CANADA’S SESSION

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 144, 14 March 1931, Page 7

CANADA’S SESSION

Effective Control of National Finance MANY NEW MEASURES »■» AMorirtfco-Copnfcbt Ottawa, March 12. Legtelatian hot the creation of * Tariff Board; amendmente to tariff; BiHa lor mor* affective control of national finance; revision of existing provisions lor Government purchase*; ■mmidlng the Naturalisation Act; altering the Copyright Act—these are measures to be introduced at the preaaot session of Parliament, according to the Speech from the Throne, read Ct the opening of Parliament on Thursday by the Administrator, the Right Hon. Lyman P. Duff, Acting-Chief Justice of Canada, in the absence of the Governor-General. Thus, it is said, a Canadian performed the opening etremanlee for the first time. AssMmsm for Farmers. The readiness of the Government to sender whatever additional assistance may be deemed advisable respecting the wheat crop is declared. The present situation emphasised the necessity for effecting a reduction in the costs of the production and marketing <rf the wheat crop and of providing a more stable market Measures respecting old-age pensions, aid to agriculture, technical education, and highway construction will be brought down. Dealing with economic matters, the Speech says that the tariff legislation passed by the emergency session of Parliament has resulted In a marked Improvement In established Industries. Tn addition, many others, formerly exporters to Canada, have now become producers in Canada.