February 11, 1948 (20th Parliament, 4th Session)

Mr. DORION:

What are at present (a) the diplomatic relations; (ib) the commercial relations, between Canada and Spain?
Mr. ST. LAURENT:
(a) Canada has no diplomatic relations with Spain.
(b) A Canadian trade commissioner, Mr. L.
S. Glass, was appointed1 on November 28, 1945, as trade commissioner to Portugal and his territory includes also Spain, the Azores, Madeira, Spanish Morocco, the Canary islands and Gibraltar. An agreement between the United Kingdom and Spain signed June 27, 1924, regulating the treatment of companies, and; a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United Kingdom and Spain signed October 31, 1922 (revised April 5, 1927), were accepted on behalf of Canada as from August 1, 1928 (Canada treaty series, 1928, No. 7).