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MP AI Lawrence Urges Government To Reconsider Nuclear Plant Sales The late Col. George Drew, former P'remIer of Ontario and leader of the federal -ogressive Conservative party, wrote a sniall pam-phlet ini the 1930's "Merchants of De-ath," Un it he described how the ar- marnent industry made a fortune out of .-elling to both sides in World War.1. Col. iýrew wrote with feeling, for he had seen his comrades die alongside him'in that war, and he himself had been wounded ini it. Moere recently, William, Manchester wrote the book, "The Arms of Krupp" in which he described that infamous German com- pany's sellinig of arms to both sides in variotas European wars over the centuries. The most disheartening reference in the book is the-description' of a British firm's paying royalties back to the Ger man company after World War 1i was over, because the British firn hadl made a prewar agreement with Krupp n the use of certain designs. Now, we have our own Canadian scandal-- India hlas exploded an atomie bomb--made possile through Canada's help in building a nuclear reactor there. Recently, North umberla nd-Durha m MP Allan Lawrence spoke out in the House of Commons against Canada's nefarious in- volvement, and how the lame measures to, control what happens afterwards are so ineffective. Here in Mr. Lawrenice's speech which points out the seriousness of Canada's careless actions, and the value this country puts on mpking a buck out of a bomb. It is a good speech, and we are glad that Mir. Lawrence made it. It may help to stop, somie of the nonsense. This is what the MP said. Mr. Lawrence: Mr. Chairman, after hearing the hon. mem-rber for St. Paul's this aftertioon, I arn sorely tempted to have himn corne over to our side and agree with us in relation to the PLO and the mealy-mouthed attitude of this government in respect of the, whole issue of the PLO and the observers at the United Nations. 1 arn also temipted, when 1 hear the amn- bitious miemrber for York Centre, to talk about the wishy-washy attitude of this minister and this governrnenit at the United Nations and'to continue in thatvin but 1 think there will be opportuniies to discuss the, PLO and the United Nationson other oc- casions. I want to add mny few remarks to the general thrust of the renariks which were made this afternoon by my hofn. friends on this side of the House with respect to the general issue of nucléar armrs and the role this governmnent hias played in the proliferation of nuclear P -Us in the world toýday. I wish to begin rny rernarks î~ m i-aking reference to two occurrences, 20 years apart, in a country whi»ch is far from here. Both of these occurrences irnpressed me very deeply, an d I ar ur hey împressed a r-t&,ï- Canadians. in 1945 Prime M,-inister Nehru of India, in the tradition of Gandhi before him, proposed an end to the testing by anyoïne a.nywhere of any type of nuclear device. On May 13, 1974, just last year, at a site in the Rajasthan Desert east of New Delhi, the Indian department of ator,'-c energy exploded a nuclear bomb-- it cannot be calle-d anything else-ý-- the yield of which was betwee. 15,an.d 20 kilotons, which is approximately the same force as the bom-rb which was exploded over Hiroshimna. What bas this to do with Canada, this department, this minister oir even thîs government, apart altogether fromi what 1 think is a general Canadian, abhorence of nuclear weapons as instruments of mass destruction? What has it to do with us? I think it has everything to do with us because Canada supplied the original ma terials, the original financing, the original knowledge and the original technology. These con- tributions, inescapably and inevitably, led to the In- dian development in. that desert just over a year ago. I do not criticize, and 1 do not think we on this side of the Hlouse criticize the government for assisting the nations of the world in establishing nulear electric power generating plants. I do, however, criticize the governmnent for a weak-kneed policing, not -only of a known danger and a known potential put into the hands of those who' have nuclear power plants, but also for deceiving other nations and the Canadian people into believing that adequate safeguards and inspection were ufilized which would prevent this spread of nuclear arms. In the beginning, 1956, Canada assisted in the establishmnent of, the Canada- Indian research reactor at Trornbay, India. Th iis is a research reactor only. It need for meaningful disarmament and hinted even then that India's alternative was to build the bomb herself. In April, 1967 the Indian external affairs ministe?' Mr. Chagla carne out into the open and said that if India was not to expflode its own bomb it must have, in bis words, a "credible guarantee" of its own security. 