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,f.Si'a tln,.ders Government? Arraigned B y Leader Of The Opposition

Incompetence AndMismanagement Revealed In Various Departments Of Liberal Administration. Failure To Enforce Prohibition Act Brought Home Convin- cingly In Brilliant Address By Hon. J. D. Stewart,

Conservative Leader.-

Following is an elltendﬂd r9110“ 0i oes not contain very much food for the speech delivered by Hon. J. D. Jlsgugslon, I might term it the third Stewart, leader oi the Opposition, on gdlﬂqn o; m, Honor’; Spggch mm March 12th in the Legislature during m, “mug 1-119 ﬁrs; edition wgg in tho debate on the Draft Address: 1933; the second was given inst year,

Mr speaker for quite a number of and “Ow we have the third “yo” u; Year-i l have lwd the prlvllese of my- r notice that there has been an im- lng a compliment to the mover and pmvemem m m, phrgggq] , and Wand" 0! l'°$°1"‘55°"5 “mm” t‘) m‘? ‘diction, and I will compliment the one just now before the House; and I icompue, o; the Speech upon m; can do so on this occasion with as ‘mgmwn; o; the “was” an‘; sen. much sincerity as I have ever done at wnwi Fﬂym a 1mm” standpoint, m! time l" the Pasl- 1 til-ilk m“ I ‘it is the best my hon. friends have yet voice the semiﬁnal“ of both Sides 01 produced. But after all, u is only a U19 3°15‘? “hm I 5°37 that ‘mm u“ third edition, because almost every- mover and seoondcr have discharged imln‘ "m; l, conmne- in u“, 3mm 31°11‘ duties WW ‘realm-MY- was contained in previous ones...I

I Want W "Y 5°m°mm3 especially shall refer to the clauses one by one “"531 "Ea-m w m“ mwer d ‘he as I go alongmBut .with J-egard .to resolution, (Mr. Campbell). I trust 30mm Wm, "n"; go man", u,“ b9 Wm 95mm me 1°‘ recalling °1d "this Government intends to do; with “Y! "l" Wimp‘ 51w“? “w” " regard to the future, which isilsually leeret when I remind him that veryxgomhﬂowed h, a speech mm m, Ill-ll! W"! 98° I w“ m‘ m“ Throne this document before mo, I Ilml-lmll" °°1l°°1 Wm“- 1 W!“ submit, u absolutely barren. It con-

' “m m‘ Permmmnce ‘WWI W“ Wm tnlns nothing for the future-nothing Iwwm" my “my m ma‘ respect‘ but an eulogy of the plot. a repet- (Ilaughier). Looking back. I have Mo“ h, “h”; u,“ h u; only one regret; and that is that I ,

d“ no; ha,“ m, oppqﬂumw in the IMPORTANCE OF SUBSIDY following years or directing his pol- 01-01015

ltloal studios as -I had his common school education; because I feel that If l hid. the 800d old‘ Fourth District of Kings, of which I myself am a native, would Jodny .hnve one Con- servative instead of two Liberal rep- resentatives in this House. " “We all agree with what has been

' said by both the mover and seconder with regard to losses that have been lira-died during Recess. For my pom I hecrtly concur in all that his ncnsaid with respect wtheiaie ﬁhief Justice Taft. He was, of course a great world figure. I had the privilege of meeting him on more than one occasion, and ft struck me thlt perm tho greatest thing about It distinguished nlan was his per- mnality. You had to know him in arder 0o appreciate him. ‘Phat was what made him great; and I suppose flat is what makes every great man peat.

HTHNG TRIBUTBS

The first, fourth and fifth para- graphsrefer tcamatterwhichlcm safe in saying l.s paramount in im- portance to anything that can eng- age the attention of the legislature and the people of this Province at the present time. In dealing with this subiect matter, the question o0 increase in provincial subsidies, I intend to go into it at some length. I ~do not hope to say very much that is new, because on many previous occasions in this House I have dealt with this matter at some length. ‘But 1 shall make no apology for repeating myself, because, as I said, the matter is so important that it is necessary thoroughly to review the facts and * noes. I do not ithink that the arguments, pro and con, with regard to this subject-what ever opinions we may posse M?‘ be repeated we often. I shall therefore proceed without further excuse for any repetitions that may occur.

