The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, Volume 7

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John Castell Hopkins
Annual Review Publishing Company, 1908 - Canada
 

Contents

TRANSPORTATION INTERESTS
80
Transportation Troubles Car Shortages and Railway Equipment
91
Work and Decisions of the Railway Commission
99
Proceedings and Decisions of the Ontario Railway Board
105
The Intercolonial Railway and the Dominion Government
115
The Grand Trunk Railway during 1907
123
The Canadian Pacific Railway during the Year
129
Position and Progress of the Canadian Northern Railway
139
Discussion of the Hudsons Bay Railway Project
149
Progress of the Georgian Bay Canal Project
160
Telegraph Services and the Marconi System
168
Presidents of Canadian Agricultural Associations
179
The Peace River Country and FruitGrowing in British Columbia
185
Agricultural Resources and Production in Ontario
189
MINING FISHERIES AND FORESTS
196
Mining in Ontario and at Cobalt during 1907
202
Mining in British Columbia during 1907
214
Resources and Conditions in Canadian Fisheries
221
Forest and Lumber Conditions in Canada
225
Forestry Conditions and Advocacy in Canada
235
WaterPower and Industrial Progress
243
History and Work of the Canadian Manufacturers Association
253
The Lemieux Act and other Labour Legislation of the Year
268
Conflicts of the Year between Labour and Capital
276
Labour Organizations in Canada during 1907
282
IMMIGRATION AND COMMERCE
288
General Trade Conditions of the Year
297
CANADA AND EMPIRE AFFAIRS
303
Calling of the Colonial Conference of 1907
315
Proceedings and Resolutions of the Conference
321
Conference Functions and Sir Wilfrid Lauriers Speeches
330
Public Opinion and the Results of the Conference
334

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Page 323 - Colonies will be an ex-officio member of the Conference and will take the chair in the absence of the President. He will arrange for such Imperial Conferences after communication with the Prime Ministers of the respective Dominions.
Page 323 - That it will be to the advantage of the Empire if a Conference, to be called the Imperial Conference, is held every four years, at which questions of common interest may be discussed and considered as between His Majesty's Government and His Governmenta of the self-governing Dominions beyond the seas.
Page 496 - Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.
Page 327 - That with a view, however, to promoting the increase of trade within the Empire, it is desirable that those Colonies which have not already adopted such a policy should, as far as their circumstances permit, give substantial preferential treatment to the products and manufacturers of the United Kingdom.
Page 328 - That, in the opinion of this Conference, the interests of the Empire demand that in so far as practicable its different portions should be connected by the best possible means of mail communication, travel, and transportation...
Page 323 - ... questions of common interest may be discussed and considered as between His Majesty's Government and His Governments of the self-governing Dominions beyond the seas. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be ex-officio President, and the Prime Ministers of the self-governing Dominions ex-officio members of the Conference.
Page 323 - That it is desirable to establish a system by which the several Governments represented -hall be kept informed during the periods between the Conferences in regard to matters which have been or may be subjects for discussion...
Page 329 - Conference, recognising the importance of promoting greater freedom and fuller development of commercial intercourse within the Empire, believes that these objects may be best secured by leaving to each part of the Empire liberty of action in selecting the most suitable means for attaining them, having regard to its own special conditions and requirements, and that every effort should be made to bring about cooperation in matters of mutual interest.
Page 56 - Your conduct in refusing to accept delivery of coal furnished and -to be furnished constitutes a clear repudiation on your part of your obligations under the contract, and renders further performance on • our part impossible.
Page 323 - That upon matters of importance requiring consultation between two or more Governments which cannot conveniently be postponed until the next Conference, or involving subjects of a minor character or such as call for detailed consideration...

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