February 10, 1928 (16th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Mr. TOLMIE:

It is no serious trouble to
do business in the city of Victoria. The whole province of British Columbia does business there; it is the capital of the province. If we listened to all these demands, probably we should have to establish four or five more capitals throughout the country. There is an excellent steamboat service with the island, with two lines of boats running every day, boats as fine as any afloat. The people are accustomed to do their business there, and it is no more trouble to carry on this business in Victoria than if you had branches established elsewhere. In addition, I am quite sure that the moment you create this precedent in British Columbia you will have numerous demands of the same kind from olher provinces.