I served, in 1972, as parliamentary secre
tary, as my leader, Senator Cowan said, to the Secretary of State for External Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, the Honourable
Mitchell Sharp, who told me when I was appointed, " Pierre, all of my parlia
mentary secretaries have become ministers, so I want you, every
...[+++] day, to attend, at nine o'clock, my daily meeting with my deputy, Ed Ritchie, who just arrived from Washington, where he was Canada's ambassador.
En 1972, comme l'a dit mon leader, le sénateur Cowan, j'ai été secrétaire parlementaire auprès du secrétaire d'État aux Affaires extérieures et vice-premier ministre, l'honorable Mitchell Sharp. À ma nomination, ce dernier m'a dit : « Pierre, tous mes secrétaires parlementaires sont devenus ministres.