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the Dominion Governments have been giving much 

 thought to the need for concerted action in regard 

 to emigration. 



Of this the findings of the Ontario Commission 

 are a clear indication. The Commissioners recognise 

 that the true interests of the whole and the compo- 

 nent parts are indissoluble, and tor this reason urge 

 a common Imperial policy for making provision for 

 ex-soldiers. To discharge the Empire's obligation 

 to these men, and in order to obviate what may 

 prove a grave economic and social crisis, they 

 suggest that for the general purposes of inter- 

 Imperial migration and land settlement the United 

 Kingdom and the Dominions should be viewed as 

 a single whole. It should be possible, they think, 

 effectively to unite Imperial and Dominion Govern- 

 ments in a policy which will keep migration more 

 and more within the Empire, check the drain of 

 population to foreign countries, and so conserve 

 British manhood for the development of British 

 territory and for the support and defence of British 

 institutions against future contingencies. Finally, 

 the Commissioners recommend that an Imperial 

 Migration Board be organised in London, represent- 

 ing the British Government, the Governments of 

 the Dominions, and such provinces and states as 

 desire to be represented, the cost to be borne 

 jointly by all Governments concerned ; and that the 

 Board be responsible for the distribution of informa- 

 tion regarding opportunities in the Dominions, 

 labour conditions, and cost of transport. 



There are certain portions of our Empire which 

 from the point of view of defence are more in need 

 of population than other portions, and these should 

 receive the first attention in regard to settlement. 



