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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Slou^t of Commons 9ebdt^$ THIRD SESSION— TENTH PARLIAMENT SPEECH (nr MR. HENRI BOURASSA, M.P. ON THE ADDRESS OTTAWA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1906. Mr. HENRI BOURASSA (Labell«). Mr. Speaker, It M not my intention to dlscnn tiie Tarioua paragrapba of the address In reply to the speech from the Throne. I wldi simply to make a reference to one of those paragraphs Just to Indicate the stand I win have to take dnrlng the session on tiie special question referred to; I mean the question of immigration. No doubt, Mr. Speaker, it should be a matter of congratu- lation for parliament as well ns for the whole people of Canada to see our country develop. At the same time I think our con- gratulations should be not only upon the quantity of the Immigrants who may come Into this country but upon the quality of those Immigrants. I hope when the sub- ject Is further brought before the attention of the House tiiat we will have some de- claration of policy from the govern- ment as to their Intention of, I would not exactly say checking the immigration into Canada, but of controlling it, so that the elements that are brou^t into this coun- try will help in the mornl development and progress of the country rather than by a mere material Increase. I wish also to point out that I was rather surprised to find no reference In the speedi from the Throne to the coming conference in London. As may be remembered by the members of the House who were here in 1897, the delegates of the government went aere without hav- ing commnnicated to the House the corres- pondence that had be«i exchanged between tilie Canadian i^vemment and the Imperial authorities, and it was only throu{^ an Imperial document that we knew the terms V 4—1 upon which the Canadian government had accepted the invitation. I must say that for the conference of 1002 the course was different The government on that occa- sion laid before parliament the correspon- dence that was excbansed between the British and Canadian authorities, and there- fore the people of Canada could know what their delegates went there to do. I hope the snme course will be followed in this instance. Now, I may be pardoned if I tiave to refer for a few moments to a subject whldi is entirely out of the scope of the speech from the Throne as well ns the address in reply thereto. The attention of the House has been brought to It by the reference made by the leader of the opposition (Mr. R. L. Borden) to a speech delivered by the Minister of Justice (Mr. Aylesworth) during the recent by-eliection In the ecu- stituency of North Bruc<». The lejider of the opposition (Mr. R. L. Borden) read a couple of paragrapus of that speech, and I may be pardoned if I read the whole Item, in which I am somewhat InterestiBd. It appeared in the Toronto 'Globe' Of Thursday, October 25, and as almost a similar text has appeared In all the daily newspapers of Canada, whether ministerial or oppositionist, I snppose I may tak.> It for granted that the text is correct. Here are the words whldi the Minister of Justice (Mr. Aylesworth) is quoted as having uttered at Wlarton on the 24th of October : Only yesterday la the eounty of Quebec, he said, the Urea of saotarian hatred have been liBbted. on the gronod that Sir Wilfrid Laarier iTM too Britiita for bla peliUeal oppeaMta tkoro. It b* Is too Brtttab for thorn ko ihevM bo Brtttih onougb tor tho proriaoo of OaUrlo. Jtot boeonao bo la, upon prloelplo and upon ooMTletlOB, a BUM tr» aa4 tmo la bla loral alloglaBeo to tbe Brltlab Orowa and to Britlsb laatltutions, Just bcoauso bo la, upon eouTte- ttoB. buUdinc oo tbis eontlBOBt to tho boat of bla ability a united and harmonious hmo, Juat boeauso bo Is, by OTory aet of his lifo, stralniag STory norro to brine Into pcaesful union tbs two raoes wfaloh bars bsoa too long oppoaod la thla country— Just for this roason b« Is un- doing tho work of those who would sook to kosp tbo two races apart. And Juat aa tboao la Quebec who wish bis downfall aro to-day baTing tbe Tietory they aay thoy bavo won en tbo plains of Quebec, these in Ontario who are' osniting in tbe yictory trer Sir Wilfrid Laurlor are, it they but k&ew it, digging