Source:  M. Diefenbaker ne dit plus “non” (Mr. Diefenbaker no longer says “no”), by Marcel Gingras.  La Presse, Montréal, jeudi 13 décembre 1962, page 1.

D R A F T – continue, I need to find Page 2…

Mr. Diefenbaker no longer says “no”, by Marcel Gingras, La Presse, 13 December 1962, p. 1

“Three-Piece Reclining Figure” by Henry Moore of England in front of the Imperial Bank of Commerce

Inquiry on the two cultures:

Mr. Diefenbaker no longer says “no”

 
By Marcel Gingras

OTTAWA. — Inspired, so he says, by the strong support of the president of the National Railway, Mr. Donald Gordon, for the project of a royal commission on the two cultures, the Member from Port-Arthur, Mr. Douglas Fisher, yesterday asked the prime minister where he was in his consideration of the matter.

In an allusion to LA PRESSE which he however did not mention, Mr. Fisher based his question on the result of the exclusive interview that Mr. Gordon just granted to our paper, an interview which the Ottawa newspapers have reproduced in part.

Unflappable, as he has learned to be in similar circumstances, Mr. Diefenbaker limited himself to answering that the subject had been raised many times and that the House would be informed of the government’s decision in good time.

Less dry than his answer of last winter to a question by Mr. Herridge on the same subject, his categoric “no” of 22 January, the reply of the prime minister was kept within the tone of those he has given several times the past three weeks, when questioned on the subject.

Let us say right away that the prime minister does not seem convinced of the necessity for such an inquiry.  On this, he remains even more skeptical than one of the members of the Glassco commission, Mr. F.-Eugène Therrien, who is the author of a particular report on this subject in volume one of the General report of the Royal Commission on government organization.

During a televised press conference ten days ago, Mr. Therrien issued an

See Diefenbaker on page 2
 

Notes: My oh my!  Something is up, and it’s been up for a while.  They’re been working up to a royal commission to restructure the country for some time.  The Gordon incident is the “resolution” of demands of a year earlier for a royal commission on the “two cultures”.  There’s a Mr. Herridge involved; and a Mr. Therrien who filed a report within the Glassco commission. I need these things!  How far back does the scheming really go?