Statement by Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Premier of British Columbia, at the Dominion-Provincial Conference, Ottawa, 14 January 1941 (printed, 1941)

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Statement by Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Premier of British Columbia, at the Dominion-Provincial Conference, Ottawa, 14 January 1941 (printed, 1941)
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14 Jan 1941
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Internet Archive
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https://archive.org/details/31761119710044
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Read 12 Oct 2026 from the archive.org copy's OCR. The statement he had printed before leaving Victoria, rejecting the Rowell-Sirois report as the basis of the conference.

  • The report is "a very remarkable compendium of useful information," but its plan means "immediate and ever increasing centralization of authority in the Dominion."
  • British Columbia "does not want to be pushed down either to the bottom or half way, there to turn the treadmill of mediocrity in perpetuity"; "British Columbia is in a category by itself."
  • "the unemployment problem is primarily the responsibility of the Dominion."
  • The Dominion already has the powers it needs to win the war; temporary measures can be taken now and permanent ones after the war, for "this is no time to make so radical a change."

See Duff Pattullo, 22nd Premier of British Columbia: what did he get right, and what did he get wrong?.

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  2. title: "Statement by Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Premier of British Columbia, at the Dominion-Provincial Conference, Ottawa, 14 January 1941 (printed, 1941)"
  3. type: other
  4. date: "14 Jan 1941"
  5. repository: Internet Archive
  6. url: "https://archive.org/details/31761119710044"
  7. seen: transcript
  8. access: public
  9. ---
  10. Read 12 Oct 2026 from the archive.org copy's OCR. The statement he had printed before leaving Victoria,
  11. rejecting the Rowell-Sirois report as the basis of the conference.
  13. - The report is "a very remarkable compendium of useful information," but its plan means "immediate and ever
  14. increasing centralization of authority in the Dominion."
  15. - British Columbia "does not want to be pushed down either to the bottom or half way, there to turn the
  16. treadmill of mediocrity in perpetuity"; "British Columbia is in a category by itself."
  17. - "the unemployment problem is primarily the responsibility of the Dominion."
  18. - The Dominion already has the powers it needs to win the war; temporary measures can be taken now and
  19. permanent ones after the war, for "this is no time to make so radical a change."
  21. See `pattullo-premiership`.
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