This Provmoc has suffered a loss in thopusing of the late Hon. F. J. Nada. Whether or not we agreed with his opinions, politically or other- wise, we will all admit that he was a fine type o1 Prince Edward Island citizen. He was more than that. MT. Nash was one of those who had a post's soul. Ho had a marvellous canoe of the fitness and propriety of.’ thinga. Hchnd aaenscofllmmrt- ion, which is perhaps the areal/est quaiitytbatamanmn have in mak- m"; fill‘ citiunahfp and manhood. He had those outstanding among many‘ other mlendld clulltiw- Not only, n. 100i, an increase of 010,000.

u» newspaper profession but the; In i001. an increase of $10,000. Provfncactlargcisverymuch poorer Tm, “any amendment tothc Brit- for his vaﬂlnc- Iioh North America Act by which a

Withroganl totho latcDr. dnlsengm rwpuggmmg m; made of Jdnklno, I ﬂlink perhaps silence is m, “n; o; pgymwt, the most eloquent tribute I can pay m 1912, an inoroalc of 8100.000. toms mﬁnory. His was a unique! n; 10M, an moroaaoof $165,000.

personality. 3c belonged to a pro- \ femfon which has urlexcellcd 09PM“. "bu" o’ “d” ‘ma: ma I m“ OOIISIBVATIVI INOIIASII wuwillall agree that Dr. Jenkins Nw'umuddum“m”mmu_ embraced those opportunities to the 31mm‘ mm m‘ mm m 1m yo“ ‘full. Perhaps no one knows Just wmnm ﬂnt“mm‘m_molm_ .M'm“°h‘°°dh'm'b°°'w"im creases in subsidy that we have Ilvﬂirloftuecbaritmhcavoidcd ' plblfcity: ho did not advertise his ‘ldndlydcednbilt weallknow that he was lcfllfﬂﬂoiu in their perform- ‘lam nnv. 000, am we all agree . war-all of m» filled t0 the New”?! or i‘ . nod

HISTORICAL REVIEW

Idle-Ill“ backand refer inths subject from the beginn1ll8- I W!!!‘ first to say that the party which I have the honor to lead in this PN- vinco has no apology to make with regard to its record in the matter of Subsidy increase.

Itlsnotnecessary formetogolnto the original basis of subsidy pay- ments; but I find that the followinl increases were made from time to to time to this Province: -

In 1887, an increase of 020,000.

Conservative govornmentinpowcr. fnmiﬂlerowaoambenllovcrn- lmcntiupowor. Inlmulnovun

n; m: and in tbucwereGoncorvcHwlwci-nmmh inpowsmlfyoufahoiloaatogotlld mwmuncamulo lueroalcl noncommu- tunnel-hub yuan novels llhllvvbaa mounted}; Olllﬁﬂaalillﬂih was

Thu/o is, the comparison of tfbo 0m recon-dc; ‘but you-have a. 11AM W make afdeduction flmn thil. because sinoel905.asthe resultofalhilpid bargain made by a Liberal govern- ment with regard to the Hillsboro Bridge, we have been charged annu- ally over $9.000, and that l-mmlnt is deducted from our subsidy.

With regard to the $30,000 received in 100i, that subsidy was secured cit a tremcndoils sacrifice to this Province: because by that agreement we sold out all our rights for uninterrupted winter communication. Fortunately, that barrier has been removed; that stipuldtion has not been observed by the Dominion Government and we

,have been able to treat it as an open ‘matter. But alt the time that sub-_ ,

sldy was accepted that was the bargain.

In 1907.

l readjustment of all the pio-

vinces, and a subsidy increase hook

effect as a matter of course.

