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February 5, 1963

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Second report of standing committee on public accounts-Mr. Macnaughton.

THE MINISTRY

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On the orders of the day:
LIB

Lester Bowles Pearson (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Liberal
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Hon. L. B. Pearson (Leader of the Opposition):

Mr. Speaker, may I ask the Prime Minister whether in view of current reports he contemplates any further changes in the ministry.

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John George Diefenbaker (Prime Minister; President of the Privy Council)

Progressive Conservative
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Right Hon. J. G. Diefenbaker (Prime Minister):

Mr. Speaker, I do not know what the current reports are that have been turned out by the Liberal propaganda factory.

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LIB

Lester Bowles Pearson (Leader of the Official Opposition)

Liberal
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Mr. Pearson:

A supplementary question, Mr. Speaker. May I ask the Prime Minister whether he considers the press, radio and television a Liberal propaganda factory?

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Some hon. Members:

Yes.

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PC

John George Diefenbaker (Prime Minister; President of the Privy Council)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Diefenbaker:

Mr. Speaker, I consider the inspiration to be Liberal propaganda.

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Some hon. Members:

Oh, oh.

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Some hon. Members:

Hear, hear.

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PC

Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert (Speaker of the House of Commons)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Speaker:

Order. In view of the fact that there seems to be an overload on the power system, perhaps we could have more light than heat this afternoon.

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LIB

Paul Theodore Hellyer

Liberal
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Hon. Paul Hellyer (Trinity):

I should like to direct a question to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister advise the house if he has named a Minister of National Defence?

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PC

John George Diefenbaker (Prime Minister; President of the Privy Council)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Diefenbaker:

When a minister is named, the house will be advised.

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Paul Joseph James Martin

Liberal
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Hon. Paul Martin (Essex East):

Mr. Speaker, because of the public interest may I ask the Prime Minister if it was not communicated to the right hon. gentleman today that a number of his colleagues wished him to vacate the office of Prime Minister-and be replaced by one of his colleagues?

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John George Diefenbaker (Prime Minister; President of the Privy Council)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Diefenbaker:

Mr. Speaker, such a communication came to me by radio and, as I said earlier, was part of the Liberal propaganda.

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Some hon. Members:

Hear, hear.

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LIB

Paul Joseph James Martin

Liberal
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Mr. Martin (Essex East):

May I ask a supplementary question of the Prime Minister. Was that information as the result of a meeting which the Prime Minister knows to have taken place this morning in the office of one of his colleague ministers?

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Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert (Speaker of the House of Commons)

Progressive Conservative
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Mr. Speaker:

Order. I think we are getting into an area of debate on this matter. Also we are coming to a debate in which all these points can be raised.

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February 5, 1963