§ 52. Mr. HURDasked the Prime Minister if any steps have been taken to negotiate a fresh commercial convention between Canada and France; and whether His Majesty's Government will suggest to Canadian Ministers the mutual advantages of the joint negotiation by the nations of the Empire of commercial arrangements with foreign Powers?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWThe answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part, I do not think that the suggestion put forward would be feasible in practice.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWNot recently, I believe.