Mr. Speaker:
I have the honour to inform the house that a message has been received from the Senate informing this house that the Senate has appointed certain hon. Senators to act on the special joint committee on the national capital commission.
Eighth and ninth reports of special committee on procedure-Mr. MacEachen. [Note: Text of foregoing reports appears in today's Votes and Proceedings.]
Hon. Jean-Luc Pepin (Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources):
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table a copy of an agreement entered into this morning between the government of Canada and the government of New Brunswick concerning the Minto coal basin.
Mr. Speaker:
Has the minister leave to table these documents?
Agreed.
Hon. Roger Teillel (Minister of Veterans Affairs):
Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to table two copies, in English and in French, of the report of the committee to survey the work and organization of the Canadian Pension Commission.
Mr. Speaker:
Does the minister have leave to table those documents?
Agreed.
On the orders of the day:
Hon. Michael Starr (Ontario):
Mr. Speaker, I wish to ask the Prime Minister a question. Can the right hon. gentleman say when he expects a report from the royal commission on security procedures in government? Since this commission has been meeting for many months, I wonder whether the Prime Minister has any inkling as to when the report will be made to him.
Right Hon. L. B. Pearson (Prime Minister):
Mr. Speaker, I was talking to members of the commission I think about a fortnight ago, and they hope to have the report completed early this summer.
Mr. Starr:
A supplementary question, Mr. Speaker. Is the commission, to the right hon. gentleman's knowledge, going to hold any open hearings, or is it going to hear witnesses only, so to speak, under wraps?
Mr. Pearson:
Mr. Speaker, in view of the nature of the subject they have been dealing with they have held their hearings, I believe up to the present, in camera. I will find out whether they have any plans to hold open hearings.