0f course, to this day, no such guarantee fias been given. And wbat of Canada during ahl this time? Canada, safe, snug and, 1 regret to say, smug under the U.S. nuclear umnbrella was continuing to make great breast beating noises about the need for measures designed to lirnit the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world. -Canada was continually warrned by Pakistan,' for instance, that its Indian safeguards were no good and its inspection and control were virtually non- existent. In October 1965, Pakistan specifically and openly stated that I'ndia was using the accumulation of plutonium frorn the Canadian research reactor to start an atomic arsenal somre time in the future. General Burns, as Canada's representative, received many warnings and I arn convinced 'that other Çanadian governiment representatives also received warnings. The only move that the Canadian govern- ment made was to attempt to allay the fears of al nations by stating that India had given, solemn assurances to Canada that the product of those reactors, and nuclear energy in general in India, would be used for only peaceful purposes. These warnings woke up sornebody over tlhere and bore sorne fruit, because in 1971 when the present Canadian Prirne Minister visited New Delhi, further assurances were sought by him on this particular' matter but these assurances were nover given hy India. It was then too-late for India to turn back. But it was not too late for Canada to turn back, Mr. Chairman. For almost ten years Canada bas supplied the means, the material and the men, wbicb directly led to that explosion in the Indian desert 13 montbs, ago. This is a deréliction of duty and responsibility that I, for one, find very bard to swallow. With ail its fine tallc and public posturing the Canadian govern- ment continued witb its assistance for almost a full decade after it knew for sure wbat India was doing. This governrnent is as responsible for India being a nuclear weapons state today as the Indian govern- ment itLself. And what of today, Mr. Chairmran? We still talk bravely about the non-proliferation of nuclear arms, but we still assist others and we plan to assist even more nations in the future by the samne antiquated and ineffective means. The other day the minister talked about bilateral agreernents. We had a bilateral agreemnent for inspection witbh India. 1 want the minister to tell us about Canadian inspection of India's power plant and India's nuclear research reactor. When did those inspections take place? It was the responsibility of Canada, not of the agency, not of the UN, not of any other international force but ofCanada to inspect the nuclear power plant in India and to inspect the nuclear research reactor in India. Who did the inspection? When did they inspeet? What did tbey inspect? Wbat were their terrns of reference? What did they do when they found that plutonium was disappearing into a research plant for obviously ex- plosive purposes? 1 hope fthe rnister is gping to.give -à- filacouiting tonigbt of _what 1 hope I am -in- correctly calling "ten years of Canadian failure". The minister talked of international inspection the other day. We supposedly have international in- spection now witb other Canadian reactors in other places. Outside Karachi in Pakistan 1 along witb som-e other members of the House, saw a CANDU reactor. I talked to Canadian and to Pakistani engineers and;, on the promise not to divulge names, tbey told me-- and 1 suspect they told other members-- that rigbt now international inspection is a joke among tbem. There is no meaningful international inspection. This is not ten years ago; this is now, one year after India ex- ploded fts bomb using Canadian technology. If the minister is going to rely on stricter in- ternational inspection I hope that tonigbt ho-- or perhaps the Prime Minister who is tallcingto the Nuclear Association tonight-- will detail exactly what changes are being made on the ground, and in regard to inspection of personnel, thoîr standards, their powers, their terms of reference and most of a Il, what the remedy or corrective mneasures will be for in- fractions of the rules. Is this académie? is thîs bypothetical? 