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     Friday. June 7, 1957 The Guardian Page 1' 
     
    
   
   
    
     in the history of Canada.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     ON ran on namocaacr was ultimately 
     
     defiled in your Parliament-"Black Friday", 
     
     the first of June, 1956-the occasion was cele- 
     
     brated in riotous song by the Government of 
     
     Louis St. Laurent and its followers. While 
     
     opposition members tried desperately to be 
     
     heard,their voices were drowned in raucous 
     
     sound from Liberal benches. 
     
    

    
     Unbelievable as it may seem, Government 
     
     supporters chose to sing "Onward Christian 
     
     Soldiers" and "Hail! Hail! The Gang's all 
     
     here-What the ---- do we care!" Well, "the 
     
     Gang" was all there, and the cause of their 
     
     celebration was described by Mr. C. D. Howe 
     
     as "my last great project”-a charitable loan 
     
     to Texas oilmen and the wrecking of 
     
     Parliament. 
     
    

    
     What was the "Pipeline" fiasco? 
     
    

    
     Simply this: 
     
    

    
     An American oil company (8579 U.S. 
     
     owned) wanted to build a pipeline on Cana- 
     
     dian soil, carrying Canadian gas to Markets 
     
     in the United States and Canada. 
     
    

    
     But the American company wanted some- 
     
     thing more than that. They wanted the 
     
     Canadian taxpayer to loan them the money 
     
     to do it-580,000,000. 
     
    

    
     For all this, they needed the approval of 
     
     Parliament. The Government and their 165- 
     
     odd supporters knew just how to oblige them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Closure ! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wnim Tnhune. May 30. lass 
     
    
   
   
    
     In other words, the Government would 
     
     introduce the necessary legislation and by 
     
     the use of closure, prevent questions, stifle 
     
     debate and remove the need for explanation. 
     
     The bill, the loan, the principle all would be 
     
     forced down the throats of any who would 
     
     protest . . . Parliament, the Canadian people, 
     
     the Canadian taxpayer. 
     
    

    
     That is how it happened. The bill was 
     
     purposely delayed so that the government 
     
     could plead that haste was essential. Mr. 
     
     Howe introduced the bill and introduced 
     
     closure in the same breath. There was, of 
     
     course, no debate on the first reading. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There was no debate allowed on second 
     
     reading. It was carried by closure. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In committee, 6 of the 7 clauses in the bill 
     
     were carried by closure. No one was allowed 
     
     to speak. Except Mr. Howe. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The third and final reading of the bill was 
     
     also carried on closure. The Prime Minister, 
     
     himself, gave notice, and that was that. 
     
    

    
     Or almost that. 
     
    

    
     In the process, the government violated 
     
     the House of Commons, debased the oflice 
     
     of the Speaker, rewrote the rule book. To the 
     
     tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers", might 
     
     became right, the bill became law, the oil 
     
     men got their multi-million-dollar deal. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The promoters of the U.S. pipeline com- 
     
     pany did repay the loan. The event was 
     
    
   
   
    
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     celebrated by a "Press Reception” arranged 
     
     by the Liberal Party's (and the Pipelinels) 
     
     advertising agency. The promoters pocketed 
     
     a neat S1,70(),000.00 in stock market pronto 
     
     -with your money and without risk! 
     
    
   
   
    
     In this general election, the events that 
     
     culminated in "Black Friday" are an inue. 
     
     Those who will vote Liberal must support 
     
     "the most vicious attack on Parliament in 
     
     Canada's history”. Indeed each Liberal vote 
     
     adds another voice to the Liberal chorus 
     
     singing, "Hail! Hail! The Gang's all hero- 
     
     What the --- do we care now !” 
     
    

    
     Those who vote Progressive Conservative 
     
     in this election will help set right the course 
     
     of the people's Parliament in Canada. For 
     
     this issue does not involve the fortunes of a 
     
     political party but rather the future of 
     
     parliamentary democracy. 
     
    

    
     It is your privilege to vote against "Black 
     
     Friday". By so doing, you serve notice on 
     
     future governments that those who violate 
     
     the people's rights will reap the people's 
     
     wrath. 
     
    

    
     Remember "Black Friday" when you vote 
     
     on Monday, June 10. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     government !. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY of CANADA 
     
    
   
   
    
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