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My object, having a surplus to deal with, is to consider how I can deal with it to the greatest advantage to the consumer - how, without inflicting any injury on Canada, I can secure the most substantial benefit to this country, to the manufacturing, to the commercial, and to the agricultural interests. The real way in which we can benefit the working and manufacturing classes is, unquestionably, by removing the burden that presses on the springs of manufactures and commerce.


Citations

Peel, Robert. "Financial Statement." Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, 3rd series, vol. 77, T.C. Hansard, 14 Feb. 1845, col. 473.

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Robert Peel
Robert Peel
  • Born: February 5, 1788
  • Died: July 2, 1850
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Leader

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, FRS was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) and twice Home Secretary (1822–1827 and 1828–1830). He is regarded as the father of modern British policing, owing to his founding of the Metropolitan Police Service. Peel was one of the founders of the modern Conservative Party.