Legislative Assembly Friday, March 17. 1967 Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : Mr. Speaker , it is a privilege for me to rise on St Patrick's Day and to continue the Debate in reply to the Speech from the Throne, and it is my hope that, with the concurrence of the House, the Leader of the Opposition and I may join the Irishmen in a special ceremony which is being held not too far from this Assembly in approximately one hour. Last evening I commenced my remarks by extending congratulations to the Mover and the Seconder of the Address , and I had several other matters at that time among which was my congratulations to the Leader of the Opposition for the fine speech that he had made, and I doubt that he has ever excelled himself on any occasion in public speaking, unless it be the occasion as reported by the Guardian newspaper of not too many days ago, reporting on his address to the people assem¬ bled in the kitchen of the honourable member from First District of Queens in that renowned village of . Frank Myers : Mr. Speaker , I would like to straighten my honourable friend out. We didn't meet in any kitchen. (Applause and Laughter). Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : With all due respects, Mr. Speaker , the speech given by the Leader of the Opposition in the living-room. Honourable M. Lome Bonnell : Good speech. Was it a good speech? Frank Myers : Very good. Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : You know, Mr. Speaker , the Leader of the Opposition has said many things not all of which of course we agree, but beneath that blue suit, Mr. Speaker , there is a red tie very close to that red liberal heart of his. I say that because of his various statements made from time to time. I am happy that he claims 95% of the Throne Speech which His Honour the Lieutenant - Governor read to this Assembly as his own. We were happy to see on May 12th and hear the Leader of the Opposition claiming the Liberal platform declared on the eleventh as the platform of the Progressive Conservative party. It is all very evi¬ dent, Mr. Speaker , of the warmth and kindness with which the Leader of the Opposi¬ tion embraces Liberal policies of this province. We are happy indeed to be able to reciprocate in this community of mind, we are happy at the present time to notice that the Liberal Party federally is now building the Causeway for which his party strongly stood at one time. (Applause) We are happy to see the federal Liberal party building the ice-breaking carferry which his party at one time promised and has not yet delivered. We are happy to see the way in which he has embraced the Speech from the Throne and the policies of this government which were outlined in that Speech from the Throne. Because after all having claimed 95% of the Speech as his own, or the carrying on of his policies, he was not indeed in a very good posi¬ tion to be critical of the eighty-three programs of progress which have been ad¬ vanced by this party. He suggested that there may have been one or more "ghost¬ writers" playing in the background in the drafting of the Speech from the Throne. Mr. Speaker , there were more than that. There were as many writers as there are Ministers of this Government; there were as many advisors as there are members on this side of the House. Together the program inspired by the people on the 89th day of May and later on the 11th day of July has been written, as much as it is possible for us to do at this time, into the Speech from the Throne. This is the matter under debate at the moment, Mr. Speaker. My friend the Leader of the Opposition, who shares so many views with the members on this side of the House, suggsted that I had stated through the election that every single promise of the Liberal Party would be immediately implemented. No one really believes that statement, Mr. Speaker , and as a matter of fact, several words that I did make very clear to the people of this province is that the enure program could not be introduced and implemented overnight. But I am happy to report, Mr. Speaker , that even in the short course of seven months in government we have been able to make substantial progress in the implementation and the