Mr. Diefenbaker:
-in the expectation that the plan would be in operation-
Mr. Mcllraith:
Read the paragraph before that.
Mr. McCann:
Read the paragraph before that. It is right there; you have the paper there.
The Address-Mr. Dicfenbaker
Mr. Diefenbaker:
Mr. Speaker, none of them know about it over there. Apparently this was a surprise to them, but this is not the first time the Minister of Trade and Commerce has surprised them with decisions he has made irrespective of the cabinet. It says that legislation will be introduced at the current session.
Mr. Mcllraiih:
Read the paragraph before that.
Mr. Diefenbaker:
I will give my hon. friend the opportunity. I have read it twice now, and apparently he does not understand it yet.
No, no.
Mr. Diefenbaker:
Is it not passing strange, Mr. Speaker, that they all start to chatter at once? I point out again that the Minister of Trade and Commerce said the legislation would be introduced at the present session and that for the next few weeks final payments totalling $130 million-
Mr. Mcllraiih:
Would my hon. friend permit a question?
Mr. Diefenbaker:
-from the wheat board's 1950-51 pool would tide farmers over.
Mr. Mcllraiih:
Would my hon. friend permit a question?
Mr. Diefenbaker:
Yes.
Mr. Mcllraiih:
Would the hon. member mind telling the house which paragraph of the Canadian Press dispatch, as found in the Winnipeg Free Press, he is reading?
Mr. Diefenbaker:
I read every paragraph and if my hon. friend cannot count that is not my responsibility.
Mr. Sinclair:
That is big stuff with a jury of farmers, but it is not very good here.
Mr. Diefenbaker:
What is the observation?
Mr. Sinclair:
I say that is big stuff with a jury of farmers, but it is not very good here.
Mr. Diefenbaker:
That is an observation that will remain unanswered. Coming from my hon. friend the answer is clear.
Mr. McLure:
General Motors will reply to him.
Mr. Mcllraiih:
It is paragraph 3.