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Royal Commission on Anthracite Coal fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1936-1937

Reference:

R1100-0-X-E, RG33-21

Type of material:

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

141

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Royal Commission on Anthracite Coal fonds
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Date(s):

1936-1937

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Place of creation:

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Extent:

0.3 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of transcripts of hearings and a copy of the Commission's report.

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Canada. Royal Commission on Anthracite Coal

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Canada. Royal Commission on Anthracite Coal : The Royal Commission on Anthracite Coal was established under Order in Council P.C. 1356, June 6, 1936, under Part I of the Inquiry Act (R.S.C., 1927, c.99) and on the recommendation of the Minister of Labour. The Commission was mandated to inquire into and report whether conditions prejudicial to the public exist in connection with the importation and distribution of anthracite coal in Canada, and to recommend any action necessary action to safeguard the interests of consumers. The Commissioner was Henry Marshall Tory and the Secretary was A.L. Burgess.

In 1933 an investigation was made under the Combines Investigation Act (R.S.C., 1927, c.26) into an alleged combine in the importation and distribution of British anthracite coal in Canada. Following the investigation certain corporations engaged in the coal industry were convicted under the Combines Investigation Act, and under Section 498 of the Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1927, c.36) in judgements delivered in the Quebec Court of King's Bench on 12 December 1933 and on 23 January 1935, of preventing or lessening competition unduly and to the detriment of the public, and of unduly limiting facilities for supplying and dealing in certain classes of coal and coke. Even after these convictions, representations were made by the Premier of Quebec, and others, to the effect that conditions prejudicial to the public continued to exist in connection with the distribution of anthracite coal in Canada. The federal Minister of Labour, Norman M. Rogers, considered it in the public interest that an investigation on the subject of anthracite coal be made and recommended it in a report to the Privy Council of 3 June 1936 (see Order in Council P.C. 1356, June 6, 1936).

Hearings of the Commission were held in Saint John, Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto from 8 July, to 27 October 1936. RG33-21 General Inventory

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(Electronic) Finding aid 33-18 is a handwritten file list. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. 33-18 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/33-18_141_open.pdf

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General note:

The report, dated February 3, 1937, was tabled in the House of Commons on February 4, 1937 as Sessional Paper No. 142, 1937. The report was printed as: Report of the Royal Commission on Anthracite Coal, February 3, 1937, Ottawa: King's Printer, 1937, 120 p.
Researchers may view a microfiche copy of this report by consulting finding aid 33-1, Henderson #301.
For more information about royal commissions, researchers should consult: Records of Federal Royal Commissions (RG 33) / James Murray Whalen. -- (General inventory series / Government Archives Division). -- Ottawa : National Archives of Canada, 1990).

Source of title:

Order in Council PC 1356, 6 June 1936.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

See also National Archives of Canada, Records of the Department of Labour, RG 27, volume 143, file 611.04.17, correspondence relating to coal mining., See also National Archives of Canada, Henry M. Tory Papers, MG 30 D 115, volume 23, report of counsel for the Royal Commission on Anthracite Coal, an answer to the factum of counsel for the Royal Commission and a report concerning the Combines Investigation Act.

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RG33-21
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG 33 21] 1--3

[Consultation 90 Open]

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