The climate of southern Canada is comparable to that of the northern tier of the states of the United States.
Canada ranks seventh among the nations as a producer of iron and steel but only a small percentage of her production is derived from domestic ores, in view of the abundant supply of higher grade ores in Newfoundland and Minnesota.
All matters pertaining to the defense of Canada are under a Department _ of National Defense (Act of Jan. 9, 1923) with a minister of National De- fense at the head.
Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it.
The party system that is developing here in Canada is a party system that replicates the antebellum period, the pre-Civil War period of the United States.
Canada is, however, a troubled country politically, not socially.