1 do not think so. Pakistan bas already said-- and quite frankly, why not in the face of Canada continually igniorin-g ber problemn with India-- that she, too. will now be forcedà t D acquire a nuclear capability equal to that of' India. And Pakistan's only present source of plutonium is a Canadiani nuclear reactor! Some of the changes in poicies wbich I hope the~ minister will announce tonigbt were outined by mny leader in the debate this afternoon. It is no good for Canada to try to lock the barn door af ter itL bas been blown off its hinges. It was an empty P Drtî"cultural Society Flower, Vegetable Show by Mrs. B. Arnburg conjunction with the meeting. India andi Iran. The BowÀmanvýille Hortic!ul- This was judged, by Mrs. E. The next event for the tural Soiety held a meeting Sandford of Oshawa. Horticultural Society will be on dune 18, 1975 i the Public e gusspae of the the Annual Flower and Vege- Library. Tbis will1 be the last evening was Bob Vanden- table Show. This is to be held "no.tl meeting 'till Septemn- bossche of Coîbornie. Hle spoke on July 3tb, this year, in the ber. on, and showed beautiful Memocrial Park Club House. A flower show -was held in slides on bis trip to, Rome. There will be a bake sale table, and a Junior Gardeners' sale table, at this show., For further information check the bulletin board at the four corners, and the Statesman Coming Events around the time of the show. The hobby table, wbicb a started this year, has shown1V thiat several of the society mrembers have many interests anid abilities. At the p ast meeting AUf Brown showed h-is dlock hobby and Harry Bart- lett, bis rock collection. This hobby table bas proïmoted great interest, and it is hoped that it will ke-ep on doing so. Ifyo look closely\ around the Tw of Bowmilaniville, you will not)icee that the-re hiave been rinany plan)1;tintgs put in by the Society. These have been donle by thep Civic Ipoe mnt Comititee, under the chairrnianship of Bernard Dii- ling. Various nmembers aided the comimittee in doing the digging and pla.nting. Admnire these flow,,er beds, as it will show your appreciation to the people that wvorked on thiem. The purpose of a Horticul- tural Society is to prom-ote interest in, and imiprove thie many aspects of horticulture. Sometîmes, gardeinng in both flowers and vegetables can be quite discouraging, with gar- den pests, diseases and crop failures. Your horticultural society is here to h elp you with this. To teach gardening techniques, to improve your gardens and in general to show you that with work and understanding, your garden will become a thing of beauty and bring you miuch satisfac- tion. Vegetables in your gar- den will not only give you satisfaction,' but produce for your cupboards and freezer for the long winter months. Jomn your Hlorticultural Soc- iety and live and learn. 1 'believe that God who made the rose, the bird, and bee, wanted us tomake bis world beautiful to see. Meant Us to be gardeners, making green things grow. I believe we do lis work, when we plant and sow. Let ter ta Editor Dear Sir: Our annual Flue-cured Tobacco Growers' Field Day wiIi be held at the Research Station, Delhi, Ontario on Wednesday, July 23. A pro- gram is enclosed. This year we are specializing in tobacco automation and energy saving at the timie of curing. Special speakers that have been asked to participate are as follows: Dr. Williami H. Jonhnsnn, Engineering and Biology, North Carolina State University, wHi be speaking on "New Potentials in To- bacco lMechaniiization"; Mr. Ralph G. Wi nfield, Consulting Engineer and farmier, R.R. 2, Glanworth, Ontario, on "Wise Use of Energy for Tobacco Production" and Mr. Norman W. Sheidow, Tobacco Exten- sion Specialist, Soils and Crops Branch, Onterio Min- istry of Agricultureand Food, on " Timely Information- on Tobacco Production". These addresses will commrencýe at 2 p.m., Wednesday afternoon, July 23. In-addition to the addresses we are also having an equip- ment demnonstration of to- bacco machinery, and demon- strations of lab;oratory work including diseases , jnsects, nem~tdes.~p1aiat-bba-eeding andi smo -ke analyses. We will also be showing slides of research activities at the Station. We hope that you can give this program publicity in your newspaper. Y'ours sincere-ly, LS. Vickery, Director. Enfiîeld Mlrs. Elmner Lee, Mrs. Les Cochrane, Mrs. Don Lee and Kim, Mrs. Don Griffin attend- ed a shower at Mrs. Gail Robertson's, Lindsay for the new Cowling baby. Miss Colleen Taylor was a Sunday night supper guest a Mr. and M1rs. Haemna, Bow- manville. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lee were Sat. night guests of Mlrs. Carol Wannocath and Angel- ica, Bowmanville. Mr. Lenard Vollumn, Lon- don, Enlgland, spent a few days wijthMr and Mrs. Fred Grif in. Mrs.,ý Donald Lee held a Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Barry PAd fanily llwne weekend with MUr. and Mirs. Floyd Lloyd at thieir- cottage at Mazinaw Lake. YOURAMZN LU NG S You do it about 25,000 times a day, yet rarely notice you are. It's breathing, and for somnething we're soexpert at, it's surprisi ng how littie ms people know about it - or about their lungs. Lungs !)ring oxygen (fuel) to the body'sý ceils, and take away carboni dioxide. On a normal day, a heathy person breathes in '700,000 cuibic inches of air con- tainiîng 25 o (unces of oxygenl. 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