March 16, 1949 (20th Parliament, 5th Session)

Mr. Abbott:

I find that a similar motion was made five or six years ago; it asked for the production of the transcript of the shorthand notes of the proceedings of the dominion-provincial conference of 1936. My predecessor pointed out at that time that the shorthand notes of the proceedings were to be taken for the purposes of a confidential record of what took place. A press statement was issued each day following the meetings of the conference. In view of the arrangement between the dominion and provincial representatives at the conference, I feel it would not be appropriate to produce the transcript of the proceedings.