The Diefenbaker government passed an order-in-council approving Bill 56.
He stressed that the only alternative to the Liberals was a "Diefenbaker government".
These drinking problems and depression then served to exacerbate his distrust of the Diefenbaker government into outright abuse.
Martineau kept his seat in the 1963 election that defeated the Diefenbaker government.
Despite the economy measures forced on the Diefenbaker government by the devaluation emergency that followed the budget, this deficit actually amounted to $692 millions.
Much of this unemployment was due, not to any mismanagement by the Diefenbaker government, but to structural weaknesses in the economy.
The Diefenbaker government was not pushed into its nuclear dilemma.
But neither did the Diefenbaker government decide to take atomic warheads for the weapon.
He only served in the Chair for a few months until the defeat of the Diefenbaker government in the 1963 federal election.
He said of the new Diefenbaker government, "I don't trust this new bunch very much."