CANADIAN DEFENCES
EFFICIENCY PLAN
pIOT PREPARING FOR WAR <, Received February 17, 9.40 a.m.) OTTAWA, February 16. T]» ? Prime Minister, defending the 35,00t\ i'.OOO dollar defence policy, against a Corf," 'monwealth Federation want of confide pee motion, declared that the Govern "ment was iidt preparing for war or fulfil ling any commitments with Britain. The a rfence Minister, Mr. Lan Mackenzie, <fc that the plan was designed sol sly t'd make the country's defences eft icient. Governm ent concern as to the attK tude of Qut 'bee was cleared by a decla- ! ration by 1 tr. Maxime Raymond that the French-4 Canadian members would j give united \ "support to the Dominion's defence but \ nsist on a definite understanding cona erning European commitments. . . \ .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1937, Page 11
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