CANADA’S ROLE
DISRAELI AS A PROPHET. Who was the first British statesman to foresee the greatness of Canada? A remarkable prophecy was made in the House of Commons in a debate on the corn laws in May 1846. "I am not one of those who think it the inevitable lot of the people of Canada to become annexed to the United States. Canada has all the elements of a great and Independent country ,and is destined, I believe, to become the granary of the new world.” The prophet was Disraeli.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3264, 6 February 1926, Page 13
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90CANADA’S ROLE Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3264, 6 February 1926, Page 13
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