Editing Pipeline Debate (section)

==Deadline==
On the day before the deadline, Liberal [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada|Speaker of the House of Commons]] [[René Beaudoin]] allowed the opposition to debate a procedural matter. He ruled at the end of the day that debate on this issue would continue the following day, effectively allowing the opposition parties to debate the issue past the deadline. Howe was furious at the action.

However, at the next day's session, Beaudoin announced that the previous day's ruling was a mistake caused by the procedural confusion, all events after 2:15 that day should be ignored, and debate would immediately recommence on the pipeline. The opposition parties strongly objected to the reversal, and chaos quickly broke out in Commons. [[Member of Parliament|MP]]s ran into the centre aisle, and [[Major Coldwell]], the CCF Leader, went on to the Speaker's dais, shaking his fist and berating Beaudoin. Liberal MP [[Lorne MacDougall]] died while in the Centre Block, which was then blamed on the stress of the issue.<ref name=GM07Jun1956>{{cite news | title=MP Dies, Commons Adjourns | newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] | date=7 June 1956 | page=1 }}</ref>

The Opposition claimed that the Prime Minister and Howe had pressured the Speaker to change his mind. As a result of the Speaker's reversal, Howe and St. Laurent were able to push through the loan guarantee legislation on June 6. The deadline turned out not to be as important as originally thought: the factories that would construct pipe for the pipeline went on strike, delaying construction for a full year.