The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-11-01
cANADA's PARLIAMENT.
Proclamation Issued Calling Members
Together on November II.

MoHtreal NOV. l.-Ihe third session.
OF the eleventh Parliament of Canada
mas been summoned To meet on Nov
II and proclamation calling the
members together will be contained In
this weeks issue of the Canadian Ga
zette.
Although the governments legisla-
tive programme is not drafted for the
session, II is known that the work
will be heavy. However, il is expect
ed that prorogation can easily be
| reached before the departure of Sir
Wilfrid Laurier and his colleague for
the imperial conference in May in
London.
The session will be the last but one
before the next general election, and Il
may be expected that the opposition
Will prolong il to n considerable ex-
tent with a view To getting campaign
material. Outside of the tariff ques-
tion, however. which will probably
come in for considerable debate, there
should be no subject likely to provoke
any long partizan discussion such as
the naval question did last session.
One of the principal bills which will
come up will be the finance minister's
measure for the revision of the bank
ing act postponed from last year.
This, however, should not provoke any
partizan debate. Another important
item of government legislation will be
In connection with a proposal for gov
ernment control of terminal elevators,
already outlined by Sir Wilfrid Laurier
on his tour of western Canada. 1t is
understood that the bill will be model
ed along the lines of the Minnesota
act dealing with grain elevators. The
Hon. Mr.. Fisher minister of agricul-
ture, will have legislation extending
Canada's jurisdiction over copyright
as a result of his mission to London
last summer.
Whether or not the long deferred
question of the extension of the boun-
daries of Manitoba, ontario and Que
bee will come up for final action this
session will depend largely upon the
attitude of Manitoba and Ontario. IL
these two provinces can come to an
question of the territory to be annexed
and If the Robin government will
meet the federal government in any
reasonable compromise on the question
of financial terms as intimated by Sir
Wilfrid Laurier in July in Winnipeg,
there will be nothing to prevent the
boundary extensions from going
through this session.
Questions of transportation will, as
usual, bulk large on the sessional pro-
gram. These will include the question
OF the governments policy i'm regard to-
the construction and operation of the
Hudsons Bay railway, the deepening
of the Welland canal. the carrying out
of the governments policy of con-
structing a 35-foot channel in the st.
Lawrence from Montreal to the sea,
and provision for the proposed inter-
national tribunal for control of rail-
way rates on international traffic.
The tariff situation and the promis-
ed trade negotiations with the Unit
ed States will undoubtedly be a brief
matter for consideration from the
standpoint of party politics. In regard
To the tariff question 1t is difficult to
forecast with any authority the result
of the movement for better trade rela-
tions with the United States or for a
lowering of the tariff in accordance
with the demands from western Cana
da. The matters have still to be care
fully considered by the government.
In the matter of trade negotiations
with the United States ii Is under
stood that the preliminary correspond
ence looking to the resumption of the
negotiations left off last spring will be
J exchanged within a few days between
| ottawa and Washington. Data as TO
the various aspects of Canadian trade
with the United States are now being
carefully analyzed by the Hon. William
1 Patterson, minister of customs. and the
Hon. Mr.. Fielding. minister of finance,
who will have charge of the negotia-
tions with the United States repre-
sentatives.
| In any event IL Is not expected that
any definite trade agreement can be
reached without somewhat prolonged
negotiations. Conferences between the
representative of the two countries
will probably be held at both Ottawa
and Washington next month. The Hon.
Mr. Fielding wrote this week to Sec
retary of State Knox. stating that the
Canadian government was now ready
TO resume negotiations. Mr.. Knox's
reply has not yet been received. 1t is
expected that the first conference will
be held in ottawa in n fortnight or so.
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