tbe Tory gfavo of British institutions In Canada, and aeek to put us In tbe position In which we were flfty or sixty yoara ago, when one pro- Ttaoe was arrayed against tbo other and there seomed to be no hope of a solution of toe dUB- eultles of our struggling country. Tbe minister stirred bis audience to a pitch of enthusiasm as he referred to the Prime Min- ister's loyalty at tbe outbreak of the South African war, when tbe whole empire seemed tottering, and when oao wsndered whether the strength had gone out of the old Hon. To whom but Sir Wilfrid was Canada Indebted for tbe measure that made bim the mark of tho outcry in the prorlnco by false friends such aa ■r. Bourassa, who pretended to be his allies T Baeause they did not get the faronrs they ex- poeted to get from a French Canadian miniator tbsN are la Qoeboe to-day tbe me» who bswnght about tbe reTorso of yesterday, now alluded to by tbe ConserratlTe papers of To- ronto and to be repeated orer tbe land to Con- aerrstive cttlxena as ' a defeat for Laurier In his own Quebec.' Now, Mr. Speaker, Um leader of tha op- poaltion (Mr. R. L. Borden) referred to tluit tat a somewhat pleasant manner for wbltii I do not blame bIm, becanae tbe speecb la ana wbldi migbt prompt some pleaaast eonmait. He pnt a question on that speedi to tbe right bon. tbe Prime Minister (Sir Wnfrid Lanrler). The Prime Minister la hiM reply said that tbe leader of the op- poaitlon (Mr. B. L. Borden) bad put to him ■ereral questions, some pleasant, some Jo- coae, some serious, and that be Intend- ed to reply only to tbe serious ques- tions. The Prime Minister (Sir Wilfrid Laarier) having set aside this particular •na^ I presume be has classed It among althinr the pleasant or the Jocose qnestlcma. W^ from a certain p- eral party than tba hon. gantlaflaAn has dooa, la It a prapar tklut, I say, that a mlnlater of tbe Grown, a gentleman of uigb standing such aa tbe Minister of Jnstloa (Mr. Ayleswordi) Is, In order to seA soma applause, to seek some adTantaga for his candidate In one of the Ontario oonstltn- eucies, should build up an argument for which there waa no foundation whatoTer, either In the by-electlan of tba county of Qaebec or In the whole blatory of politics In Qnaboc far flia laat six yean t Now, Sir, I take It for granted that the attack of tbe Minister of Justice (Mr. Aylea> worth) was not directed towarda tbe new member elect for Quebec county (Mr. Robl- tallle). The member elect for Quebec county (Mr. Robltallle) presented himself aa an In- dependent Liberal, giving bla support to tbe government In their general policy, ap- pealing to the electors of bis constituency to vote for him because be thought t^ county of Quebec as well aa any other C!aiH adlan constituency, should be free to dioooa Its own representative without having one Imposed on It by any government or any political orgaulaatlon. The second principle on which tbe election was fought waa the right of the r^resentatlve of the people to vote for the pele before be votes far bis party or for any government or fOr any political organisation. Thooe wen tbe only two fomidatlona on which tbe candldatnia of the member elect for Quebec waa baaed; It waa on toat ground alone tiiat I west there; and no reference whatovn would have been made to any other qnastloak that mlflbt have as Ite result tiia stiiTliig of racial and rellgioua prejudices, if it liad not been tor tbe attack, for the onalangbt made on my friend from Montmagny (Mr. Annand Lavergne) and mysM by *Le 80- lell ' of Quebec and ' La Canada ' of Mont- real. If tbe attack made by tba government organa In Quebec, aa well aa the attadt made on myself by tbe Mlnlstw of Justica (Mr. Ayleswortb) are an expression of opinion from the government and from tiie Liberal party it la Just aa well that we should know it right now. Whatever my faulto may be, I think I may be creditad with a dealre for a clean slate and well de- fined poaltlona. What was tbe basis of tbe argument made by the Mlnlater of JuatlceT Was It becanae of the attitude taken by several Liberal members of tbis House, aa well as 1^ some Conservative membera, tipon the South African war? The minister has made a refwence to that event Is It becauae of tbe attitude which we took in the province of Quebec upon that