PREMIER SAUNDERS’ OPPORTUNITY That is the history of the subsidy question up to the time this Govern- ment came into power. Liet us deal with the intimate oi. mnsvances on that occasion. I remember, when the

hon. friends always had very special

for not pressing our clalnls. ‘I'll were the poet we: dLtllculsies; .hc readjustment-s that were necess- ary; the tremendous expenditures that has been saddled upon the Federal Governinlent. 'I‘hcse were Put forward as excuses, and perhaps they were reasonable excuses. I am notlvllllbdlscussthat. Butinthe meantime thing! had changed some- what. The Maritime Provinces had

pa» wine-P“- a

ovukened up; they had made very in- sistent denumds for their rights, and ‘among their rights was this question of increased revenue from the Dom- ilnion by the wny o1 subsidy. ‘Ilhfs pgitaillcn “ ‘ in the appointment 50f the Duncan _Oommissiorl by the Dmninion Government. Before this Government come ‘into power, that Commission had held its sittings; it had taken evidence and had made its report; and by that report we had already come into possession of an annual increase in subsidy of $125,000. More than that, the Com- mission recommended that the 8120. 000 was merely an interim payment ‘pending a final readjustment of the ' ", question: Io that all that was necessary was for the provincial gov- IOIIIIIIQIIQI to got together and arhngo |thnt basis of agreement with the Dominion government. When my hon. friends come into power in 1027 the Dmninion government had al- ready anangedbocall a conference be- twoenwll the provincial governments and the fedora-l government. We might have "WNW. therefore, that that was the very opportunity that wuncodcd In orderio have this ﬁnal readjustment mado.. For at that conference you had all the par- ties fothc issue, the federal govern- ment on the one hand and the wov- fncac on ﬁlo other, meeting at 0mm. Itnwaa an excellent oppor- tunity, one would think, to have settled this matter once and for all.

[Butwehiowmatthcnwasnosuoih

ircsulf, Wla than anything iuihc

"and o", than,“ mmgqﬂwayfnwacﬂlm auyreaaonwhytho Inlay. uyouknqylighg" wggwlllllﬂullﬂﬂll IIIOI" IIIYQ b6?! ‘poctpooedflhavc neverhoardany. porhopatboywcronotloogmougnln session. Iwillcaythimthatiithcy “an, 50mm,” u, Jommﬁvoroc mentor mcnvmontlas in 1m qmgsocdon bathe would have becl

ttolevnllmout iolltﬂllt WHY!- ioaloaa nutter settled. Sofa-u thohaulfcrcfthb Pcovlnocllcou- coruotbaibullkavobccoofmoci norcvaluocatuictbornmuocthco fultcvcoiornauihotnlamfiho Hllnanblyhalliiildluattlrsol

"IYIIAEI" IR III (III IAG

Bell Government was in power, my}

"fat you“

or UESTIONR

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friend came beck from that confor- ence with a bundle of "sympathy" in his club-bag. That was all. Nothing more tangible than syrup- athy! He was told by some 0f ﬁlo representatives of the wmern pro- vinces how much they would sacriﬁce their interests in order that Prince Edward Island should gelt In in- crease 1n subsidy. He was told many ﬂattering things-chit thvy had no doubt than. Prince Edward Islanders

ion.” "We. omﬂdenriy _ anticipate.“ diction by my hon. friend the loader Unfortunately they have been “au- of this Government when ho refused tioipatiug" over alncc, and they have to table the information asked for. spout all mu- time and all their And r ventmmncmﬂlonwlllﬂ energy in "anticipating." there was nothing to table; that il

why he didn't table it. and It wua IIUHILIATING ADMISSION

ihovory best reason in the world. no o quite a frank admission that (“WW1 APPIWW-

nothingwul done up iothnt time. mAcnvn-Y ‘m, ‘Ann-u Andiher year passed, and we come wﬂwmdvnof Jmu very colic weulonliadayeu andahalfof your In l0 far al subsidy activity was znenacuygnu q’ “Maggy. q m1. ure. But my hon. friend discovered

~ insomcwayniuvpolitiosluasuggea-

asIsaid, there was-ill

HON. J. D.

