PM-Gives I I I Hard Facts. ! On Defense . ' it Canada's defe_ ~ie production\ . The charge~ that- c~~cclla~io1i ·1 11 a · joining. togc_ther 'In' the :f·ay-i facilities and manpower" and r'ct the production contract for f 011~ - jom~~. the -wh~le. the CCF one ·added the observa•, Urrow_ aircraft involves any ~e- , • ·Mr. Hellyer ~ccused · the Gov tion that this was causing the' ~,tee of .si.nender of Canadian_: er_ n_ment of s'hif.ting resp?1;~i- ~rosion of national sovereignty. "" b l t f th A d :_ The tlieme of -the Prime M.in• ;-iovereignty is wholly wrong. 1, 1 1 y or e rrow ec1s1o_n « '?;''.<·.·-'. • to the chiefs of staff, the def1c1t 'ister's speech was that tl1ere J:Jt •• is far-fetched beyond. the, , on fue Libera-Is, the unemploy ::c·an be no defense of Canada #mits. 0f .. ccnmnon sense, for the I menit on tJhe international situa ~iU1out co-operation with the ¥Ah:oiv· ·decis.ion is, in fact, an, tions, and mass Avro layoffs on ir:s. :::exercise of independenc!! by , the company. t.'' Tlie Government's purpose :fa7UJ(Ul witho~t' precedent it/ • 'A HABIT' / was "to ensure that Canada ,a., ••· Tta ,, will have -that defense which ;f,e hist01:Y of ou: mi 1 ri, • "This is getting to be a . ~; her financial situation will ~IUance· with the United Slates, • habit;'' he said. -<• pennit, Iler international re• !!£Jtich dates from 1940• Mr. HeHycr said Government \ sponsibilitics dcmand and t;!Lcanadian seci.rity de1nan1U .statements in the defense de• By ED MAHONEY ''. which co-operation and part• - d Telegram Staff Reporter i nersbip should ensure." ftp-operation with the Unite ' OTTAWA-Prime Minis- :r The Prime Minister' was in a I States, -and Canada co-operates conciliatory mood through most in ccniti11ental defense for its ter Diefenbaker laid the :of the speech, ·urging all-party / own benefit and it is wise to liard truth before the Com• ~gr~ement . on ·general defensc ;' recognize th~t the same motives mons • yesterday - Canada ~obey. \ apply in Washington. can't afford to defend her- , tl 1 bale had given the Impression I t'.hat -"~hereas the CF-100 in-ter- • ceptor ~s not obsolete, t41e CF- 105 fa, and that is the reai;on it ls not being put into ~quad- ron service." • . th 1 - In the arguments over, ie The only P. ressure u· po· n tl•e1 s~lf a\one m e nuc ear Avro Arrow cancellation and • -,1',n. _ • ~ \ 9S- • I ~-- He spoke near the windup however, he poured scorn and ing to abandon the Arrow was. ::sarcasm on the opposition. 1' ·-- - • ·1 • •i of the Arrow-defense 'policy ., , t h • • ' Ottawa-Prime Minister Diefenbaker ·gave det,ate ...;. -to "emphasize that 1. EAGERLY AWAITED O urve t ! be.sf itittr~$tt '."'of, by far the best Government speech in the • 1 f t" t II f ;;:~ • . . . Canar,~IJ.c •. , ;i;)je ·cham~er was filled rig t argue thqt Canadian sovereignty i clear and reasoned presentation of the Gov- 'lemf··· : ·,-.•. . : • . ,_,. , fhrough -Jus speech. ha.! been!inanyway_prejudiced. ernm~nt position. Which is not to i;ay that :· • :· ;: ' ' • • ' • • "'.-_:._. There_ were frequent. long _in- If Ca,n~dn needs U.S. hei~, ~iiel all the questions hanging over Canadian de-As • to national • sovereignty, l ~- « « •1, u ~ 1· h b d ,:,;errupt1011_s by desk-thump.mg . u._S. a.Jso need~ Canada's help, ~cnse po icy ave een answere • one of the main Opposition 1 • .• r_onservativcs and a short I un- sa•id tlie Pri·me Mi··n"st~~. In the circumstances of this debate - a talking points in the tw.o-day , ,-,, ·, ~, ! 1 t • h g f h o a -llmg • argument between Mr. "TJ orma , se -piece exc an e o speec es n debate, he scorned suggestions ".f)iefonbakcr and Liberal Leader •· iere. must be co-op~ra- motion of non-confidence-Mr. Diefenbaker, that ·Canada lost it through joint J>carson over the Liberal record -ion. _Without ~o-oper~tton Defense Ministe1· Pearke~ and Defense Pro- defense a~rarigements • with the I :.ln dealings with the U.S. there ~s no survival, either ·1 duction Minister O'Hurley could not be U.S. • : • • · ~-- for the people of Canada or examined closely and in detail on their state• "There is no. -overeignty .with- t.·.some oi his ammuniliop of the U.S." ments ahd judgmenls. That will come later. 