Collection search - HON. JEAN LESAGE, FORMER MINISTER OF ; NORTHERN AFFAIRS & NATIONAL RESOURCES, ; HON. DOUGLAS S. HARKNESS QUESTIONS RESULTING FROM AN EXCHANGE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BETWEEN LESAGE & HARKNESS RELATING TO AN INITIAL DRAFT OF A PRELIMINARY REPORT ENTITLED "PROPOSALS FOR THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER SYSTEM IN CANADA". RESPONSE OF THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AS TO (1) OWNERSHIP OF THE PHYSICAL DOCUMENT & WHETHER, WHEN A MINISTER CEASES TO BE A MINISTER HE IS LEGALLY ENTITLED TO POSSESSION THEREOF; (2) THE RIGHT OF A FORMER MINISTER TO PERUSE THE TEXT OF A DOCUMENT WHICH WAS IN HIS POSSESSION WHILE HE WAS A MINISTER; & (3) THE RIGHT OF A MINISTER OF THE CROWN TO PREVENT PUBLICATION OF A DOCUMENT WHICH IS CONTRARY TO PUBLIC POLICY & THE STEPS WHICH CAN BE TAKEN TO PREVENT PUBLICATION. STATUTE: OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT RSC1952, C198, S4(1)(a)(c) & S4(4)(a) OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT RSC1952, C198, S4(1)(a)(c) & S4(4)(a)