Excerpt from The Naval Policy of the Borden Government: Speech Delivered by Hon. George E. Foster, Minister of Trade and Commerce, in the House of Commons, December 18, 1912Such then has been the policy and action of the present Government. Let me now, however, call attention to the fact that whether designedly or not, there is a disposition, upon which many individuals have already acted, to declare to the country that there is only one branch to the government's de fence policy, and that is the branch of contribution, that a permanent policy has been thrown to the winds, and there is to be. No Canadian naval service. This is an absolute mis statement of the Government policy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.