George Eulas FOSTER
FOSTER, The Right Hon. Sir George Eulas, P.C., G.C.M.G., B.A.
Personal Data
- Party
- Conservative (1867-1942)
- Constituency
- Toronto North (Ontario)
- Birth Date
- September 3, 1847
- Deceased Date
- December 30, 1931
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eulas_Foster
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=2cf93f16-ac02-4963-ae74-f74b1cb23251&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- professor, teacher
Parliamentary Career
- June 20, 1882 - December 9, 1885
- CONKing's (New Brunswick)
- November 7, 1882 - January 15, 1887
- CONKing's (New Brunswick)
- Minister of Marine and Fisheries (December 10, 1885 - May 28, 1888)
- December 31, 1885 - January 15, 1887
- CONKing's (New Brunswick)
- Minister of Marine and Fisheries (December 10, 1885 - May 28, 1888)
- February 22, 1887 - February 3, 1891
- CONKing's (New Brunswick)
- Minister of Marine and Fisheries (December 10, 1885 - May 28, 1888)
- Minister of Finance and Receiver General (May 29, 1888 - June 6, 1891)
- March 5, 1891 - April 24, 1896
- CONKing's (New Brunswick)
- Minister of Finance and Receiver General (May 29, 1888 - June 6, 1891)
- Minister of Finance and Receiver General (June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892)
- Minister of Finance and Receiver General (December 5, 1892 - December 12, 1894)
- Minister of Finance and Receiver General (December 21, 1894 - January 5, 1896)
- Minister of Finance and Receiver General (January 15, 1896 - April 27, 1896)
- June 23, 1896 - October 9, 1900
- CONYork (New Brunswick)
- Minister of Finance and Receiver General (May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896)
- November 3, 1904 - September 17, 1908
- CONToronto North (Ontario)
- October 26, 1908 - July 29, 1911
- CONToronto North (Ontario)
- September 21, 1911 - October 6, 1917
- CONToronto North (Ontario)
- Minister of Trade and Commerce (October 10, 1911 - October 11, 1917)
- October 27, 1911 - October 6, 1917
- CONToronto North (Ontario)
- Minister of Trade and Commerce (October 10, 1911 - October 11, 1917)
- December 17, 1917 - September 21, 1921
- UNIONToronto North (Ontario)
- Minister of Trade and Commerce (October 12, 1917 - July 9, 1920)
- Minister of Trade and Commerce (July 10, 1920 - September 20, 1921)
- September 22, 1921 - October 4, 1921
- CONToronto North (Ontario)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 5 of 2246)
May 31, 1926
Mr. FOSTER:
Correct.
May 31, 1926
Mr. FOSTER:
I did not intend to discuss
this subject this evening and therefore did not bring the necessary documents with me, but if a page will go up to my room and bring down a statement of British imports to be found there I will quote thej necessary authority to my hon. friend. Or, if he prefers it, I will send the documents over to him when I have finished my speech and he can figure the prices out for himself.
May 31, 1926
Mr. FOSTER:
I was coming to a statement which would, I think, take care of the query which has just been addressed to me. As to subsidies, being a protectionist, and .subsidies being the highest form of protection, I am able to advocate a subsidy where it is necessary to produce new wealth from the resources of this country. I do not hesitate to say that. In the four years from 1919 to 1922 the United Kingdom imported some 670,000,000 bushels of wheat. Of that amount 60 per cent came from foreign countries and 40 per cent from the dominions, and on the average that 40 per cent which came from the dominions cost the British consumer 42 cents a bushel less than he paid for his world wheat, or the wheat he bought from foreign countries. I realize that that statement will likely be challenged, because men will say: WTien wheat is sold at the Liverpool price, how is it possible for that to be true? Well, the fact that it is true can be verified by referring to the imports of the United Kingdom for those
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years, which will be found in the library, if you take your pencil and divide the number of bushels into the cost to the British consumer, c.i.f., you will find that the statement I make, which bears the imprimatur of the British government, is absolutely true. So when the hon. Minister of Agriculture says he hesitates to ask the British people to reconsider their attitude on preference because this government does not feel like asking the British consumer to tax himself in favour of Canadian goods, I say to him that the British consumer of wheat in these four years-I have not been able to get the returns for later years-taxed himself on the average 42 cents a bushel more for foreign wheat than he did for empire grown wheat.
May 31, 1926
Mr. FOSTER:
I am not giving this information to the House as taken from Belcher's Almanac, or some authority of that kind. These are facts which will stagger the English people themselves. I have only been able to examine the period from 1919 to 1922. Whether the same condition has obtained since then is another matter. However, the fact remains that the statement I made is correct according to the imports of the United Kingdom for the years mentioned.
May 31, 1926
Mr. FOSTER:
We do not need that. The hon. gentleman and those surrounding him talk about the identity of our wheat being preserved in western Canada. I say to this House that the identity of Canadian wheat is lost when it crosses the border into the United States, and the British consumer knows nothing about the identity of this Canadian wheat when it is mixed with American grain.