question that I de- serve to be stamped aa a disloyal subject of His Majesty, as a false Mend of tbe Prime MinlsterT Let us sea. What was our position on the South AfHcan war. If yon plMM? 80 far u tb« mtrits of tbo lonth Afrien war wero concmnwd. my position— for which I an not aahaaMd. for which I takt no back water at the 6t- mand of anybody, whothor a mlnlatcr of the Grown or not— la the position that was taken by nine-tentha of the Uberal party In Bncund, and which poaltlon has been Tlndleated by the people of England In the laat general election. Not a word of mine haa been spoken, whether In thia chamber or npon any platform In the province of Qnebec, In condemnation of the polli^ pur- sued by Mr. Chamberlain and the Tory goremment of the day In the Booth Afri- can war, whidi was half aa strong aa the language need by Mr. Lloyd George, or Mr. John Bums, who are to-day advisers of Bis Majesty in England. People may differ on that subject. I grant to the Min- tst:.-r of Justice that be may be an odmlrer ot Mr. Chamberlain and the Tory party of P: .V Is. Now, Sir, so far aa the general question of the participation of Canada in the im- perial wars are concerned, why should we be charged with disloyalty for the stand taken npon that question by myself, and supported by the younger element In the province of Quebec from that time to the present day? Why should we be de- nounced as rebels because, forsooth, we upheld in a time of crisis what the Prime Minister had said in a time of peace, be- cause we stated at the time of the South African war that the government had no right to force ua to participate in a war foreign to Canada? Well, Sir, what was the language of Mr. Lanrler, In Boston, In 1881 ? That Canada would never consent to Im- perial federation even on commercial lines alone, because the consequence would be the participation of Canada in British wars, and Canada would never consent to partici- pate In a British war Was I disloyal because, when the time cf crisis came, when the time came to ap- ply the principle, I stuck to tbe principle which had been laid down by the Liberal party through Ita chief, and not only by the Liberal party but by th» Conservative party as well? My attitude regarding the South African war was that observed by Sir John A. Macdonald In 1885, when he refused to the ^Irltisb authorities the right to enroll men in Canada for the British army In the Soudan. My attitude on that question was the same that Sir Charles Tapper took in 1888 when he said in Win- nipeg that tiie Idea of baaing a closer union between Great Britain And her colonies np- on the principle of unity In defence of the empire, was a false one, that Canada had done all ahe could do, all that ahe eaiht to be forced to do for Imperial defeaec when ahe fortified her own territory and develuse, Is that I should be allowed liberty to stick to the positloa which I took, and which had been taken by the Prime Minister of Canada ten days be- fore, without being stamped as disloyal, as a traitor and a demagogue. Now what was thi next question whleb brought me Into quasi opposition to the government? It was the question of the Northwest Autonomy Bills. Haa the Min- ister of Justice, or any of my Llbenl col- leagnes In this House, a rl^t to aay ttat I pUjad thm tb* part of a dlatoyal Bridab Bobjact, or of a fall* friend of tba govanv montT Wban tba Prim* Mlnlatar twoa^t tbo Bin before tbe Hooae bad be a rap- porter more faltbfnl and more loyal tbao I waa. and more ready to defend bla coarae tban I .waaT Again. I am not gotng to bring ap tbat quootlon to argne Ita merita over again; I am not going to aay tbat the Prime Minister waa wrong In changing bla ground; bat I do aak wbetbmr there la a fair minded man In thia Honse who will aay that because I choae to stick to tbe original policy of tbe government after they bad made up their minda to change their policy, I sboald be stamped aa a falae friend of the Prime Minister? Because tbe member for Brandon (Mr. BIfton) resigned his office, and brought on a crisis, am I to be stamped as a disloyal Liberal? Who brought about tbat crials. If yon pieaae? Waa it a bum- ble member of the Liberal party, standing with his party, and ready to stand with It all along, provided they stood by them- selves? or