Hon. Lowell Murray: Honourable senators, I would hope that His Honour would conside
r one aspect of the matter to which Senator Cools
alluded, and it is this: The convention of cabinet solidarity does not exist, as some would suppose, only to spare ministers and their po
litical parties and friends some embarrassment. ...[+++]
L'honorable Lowell Murray: Honorables sénateurs, j'espère que Son Honneur examinera un aspect de la question à laquelle le sénateur Cools a fait allusion, à savoir que la convention de la solidarité du Cabinet n'existe pas, comme certains le penseraient, uniquement pour épargner de l'embarras aux ministres, à leurs partis politiques et à leurs amis.