mittee the Unemployment Insur ance Commission is studying scheme under which certain seg ments of farm workers would come under unemployment insun ance coverage He did not indicate whether the plan would make farm work ers eligible for insurance through out the year or just during the winter slack seasons Several committee members said exclusion of farm workers from unemployment insuranceis making it difficult for farmers to get help during the growing sea soni They said men who took farm jobs worked for only several months oi the year They were laid off in the winter but could not colliact unemployment insur ance For this reason many farm workers had leit agriculture for insurableijobs the constructionvindustryrsfinv Extension of insurance to farm workers would he the first major change in unemployment insurlt once since fishermen wertrmade eligible for benefits in the spring of 1957 About 50000 fishermen on Canadas coasts rivers and lakes new are covered Mr tarr said gt opposition by employers of tarmllabpr to im surance Vior their Midrkers has changed The Canadian Federa tion of Agriculture which previ ously opposed unemployment in surance f6rfarm workers had changed its attitude Housing Up The statistics show Canadas house building industry is busier this year than last Housing starts in the first six months of 1958 totalled 52535 compared to 31683 in the first half 041957 The preliminary figures were issued lastweek Central Mort gage and Housi Corporation based on survey of communities of 5000 population and over House completions totalled 42 VMI in the first half of this year against 35949 in the 1957 Janusry Juneperiod Lending under the National Housing Act reached$41190ioofl in the Januaiydune period The loans covered 388857 units This was away above last years six month total bf $165300000 on Cropilnsurance Agricultural Minister lla ess told the Commonsthefiederal gov ernment hopes to bring forward national systemmtorop urance in the ndt too distailt Mitre He said one problem isthat some provinces are not interested and others are lukewa The difficulty tl was to bring about plan that would be Variations in climate across the country preserted another obiem But the minister expressed confidence the difficulties would soonybo ironed out gt sthinkingfi said is colored eluding obs in gt and WM PM South Suhtcbmnkiver tor on years and last weekvilnnllyjfoond it nanny FederalAgrieudhiro Minister signed an agreement withhe province tor the $l2000000 proled thatwlll create anzutimated l500aew terms in thedry are at sou western Saskatchewan The power plint to be built in conjunction with the dam could produce 37500000 kilomtt hourx of electricity materially reducing the provinces power cost sank Rate LThe Bank of Canadainterest rate dropped to record lowoi 12 per cent aiter the govern ment launched its wartime savings bond conversion program The previous réoord 150 per cent was touched in 1944 and Igain in 1955 The rate at which the central bank lends money to chartered bank is set atyonequarter of one per cent above the averageyield for the governments 31day tress ury bills The yield dropped last week to 97 per cent mm the previous weeks 14M Finance Minister Homing while indicating the conversion loan program did not directly at ect the central banks ratehsald he saw the drop as evidence of the strength the government hopes its bond conversion ptov we figdmmfl and MrsDick Dames spent fewdays at tho latterl Killers me in KitEhNiEIZmLWEBL Exhibition fiche Dont delay in ordering your exhibitions tickets gram will give the countrys no social markets The In treasury bill yield in dicated high demand for the notes showing tlicreiisplenty of money available in the country tor shortterm investment Mr Fleming said the govern nients call on holders of Victory bonds to convert them ions is sues is in the long and um term fields and not in the 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