waa It a minister of tbe Crown who forced on tbe crisis, and another min- ister of the Crown who accentuated tbe crisis by threatening bis resignation? I would like to know who were then tbe true friends of the fcoremment nnd who were the falM friends. Now I am not golnic to make an accusation of betrayal of friendablp against the member for Brandon, or againat tbe Minister of Finance; I am not going to pry into the consciences of those gentlemen to ascertain what their reasons might have been. I respect their reasons, but I claim that I have a right to be respected In tiie aame way. If the Minister of F' ance and the member for Brandon arc atitied to the respect and support of the Liberal party because they chose to force a crisis upon tbe government of Canada, because they thoiifrlit proper to threaten tbe existence of tb> Liberal party in Canada, lu order to force tbe I>rlme Minister to swallow bis own words and change bis policy, why should I be taunted as a false friend of the Prime Minister because I thought proper to stick by tbe policy which tbe government bad first enunciated? Is there one word In tbe whole discussion that took place in 1905 that tends to show that I wanted tbe government to do anything else tlian what they bad promised to do, tbat I wanted to bring tbe government out of tbe stand which they bad taken only in tbe month of February of tbe same year? Taken from tbe narrowest party standpoint, who. In tbe eye of tbe party man, is tbe more guilty ? Ibe one who forces bis own party to change ita publicly avowed policy, or '^be one who resists tbe change after it baa been forced by — If I would use the words of the Minister of Justice— tbe false frlenda who took their leader by tbe throat In a moment of crisis in order to force tbat change of policy ? Bat Shr, the opposition which I carried on afterwarda In tbe com- mittw on Hm Northwest Antonom^ BUI waa Jnatttod bf tlM action of tba fOTamiaant tbomathraa who, after a few ntontba of protracted debate bronght on* of tbe mam- ben from tbe Nortbwoat (Mr. Lamont) to pnqjioae an amendment carrying out a part of tbe my thing I had been advocattng for two months. It waa only after a long and protracted lebato and after aevaral inter- vlewa with tbe Prime MIniater. tbe Minlater of Joatlco and otbera, that I convinced tbem tbat tbe text wtacta bad been aaggested by tbe bon. member for Brandon (Mr. BIfton) of clause 16 would practically abolish the rights of the minority in ail but a few of tbe diatricta of tbe Nor^bweat Then Mr. Lament waa brought forward to propose the amendment which was adopted by the government and which largely Jastlfled tbe course I bad been pursuing. What waa the third occaalon upon which my hon. friend from Montmagny (Mr. A. Lavergne) and myself opposed tbe policy of tbe government? It wss on the Sunday BUI of last year. I am not going to refer ft any- length to thia t>ecanse tbe action of tbe government In tbe Senate, and the action of the MIniater of Justice in tbe Honse of Commons In accepting from tbe Senate almost every amendment which we bad pro- posed In this House, la proof conduaive tbat our attitude on tbat question waa not so very mud> averse to Liberal policy or prin- ciple as some bon. members would have ua believe. Otherwise, the government would have to plead that they are ready to accept anything that may come from any quarter. It may be, perhaps, Mr. Speaker, tbat my attitude upon tbe Immigration policy of tbe government is what has made me worthy of tbe attacks of tbe Minister of Justice. But. I can hardly find any ground there for tb .- accusation of disloyalty. Perhaps I am so imbued with disloyalty that I have lost tbe true sense of tbe word. Is It because of my opposition to tbe policy by wbieb tbe money of tbe Canadian people Is used to brirg Into this country men who are not of U msh nationality or imbued with British Ideas? Is it because I opposed a policy tbe result of which may be In twenty-five years tbat this country will have no nationality of ita own? Is it because I opposed a policy tbe application of which, through tbe organl- aatlon of Jewish and Dutch syndicatea in Korope for tbe bringing Into Canada of all sorts and condltlona of Europeans must re- sult In changing tbe character of tbe popu- lation