Wilfrid LAURIER
LAURIER, The Right Hon. Sir Wilfrid, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C., B.C.L., D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D.
Personal Data
- Party
- Laurier Liberal
- Constituency
- Quebec East (Quebec)
- Birth Date
- November 20, 1841
- Deceased Date
- February 17, 1919
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=e2f3ce71-bd81-4d34-8a08-56a140552231&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- lawyer
Parliamentary Career
- January 22, 1874 - October 7, 1877
- LIBDrummond--Arthabaska (Quebec)
- October 8, 1877 - August 16, 1878
- LIBDrummond--Arthabaska (Quebec)
- Minister of Inland Revenue (October 8, 1877 - October 8, 1878)
- November 28, 1877 - August 16, 1878
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- Minister of Inland Revenue (October 8, 1877 - October 8, 1878)
- September 17, 1878 - May 18, 1882
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- Minister of Inland Revenue (October 8, 1877 - October 8, 1878)
- June 20, 1882 - January 15, 1887
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- February 22, 1887 - February 3, 1891
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- Leader of the Official Opposition (June 23, 1887 - July 10, 1896)
- March 5, 1891 - April 24, 1896
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- Leader of the Official Opposition (June 23, 1887 - July 10, 1896)
- June 23, 1896 - July 10, 1896
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- Leader of the Official Opposition (June 23, 1887 - July 10, 1896)
- July 11, 1896 - October 9, 1900
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- President of the Privy Council (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- Prime Minister (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- July 30, 1896 - October 9, 1900
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- President of the Privy Council (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- Prime Minister (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- November 7, 1900 - September 29, 1904
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- President of the Privy Council (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- Prime Minister (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- November 3, 1904 - September 17, 1908
- LIBWright (Quebec)
- President of the Privy Council (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- Prime Minister (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (March 13, 1905 - April 7, 1905)
- Minister of the Interior (March 13, 1905 - April 7, 1905)
- Minister of Marine and Fisheries (January 6, 1906 - February 5, 1906)
- October 26, 1908 - July 29, 1911
- LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- President of the Privy Council (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- Prime Minister (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- September 21, 1911 - October 6, 1917
- LIBSoulanges (Quebec)
- President of the Privy Council (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- Prime Minister (July 11, 1896 - October 6, 1911)
- Leader of the Official Opposition (October 10, 1911 - February 17, 1919)
- December 17, 1917 - February 17, 1919
- L LIBQuebec East (Quebec)
- Leader of the Official Opposition (October 10, 1911 - February 17, 1919)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 1738 of 1744)
April 10, 1902
Sir WILFRID LAURIER.
vision here for vessels trading between the province of Ontario and provinces mentioned. A vessel trading from Ontario or from any of the ports on the great lakes, down to the maritime provinces, would not be exempt, because there is no reference to the province of Ontario in the Act at present. The amendment therefore is intended to extend the exemption of vessels trading between Ontario and the province of Quebec, or between any port on the great lakes and the province of Quebec. It extends the exemption to vessels trading downwards as well as to vessels trading upwards.
Hon. Mr. I-IAGGART. Is it intended to exempt from compulsory pilotage ? It looks as if it did so.
April 4, 1902
Sir WILFRID LAURIER.
comparisons on this point were unfair to the progress and prosperity of Canada during the last decade, and that it was necessary to show that these were unfair, or else the people of the world and the people of our own country, in studying the census, might not understand and appreciate to the full extent the immense progress which Canada has made in the last few years.
Now, Sir, I have under my hand a number of statements which go into greater detail than those submitted by my hon. friend. I venture therefore to supplement what he has stated by placing some of these statements before the House and the country. They are far too voluminous for me to read them all ; but I wish to read some specimen ones, which I have taken very much at random, amongst the many papers which were laid on the Table by the Minister of Trade and Commerce, and other statements which I have prepared. My hon. friend from Pictou claimed that in the taking of the census of 1891 extreme care had been taken by the government and the minister in charge of the department at that time to insist that the enumerations should be carefully and accurately made. He pointed out that, in so far as industrial establishments were concerned, the enumerators were instructed to include only those which had an annual output of $200. He therefore concluded that it was only such establishments that were included in the tabulation of the census of 1891, and that it was quite reasonable that industrial establishments yielding an annual output of $200 should be regarded as industrial establishments.
I have under my hand the instructions which were issued to the enumerators in 1891, and I find no such statement in those instructions. There was no instruction given to the enumerators that they should only include industrial establishments which gave an annual output of $200. As a matter of fact, that was the same instruction as was given in 1871, in 1881 and in this last census. I do not quarrel with that instruction, but I want to correct the impression that was conveyed by the remarks of my hon. friend from Pictou.
But, further than that, I find that in these tabulations not only did the enumerators take industrial establishments which had not an annual output of $200, but here in the bureau at Ottawa such establishments were included to a very large number indeed. I have in my hand the third volume of that census, which gives these industrial establishments. I have not undertaken to go through the whole 386 pages of that volume, but I did go through the first 80 pages, and as a specimen I find that in those 80 pages there are 339 industrial establishments included in the tabulation the product of each of which was less than $200- a pretty fair proportion, in fact a very large proportion of the whole number.
March 18, 1902
Sir WILFRID LAURIER.
March 6, 1902
Sir WILFRID LAURIER.
Subtopic: PENSIONS TO NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE.
March 5, 1902
Sir WILFRID LAURIER.
But the parliament of Canada will not be surprised if I say that this is a matter with which we have experienced a great deal of difficulty. The United States government is of all governments the one the most difficult with which to carry on international negotiations, owing to their peculiar constitution, which makes the Senate the treaty-ratifying power. Therefore the Senate has all along to be kept more or less advised- if not the whole Senate, leading members of it. For this reason we have not been able, even after years of persevering and continuous effort, to bring the matter to such a point as to enable me-what otherwise I should be only too happy to do-to gratify the legitimate curiosity of hon. gentlemen opposite to have the full particulars laid before them.
My hon. friend has referred to certain statements which have been made by my hon. friend from Labelle (Mr. Bourassa) outside the House. I might suggest to my hon. friend that it would have been perhaps more appropriate, when he lectured my hon. friend a few days ago on a question much akin to this one, to have brought up the references which he has made to-day. But at all events I _ never understood my hon. friend from Labelle to make any statement except by way of argument, that we had not pressed sufficiently the claims of Canada upon the British government in connection with the modification of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty. He was only acting upon his own inferences. He had no data to go by. As to the fact that he was connected with the Joint Commission, I do not know that that is relevant at all. As to the other fact, that he alluded to certain statements which have not been made, but which Sir Louis Davies is reported to have made, I have in my hand a letter from Sir Louis Davies denying that he made any such statements. I do not intend, to read the letter to-day, because the hon. member for Labelle is not in his seat, but I intend to do so at the earliest moment.