CANADIAN AFFAIRS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2670, 27 November 1909, Page 5

CANADIAN AFFAIRS.

TRADE CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. United Prxsb Arsooiation —Copyright. OTTAWA, Nov. 25. The Trade Convention with France is now before the Canadian Parliament. It stipulates that French products will be entitled to lower duties, but must be shipped diirrect from France or British ports. . BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANIES. The Superior Court, Montreal, decided that British insurance companies may do business in Canada with a Dominion license. The decision attacks the constitutionality of the Dominion Insurance Act now before the Senate, providing that British companies shall deposit between 50,000 and 100,000 dollars. A PROPOSED SHIPPING SUBSIDY (Received November 26, 9.50 p.m.) OTTAWA, Nov. 26. ' Representatives of the trade of Eastern Canada have applied to Sir Wilfrid Laurier for aid on behalf of the Toronto Imperial Export Co.’s * projected steamship service between Montreal, Quebec St. John, Halifax, Australia, and New Zealand. The subsidy suggested is £50,000 sterling for six voyages yearly. A SENSIBLE iTJCISION. The Dominion Trades Congress is recalling Mr. Trotter, its representative sent to dissuade British workers from emigrating to Canada. This is interreted as the abandonment of the Labor party’s exclusion policy. The decision is attributed to the Canadian Immigration Department describing the congress’ policy as iinpatriotic.