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April 30, 1952

DEFENCE EXPENDITURES

REFERENCE IN SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

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George Alexander Drew (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. George A. Drew (Leader of the Opposition):

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a question of privilege with respect to a matter that has come to my attention since the house met yesterday. I find that the chairman of the committee on defence expenditures made reference at a meeting of the committee to the announcement that had appeared that Mr. Vernon Kemp had been appointed my personal assistant. He drew from that certain inferences which I think were wholly unjustified and very improper.

I might say that Mr. Kemp, as I think the hon. member for Spadina should well realize, had been discussing this matter with me for some considerable time before the incidents occurred at Petawawa. What I am objecting to particularly are the words used by the chairman of the committee-

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James Sinclair (Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance)

Liberal
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Mr. Sinclair:

On a point of order, is it in order for the hon. member to refer to the proceedings of the committee at the present time?

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George Alexander Drew (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. Drew:

-in referring to this subject.

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Elie Beauregard (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. Speaker:

Order. A point of order has been raised. I did not raise it myself as there appeared to be no disapproval of the leader of the opposition discussing in the house what took place in the committee.

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Edmund Davie Fulton

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Fulton:

He is discussing a report in the press.

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George Alexander Drew (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Drew:

I am not discussing procedure in the committee; I am discussing the newspaper report. I am discussing the fact that in reference to this appointment the chairman of the committee used these words, that it was a part of Drew's gestapo.

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Elie Beauregard (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. Speaker:

Order. I am afraid I cannot allow-

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An hon. Member:

Steamroller.

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Elie Beauregard (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. Speaker:

-a discussion at this time of what took place in the committee, whether a newspaper report is involved or whatever it may be. If the hon. member objects to the

newspaper report he can raise his question of privilege in the committee but not in the house.

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George Alexander Drew (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Drew:

Mr. Speaker, I am not a

member of the committee, and I am referring to something that is definitely a matter of privilege. I have stated what I wish to state-

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Some hon. Members:

Order.

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George Alexander Drew (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. Drew:

-and I am making these remarks with the expectation that the hon. member for Spadina, who I believe will wish to do so, will indicate that these words were not intended in the manner in which-

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James Sinclair (Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance)

Liberal
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Mr. Sinclair:

What words?

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George Alexander Drew (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. Drew:

-in which they were spoken, because the hon. member for Spadina on many other occasions-

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Some hon. Members:

Order.

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George Alexander Drew (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Progressive Conservative
Member File Biography @ PARLINFO

Mr. Drew:

-has indicated that he would not wish a matter of that kind to stand in that way. I am referring particularly to the term, "Drew's gestapo".

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David Arnold Croll

Liberal
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Mr. Croll:

If I am in order, and I presume I am-

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Elie Beauregard (Speaker of the Senate)

Liberal
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Mr. Speaker:

The proceedings have not

been in order. The matter should not be raised in the house. It should have been raised in the committee. However, it has been raised in the house, and if the hon. member wishes to speak at this time I will not object.

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April 30, 1952