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June 6, 1947

PRIVILEGE

MR. MACKENZIE, MR. KNOWLES-OTTAWA "CITIZEN" REPORTS OF PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 5

Right Hon. IAN A. MACKENZIE (Minister of Veterans Affairs): Mr. Speaker, I wish to rise to a question of privilege. Yesterday there was an exchange in the house between my good friend, the hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre (Mr. Knowles), and myself which will be found reported on page 3834 of Hansard as follows: Mr. Knowles: We always do that even in arguments which take place in the house; as for example, the exchanges between the Minister of Veterans Affairs and me. We have them often. I always think he is wrong; he always thinks I am wrong. Mr. Mackenzie: But I am right. That is exactly what happened, but the Ottawa Citizen of this morning contains an article which offends my dignity. It is entitled: "You're darned right" is Mackenzie's reply. I have never used the word "darned" in my life. I think it is an objectionable and obnoxious word except when applied to the mending of socks. I wish the paper would make the proper retraction.
CCF

Stanley Howard Knowles (Whip of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.)
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Mr. STANLEY KNOWLES (Winnipeg North Centre):

I rise also to a question of privilege. I regret having to correct our friends in the press gallery because I realize they are working under difficulties, but there is a sentence in a report in this morning's Ottawa Citizen which really ought to be corrected. It reads:

Stanley Knowles (CCF-Winnipeg North Centre) said that if Canada refused to have United States troops within her borders in peace time she would be in the enviable position of being able to say she had taken the first step against the "Truman policy" for the "Stalin policy."

Obviously if anyone had made such a statement as that in this house he would have

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been howled down. The word "for" should be "or". What I did say is reported on page 3836 of Hansard as follows:

That would be the first more by any small country against the Truman policy or the Stalin policy, and it would put us in the position of being able properly to criticize the Soviet Union for what they are doing as well as the United States. It would also strengthen our position in the councils of the united nations.

Topic:   PRIVILEGE
Subtopic:   MR. MACKENZIE, MR. KNOWLES-OTTAWA "CITIZEN" REPORTS OF PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE 5
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REPORTS AND PAPERS

LIB

William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister; President of the Privy Council)

Liberal
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Right Hon. W. L. MACKENZIE KING (Prime Minister):

I wish to table copies in English and French of orders in council passed under the authority of the National Emergency Transitional Powers, 1945, for the months of April and May 1947. Orders in council passed under the National Emergency Transitional Powers Act, 1945, were last tabled on April 24, 1947. These will be the last group of orders in council to be tabled under the provisions of the National Emergency Transitional Powers Act, 1945, since the act expired on May 15, 1947.

lion. HUMPHREY MITCHELL (Minister of Labour): I desire to table copy of P.C. 2179, passed on June 3, 1947, by which the federal government extended until March 31, 1949, the time limits under which financial contributions may be made to the capital cost of new vocational schools, including building and equipment costs. The arrangement is a dollar for dollar one between the federal and the provincial governments. The extension has been approved following representations by the provincial governments that the shortage of building materials made it impossible to complete school building programmes by the original deadline of March 31, 1948.

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

HUMAN RIGHTS-CONCURRENCE IN FIRST REPORT

Right Hon. J. L. ILSLEY (Minister of Justice) presented the first report of the special joint committee on human rights and fundamental freedoms, and moved that the report be concurred in. Motion agreed to. pleted its home run. I shall not make any remarks other than those I have already made, but if the house is kind enough I should like to place on the record editorials from the Vancouver Sun and the Northern Daily News. I have also a letter from Mr. J. A. Laforest, Mayor of Squatteck.
LIB

James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER :

Has the hon. member the unanimous consent of the house?

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Subtopic:   HUMAN RIGHTS-CONCURRENCE IN FIRST REPORT
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Mr. COLD WELL@

To table these documents, Mr. Speaker?

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Subtopic:   HUMAN RIGHTS-CONCURRENCE IN FIRST REPORT
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Jean-François Pouliot

Independent Liberal
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Mr. POULIOT:

To put them on the record.

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Mr. COLD WELL@

I think anything put on the record should be read, Mr. Speaker.

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Jean-François Pouliot

Independent Liberal
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Mr. POULIOT:

That is all right, thank you. I tried to get rid of the embarrassment I would feci in reading those articles. The first, entitled "Sacramental Words," is from the Vancouver Sun, May 13, 1947, and the other, entitled "Shredded Red Tape," is from the Northern Daily News, of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.

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James Horace King (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. SPEAKER:

Order. The hon. member knows he is quite out of order in reading articles from newspapers.

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Jean-François Pouliot

Independent Liberal
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Mr. POULIOT:

I will bow to your ruling, Mr. Speaker, but those who have not read this have missed a lot.

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Motion agreed to.

PRIVATE BILL

FIRST AND SECOND READINGS-SENATE BHX

Bill No. 266, to incorporate Federation 1 nsurance Company of Canada.-Mr. Cote (St. Johns-Iberville-Napierville).

June 6, 1947