Mr. Warren Allmand (Noire-Dame-de-Grace):

Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce further to a question which was asked in the house the other day. Has the minister been in touch with the Canadian automobile companies regarding their 1969 prices and, if so, could he tell the house what were the results of his discussions?

Hon. Jean-Luc Pepin (Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce):

Mr. Speaker, I did indeed learn today that the Chrysler corporation has announced its price increases for the current model. The increase in Canada is $78 for the 1969 model, as compared to $91 in the United States. Again, the difference between the price in Canada and the price in the United States has been reduced.

Mr. A. D. Hales (Wellington):

A supplementary question, Mr. Speaker, to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. In view of the fact that he advised the house today that a select committee will be established, would he refer the question of the price of cars to that committee?

Hon. Ron Basford (Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs):

Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is in error. I said I would consider the establishment of a committee.

Hon. Robert L. Stanfield (Leader of the Opposition):

Mr. Speaker, I should like to direct a question to the Prime Minister. Has the government received the report of the royal commission on security matters and, if so, when will the report be published and presented to this house?

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Mr. Speaker, the report is not in my hands as of yet but I understand it is about ready. There is the translation to be finished, and as soon as it is finished the report will be given to me. I understand this will be in the very near future.

Mr. Stanfield:

Mr. Speaker, I should like to know when the house might expect to receive the report.

Mr. Trudeau:

Shall I repeat, Mr. Speaker? I understand that the report is about finished but the translation is not. The translation is presumably from French into English and I do not want to publish the report in French before it comes out in English. Therefore I am waiting for the report to be supplied to me in both languages, which I understand will be very soon.

Mr. J. P. Nowlan (Annapolis Valley):

supplementary question, Mr. Speaker. Will the Prime Minister undertake to submit the report to the house when it has been completed and he has received it, read it and considered it?

Mr. Trudeau:

Mr. Speaker, it is conceivable that there will be matters in it which I will not want to table in the house. The report may concern security matters which should not be made public. I do not know; I want to see it first. The hon. member cannot ask me this kind of hypothetical question and expect an answer on the subject.

Mr. Speaker, while I am on my feet I want to refer to a question asked of me yesterday by the right hon. member for Prince Albert concerning the withdrawal of forces from Cyprus. I have been informed by the minister of defence that the Secretary General of the United Nations has requested a reduction in the size of our forces there. Accordingly, next month Canada will reduce its forces from 872 to 587.

I should like to pay tribute to the Canadian servicemen who, under very difficult and trying circumstances, have served their country well in an area where the United Nations decided it was appropriate to have them.

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Hon. D. S. Harkness (Calgary Centre):

supplementary question on the statement that has just been made by the Prime Minister. Has Canada put in a bill to the United Nations for the cost of maintaining our forces in Cyprus over the past several years?

Hon. Leo Cadieux (Minister of National Defence):

Mr. Speaker, I think this question is addressed to me. As the hon. member knows, we have improved the situation inasmuch as we still pay for the keeping of our troops -that is, their pay, allowances and feeding -but we have been able to recoup transportation costs. That is the best we have been able to do.

Mr. Harkness:

My question was whether any bill has been put in to the United Nations for the cost of this force, as was done previously in the case of some of the other forces we allocated to U.N. peace keeping operations, although the bills were not paid.