tion, during the session of the House last year so far an my i " n goes, ft was not put forward on the fdcboiiconthcDl-att Addresszitwas announced during the debate oh the . Budget. The suggestion w" that the matter of subsidy settlement was 30-, lnztoborefened in oboardoiex- per-ts. I comm recall that ho took this House into his confidence suf- ficiently to tell us how that board would be constituted, or of vrhat manner of men it would consist; but we were assured that there wan to be a board of experts’ appointed so i that they would deal with this matter and settle it. We were not told whether they were to deal with l the other Provinces, or whether this waatobeaspecielconcessionbyono government “in linc" to another; but at any rate we were to got this

correctly I gathered from his remarks that the question would be dealt with some timeln the autumn of 1929.

Time passed, and we were not hearing anything until finally, some- where in the month of January last I noticed in the press that my hon. friend had gone to Ottawa. While he was in Ottawa another gentleman ‘come to the front as an exponent oi‘ ‘ncreased suhsidy—Senator Hughes, i man of known ability, of very "idlcus habits; and he gave a lec-

wouldnrvonoiuoiul llmﬁloco farashnoould ace. TbeDunoalr Oomminlonbodnlldoftsroport."

rowan. inssr/lmoillm-s

Andfurthcrminulcsanureuurt. in capital typo two oolimula wide, we Retold: ~

"Pannier Sounder-o ﬂlpn abated thatanAudltﬂolrdhlaboouapp-

_ ointed by the Kin; Government h

ao appointed have been chocon with the graatcot can.”

A great Pitt of _ this Jntcrvivw consists of the Premier's attempt to show that a royal conmlioaion was notofonyvaiucbilt ilhatabcardof exports would be. But the filing that I wish to draw to the‘ attention of this House fa the statement con- tained in very large type in the head- ing: "SPECIAL AUDIT BOARD AD- JUSTING ISLAND CILAIMBP-J want to any emphatically. Mr. Speaker, that that statement in lu- corrooti It la not true. There wI-s no " , ial” Audit Board appointed. Further than that, it was a deliberate

“ ,‘ to mislead the people of this Province. (Loud applause).

WHY WAS TRUTH SUPPBESSEDT

The correct statement appears in the speech florn the Throne“ Why

board of experts. and if 1 remember for» u not made when my hon. friend

returned from Ottawa? Why dld this newspaper come out with a. report of that kind and broadcast It throughout Canada’! For it was not only circulated in tho Patriot; it was placed in the Canadian .l’f'esa report -—a newsgathorlng agency where the moat scrupulous cy i; reqﬁlrgd and maintained-that this Audit Board “has been ppolnfed by the

King Government to make the final adjustment of Prince Edward Island's provincial subsidy claims." That

STEWART

could not live on potatoes alone, and so forth. But these remarks did not help to solve the qllﬁSﬂbll-"Au this oympathy did not carry him one step further on tho road to obtaining the ulbsidy settlement which the Pro- lnce required.

Perhaps some little allowance iiould be made for my hon. friend .t that time, because he had not been mg in oilloc. He. was fresh on. the ob. At any rate, that conference woke up without any forward step icing made towards the solution of Ills matter, for which purpose we all clievcd the confererue had been milled. So far as this Province is oncemed, I do not know of any

other nutter which was dealt with. or of any benefit oirained as a result of that sol-herma-

DIBE NEED OF REVENUE \

so theta the matter stood. The rout/est opportunity that a govern- mont or a premier 0f this Province over had for doing some real, aub- slantlal service was ‘let slip; because there is not anything that U!!! 8°" ornment uccds u greatly us it nOedI rcvenue...'I'his Province needs rev- ouuc; and. as the Premier has stated in his brief-and we all agree with him-we cannot resort ' to further Increased taxation We an in dire need of additional revenue; the rev- enue that is coming to us; it is simply a matte of auiusting the amount and I say that the adjustment should have been maﬁa.

