Nova Scotia. Royal Commission Respecting the Coal Mines of Nova Scotia.

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Nova Scotia. Royal Commission Respecting the Coal Mines of Nova Scotia.

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        1932

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        The second Nova Scotia Royal Commission Respecting the Coal Mines of Nova Scotia was created by Order in Council on January 25, 1932. This time it was precipitated by the financial insolvency of Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (DOSCO) and their contract request for a 12.3% wage reduction. Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, British expert in coal industry regulation, was again appointed chairperson, and was joined again by Reverend Hugh P. MacPherson, President of Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, NS as co-commissioner. The third commissioner was new, Professor John W. MacMillan, a Presbyterian minister, Chair of Christian Sociology at University of Toronto’s Victoria College and active in the Christian social gospel movement. The Commission’s mandate was broader than the first royal commission of 1925, as it was to investigate any and all matters relevant to the coal mining industry in the province in addition to the miners’ living and working conditions and the factors affecting costs of production, transportation, distribution, and marketing of coal and its by-products. The Royal Commission held hearings in Sydney, Springhill, New Glasgow, Halifax and in Montreal, PQ where 85 witnesses presented their views. As in the 1925 commission, they focused their attention on the main operator of coal mines in Nova Scotia, the Dominion Steel & Coal Corporation. They looked at the efficiency of different mines (in terms of geology and extractability) and made suggestions for amalgamations and closures to make the industry more cost-effective. It submitted its final report to Government on February 18, 1932 and then disbanded.

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        CREATED 2022-12-02 Karen White
        Revised 2023-01-11 Karen White (edited history)

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          The final report.

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