There is a coincidence that this debate should be happening now, because it was 100 years ago this month, on May 22, 1914, when a middle-aged R.B. Bennett, who was the member of Parliament for Calgary at the time, said the following:
C'est une coïncidence que ce débat ait lieu maintenant, car le 22 mai 1914, il y a 100 ans ce mois-ci, le député de Calgary de l'époque, R. B. Bennett, alors dans la quarantaine, déclarait ce qui suit: