A vote of no confidence in the Canadian Government was moved in the Parliament here today by Conservative opposition leader John Diefenbaker, who charged that Canadian arms shipments to the Middle East had injured Canada’s prestige and her value as a conciliating force between the parties. He further accused the government of failing to inform Parliament of the transactions.
Socialist leader John Caldwell–criticized the government for failing to ensure a United Nations or Western Powers guarantee for Israel and Egypt. He asked that the government seize the opportunity presented by Prime Minister Eden’s forthcoming visit here to urge the British Government to declare its willingness to intervene if war comes to the Middle East.
Other critics said that the sale of Harvard trainer planes to Egypt had removed the possibility of Canada’s criticizing the USSR for arms sales to the Arabs A government spokesman admitted that permission to ship the trainers was given by the Minister for Trade without prior full Cabinet consideration.
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