1 - 1,, h dd d 1gainst the Liberals came from Doubt dogs ijhe foo•-:tcps_ of when the House is in committee considcrinl( Qtl.~,t urviva ' e a e • ~ speech made last summer by ...,....-- --- "" departmental estimates. The rules 1 hen permit Mr. -Diefenbaker pledged a. i_icy. . _ io show that the U.S. is actually ":;, tl!e Arrow to the U.~. as the The basis of the Opposition attack 1n this spending •more defense money' \_Liberals had fou,id 1~ to sell I Recent expenditures on ex- debate was the charge that the Government in Canada than Canada. is in I-J he CF-100. . pense "may J.l'I'O'Ve to have beeJI has been limping breathlessly after circum• the U.S: . ~ ' ;;: •The Prime Minister said that matle on weapons that aq-e obso- stances in defense planning. The Arrow "In 1957 and 1958, United -t.'iberal and CCF claims lhat • lete or bh_a,t ?ave be~me o~so- decision was too long delayed, and its replace• States expendilur~s in Canada ·:defense links with the U.S. were lete dm1ng the m:tervenmg ment was a hasty, makeshift expedient. Having d d C d. d" ~e-adin;,.· to a Joss of sovcrei.,"nty I years." been outclassed in weapons technology, ~anada excee e ana 13n expen itures :4.. • b t under this Government. had drifted into the in that ,country by $20,600,000 ~Vf.e_re· .. arr · at~1)1Pt lo c~·ca e The weapons of offc-nse J1ave obvious alternative of integration with .the and $16,800",000 respectively," ¾frcnz~ed foar m._~}1e heai ts_ of developed faster tban those of United States, without considering whether th~J".rime Minister said. P.a.nadians ~hat-,_- co-opera~ion defen-se. • this -was the only alternative. without suf- . But he stressed that the Gov-' •<'>~1th,,th.e U.S'.· means subol"dma- 1\1:UST GIVE AID ficienlly weighing the consequences, and erriment had made it clear to :;tion. . .Besi_ tlhe , ol!IY poss1b1l1ly, therefore, was co_-(!peralion share of production and cost- 'l NO 'l'ALK THEN a1iteinttiioo -of fue uncomm,tted / with the U.S. Complete. unquahf1ed sov• sha,ring in production . .. be- ,; . _ •. . ,, • : 1. ereignty would be wonderful. but "there i~ cause a partnership will not ' 'J'he Liberals, said Mr. D1cfen- world. ·, no sovereignty without survival," anrl the work if one bas the loaf a·ndi maker, had never talked of loss_ Lllbem Paul ·Hellyer, w:iio fol- 1 present course of accepting direct U.S. aid the o-tiher has the crumb." of sovereignty when they were_ lowed tale P.rime Minister • as .· was the only one possible. Mr. Diefenbaker said Canada, ,Jllowing the U.S. to build the tJh d b t iretl its end •~atd j • On the practical question of defensc pro• will have a ful'I and ·equal parli-1, 'l)ew Line and Pine Tree Lmc e c a i nea t f _ bedng I duction sharing, the Prime Minister made tha Jfil/,dar defense. tili~t tl!e Comairdc st;,a, 10.::1 the ' I strongest Government statements so :far heard. cipation in -all decisions of corn- ~~;., _ . . . . bmqt in . _ana a . 0 "" ce Sharing is "mandatory". he said; "we shall mon defen5e, but he . admitted ".'f':l~.e _ Ar:1 o~v dccisi:on . ha~ ,?0 pi.ace ong:_naHy }ntended for\. Jn_sist on our f~ir share . . . a partnership that'U.S. assurances 011 produc- Jjo/nlC it had been moved 300 or 400I command the U.S. to do anything. If the 175Thteo 4L2 1 _:beral one condemned i '~p.eed ' is a•pout three-quarters of miles father north "it. might ?rime M~nister 1;1~ant that production sha1:ing lf1at amount?,,. he asked. 1 t . till t~tion 1s ll basic cond1t1on for · defense integration,. the Government for failing to . •; ., . . . . Pay some pa:r Ml . e pro • the Opposition is entitled to ask ·(and probably> provide for "the effective use ir·'.T_o l~ammet . home lus pomt, of Canada,". he r;a1d. ------ • • ~'!;he Prime :Mm1ster quoted three -~b ;.... • ~ ,-£Xtracts from what he described "We are letting our armor, ·~ --.¥, ~ \lu....J :ts "one of U1e better editorials down," he charged. "We have, • ~Qn this question of sovereignty." decided for the moment at least 1 } Crediting The 'l'oronto 'l'ele- to pursue a course of .no de-I gram of Feb. 24, he read the fense at all." House the following: Canacla's Joining with the· ,u.s. in defense was "nQt the joining. together of a mar- i riage as partners but rath~

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