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(8) Extension of co-operative agencies in agricul- 

 ture to cover the whole field of marketing, including 

 arrangements with consumers' societies for the supply- 

 ing of foodstuffs at the lowest rates and with the 

 minimum of middleman handling. 



(9) Public ownership and control of railway- water 

 and aerial transportation, telephone, telegraph and 

 express systems, all projects in the development of 

 natural power, and of the coal mining industry. 



(10) To bring about a greater measure of democracy 

 in Government, we recommend the immediate repeal 

 of the War Time Election Act ; the discontinuance of 

 the practice of conferring titles upon citizens of 

 Canada; the reform of the federal senate; an imme- 

 diate check upon the growth of government by order- 

 in-council, and increased responsibility of individual 

 members of Parliament in all legislation ; the complete 

 abolition of the patronage system; the publication of 

 all contributions and expenditures both before and 

 after election campaigns; the removal of press censor- 

 ship upon the restoration of peace and the immediate 

 restoration of the rights of free speech; the setting 

 forth by daily newspapers and periodical publications 

 of the facts of their ownership and control; propor- 

 tional representation; the establishment of measures 

 of direct legislation through the initiative referendum 

 and recall; and the opening of seats in Parliament to 

 women on the same terms as men. 



