Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to Investigate the Dept. of Lands and Forests

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to Investigate the Dept. of Lands and Forests

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    • Select Committee to Investigate the Department of Lands and Forests

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1939-1941

      History

      Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This select committee was created April 18, 1939 and was chaired by Paul Leduc. Later, Leduc resigned and was replaced by James N. Cooper. The committee issued several interim reports, and a final report on April 8, 1941. The committee was divided in their conclusions, and issued a majority and a minority report. The majority felt that mismanagement was not a problem, the minority called for the creation of a Forest Management Commission, and for other changes to the management of forests.

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      The Select Committee to Investigate the Department of Lands and Forests was formed in response to charges from the Leader of the Opposition, George Drew, that the Department had suffered through poor management. The Committee was empowered to look into all aspects relating to the management and conservation of the province's natural resources.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly (1867-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA23

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly controls Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to Investigate the Dept. of Lands and Forests

      Dates of relationship

      1939-1941

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      CA394

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Wayne Crockett