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Parlant de notre promesse d’abolir certaines taxes à la prochaine session, il dit :

.…" This is probably as much as was ‘ éxpected at the moment, and we ‘“ should not be surprised to hear that “ the relief has come even sooner than ‘ was expected, for the folly of the “ Mercier regime had landed the ‘“ Province in a bad financial muddle,

“ It is not quite plain sailing with ‘“ Quebec even yet. Much has been ‘“ done in the reduction of civic ex- ‘“ penditure, and progress has also “ been made in building up a needed ‘‘ revenue, but more requires to be MOAONE srissénrcnsessresmesesine ce

“ The comparison shows that eco- ‘ nomy has been exercised wherever

“it could be ; legislation, justice, civil “ government, education, public works, ‘“ charities—are all reduced in cost ; ‘“ agriculture, it is true, shows an in- ‘ creased expenditure, and it would ‘be hard to say, considering the re- “ sults, that it was not justified.” Voilà, messieurs, le résultat de nos efforts depuis moins de quatre ans.