I should have read it up instead of the memory.  It gets even MORE interesting.  According to this book, "Fulton's Bill" eventually passed UNANIMOUSLY in the House of Commons.  Go figure.

https://books.google.ca/books?id=GHTfbstegSwC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=crime+comics+louis+st.+laurent&source=bl&ots=4usjkLAMFZ&sig=BP8Hosu1SWQLON401d9Fb1FBd6U&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=crime%20comics%20louis%20st.%20laurent&f=false