of thia country? I hardly think Oie MIniater of Justice would call tbe Nortb Atlantic Trading Company one of those Bri- tish institutions which It Is so dangerona to attack. Is the Saakatcbewan Valley land Company one of thoae worthy and time honoured Instltutlena which have beeu threatened? la It because we have objected tbat tbe lands of tbe people of Canada ■bonM tw told tt « eimp prtw to AoMriean ■Mcntaton In ordw to eablo thorn to Mil tlwm at a bIKh prico to Amtrican apocnlaton In order to onablo an apokra of aa dlaloyal anbjoeta of Hia IfajoatT and falao frionda of tbo gov- •rnniontT la It bocaoao w« bare oppoaod tbo priaelpio of glrlng tbo landa of Canada away wboloaalo to all elaaaea of corpora- tlonaT I bavo alwaya tboogbt that trylne to atand up for tbe rlghta of tbo poopio agalnat corporatlona waa a LIbonI prln- clplo. I atlll tblnk ao, and I do not tbink I daoerro condemnation at tbo taanda of any ao-caUed Mboral atateaman for baving p«r- alated In aaytng wbat tbey themaelTea bare aald for yeara. Waa It my attack on tbo bon. member for Brandon? I bare bad aome dlfferencea of opinion witb tbe bon. member for Brandon; bat I tblnk tbe bon. member for Brandon blmaelf would not try to aeek refnge against any attack from any- body behind an appeal to Brltlab instltn- tlons. He la too Intelligent and cIotpt for tbat, and I do not tbink it ia proper that one of bla ex-colleagnoa, and perbapa one of bia fntnre colleagnea, abonld try to conceal a wortby gronnd of difference by waiving tbe Brltlab flag and apoaklng of British Inatltu- tlona. I waa not a member of tbia Honae from 1881 to 1886, bnt I waa a frequent listener to Ita debateo from tbe Preaa Gallery, where I aometlmea regret not being insteed of being bere and I well remember tbe witty and cutting speeches of the right bon. Minlater of Trade and Commerce (Sir Rl- diaid Cartwrlght) when the Conserrative party of tbat date w"^ always replying to tbe attacka of tbe o KMltlon by waiving the Brltlab flag In order to get tbe people of Canada to forget the dennnctatlona by tbe Liberal party of their administration. I remember one of those speeches especially in which the Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Cartwrlght. after baving made a list of acandala de- nounced by the Liberal party in tbe ad- mlnlatration of the Conservative party, said: Oh yea, but let ua cover tbat all by an appeal to loyalty and tlie British flag. I have no advice to give to my Liberal friends In tbe province of Ontario; and If I did ofter to give it perhaps they would not take it. Sometimes, however, good advice comes from bad quarters, and I take tbe liberty of giving tbem tbla piece of advice: It ia a great miatake for our frienda in Ontario to try to take tbe Conaervatlve policy or tbe Conservative meana of action In order to keep tbemselvea In power. "Hie Hon. G. W. Roes baa tried tbe loyalty ory, be baa tried tbe hl(^ protectionist cry, and be baa tried tbe denunciation of every Liberal policy and principle In tbla conntry. Wbat baa been tbe reanltT If our Ontario frienda tblnk tbat by following tbat practice, if ttey tbliA tbat by denouncing tbe policy And tbe priBclpies aiat they have followed tbem- selvea for tbe but twenty-ftvo yearn they are going to liberalise tbo province of Ontario tb^ are making a great min- take. Tboy art torifying the provlnco of Ontario and tbo rconit will bo wbat tboy bavo found it in tbe Ust fow yeara. The result will be tbat If the provinco of Ontario really makaa op Ita mind on being Jingo and Tory it will vote for tbe real Torlea and tbe real Jingoea and not tbe sham ones, even though they would go farther than the old Tories nnd Jingoes In waiving the flag nnd denouncing principles they have supported for twenty-flve years. Perhaps tbe most amusing thing of the whole affair la tbat none of theae qaeatlona came up In tbe Quebec conuty election ; not one of tbem. I stated at tbe opening of my remarks tbe grounds upon which the young Independent candidate ran there. Tbe Prime Minister himself came tbero ; and I tbink tbe right bon. gentleman will not disavow my anmmary of bla appeal to tbe electors. He aald In substance : * Them are four Liberal candldatea ; against tbree of them I have nothing to aay. but I would rather have Mr. Amyot