EMPIRE TRADE PROBLEMS
CANADA REJECTS PLAN FOR CONFERFNCE
OTTAWA, February ;2&: :
Canada’s Liberal Government j today rejected an Opposition motion urging it to call a conference of British Commonwealth nations to discuss their mutual trade problems. Mr John Diefenbaker, a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, said that the Government should take immediate steps to convene a conference. It was essential to devise policies for the restoration of lost markets. *
The Minister of Finance (Mr Douglas Abbott) replied that he did not see what would be gained.. Canada had neve£ refused an invitation to attend such a conference, but he did not think she should take the initiative in calling one now.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 117, 2 March 1950, Page 5
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112EMPIRE TRADE PROBLEMS Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 117, 2 March 1950, Page 5
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