DEFENCE OF CANADA
RECORD EXPENDITURE FORECASTED
LEGISLATION IN PROSPECT.
RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) OTTAWA, January 12.
An intimation that the annual vote for defence will establish an all-time record for Canada was featured in the Speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament today, without disclosing the total. A three-man defence purchasing commission will be established in order to prevent munitions profiteering. A legislation forecast includes: Regulation of grain exchanges, readjustment of Government aid for grain growers, unemployment insurance and a long-range public works programme, to relieve unemployment.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1939, Page 6
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