§ Mr. BOSSOMasked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will issue instructions that in future the woods used in building contracts entered into by his Department shall be from the Empire, and, if these be soft woods, the usual scant Canadian standard sizes of such timbers shall be accepted in place of the corresponding, but slightly larger, usual European sizes?
§ Mr. COOPERIn all major building contracts for which my Department is responsible, a certain preference is being given for the use of suitable Dominion soft woods for carpentry and internal joinery. Where Canadian wood is used, the standard Canadian sizes are accepted.