Legislative Assembly had the opportunity to raise matters under motions other than government motions, not a whisper about emergency, and that is why I suggest, Mr. Speaker , that this whole matter of industrial development relating to Bathurst Marine and Foods in Georgetown , a matter which has concerned this government daily and every hour of each day since taking office, has been one that has been aggrieved and agitated by the constant agitation of members opposite. It is claimed and alleged that the rules have just simply changed. I don't know. The Leader of the Opposition didn't offer any answers tonight, and one thing I do not propose to do in this Address is to challenge his statements here in this House. Because I believe that the Royal Commission will afford the opportunity to each and every member of this Assembly to express his views. But rest assured that the allegation which he has made in this House this evening that statements of mine were untrue will not go unchecked, Mr. Speaker , because there is an answer for everything that I have said and I am certain that the external audit reports and other reports upon which our judgement is appraised, and on which our judg¬ ment is based, will bear me out. And so the allegation which has been levelled by the Leader of the Opposition this evening will not go unchecked and will find its answers in the appropriate place. Now, Mr. Speaker , as I suggested earlier I was not expecting the privilege of speaking here this evening, and I propose in a few moments to adiourn this Debate. But I would like to say, however, before adjourning the Debate that I appreciated hearing the speech in any event of the Leader of the Opposition. No one questions the fact that he has given many years of service to his fellow Islanders, to the Prov¬ ince of Prince Edward Island , and no one questions the sincerity of his motives dur¬ ing this long, vital lifetime of service to his province. And we could see that there were still the honest efforts to reflect over the period of his administration of Gov ¬ ernment in this province and to point out those good things that happen. And there were good things, Mr. Speaker ; many good things happened during the administra¬ tion of the previous Government. But as a new Government coming in I do not feel that there will be too much to gain by spending our time as the Opposition members spent their time in their first year here in the Assembly after the 1959 election criticizing constantly the records of the former administration. We will be drawing attention of course to some of these statements made in the 1960 Session, because they have some relevance to what is being said here today, yesterday, and what might be said in the days ahead. As a new Government, however, we look forward with confidence to the future which this province holds for its people, and we feel that we are able to offer the adminis¬ tration, the Government which is required to take that big-giant stuff to get us on the road. We did not assume office without problems and I will have the opportunity through this Session, perhaps, to reflect on some of these problems. The external audit which has been filed today will obviously point clearly to some of the prob¬ lems which we face and while the Leader of the Opposition will point the blame to the federal government we realize each of us that we could use more money, we could use millions of dollars more than we are getting. The Leader of the Opposition fails to point out that Prince Edward Island receives the highest per capita grants from the 'federal government of any province in Canada . Perhaps he said we didn't. We are receiving in equalization and special grants $149.50 per capita as against, for example, Ontario which receives $21.00 per capita. Newfoundland $146.00; Nova Scotia , $121.00; New Brunswick $120.00. I will want to discuss the finances of this province and I am certain that they may be more advantageously debated during the Budget, following the Budget Ad ¬ dress, because there are matters of serious consequences to this province with respect to provincial finances. We have inherited the results of the careless four-year spree, Mr. Speaker . The former administration demonstrated some ability during its first years to control spending and to keep expenditures within a reasonable reach of re¬ venues. But alas and alack, the record is no longer a secret. While the former Pro¬ vincial Treasurer o? this province spoke annually of the surplusses that they were budgeting for en ordinary account in brackets, and sometimes not there at all, this province was mounting day by day, and year by year deficits which now place us in a very difficult position. Almost 36%, I believe, of our provincial revenue goes to pay interest on our debt and debt charges.