elected because Mr. Amyot Is the choice of the convention and Is offering bimself as a straight Liberal.' Tbat waa the only ground on which tbe Prtme Minister appealed In favour of Mr. Amyot. Would It not have t)een the time then for the Prime Minister of Canada to denounce that dangt-rona agitation against British institutions which has frightened so much tbe Minister of Justice ? But Sir, after tbe Prime Minister bad left tbe coun- ty, tbe campaign went on. Two of tbe candidntes withdrew and on nomination day— it was the flrHt day 1 was in the coiinty — two remained In the field, namely, Mr. Amyot, the defeated ministerial candi- date, and Mr. Robltaille. tbe Independent Liberal. And what was the sole appeal for support which Mr. Amyot made to the elec- tors ? It was : You should vote for me be- cause I am tbe atralgbt Liberal candidate, be- cause Sir Wilfrid lAurier is tbe first French Canadian Prime Minister we have had, and he is the Inst French Canadian who will oc- cupy that high position. And later on, tbe French Canadian ministerial press— making a great mistake, I tbink, from their own point of view — announced that it was a fl^t between Sir Wilfrid Laurier and tbe Liberal government on tbe one band, and a small handful of young rebela, behind Boor- rassa, on the other. Wbat wa* tbe argu- ment of tbe minlsterlallats in Qnebec T It waa : A vote for RoMtaUle la a vote for Bonraaaa, a man whose gnmdfather died a Protestant, and whose uncle has refused to pay bla dues to tbe Catholic church. Would tbe Minister of Justice please tell me in wbat part of tbe British constitntlon that ia written 7 Now, Sir, It may be aald that tbla waa an argument uaed by common place canvasaera. That la not a& It atart- •d la tlw oOm 9t a MMlor, the orguilaar o( tt« UbMsl partjr in the QmImc district ■autor Okoqaatta, and It waa carried all orar tba covotx by Saaator Ohoqnatta'a own aaaodata, who had bam tha eandldata of tba Parant goTamment In tha local lagtala- tnra : It waa naad by anotbar az-candMata, Mr. Dvbord ; It waa naad by llr. Amyot'* own ami and It was naad by a mambar of tba Qnabac laglaUtnra. Tba wbola argn- mant In Qnabac eoonty waa that a Tota (or Robltallle waa a rota for tba grandson of a bad son of tba cbnrcb. la It on that ground that 0x9 Minister of Justice Is going to ap- peal to the loyalty of the peo|^ of Ontario for the snpport of British Institutions? Now, Sir, as I said a moment ago, and I repeat It now, it is not my intention to wage war against the government ; but it Is juat as well that we sboold know where we stand. For many years past, the Prime Minister, donbtlesa in all alncerity, baa attted that the object of his life Is to create greater unity among the racee which In- habit Canada. It has been Insinuated in this House, It baa been printed in big type In the ministerial preaa of Quebec that the object of tbe email nationalist group was to undo the work oi tbe Prime Minister. This is tbe argument that has been repeat- ed by the Minister of Justice. I defy any membor of the goTemment or any member of the Llbeml party tv state that 1 haTe ever appealed to the people of the proTlncv of Quebec as Frmch Canadians. Tbv ar- gument I have always used In Quebec U tbe srgument I haTe aiwaya used In this Honae — and Justice was done me by one of tbe ministerlsl papers, the Montreal ' Herald,' which stated that the cry axalnst me was baae^ .upon a falae legend atarted by tbe Tory party at c time when tiiey thought It was conTsnlent for them to stamp the Liberal party with disloyalty ou the part of one of Its members, and kept up by the Liberal papers because they thought it was expedient to show tbe great differ- ence between tbe loyal meml)«rB of tba gov- ernment and the disloyal members of the nationalist party. Now, Mr. Speaker, there la no national- ist party. There are young men In the pro- vince of Quebec, belonging to botb partiea, who of late years have pr(q;>ounded tbe de- velopment of all tbe national reaourcea of Canada, propounded the development of the idea of autonomy. Tbe baalc principle of their organisation is that Canada ahould have all the autonomy which a loyal British colony is entitled to. tiiat every province of Canada should have all tbe autonomy that a member of tbe Oana<^tan confedera- tion