FISCAL POLICY OF CANADA.
SPEECH BY THE MINISTER OF FINANCE. Presi Asiociatlon.-Klectric Teleuraph.—Copyilglil. Ottawa, April 24. In the Lower House Mr. Fielding, Minister of Finance, said the new
Canadian tariff gave a preference to British products. The Dingley Bill of the United States of America showed that America was not disposed to trade_ with Canada. It was necessary, therefore, to shape a policy with a single eye to Canada's own interests. Tbe German and Belgian treaties prevented the colonies from granting Britain an exclusive preference, but the tariff that Government offered to countries willing to establish fair trade relations was similar to the privileges to Great Britain. England had dealt generously witli and given large liberties to her colonies. She had even taxed her wines, while those of the colonies were admitted free. The English public did not favour a duty on breadstufls, but why should the colonies wait for more from England? The members of the House and 2000 of the public who occupied the galleries sang tile National Antliem. London, April 24. Mr. Fielding's speech has attracted much attention in England.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10427, 27 April 1897, Page 5
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