February 8, 1926 (15th Parliament, 1st Session)

Mr. ROBB:

There were three advances in
the tariff. I have not those figures before ine, but I shall be glad to discuss that with my right hon. friend at some other time.
It has been argued this afternoon that the dairy industry in western Canada is in a very poor condition, that it is threatened with ruin because of the changes in the Australian treaty. My right hon. friend may not have been correctly reported, but I recall having read some of his speeches during the election campaign when he asserted that by the Australian treaty this government had ruined the fresh egg and butter industry of Canada. If my right hon. friend was correctly reported, that was not a very great credit to his intelligence. I would give him credit for greater intelligence than to believe that Canada will ever buy fresh eggs from Australia.