REPORT OP SPEECH OP MR. ST. LAURENT IN QUEBEC CITT
On the orders of the day:
RECONSTITUTION OF ROYAL RIFLES OF CANADA- REFERENCE TO RECRUITING POSTER
On the orders of the day:
Mr. JEAN-FRANQOIS POULIOT (Ternis-couata): Notwithstanding the profound feeling of admiration that we all have for our glorious dead, and in view of the statement made by the Prime Minister on the very first day of this session that the government would grant a committee of investigation in the matter, and in view of the fact that such committee has not yet been named, also in view of the fact that our volunteers should not be on active duty anywhere unless fully equipped and trained, may I be permitted to call the attention of the government and of the house to a poster which may be seen anywhere and which is the worst possible appeal for recruiting volunteers:
Remember Hong Kong. Royal Rifles of Canada will be reconstituted 100 per cent. Follow their glorious example. Enlist now. Apply to the nearest recruiting station in your district.
My question is this: Is it the intention of the Department of National Defence to give immediate and definite instructions that such posters shall be removed at once from anywhere and taken away from the sight of the only ones who have the right to forget-I mean our gallant soldiers, airmen and sailors. It should be for them to forget Hong Kong, although we shall remember it all our lives.
RECOGNITION BY CANADA-ARRANGEMENT FOR EXCHANGE OF CONSULAR SERVICES
On the orders of the day:
GOVERNOR GENERAL'S SPEECH
CONTINUATION OF DEBATE ON ADDRESS IN REPLY
The house resumed from Wednesday, February 4, consideration of the motion of Mr. Alphonse Fournier for an address to His Excellency the Governor General in reply to his speech at the opening of the session, and the amendment thereto of Mr. Hanson (York-Sunbury), and the amendment to the amendment of Mr. Coldwell.