House of Commons Debates, Official Report, Volume 1E. Cloutier, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1927 - Canada |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Address-Mr Alberta amendment amount audit BENNETT bill Bow River Britain British Columbia Budget-Mr Canada Canadian National Railways cent clause coal committee conference court deal discussion Dominion DUNNING EDWARDS Frontenac election expenditure export favour federal gentleman give Governor Grand Trunk Pacific Grand Trunk Railway GUTHRIE important income tax Indians industry interest ister Item agreed Labour land LAPOINTE last session legislation MACKENZIE KING matter measure ment Minister of Finance Minister of Railways Montreal Motion agreed old age pensions Ontario parliament party passed Peace river country port present Prime Minister proposed question referred regard representative resolution respect revenue ROBB scheme Sir Henry Thornton Speaker speech statement STEVENS STEWART Edmonton suggestion tariff taxation tion to-day Toronto Toronto Northwest trade Vancouver Vancouver Centre vote W. L. MACKENZIE KING West Calgary
Popular passages
Page 54 - They are autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
Page 496 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 496 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.
Page 279 - Every Legislative Assembly of Ontario and every Legislative Assembly of Quebec shall continue for Four Years from the Day of the Return of the Writs for...
Page 35 - In our opinion," to quote from the report, "it is an essential consequence of the equality of status existing among the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations that the GovernorGeneral of a Dominion is the representative of the Crown, holding in all essential respects the same position in relation to the administration of public affairs in the Dominions as is held by His Majesty the King in Great Britain; and that he is not the representative or agent of His Majesty's government in Great Britain...
Page 27 - Conference are of opinion that the readjustment of the constitutional relations of the component parts of the empire is too important and intricate a subject to be dealt with during the war, and that it should form the subject of a special imperial conference to be summoned as soon as possible after the cessation of hostilities.
Page 497 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Page 448 - A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
Page 47 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.
Page 56 - When a Government has received information of the intention of any other Government to conduct negotiations, it is incumbent upon it to indicate its attitude with reasonable promptitude. So long as the initiating Government receives no adverse comments and so long as its policy involves no active obligations on the part of the other Governments, it may proceed on the assumption that its policy is generally acceptable. It must, however, before taking any steps which might involve the other Governments...