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CANADA, PARLIAMENT OF. 



St. John, and Halifax, with a rapidity which 

 the people of this country can scarcely under- 

 stand. Still further, if that policy of non-in- 

 tercourse were carried out, strong as is the 

 sentiment of free trade in the minds of the 

 Imperial Government and the Imperial Parlia- 

 ment, still, consistently with the policy which 

 Lord Salisbury laid down when he was inter- 

 viewed by the sugar-refiners and was shown 

 by them that the bounty-fed sugar was crush- 

 ing out the industries of the United Kingdom, 

 and when he said that, strongly as he had ad- 

 hered to the policy of free trade, he considered 

 that a condition of things of that kind would 

 warrant the Imperial Government, without 

 departing from their present policy of free 

 trade, in retaliating by imposing a duty equal 

 to the bounty on the sugar which came into 

 competition with the refiners of the United 

 Kingdom. That policy has only to be carried 

 a very short step further to lead Her Majesty's 

 Government to the conclusion that they would 

 owe it to Canada and to themselves, as being 

 the power under which Canada is happy to 

 serve to meet that policy of non-intercourse 

 by such a different mode of treating the erain 

 from the United States of America and the 

 grain grown in Canada, as would vivify the 

 industries of this country, especially the great 

 farming industry of this country, to an extent 

 which would make the most marvelous change 

 in this Dominion of Canada. But he never 

 expected to see the hour come when such a 

 policy would be adopted ; and, if such a policy 

 were adopted, we could derive a benefit from 

 it, and it could be done without any injury to 

 any interest in the world. The competition 

 between the wheat of India and that which 

 could be grown in Canada would give an 

 enormous impetus to that growth, and the 

 competition would be sufficient to prevent any 

 material advance in the price of bread to the 

 British consumer. So, looking at this question 

 in all its bearings, great as is this American 

 republic, enormous as is their population, they 

 will find that Canada feels that she has as 

 great and as valuable a portion of this North 

 American continent under her management 

 and control and to be developed, as they have 

 to the south of us ; and they will find the peo- 

 ple of this country, on both sides of politics, a 

 united band of patriots, who, sinking every 

 other consideration, will say that, whatever 

 Government is in power, they owe it to their 

 country, they owe it to themselves, to show 

 that there will be no faltering in maintaining 

 to the utmost the undoubted and admitted 

 rights that belonged to the people of Can- 

 ada. Sir Charles then dealt at length with 

 the subject of Canada's commercial treaties 

 with foreign powers and the concessions made 

 by the Imperial Government in the direction 

 of allowing the Dominion, as far as practica- 

 ble, to negotiate its own treaties. In conclu- 

 sion, the Finance Minister inaugurated a radical 

 change in the tariff by announcing the policy 



of the Government with reference to the pro- 

 tection of the iron industry. 



Prohibition of Liquor Traffic. Mr. Jamieson 

 moved in the House of Commons, on June 8: 



That, in the opinion of this House, it is expedient 

 to prohibit the manufacture, importation, and sale of 

 intoxicating liquors except for sacramental, medicinal, 

 scientific, and mechanical purposes. That the en- 

 forcement of such prohibition and such manufacture, 

 importation, and sale as may be allowed, shall be 

 by the Dominion Government through specially ap- 

 pointed officers. 



Mr. Girouard moved in amendment : 



That all the words after " That" be struck out, and 

 the following substituted in lieu thereof: " This 

 House, while admitting that brandy, gin ; whisky, 

 and other alcoholic liquors might be prohibited, is or 

 opinion that the dealing in and sale of ale, porter, 

 lager-beer, cider, claret, and other light wines, should 

 be exempted from the operation of the Canada Tem- 

 perance act." 



Mr. Cargill moved in amendment to the 

 amendment : 



That all the words after the word " House" in the 

 amendment be struck out and the following words be 

 substituted in lieu thereof: " Inasmuch as the Canada 

 Temperance act has not, in those counties in which it 

 has hitherto been in force, resulted in the promotion of 

 the cause of temperance and obedience to and the gen- 

 eral enforcement of the law have not been attained^ in 

 consequence of public opinion among a large portion 

 of the people not being in favor of the saicl law, the 

 Canada Temperance act should be repealed." 



Mr. Cargill's sub-amendment was negatived 

 on the following division : 



YEAS Amyot, Baker, Bergin, Burns, Cargill, Car- 

 ling, Sir Adoiphe Caron, Chisholm, Choqnette, Cos- 

 tigan, Coughlin, Couture, Curran, Daoust, Davis, 

 Desaulniers, Guilbault, Haggart, Hickey, Kenny, La- 

 belle, Labrosse, Sir John Macdonald, McDowall, Mc- 

 Grcevy, Madill, Mitchell, Patterson (Essex), Pope, 

 Koome, Skinner, Small, Smith {Ontario), Stevenson, 

 Tyrwhitt, Ward, Weldon (St. John), Wood (Brock- 

 vi'lle) 38. 



NAYS Armstrong, Audet, Bain (Soulanges), Bain 

 (Wentworth), Baird, Barren, Bechard, Bergeron, Ber- 

 nier, Borden, Bourassa, Bowell. Boyle, Brien, Brown, 

 Bryson, Cameron, Campbell (Kent), Carpenter, Sir 

 Bichard Cartwright, Casey, Casgrain, Charlton, Ci- 

 mon ? Claves, Cock burn, Colby, Cook, Coulombe,Daly, 

 Davies, Davin, Dawson, Denisou, De St. Georges, 

 Desjardins, Dessaint, Doyon, Duchesnay, Dupont, 

 Edgar. Edwards, Eisenhauer, Ellis, Ferguson (Leeds 

 and Grenville), Fiset, Fisher, Flynn, Foster, Free- 

 man, Gaudet, Gauthier, Geoffrion, Gigault, Gillmor, 

 Girouard, Godbout, Gordon, Grandbois, Guay, Guillet, 

 Hale, Hall, Hesson, Holton, Inncs, Ives, Jamieson, 

 JoncaSj Jones, Kirk, Kirkpatrick, Landry, Lang, 

 Langeher (Quebec), Langevin (Sir Hector), Laurier, 

 Lavergne, Livingston, Lovitt, MacdonaM (Huron), 

 McCulla, McDonald (Victoria), McDougald (Pictou), 

 Mclntyre, McKay ; McLelan, McMillan (Huron), Mc- 

 Millan (Vaudreuil), McMullen, McNeill, Mallory, 

 Mara, Masson, Mills (Annapolis), Mills (Botliwell), 

 MoncrehT, Montague, Montplaisir, Mulock, O'Brien, 

 Paterson (Brant), Perley (Assiniboia), Perley (Otta- 

 wa), Perry, Platt, Porter, Prefontainc, Purcell, Put- 

 nam, Eeid, Robertson (Hastings), Eobertson (king's, 

 P. E. I.), Eobertson (Shelburne), Eoss, Eoyal, St. 

 Marie, Scarth, Scriver, Semple, Shakespeare, Somer- 

 ville, Sproule, Taylor, Temple, The"rien, Thompson, 

 Tisdale. Trow, Tupper (Pictou), Turcot, Waldie, 

 Wallace, Watson, Weldon (Albert), Welsh, White 

 (Cardwell),Wnite (Eenfrew), Wilmot, Wilson fAr- 

 genteuil), Wilson (Elgin). Wilson (Lennox), Wood 

 (Westmoreland), Wright, Yeo 145. 



