Mr. Campney:

No, Mr. Speaker; at the

moment I cannot give definite dates.

Hon. R. O. Campney (Minister of National Defence):

Mr. Speaker, the plans to provide the three additional fighter squadrons to which my hon. friend has referred have not been abandoned, but they have had to be postponed for some time for a number of reasons, the principal one of which is that we have extended the NATO air training scheme for another year to take care of 360 West German pilots and certain other pilots from some of the smaller countries. The provision of these three fighter squadrons was tied up with the reorganization of the training scheme and there will be some delay, but they are not being abandoned.

Mr. Campney:

No, Mr. Speaker. Every

case is decided on its own merits. I do not feel that we would be justified in spending over $1 million a year to maintain that particular airport for the sole purpose of maintaining a reserve squadron.

Mr. Campney:

The relevancy of my reply

is in the fact that I said in connection with my estimates last spring that if we are going to have to maintain the airport by ourselves the squadron will be disbanded, and these negotiations have been taking place in order to see whether any suitable arrangement can be worked out.

Hon. R. O. Campney (Minister of National Defence):

No, Mr. Speaker, a final decision

has not been reached. We have been in negotiation with the Department of Transport and I think the officers of the department have also probably been in touch with the

city of Hamilton to see whether any suitable arrangement can be worked out to maintain the airport.