https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/73933a036f176a82bc5bb573eb7f4db2.pdf c2f9b596174b66594d2718033f735822 PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information UIgtEVISED HANSARD February 2g, 1962 pp. 1342-3 AAA NATIONAL DEFENCE USX Or NUCLEAR WEAPONS IX EVENT Or W A S — ACBJEEMENT WITH U.8. On the orders of the day: Hon. Paul Martin (Essex East): I should like to direct a question to the Acting Secretary of State for External Affairs in the absence of the minister. Notice of this question was sent to the minister's office this .morning. Has any agreement been reached , between t h e government of the United States and the government of Canada or any agency or person thereof that would ensure the delivery to Canada of nuclear weapons either ! before or after the outbreak of war? | Right Hon. J. G. Diefenbaker (Prime Minister): Mr. Speaker, the answer is in the negative. [Later.] Hon. Paul Hellyer (Trinity): I should like to ask the Prime Minister whether he saw the program which has been characterized as the great Canadian comedy last night on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network at ten o'clock, and whether the Minister « of Public Works (Mr. Walker) was speaking on behalf of the government when he said: —if we have atomic warheads here we want to have them under our own sole control. That is perfectly natural. Mr. Diefenbaker: Mr. Speaker, I am not going to reply in kind. After all, the hon. member ( provides some continuing comedy to the house in his questions. As to the latter part of the question, may I say that I am unaware of what the hon. minister said. I can only add that last evening he seemed to have complete control of the situation. the government since July 6, 1960, when he advised the house as follows: At no time did I say sole control. I said joint control of Canada as to the use and also as to everything connected therewith. That statement still stands. Mr. Diefenbakor: Mr. Speaker, I have not the statement before me. I know that at that time a rather lengthy statement was mode. I simply point out the fact that since then discussions have continued between the United States and Canada with reference to this matter. It has been a subject that , has caused a great deal of division among all the nations within NATO. However, in so far as Canada and the United States are concerned, at the moment there are no immediate,.discussi ons. Mr. Hellyer: I have a supplementary question for the Prime Minister. Will the iPrime Minister advise the house whether there has been any change in the policy of 000902 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNW01766 Title A name given to the resource CDNW01766 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "DEFENCE - Canada-US Arrangements - Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons for Use by Canadian Forces," RG2-B-2, Box 23-24, file D-1-5(f), Library and Archives Canada (LAC). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Nuclear Weapons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en