DEFENCE OF CANADA
CRITICISM OF GOVERNMENT FULL SUPPORT TO BRITAIN United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright OTTAWA. May 14 Referring in the House of Commons to the Government's defence policy as 44 spineless." Mr Howard Green (Conservative—Vancouver urged Canada Io borrow a fleet <»r 25 warships from England to guard British Columbia. lie said the Pacific defences were woefully inadequate. The militia was illequipped and lacked training. Mr Green urged Canada to take a stand as pledging lid* full support to Britain and the. whole Empire in the event of attack anywhere, instead of the Government mistakenly boasting that it had no commitments in Europe. A Social Credit member. Mr C. Johnson, denounced the theorv that if Britain was at war Canada was also at. war. tie asked if Canadians wanted to go to war for the Ethiopians or the Czechs. Any war venture by Canada must be by Vote of Parliament
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20499, 16 May 1938, Page 7
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151DEFENCE OF CANADA Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20499, 16 May 1938, Page 7
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