CANADA’S FISCAL POLICY

Northern Advocate, 7 May 1930, Page 5

CANADA’S FISCAL POLICY

NO-CONFIDENCE AMENDMENT. GENERAL ELECTION PENDING, (Received 11.35 a.m.) OTTAWA, May 6. Mr R. B. Bennett, Leader of the Conservative Party, moved the following Budget amendment today:— * * While this House welcomes and approves every measure that will afford Canadian agriculture, industry and labour an equal opportunity for fair competition, development of the rich and varied natural resources. of the Dominion, provision for extension of inter-Empire trade, and mutually advantageous preference, with due regard to the interests of consumers, it is of opinion that the proposals submitted by the Minister of Finance are in several important respects so completely at variance with the policies of this Government, as hlretofore declared, that this Administration, having lost the confidence of the country, cannot safely be entrusted with the direction. of the fiscal policy of Canada, nor the carrying into effect of proposals to which it has heretofore been opposed, and which are deceptive and fail to estimate the financial results of their operations, and which have created distrust of and , contempt for representative .instruc- | tions. ’ ’

The Premier, Mr Mackenzie King, announced that the general election would be held this year a t the earliest possible moment. SHORT SESSION DESIRABLE, (Received 1 p.m.) OTTAWA, May 6. The Premier, Mr Mackenzie Ring, in announcing that the elections would be held this year, suggested that he and the Conservative Leader should meet to arrange that the business of the session should be brought “to an orderly and speedy conclusion.”