CANADIAN POLITICS.
SIR WILFRID LAURIER’S PLATFORM. HOLBLE CONSCRIPTION ACT, Rorelved November 0, f!., r i, r i ,'i.in. OTTAWA, Nov. 5. , Sir Wilfrid Lnurier hits outlined his platform of a .Military Service Act, to carry out the expression of the majority’s desire. He! favours conscription, not only of soldiers,! but also of wealth and resources, which j would otherwise, be militarily exempt, thus; enabling Canada to continue her Splendid j pari- in the war until the pnd. j Other items favoured by him tiro a tavifl | reform, removing two increases since tboi I loginning of the war; a drastic control of food supplies and prices, and the elimination of profiteering. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in an election manifesto, said that the fundamental objection lo the .Military Service- Act was (bat, it. does not conscript wealth, while it, does conscript human life. If returned to power, be would do Ids utmost to mobilise the Canadian resources for war purposes.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1014, 6 November 1917, Page 6
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157CANADIAN POLITICS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1014, 6 November 1917, Page 6
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