§ Mr. MARTINasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been directed to the statement made to him in the letter of transmission of his annual Report by Mr. Richard Grigg, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner to Canada, just distributed, that increased experience has confirmed an opinion already expressed that there exists throughout Canada a keen desire, both on patriotic and business grounds, to better understand differing points of view and to draw closer the bonds of commercial union; and whether he will inquire from Mr. Grigg if that gentleman refers in this statement to the policy known as Imperial Preference advocated by the Conservative party here; and, if so, whether he will call upon Mr. Grigg to furnish proofs of the statement in question?
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§ Mr. TENNANTI do not see anything in the passage referred to which requires elucidation by any further inquiries.
§ Viscount WOLMERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the official Report of Mr. Grigg, dealing with conditions in the Dominion of Canada from 1st July, 1906, to 31st March, 1910, has been completed for several months; and will he explain why it was not published immediately it was ready?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe statement is entirely incorrect. The Report was published as soon as completed.