should have, and t>- ire these men have opposed the parti Mm of Canada In British wars ; they have opposed tbe po- licy of Mr. Chamberlain In trade matters As far as our participation In Britiah wara is ooneemed I ask again : Is It the poUcy • r tha Uboral party that Canada i>«rticlpata as t aattar of ri^t la Brtttik ware T If ao what baeoaiaa of the daelaia- tioB of tha PriBM Mtaiistar te iMl aad what bacomaa of tiia poalUon taken by tba Lib- eral Mtailstry In London In 1003 T Again, are we to be accused of dMoyalty becanaa we oppoae Mr. Cbamberlaln'a commercial policy T Well, no better a ipr aaa l o n of th» Nationallat aentiment la tba province of Quebec baa ever been given as to that po- licy, than that eonUinod la the naaeh •( tbe MIniater of Agriculture when ha apoko before tbe Beform Club In Montreal a few daya after the defeat of tha Balfour gov- ernment Our policy In that reapect Is Just what tbe Mtailater of Agricoltura daelarad and nothing more and nothing leaa. So far aa the organbmtion of an Imperial Council la concerned our policy on that matter is sUted in the very pregnant sen- tences contained m the communication aent by the Canadian government to the British government when they were Invited to par- ticipate In tbe conference of 1908. It Is therefore I say. Sir. that It is plac- ing the discussion of tbe public affairs of this country upon very dangerous ground when a man like the Minister of Justlc* goes to tbe people of OnUrlo and tries ta make them believe that In the province of Quebec there la aucb a thing aa a nationalist party organised in antagonism to British Institutions— because such a thing Is ab- .olutely untrue and nnfonnded. It Is a dangerous thing for the Minister of Justic* to go 'to the people of Ontario and tell them that there la a nationallat party In Quebec which la opposed to friendly nssoclstlon be- tween all racea and all natioaalitiea In *>>i8 country, becauae I aay again, auch a state- ment Is untrue. We hsve our difference of opinion. I have atated in thia Houae my- self, much more strongly than ever I have atated It In my own province, that I thou^t and I still think tiiat it Is a mistake to try and create union In this Dotnlnion by «i- deavouring to make the French people think aa tbe Bngliah people do and by endeav- ouring to make tiie Bngliah people tiilnic aa the French people do. The only basis upon which It Is possible to make a united nation of Canada la to be atralghtforward in tba preaence of nil tbe people of thIa country ; and no public or party man ahould have ono language for the people of Ontario and another for the people of Quebec. It doea not tend to the union of races In this coun- try that public men should go Into Ontario and denounce as disloyal French Canadians who are Jnst aa loyal to Britiah Inatitutiona aa tiie Minister of Justice himself is ; aad then that other colleagues in the minlatry Should go Into tha province of Quebec and tell the people there tiiat it Is useless to ex-. pect Justice from the Bnjriish majority of this Dominion. In this very Quebec election, I took Issue with the government candidate ««y ttet It irfeMi bt MatM oa ■winiwnoii uy ibbc r WU tlM tbt gOTVrailMBt did Mt giT* PM jmtiia to tiM minority la tbt I wtbWMt STa."!* to OMtoM b ItPWt f b«»»« tiM ■aflMi Btjori^ wr. )i > B«t rut iM tiM. IdrnM tbat I took :m w i ■tend In QMiwe cooaty tiuit I bat* «'../• Mm in ia prartBM. I took tbo crwrod tb«t oar DMDio r** btliic doMirod u tn t><'< »f;iM MittBMta of tfM BBfltob ■pMklnc t»>i- ttr tamudi tbom. I Imto mM bofON ud rwUI npMt It. and I will » « »^2S! lt-«Toa at tbo oxpHMO of playtag a llttto oa tbo BOTTM of tbo MlBlator of Joatico aad WMao of bto fMondo— tbat If wo appoal to tbo fair mboo of tbo Eagllob opMiKlng majortty, tbo Protoataat majority tn tbl* Domlaloii, wo can brtag tbom to a com- mon point of ondorttandlng witb na. and that by appoallng to tbo b«t oonao of tbo poopSo of Qnoboe wo ean bring tbom to common nndoratandlng wItb tbe Protestant majority In tbU Dominion to work togotbor for tbo pwiGO. tbo proqMrity and tbo do- Tolopment of oor coontry. Bnt, I baro alou ■aid, and I ropoat It now, tbat concowions cannot bo mado only on oao aldo, tbat tbaro moat bo giro and tako on tbo part o' tttb racoa-and tbo Idoa of giring to olo