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              PE002861 - Canada and British Immigration
              Item · 1936
              Part of Prairie Ephemera Collection

              "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".

               Hornby, M. L.