https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/38c02938a24491df7b73b65f70b521c1.pdf 43359bbbf8d4dd4f8bde5e34cc8e1c22 PDF Text Text p. Hansard - Nov. 24, I960 U3 NATO CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION— REPORTED APPROVAL OF NUCLEAR ARMING On the orders of the day: •> Mr. Hazen Argue (Assiniboia): Mr. Speaker, ', I wish to direct a question to the Secretary of State for External Affairs. In view of the report in the Ottawa Citizen of November 23 to the effect that the Canadian delegation to the NATO parliamentary conference headed by the hon. member for High Park (Mr. Kucherepa) have flatly expressed themselves as approving the nuclear arming of the Canadian NATO brigade in 1961, would the minister state whether this is now the policy of the government? Mr. Speaker: Order. I think the hon. member's question is probably an extension of our practice. It is in order to ask whether a minister has stated a policy of the government, but as I understood his question it related to a private hon. member of parliament at a parliamentary association meeting. Mr. Argue: Mr. Speaker, I believe on former occasions when a parliamentary secretary to a cabinet minister has made a statement such questions have been asked in the house. In any event, I believe I would be in order for certain in asking the minister whether any discussion took place with the members of the Canadian delegation on the question of arming Canadian troops with nuclear weapons before the delegation went overseas. Hon. Howard C. Green (Secretary of Slate for External Affairs): Not that I am aware, \ Mr. Speaker. The government really cannot be responsible for statements made on policy by private members of the house, even though they happen to be in. Paris. It might even be that one of my hon. friend's own supporters is on that delegation. I do not know, but sometimes they are. [Later:] Hon. Paul Hellyer (Trinity): A supplementary question, Mr. Speaker., Would the Minister of National Defence tells us whether he concurs in General Norstad's proposal to create a pool of atomic weapons? I am sure (the hon. gentleman does not need any coach' ing from the Secretary of State for External Affairs. Hon. D. S. Harkness (Minister of National j Defence): Mr. Speaker; and I can assure'the ! hon. member through you that I do not need { any instructions from him in this regard. ! . As far as the question is concerned, I do ) not know what General Norstad's proposition, j was; therefore I am in no position to comI ment on it. •—_. SeZSZLL. 'Jmx**a»m<m •Wi-'iWUni **"f{nft � 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 CDNW02629 Title A name given to the resource Hansard, "NATO: Canadian Parliamentary Delegation --- Reported Approval of Nuclear Arming" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived "NATO - Nuclear weapons - Policy," RG25-A-3-b, vol 5958, file 50219-AL-2-40, part 1-2, 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 24-Nov-60