GIGANTIC PROJECT
27-FOOT CHANNEL
SECOND ONLY, TO PANAMA
(Eeceived 19th Julyj 2>p.m:) - OTTAWA, 18th July. The gigantic St. Lawrence project,second, fro,m the .engineering standpoint, only to the Panama Canal, will provide a 27-foot channel. '.'".'
The agreement ; must. be, ratified- by] the. legislative bodies of both countries. It deals only with the ■scetiojj of tha St. Lawrence constituting the boundarjj between New. York State and.Ontario,known as the liternationat" Section.
•The national of Quebec ""section of; the-river, the Premier (Mr. B.B.:Ben< nett) stated,/would b© by; the Dominion, with Canadian labour and; materials. No control; or super* vision, direct or..indirect, would■ be exercised : by.: the 'tjnijcd' States -<:: over this national- undertaking;"^As" both! Canada and the TJnited States-possess rights in the international section,*' Mr. Bennett added, '' the .development; of.-,the [ river for the combined.benefit of navigation :and power1 can. only, be undertaken by agreement, 'and co-operation-between the two ' countries* Therefore it. is. necessary to ' have a, treaty defining the basis of co-opera* tion." '-. ':■'.■."'■ '■.;■"■ ;■'"■' '■■•.•■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 7
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158GIGANTIC PROJECT Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 7
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