Right Hon. L. S. St. Laurent (Prime Minister):

I will have to look at the exact terms of the resolution which was passed by the general assembly and which determined what were to be the functions of the United Nations force; and I shall endeavour to give the answer, in accordance with the terms of the resolution, at some later hour this day.

Mr. Green:

I had in mind what the position is today, whether this force now has any function to perform in the canal area.

Mr. St. Laurent (Quebec East):

As I have just stated, I will have to look at the exact terms of the resolution under which the United Nations emergency force was set up before I can answer the hon. gentleman's question. I shall endeavour to do that as early as possible today, and to find some opportune moment at which I can ask for unanimous consent to give the answer.

Mr. Green:

Will the Prime Minister also bring the house up to date with regard to the functions of the force in the Gaza strip? It would appear that it is now principally responsible for protecting the Egyptians against the Israelis. Perhaps the Prime Minister could give us up to date information on that situation.

Mr. St. Laurent (Quebec East):

The most I could do would be to bring the house up to date on the information we have received. The Gaza strip is quite a distance removed from Ottawa, and the information we get is from the reports made to the United Nations, by the officer commanding the force. I will supply the house with the latest information we have received through that channel.

Hon. Jean Lesage (Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources):

Mr. Speaker, on Monday last the hon. member for Trinity-Conception asked what progress had been made in connection with the establishment of a national park in Newfoundland. I replied then that the boundaries had been defined and that formal agreement should be reached within the next 10 or 15 days.

I am now pleased to announce that word was received that the government of the province of Newfoundland has passed an order in council transferring the land to Her

Inquiries of the Ministry Majesty the Queen in right of Canada. An order in council was passed here yesterday proclaiming the area a national park. In consultation with Newfoundland it has been decided to call the new park the Terra Nova national park.

Hon. J. J. McCann (Minister of National Revenue):

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the member for Nanaimo asked whether it was true, as reported in the Montreal Gazette of Thursday, April 11, that the customs officers at Dorval airport were enforcing a provincial ban on the circulation of certain United States magazines in the province of Quebec.

The answer is that they were not enforcing any provincial ban. The magazines specifically mentioned have all been prohibited entry under tariff item 1201. If this classification under the prohibitory tariff item agrees with any ban that the provincial government may have placed on these same publications, it is a coincidence.

Mr. Stanley Knowles (Winnipeg Norih Centre):

Mr. Speaker, may I direct a question to the Prime Minister arising out of press reports in yesterday's Toronto Telegram and in this morning's Globe and Mail.

Has the Prime Minister discussed with his colleague the Minister of Trade and Commerce (Mr. Howe) the propriety of the minister continuing as an executor of the Dunn estate during the period when that estate has been negotiating with respect to the sale of its holdings in Algoma Steel to a group of companies including Avro Canadian, which has been receiving very large contracts from various government departments, including the Department of Defence Production?

Right Hon. L. S. St. Laurent (Prime Minister):

Mr. Speaker, the answer is no.

Mr. Knowles:

Mr. Speaker, may I ask the Prime Minister if he will discuss this matter with his colleague.

Mr. St. Laurent (Quebec East):

I will do

whatever I feel is required to be done in order to avoid having anyone subjected to the kind of suspicions that are insinuated in many of the questions asked in this house.

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