Mr. JEAN-FRANGOIS POULIOT (Temis-couata): Mr. Speaker, as a private member of this honourable house I rise to a question of privilege. By virtue of section 133 of the British North America Act and of numerous orders in council, particularly P. C. 159 of January 31, 1928, members of parliament are entitled to an English and French copy of all official publications. I hold in my hand administrator's order, A-317, issued by Mr. A. H. Williamson, administrator of supplies, on July 30, 1942, approved by Mr. D. Gordon, chairman, wartime prices and trade board and concurred in by Mr. R. C. Berkinshaw, chairman, wartime industries control board. I am credibly informed that this document has never been translated into French because of orders that were issued not to translate it. For some time I have been receiving copies of another publication issued by Mr. John Grierson entitled " Nouvelles Catholiques." This comes from the wartime information board, and I am informed that it has never been translated into English. I believe that some issues are made up largely of translations of material appearing in English publications, but the English text has not been sent to us. I exercise my right as a member of the House of Commons to ask for a French translation of order A-317 and an English translation or the English text, as the case may be, of all numbers of " Nouvelles Catholiques." I protest strongly against the propaganda contained in order A-317 for the English speaking population exclusively, and against the issuing of "Nouvelles Catholiques" for the French speaking population exclusively. One is for the English and the other is for the French, and they are contradictory. mr. ross (st. Paul's)-reference to remarks

Mr. DOUGLAS G. ROSS (St. Paul's): Mr. Speaker, on a question of privilege, I regret that I was not in the house last Monday when a question which I had on the order paper came up. When this question came up on Thursday last the Minister of National Defence (Mr. Ralston) asked that it be dropped. I find that the minister is reported on page 2619 of Hansard as follows: I ask the hon. member to drop the third part of this question. Then he went on further to say: I would ask that the question be dropped. ' He said also: There can be only one reason for that question, namely to draw some inference that these men are not doing their duty. Further on he said: That reason applies doubly or trebly to men overseas. I do not think it lies in the mouth of any of us to question what the men are doing there, whether they happen to be in Canada or in England. The minister has no right to impute any motive to me or to any other member of the house. The thing farthest from my mind was that any of these men were not doing their duty. A soldier goes where he is sent and does what he has to do. My question deals with a matter of policy of the government and of the Department of National Defence. I have many reasons for asking the question, all of which I do not intend to give here but I might state one of them. My information is that there are in this category many officers and men of several years' experience who would like to get overseas in the fighting forces but who are now being held on this side of the water, various excuses being given, while junior inexperienced officers are sent overseas. There are also thousands of soldiers overseas- Public Accounts

First report of standing committee on privileges and elections.-Mr. McCuaig.

On the order: Resuming the adjourned debate on the motion of Mr. Fraser (Northumberland)-That the second report of the standing committee on public accounts, presented to the house on Tuesday, April 6, be now concurred in, and on the amendment of Mr. Black (Yukon).