. The problems of transportation in Canada . THE NATIONAL TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY The National Transcontinental Railway Speech delivered in the Senateon the jythjune içoj. deeply appreciate the honourof being intrusted with theprivilège of replying to thehon. leader of the Oppositionon this occasion, for the ineas-nre now before the House is, in m y opinion,the inost important which lias engaged theattention of Parliament since Confédé provides for the construction of the greatestrailway ever contemplated in this conntry,a va^t enterprise which, when complète, isbonnd to exercise a p
. The problems of transportation in Canada . THE NATIONAL TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY The National Transcontinental Railway Speech delivered in the Senateon the jythjune içoj. deeply appreciate the honourof being intrusted with theprivilège of replying to thehon. leader of the Oppositionon this occasion, for the ineas-nre now before the House is, in m y opinion,the inost important which lias engaged theattention of Parliament since Confédé provides for the construction of the greatestrailway ever contemplated in this conntry,a va^t enterprise which, when complète, isbonnd to exercise a povverful influence on the 52 The National future of this young nation. It is thereforewith considérable diffidence I rise to under-take the important task intrusted to me. I propose to deal, first, with the proposedamendments to our contract with the GrandTrunk Pacific Company ; secondly, to say a fewwords about the previous endeavors winchhâve been made by our predecessors to con-struct a Transcontinental Railway ; thirdly, todiscuss the question of the cost of transporta-tion ; fourthly, to describe the resources of theterritory traversed by the Transcontine
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