February 22, 1944 (19th Parliament, 5th Session)

Mr. JACKMAN:

I shall come to that point presently. The hon. member, if my memory serves me correctly, had no objection and in the best of good nature was quite agreeable to the committee continuing to function at that time. But what is to be the position of any party in this house, much less any prospective government, if we find that the leader of a party advocates and subscribes to a policy of publicity one day, or any policy, no matter what it may be, and yet for certain reasons finds that it is no longer comfortable to serve on that committee and wishes to withdraw from it and to reverse his policy? We wonder, if the Prime Minister is a little embarrassed because the official leader of the party to which I belong has some hand in the direction of the policy of my party. What his embarrassment must be if he knows that there are powers behind the official leader of the party to my left, which must be a very peculiar position-