CANADIAN UNEMPLOYED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21147, 3 October 1930, Page 9

CANADIAN UNEMPLOYED

PROPOSED STEPS FOR RELIEF. GOVERNMENT’S PROGRAMME. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) mi „ . OTTAWA, October 1. _The Minister of Public Works (Mr Robertson) announced to-day that * botween 80,000,000 and 90,000,000 dollars will be used to aid unemployment during ““I. 1 ? “oaths under the programme of the Federal Government. The money wril be expended on useful public works, and will provide a great stimulus to business. He declared that the recent tariff charges would further afford a stimulus to industrial activity. . restrictions on immigration were inaugurated materially to aid employment. Fourteen steamship sailings from Montreal were recently cancelled for the reason-that the vessels could not operate profitably without bringing immigrants to Canada on the return voyage. One of the most important public works is the construction of a highway from Nova Scotia to British Columbia. The Federal and Provincial Governments are dividing the cost equally. It is announced that the CanadianPacific and the Canadian National Railways arc • embarking on a 20,000,000 dollars construction and improvement programme.