The conference of 1927 was the first opportunity that there was since 1912 oii’ getting an incleass, because, as I said before, uhc $125,000 leoouuuended by the Duncan Oom- lniasiorl was simply an interim pay- ment. ‘Phat - ‘ opened the door; it settled the foot that we were entitled to more. The Dominion Government had taken that attitude by adopting the D-lmcan report: and yet that adiusimcut was not made. (Applause).

"ANTIGIPATIONB"

‘Ihat 01.1110! us along,» mo session M1028. Iwant torsad the words that were put in ﬂlo mouth 0f His Honour tho Lieutenant Governor on that occasion writlqrellrd To W! matter of luhsldf: -

"A conference was convened» in

Ottawa in the month of November last by the Dominion Government and the Govemmcnta of all the

l Provinoesof Oonado. Alarssult,

oi this meeting the Dominion Gov-‘ eminent this year is continuing the additional mot; grant of one hundred and twenty-five ﬂioiumd dolltrs io our Province. and is

the financial monuments, as-rc-

Wc confidently mtfoinaz. ﬂiat . when such revision 1| undo will receive a very mnnpriul insane in

our subsidy." .

obiairlcd up who: time. ml: mo‘

uoooomlnuodcqwuammlowm

soon: all thil Government ab"

concerned, because during that year we heard nothing at ull...'1‘he public lid have some intimation of "ue leader of the Government having ‘tended this conference in 1927, but ‘ cm the session of 1926 to the session >i 1929 we had nothing but silence. jot the time was going on; the money ‘as there, requiring an effort to be xade. All that o». necessary was a ufﬂcient cﬁort to get the amount ‘Dusted. list us see what they say n 1923: I aim quoting, as before, "om the speech from the ‘Throne: "During the year my Government has been vigorously pressing our daims for a fill-trier increase in the

subsidy which we receive from the Dominion, and has stressed the fact that. in view of-tlle apparent intuition to transfer to the Western Provinces the natural resources within their boundaries, equit- able treatment to all the Provinces would appear to call for some cor-

! responding concessions to our own Hovinces."

l ask, Mr. Speaker, has this House ‘

‘ins this Province, received any con- flrmatlon of that statement? 'l'herc lo a contradiction of it; and that contradiction was made in the House of Commons by the Prlmc Minister of Canada himself when he said the provinces had made no move In this matter. (Applause).

CONTRADIHIONS

There is another inferential con- tradiction by the Premlcr himself; because when I asked, a year ago, that he table all the correspondence regarding any ncgottati between

Government and the Federal JUY“! nt during the recess of this legislature on the subject oi.’ subsidy uiiuotnlent, what answer did I got?

I rust it was not in the public lnwrest to do so. _ It was "not in the public Interest" to tell the people of this I“ ’ co their own business! A more despotic, a more arrogant reply to u question has never been gfvcn on the floor of this Iieghlaiurel. .( ' )

I have heard of questions being

refilled, oven in the House of 09m-

monubutonlywhereitwuamnﬂer-

"re before the Charlottetown Board statement, too, Mr. Speaker, i; in-

‘ft Trade on the matter, a lecture correct; it is untrue; and the Cau-

“ich showed that the Senator had udian Press had afterwards to correct "iteied the question very fully. it. (Applause).

s address gave evidence of a great Now what are the facts in connee. “~11 01 Wsemh- lie normed. ls a tion with this mutter? The facts are dution, that the matter of our’ sub- that in 1925 n, Piederal statute w” ‘dy claims should be referred to a passed providing for the appointment Yoyal Commission. Some or ilieol this Audit Board. 1t functions in “lends of my hon. friend the leader connection wilth the Department of ~f this Government did not agree Finance andfs under the direction of ith him; they thought acomlnission the Treasury Board-not the Gov- “uld Se"? 11° 800d DIIFDOM. Per- ornmcnt, but the Treasury Baud "nnally, I do not know how my hon. which has w do with auditing matt-

“lend would mllstingulsh ~.bctween a "ll"! 0f Huerta and a Commission.

‘ A Commission might be a board of

“Ilwrls: it depends entirely on the omposition of it.

