Excerpt from Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, Vol. 76: From the 27th January, 1938, to the 1st July, 1938, Both Days Inclusive, in the Second Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord, King George the Sixth, Third Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of Canada, Session 1938It is gratifying to note that, during the past year, there has been a further substantial advance in Canada's economic recovery. Revenues have reached new levels. Trade with other countries has materially expanded. There has been a general increase in employment and marked decrease in the numbers receiving unemployment aid.The recurrence, in a more acute form, of drought conditions in certain areas of Western Canada has unfortunately made it necessary to provide assistance on an unprecedented scale. The Government intends to continue its activities under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act.In View of the success which has attended efforts to assist in the training of unemployed young people, it is proposed to extend the scheme during the coming year.The Department of Agriculture has been reorganized and its services consolidated along lines designed to improve the Standard and acceptability of Canadian farm products.Arrangements are being completed for the inauguration of a national trans Canada air service.The National Employment Commission, the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into conditions in the Textile Industry, and the Commission appointed under the provisions of the Veterans' Assistance Commission Act, 1936, have concluded their duties. The reports of these Commissions will be tabled in due course.The strains and stresses, which economic and social developments since Confederation have placed upon Canada's governmental structure, have dis closed the necessity for adjustments which will enable it the more effectively to serve provincial and national needs, and to promote and preserve Canadian unity. My Ministers are of the opinion that, with exact and adequate informa tion, it should be possible for the appropriate authorities to work out satisfactory solutions. As a first step towards this end, a Royal Commission of Inquiry has been appointed to re-examine the economic and financial basis of Confederation and the distribution of legislative powers in the light of the new conditions which have arisen in the past seventy years. The Commission has already held sittings in many parts of the Dominion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.