. Canadian forest industries July-December 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Manley , Ont., Major Chas. G. Power, Quebec, Que., Lumberman who was elected as a Who was re-elected as a Liberal M. P. for Liberal in East Simcoe. Quebec South. Housing Problems Gome to the Front On previous occasions reference has been made to the abortive attempts made in Montreal to put into effect the Quebec Housing Act, and the refusal by the civic authorities to take up the grant allocated to the city for the purpose of constructing w
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Manley , Ont., Major Chas. G. Power, Quebec, Que., Lumberman who was elected as a Who was re-elected as a Liberal M. P. for Liberal in East Simcoe. Quebec South. Housing Problems Gome to the Front On previous occasions reference has been made to the abortive attempts made in Montreal to put into effect the Quebec Housing Act, and the refusal by the civic authorities to take up the grant allocated to the city for the purpose of constructing workmen's dwellings. The entire proceedings proved a fiasco. The Adminis- trative Commissioners were at no time enthusiastic over the scheme, and when a Housing Commission resigned, the civic authorities re- fused to go on with the plan and declined the grant. The main reason given was that the Act was not suitable for Montreal. So nothing official has been done. Building societies are to a certain extent supplying the deficiency, but the need for houses is so urgent that another attempt is to be made to get the city to take up the proferred loan. There is more encouragement this time, as the Administrative Commission is dead, and a new Council has been elected. At a recent meeting held in Montreal to discuss the situation it was pointed out that the building of cheap houses would solve, to a marked degree, the unemployment problem. It was essential, how- ever, that private enterprise should be encouraged by means of a bonus. It was declared that the fear of lower prices is deterring many from building—the bonus would provide a margin of safety against a fall in the price of materials for those who were willing to invest their capital. This bonus would represent a loss either to the province or the city, but it was argued that it was a wiser policy to grant a bonus than to give doles, which are a total loss, in that nothing is returned in the shape of labor. Not only so, in ai
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