"trauma MISREPRESENTATIONS M any rate. shortly afici- that the

x ‘remfer returned from Ottawa, and

the Patriot newspaper heralded hi5 l-eturn in a tremendous front-page rticlo, which had an the mtg-lot ".rlmml118S" except the Rooster. Wlsllkhlfier). I think it consisied ‘most entirely of capitol letters. “is article, which appeared in it; lie of January 26, was headed; ‘PECIAL AUDIT BOARD ADJUS- ING. ISLAND CLAIMS." Th1! clement was carried across the full ldth of the popu- ln very largo rlpitals. Then, in o heading four “Bluﬂlll-I W166i “Clllms of Prince "idward Island no being adjusted by ludit Board Composed or Egpert ‘lcoountanf-s." And in a type slightly "lilo-ll" ‘Emmi Memorial with ‘lea-rd to ‘Air cloud for Increased Qubsldy in Lieu of Public 15m]; ﬁled at Ottawa by Premier Blunder-u last Tuesday Afternoon. Premier lhufvlﬂml ll! Pal-riot on his return '4" "IN Y"!!! Dill-Wt. where ho had I satisfactory Conference with Mem- bers of the Government." I do not know- whether "Air" 0mm refers to "hot air" or not; at any rate, that i. ‘low it reads. P11111101‘ down, in black W!» two columns wide, w. road:

"A Pllrlot "Dmlcntatfvc inter- viewed Plemicr Saunders on his return from Ottawa last night

HornMhSaimde o, accompanied by

Senator McArthur, left for Ottawa

0r diplomacy between cougar dnd| 0n Wednesday the 10th mt. to

some dhcr country. We can under-

stand that, because diplcanatlc rob‘

atimahip are very delicate and costly strained, andftis notwise that they mould be given in the iﬂlblie Ihdfiﬂlﬂvll’? obiwt thatis lwlhi might thereby be thwarted. ‘Biwlul Procedure mlanendinwn. Ilyatwaoﬁruy hon. friend afraldof warbctvnauﬂlis Province aulths Dnlfufau, ‘Wu be afraid that tho diplomatic relationship between. thalacbaualolilgaudthclaunl- errgovcrumeotc-lbegovcr-umaotgﬁo

mat-mun‘ m ‘my’, m.rgug.illll"—lhdl_llbultflhilliiilli0the urotornckc accnlplefcrovicionof mvrlacf ﬂab Pnviacoworo given

tboinfgrnallcnihahthvyworoouw ailulnuvci. ~ . '.

commended. bYmG Dllflﬂll "DWI u|b‘“‘-.u|“|n|@‘““‘&-’~

crs in connection with the dealings "if the Dominion Government and wrivaic bodies or with matters directly under the control of the Department 01 Flﬂlllm- It has nothing whatever to do with adjustments between the Provinces and the Federal Govcm. meat. I have read over the Statute lawfully. and I can produce it ff "W955"? ill D7004’ of what I have "tailed.

It may be perfectly true that the Iroasufy Board has now referred this nutter to the Audit Board. But they ﬁlld not appoint an Audit Board for tho lmrlmo of doalhll with Prince Edward Hand's tllillll, ll tho Pram- f"! ll emphallosll, to have will In the Patriot newspaper and in

tho Canadian Provo. The ‘rmasury Board almoly rum-ed this matter- not Prince Edward Island's claims but the claluu 0f the Ilrltlmc Pro- Vllﬂllli ludltho Governments of the other Maritime Provinces were noii. fled of the foot in precisely the-um; "I'll II II! hon, friend was notified. They were written w by the Minister “Flnlmundowoyofilioorderor the ‘Pro-wry Board was sent u» them. That fs the situation,

AUDIT noanrrs Lnurrsriolvs

W hon. friend was lppdmfltly at. lemming to take some credit for having broilght this matter about. lntmctellhiluthafysoiaraolcan Wvmlllllllﬂllllllooauiakoctcdlt

