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July 27, 1944

LIB

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. ROEBUCK:

A better simile would be the tadpole which disappears when the butterfly appears. Therefore if you would find out what the Conservative party stands for, do not go to John the Baptist-

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Paul Joseph James Martin (Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour)

Liberal
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Mr. MARTIN:

He lost his head.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Liberal
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Mr. ROEBUCK:

Yes. The analogy is good. No; go to the butterfly who flits about this Dominion of Canada attending afternoon teas, picnics and banquets with a carpet-bag.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Ian Alistair Mackenzie (Minister of Pensions and National Health)

Liberal
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Mr. MACKENZIE (Vancouver Centre):

Milking cows.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Liberal
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Mr. ROEBUCK:

Milking cows, yes, crowding the overcrowded trains, when he is not speculating in farm lands. That is the man to whom you go to find out where the * Conservative party stands and what the Conservative party will do should it take office, and should it be so fortunate and should the Dominion of Canada be so unfortunate as to have it take office.

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I turn to an amazing statement made by Mr. John Bracken on June 24, 1944. He said:

The plan has all the earmarks of a politica' bribe.

Ugly words; very ugly words.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Ian Alistair Mackenzie (Minister of Pensions and National Health)

Liberal
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Mr. MACKENZIE (Vancouver Centre):

What did McTague say?

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. ROEBUCK:

McTague does not count. It is the butterfly that decides the policy so far as the party is concerned. Neither McTague, the leader of the opposition nor the hon. member for Lake Centre decides the policy. Mr. John Bracken used these ugly words with reference to this measure. In doing that I suggest to this house that he has definitely and irretrievably set himself in opposition to family allowances; because I take it, Mr. Speaker, that this gentleman would not himself be a self-confessed briber of the

public. Therefore it is settled for good and all that the Conservative party under the leadership of Mr. John Bracken is irretrievably opposed to family allowances and will make no promises or approaches to family allowances at least prior to the coming election.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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NAT

Gordon Graydon (Leader of the Official Opposition)

National Government
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Mr. GRAYDON:

You cannot read that into the statement.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. ROEBUCK:

Yes, I can,

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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NAT

Gordon Graydon (Leader of the Official Opposition)

National Government
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Mr. GRAYDON:

It is your own inference, then.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Liberal
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Mr. ROEBUCK:

Let me give you some more of the statement. I again quote from the statement of June 24. Mr. Bracken says:

It is time we asked ourselves when this-

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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NAT

Gordon Graydon (Leader of the Official Opposition)

National Government
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Mr. GRAYDON:

May I say to my hon. friend that he is picking out different points of Mr. Bracken's statement; I ask that he read the whole statement, now that he has commenced to read it. We know that he is setting himself up as a comedian, and we have enjoyed it very much, but I think we should at least get down to business.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Thomas Vien (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER:

The hon. gentleman may make his own quotations.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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Frederick Clayton Casselman

Mr. CASSELMAN:

His time is up.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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NAT

Gordon Graydon (Leader of the Official Opposition)

National Government
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Mr. GRAYDON:

I am asking that the full statement be read.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. ROEBUCK:

I presume the leader of the opposition knows the statement by rote. He must have memorized it^ because Mr. John Bracken is his leader. He should not require me to read to him what John Bracken said.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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NAT

Gordon Graydon (Leader of the Official Opposition)

National Government
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Mr. GRAYDON:

I know what it is; I want the house to know. I want my butterfly friend to read it.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Ian Alistair Mackenzie (Minister of Pensions and National Health)

Liberal
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Mr. MACKENZIE (Vancouver Centre):

He is not here.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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LIB

Arthur Wentworth Roebuck

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. ROEBUCK:

I would not impose such an injustice on the house as to read the chaff that comes from the gentleman who leads the Conservative party.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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NAT

Gordon Graydon (Leader of the Official Opposition)

National Government
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. GRAYDON:

You are afraid.

Topic:   QUESTIONS PASSED AS ORDERS FOR RETURNS
Subtopic:   FAMILY ALLOWANCES
Sub-subtopic:   PROVISION FOR PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN UNDER SIXTEEN
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July 27, 1944