June 8, 1944 (19th Parliament, 5th Session)

Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister):

I wish to announce to the house that a convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion in the case of estate taxes and succession duties was signed this afternoon, June 8, at 2.45 p.m. Mr. Atherton, the United States Ambassador, signed on behalf of the United States of America; and Mr. Mackenzie King, the Secretary of State for External Affairs, and Mr. Gibson, the Minister of National Revenue, signed for Canada.
The text of the convention will be tabled in parliament, and an explanatory statement will be furnished as soon as arrangements have been completed in Washington for communicating the convention to the senate.