CANADA TO-DAY

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 251, 23 October 1928, Page 21

CANADA TO-DAY

NEW ZEALANDERS' OPINION.

IMMIGRATION AND ARCHITECTURE

IBj TeJegrapfe.—-Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, Mondav.

We found the people of Canada very optimistic indeed regarding the future of their country," said the Hon. W. Nosworthy, who was head of the New Zealand delegation which took part in the Empire Parliamentary Association's tour of the greatest Dominion. "Capital and population ate their requirements at present, and I think the tour will have done a great deal to stimulate the interest of British investors.

| "As regards population, every effort is being made to obtain as large a population as possible of British stock, and as evidence of this we teamed that Canada spends in immigration proj>aganda 16 dollars (about £3 6/) for each assisted passenger from Great Britain, as against 16 cents fßd) for each foreigner. year, of 158.000 immigrants 58000 were British. 25,000 American ?»nd the remaining 75.000 foreigners. "The style of architecture and the modernness of the schools and public buildings throughout Canada arc very impressive. Everyone seems to have faith in the future, and all the buildings are planned to fulfil requirements for years to come. To a New Zea lander the amounts snent in these directions are amazing. The Federal Parliament buildings at Ottawa cost about £7.000.000, while the Provincial Parliament buildings at Winnipeg c-ost almost £2,000.000. Tlie Canadians seem to delight in lavishing money on schools, universities and public buildings, but at the same time thev demand efficiency. "The tourist traffic in Canada has become an important economic factor in that country. Every year tlie Dominion is visited by millions of Americans, who are generally anmlv' Provided with money, and who demand the lw>st of accommodation and service at tW Vst hotels. The price of a room Without meals ranges from about 33/ a day upwards."