Mon, March 10, 1958 The Guardian P1133 9 
     
    
   
   
    
     my fellow Canadians:          
     
    
   
   
    
     .. IN run snonr space or EIGHT MON'I‘I-IS, the Government, 
     
    

    
     in Which it IS my privilege to serve as Prime Minister, has laid 
     
    

    
     the foundations for a new National Development Policy l 
     
    

    
     to equalize Opportunity and raise the standard of living of Canadians 
     
     in all our provinces. In doing so, we believe we have honoured 
     
    

    
     0111" Promises in keeping With your mandate of last June. 
     
    

    
     In that spirit, we now submit for your approval our record 
     
    

    
     of accomplishment since you entrusted us with the conduct of 
     
    

    
     your government. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We have already reduced taxes by $178,000,000 including 
     
     income tax reductions for 41/5 million Canadians. 
     
     We have increased old age pensions to $55 a month and increased 
     
     old age assistance payments and pensions for the disabled 
     
     and for the blind. We have doubled federal grants for; 
     
     hospital construction. ‘ / 
     
     We have provided $87,000,000 in financial assistance to the 
     
     provinces‘ including special grants togthe Atlantic Provinces 
     
     to raise their level of economic opportunity. '_ ’ 7 
     
     We have increased and extended allowance and disability pension 
     
     benefits for 250,000 veterans and their families. _ ' 0 "s 
     
     Since last June, there has been a progressive easingeof the 
     
     previous government’s tight money policy which had an adverse 
     
     efi'ect on various industries and small businesses in Canada. 
     
     Bank interest rates have been reduced. $300,000,000 has been 
     
     provided for housing loans resulting in a current all-time 
     
     high in winter home building. ~ 
     
     We have taken measures to find new markets for our wheat and 
     
     other farm products and to recover export markets which had 
     
     been drastically reduced while our resources were being 
     
     exported in rawor semi-processed form. » 
     
     ‘C We have made an effective start on our broad program to bring 
     
     the income of farmers into line with that of other salary’ and 
     
     wage earners. We have provided cash advances for farm 
     
     ‘stored grain; limited unfair imports of farm products; . 
     
     assisteddairying and other phases of agriculture; and introduced‘, 
     
     _ legislation, long sought by farmers, to stabilize and increase ‘ 
     
     in farm prices by relating them in advance to production costs 
     
     , and other factors. " A , V t 
     
    

    
     We have provided long overdue salary. increases to our ‘ 
     
     armed forces and to civil servants. 
     
    

    
     We have undertaken an extensive program’ of major works projects 
     
     ‘to provide more jobs for Canadians in all provinces. , 
     
    

    
     These are some of the achievements of your Conservative L 
     
     ‘Government. What We have done so far is, of course, only a start T 
     
     on the fuller policy of Canadianism which we put before you last year. 
     
     .We have done what could be done in this short space of time 
     
     as a minority government. We now come before you again 
     
     to asklyour mandate to carry on with a working majority which will 
     
     enable us- to translate our entire program into effective action 
     
    
   
   
    
     for the be.nefit_of all  
     
    
   
   
    
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     c . Yours sincerely, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Joan G. Dmrnnaamn 
     
    
   
   
    
     1-.,, pRO6RE$$lVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY of CANADA