"milliliter. Mr what can the DoulinianAudftDoaadacconlpluhin amlthrofthlskind? hkohigoym bﬂﬂfzhowmuch ofiulricatc caloul. aitiouldoeahfs brief curtain ti,» wouldrvuuiro aboard of auditors tocbockup? .

uﬂhfﬁthﬂﬂlulUJtililldllllt- lﬂrdottrrollticnlhibwiththobo- IlDiﬂlofOliildAf-hltfoquirqato bveculcfntollovcanlloaechcrt. cvdnocolmtultamrinotauoauaeu- urovof-latullnhovulcobumumud because cl up destruction oi its 9°‘°'*l°~hmonbooma- Wwwbvwwmwvlnhtooo.

"villa bilrvlnclnu thing sumo‘ l

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national conferences are in b, " $114118 Q10 summer. We kn", that. dining-the present m“, d" (Parliament ate-moo are to b, y.‘ dealing with tihe claims of ma‘ “and Manitoba. I am not so m‘ I

tint the settlement in comm“, with Saskatchewan's claim; 1, y; p lreody to b0 dealt with by mm,‘ but at any rule we know tlutqf Government his been busily m“; ‘ed with the dlaiims of roe um; provinces and that it has ma“; considerble time. We may saieiy "g

mine that iniour case a oommm. ‘will not settle the matter; rim, ﬂri ‘villi have to be finally settled by_| ‘statute of Canada. m. lczist and w’ elbly by an Imperial siatuie ii it ill. teiferes with the basis oi panned as set forth in the Bl-iiirh North America Act. So you see how far distant we still are from getting, this matter finally adjusted. Hen we have llod this Government in ‘power for nearly three years, alll as yet we have only the calculi that were obtained by ilhe yrcvios Gvver (I of $125,000 and $40.01 notwithstanding that these promin- eq are heutulded forth every I“: il ,tho Speech from the Throne llli, that ctmlemen‘; are made from 0m to mo.“ by Ministers or the om In the final unalylll Ill"! Wt lllilll this matter to the bottom, 0r I near to the bottom as we call get with the Information that u rill to us,‘ what do we flnd. We ﬁll ourselves standing just when ll were when this Government "I into power. (Applause)-

THAT AMIIERSD SPEECH

There is still another phase to ill quqwn, My hon. friend had ill . privilege, the honor - - - and v0 W! ' all proud t0 sec it conferred uP°ll W . _ _ .0; owning mo Amhefﬂ Willi! , “m, 1 m‘; m; Mﬁplld that 0M1"- bu‘ I rad ‘ ygpﬂ, o! his MIME‘ in, mepreag at pm emit-Howl" roofmo u 1 am wrolls: bill l "l" ltlnd be was wood“! l" ll“ 1"“ " urging mntlrno oo-openi-ivn “v ". . the point when some accused W‘ peeking Maritime Union, Now I I not thing my hon. friend M115"! l‘ Maritime Union, but with h" “m fmpetuoslty he B17995" i0 M“ ‘m Maritime co 0991mm‘ W m w’ , many of his hearers believe ilut l! was encroaching on the terriwl’! 4 .M;|-1umo Union. when WWW“ tunlty came, llmvﬁ- °i Wm“ Nlurltimo co-opewilw “l l" m” do? rt usoeuvw pleat" “m” that suits for the moment. Ml- 1; i; a different thing when d! wig; to put one} Plead“ m puma, 1th quite true, in the all: of our subsidy claims, that v0 lll m. claim which o will" ‘f’ w‘ Frown“: u“; 1g the quesiicn W“ muse rowdy l" ""1 °‘ lcodnaonwooldluoaoukwi“ friend how much oil-oncom- I35 gm; In“ 0111061 h" he h“. with the Govotnluenis of N0" nus New Brunswick in roam"! wlth the mull-r “l ‘m’ china m increased rot-mi W plains). I do know that in hi!“ “m”; to Ottawa he did nil w their eoovlﬂllm‘ I m" m“ firct intimation they h“ "f: u tan was of the nowlnlmw‘