CANADA’S EFFORT.
100,000 TROOPS IN BRITAIN. PAYMENT FOR WAR SUPPLIES. WASHINGTON, August 3. Mr Malcolm MacDonald, British High Commisisioner in Canada, aiming to clarify “misconceptions” prevalent in the United States about the Canadian war effort, told newspaper representatives that Canada was devoting more than 40 per cent, of her national income to active prosecution of the war and about 1G per cent, of this amount was being used to pay for supplies sent to Britain. He said 100,000 Canadian troops were stationed in Britain at strategic points for a possible invasion and Canada was getting all the men required for overseas service by voluntary recruiting. He said it was not true that Canada was asking Britain to pay cash on the barrel for war supplies. On the con trary, Canadian taxpayers were pay ing 1,500,000,000 dollars in the current fiscal year for supplies being given and lent to Britain,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 251, 5 August 1941, Page 5
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