THE FISCAL ISSUE.
CANADIAN ATTITUDE. INTER-IMPERIAL PREFERENCE. A DISAGREEMENT. |BT TKDEcmrn—rtiesa association—copyright.) (Rec. May 14, 11.45 p.m.) : i Ottawa, May 14; i The Montroal Board of Trado on May. 7 [.unanimously agreed to 'submit a resolution to the Conference of tho Chambers of ComI nierce (to be bold in ' Sydney towards the ond of tho year) in favour of the Empire protecting 'itaolf against foreign producers; and • honco, that Britain and the colonics should grant each other substantial preference, and '.that,, as :far. ; as. their respective revenues per-' mit, tho principle of free: trade within the Empiro should remain. . Mr. George, an ox-Preiident of the Board, who was chosen as a delegate to the Sydney Conference, has since resigned, on the ground that the resolution is ill-considered, and is at variance with the .national trade policy of Canada. A special meeting'of the Board will be held next week to reconsider the resolution.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 5
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152THE FISCAL ISSUE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 5
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