"The object of this pamphlet is to provide material for a study of one of Canada's most vital and urgent national problems - of the present day and the future - her population problem."
Contents:
Introduction; Part One - Canada's Need of More People; Part Two - Britain's Empire Migration Policy; Part Three - A Plan for British Family Farm Settlements in Canada; Part Four - Summing Up; Appendix - Supporting Documents.
Part One:
The Objective of Canada's Development in the Past; Three major Economic Problems now demanding solution; What the new immigrant really means to Canada; Our Manufacturers' and Merchants' interest in immigration; Some objections to more immigration now - and a reply.
Part Two:
Parliament's favourable outlook on organized Overseas Settlement [The 1922 Empire Settlement Act; Report of the Parliamentary Migration Committee (1932); A Bill (1932) to Amend the 1922 Empire Settlement Act; Report of the Empire Development and Settlement Research Committee (1933); Proceedings in the House of Commons at Westminster (1934)]; A discordant note - The Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on Migration Policy (1934); The Newcastle-on-Tyne Empire Voluntary Migration Conference (1935); Summary of the United Kingdom situation.
Part Three:
The mistakes of the past; Selection of immigrants; A brief outline of the "Hornby Plan"; Steps taken in Canada to give effect to the "Hornby Plan"; Final settlement; The Parent Organization; Table showing the security offered for the expenditures to be made; Cost and value of settlement; A National Investment for the United Kingdom.
Part Four:
Balance Sheet Changes - Liabilities become Assets - Mutual economic advantages; Canada's contribution to settlement, and the chief obstacle; Canada's opportunity.
Appendix - Supporting Documents:
Exhibit A - The Report of the Parliamentary Migration Committee (1932); Exhibit B - Extracts from the Report of the Empire Development and Settlement Research Committee (1933); Exhibit C - Orders of the Day of the House of Commons (Westminster) of January 29th, 1934; Exhibit D - The Newcastle "Brief" (1935); Exhibit E - List of representatives who attended the Newcastle Conference (1935), and messages received; Exhibit F - Resolutions passed in Canada in 1935 in favour of an early resumption of British Immigration, and of the "Hornby Plan".