v^o- Tlneo aad eryir^ : ' Hands off Monitor .o Mparato ocbr. tn Manitoba I tbe LiDoral gorommont to tiio llrat aovemment tbat baa aent troopa to bolp tbo Brttlab army ; tbe Liberal goremment baa dime wbat no OonaerratlTo goremment baa erer done in tiie way of imperUlUm I ' and tben going to tbe proTlnce of Qnebec and aaying : ' Ton Viamii Canadlana abonld rote for oa be- canae I 't '^ to know tbat tbongb bo may bo dtaaa.M -^ wltb tbe conrae tbat <^t tIaMO, I bart taken, be wonM dectaro tbat I never appealed to my fallow etttaena npon tbe grooMO of me- tal or rellgtoao diffaroneo, and eapectally tbat I noTor appealed to tbom agaiaat Brt- tlab InetltnttoBs Wby, I romember tbe tliBe. when I w « booted la tbe city of Mon- treal by aooM aapportera of tbto govern- BMot becanao I aald. In Oie midat of tiM OKctteiBeat over tbe Boatb African dtflknKy. tbat Bngtond waa a great cenntry, tbat Mr. Chamberlain waa not tbe whoto of Bng- tond, and tbat tbe time wonld come when brnnil-nilndcd lilfiis would trluiii|ih In iluit country. And what waa tbe argument need tbeu t It waa tbat tbo Boer war waa a bad one, tbat Canada should not bare participated U *t. and that Sir Wilfrid surier waa id Into It by the fanatl- ciam of a nnl Bngliab apea! Ing popula- tion. If. now, > goremment turn to tbe proTlncn of Ontario and appeal to the elec- tore there Dy denonncing men whom they know tw be aa loyal and na atralgbt as they are, . >n. I aay they are taking a much anm %ii^ to deatroy tbe very object of tbe right hou. Prime Minister's policy than by allowlcg tbe Uberato their freedom of apeecb. Nine or ten yeara ago, abortly after I entered parliament I beard tbe Prime Min- toter reply to one of tbe apeakera on the other aide who attacked the government be- canao aome of Ito friendb had spoken free- ly upon certain qneetlons. 1 do not remeni- bor now wbat tbe laane waa ; bat tbe Prime Mlnlatar aUted then tbat the Liberal party could not be orKsnlzed as the old Tory pnrty waa, that It waa founded upon the prin- ciple of liberty and could not exist nnleas aome liberty of thout(ht aome liberty of apec'b, aome liberty of action waa allowed to .4 mranbera. I hope the Prime Minis- ter has not rraounced that principle ; for be knows tbat when I accepted the candi- dature for tbe Ibrst time, twelve yeara ago. the condition which I then put to tbe leader of the Literal party, aa well aa to my own people, waa that I should keep my freedom of action in this parliament and that I wonld receive no support In money or other- wise from the Liberal party to get me elec- ted. Upon that condition I waa elected ; upon that condition I have been re-elec- ted three tlmea ; upon tbat condition I will Btay bi tbto Houae or I will atay out of it It la ""e of the baalc principles of the Lib- eral pu iy tbat every member of that party may iippenl to his fellow-cltlzens upon the principle of freedom of action. If the Liberal party feela Itaelf atill broad mongh and strong enough to stand aome liberty of tbon^t and action within Ita ranka, tben everything is right. But If that to to b* ebanawd, if Llbwala an to live nnder caat Iron rules, and If we are to l»ve Impowd upon the government a policy wnWi wui be a denial of erery principle that the Llt>- eral party baa pieacbed. the old Tory policy of Jlncolam and the waving of the Brltiab flag every time a qaeatlon arise* which they do not wish to have dlMoaaetl before the country— very well ; but let ua know It now. Sir, I have (nlflUed the object I had In moving the adjournment of this debate, which waa to state what had been onr po«l- tlon In the Quebec county election and to let my friends here know what our poaltlon la at present In the province of Quebec. One does not need to consider th< attitnte of the government to understand clearly our position. We will not vary merely because the policy of the government Tarles. Llberala we have been, aad Llbarals we are. And because we are Liberals, be- cause we are free British subjects, and (M- cauae we think there exists In thla county such a thing as liberty of opinion for all, we are goUtg to stick to the Liberal policy ; and every time we find Jingoism and Tory- Ism proposed by the Liberal party, we will denounce It for the very reason that we are Liberals. I / / dvi"'^ "^'^ 1^