§ 55. Mr. HURDasked the Postmaster-General why there is no telephone service between this country and Pacific centres within the Empire, like Vancouver, seeing that a service with San Francisco is in operation?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir William Mitchell-Thomson)My hon. Friend is no doubt aware that there is no high power station in Canada capable of conducting a direct telephone service with this country. The use of the beam system for telephonic transmission is still in the experimental stage. The possibility of an extension of the existing trans-Atlantic service via New York to Canada is under consideration.