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Matters Requiring Attention 



As a means of finding and applying the needed remedies, it seems 

 necessary that several lines of activity should be pursued simultane- 

 ously. These include: 



(a) The improving of national, provincial and local govern- 

 ment organization in connection with all matters relating to 

 land development. 



(b) The making of a comprehensive investigation and sur- 

 vey of present conditions and the preparing of detailed topo- 

 graphical maps and reports on rural conditions. 



(c) The adopting of some system of planning all land for 

 purposes of health, convenience and economic use, and the secur- 

 ing of adequate planning and development legislation and its 

 effective administration by the governing authorities. 



(d) The creating of agricultural and industrial settlements, 

 free of artificial pressure and on sound economic lines. 



(«) The formulating of a definite policy in regard to re- 

 adjustment of social and industrial conditions after the war, par- 

 ticularly in relation to the problem of returned soldiers. 



General recommendations in regard to each of these matters are 

 set out below. 



Government Organization 



The Federal and Provincial Government legislation and machinery 

 for dealing with the control of the planning, settlement and development 

 of land, should be extended and improved. 



There should be closer co-operation than hitherto between Federal, 

 Provincial and Municipal governments , and between different branches 

 of the public service, in regard to all matters dealing with land. 



The surveying branches of the governments should be strengthened 

 and more comprehensive surveying work assigned to them. 



A complete and co-ordinated system of federal, provincial and 

 municipal administration of land resources should be devised, with the 

 whole organization centralized in a department or permanent commission 

 of the Federal Government. 



Definite steps should be taken by joint government action to prevent 

 the holding of agricultural land by absentee landlords for purely speculative 

 purposes. 



The operations of vendors of real estate should be regulated, SO OS to 

 prevent misrepresentation and other immoral practices in connection with 



