Friday, Mareh_1_7, 1967

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Walter R. Shaw: You are quoting from a brief that you refuse to lay on the table.

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: I haven't refused, Mr. Speaker.

Walter R. Shaw: Well, when you say you would give it to me personally you refused it.

Honourable Alexander B. Campb'ell: Oh, Mr. Speaker, that's not a broad in- terpretation of. . . .

Walter R. Shaw: Well it’s. . . .

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: Look here is a section in the contract that says that they won’t build a food processing plant within twenty-five miles of this one they have to get started in an election. . . .in a big rush. And what happened? Within a few miles and within a few years that contract was broken. Mr. Speaker, these are the things that are showing up, these are the things that are causing the headaches and the hangovers from that long “bender”. The list goes on, Mr. Speaker, but just perhaps to bring everything into perspective, I want to set ourselves back seven years in this House.

We had a brand new Minister of Industry then.

Keith S. Harrington: Mr. Speaker, may I rise on a point of privilege. The Honourable Premier is quoting from a brief that he has received and he is not divulging the source of that brief. I think that this, that we on this side of the lI!-Iiouseuhave a right to know what he quoted from. It may be one he has written

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Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: Do you really want to know?

Some Member: Yes.

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: This is the. . . .You won’t be ashamed of it? Some Member: (Remark inaudible).

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: At least there is one man in the Opposi- tion, Mr. Speaker, who recognizes the facts. At least there is one man in the Opposi- tion, Mr. Speaker, who is vaguely familiar or familiar with the terms of the promises and the verbal agreements that were made and unfortunately never carried out.

Now, Mr. Speaker, the new Minister of Industry in 1960 came into this House, they were pretty brash and bold in those days. Just in from the hustings and he started out, “I wonder what the Leader of the Opposition" he said, “and also the Leader of the now defunct Liberal Party has to say now that the people have spoken on September first." Boy! they were riding high. And then he enunciated after six months in office his principles, his guidelines, his approach to industrial development. At that time, Mr. Speaker, following the Liberal Administration there was a food processing plant established in the province. Did the Opposition at that time embrace and encourage that industry? Let’s turn over a few pages and see what the present Leader of the Opposition said on that occasion. “But why when an amount of almost half a million dollars was advanced of the people’s money of this province to estab- lish that plant was $11,000 of interest given them last year." I'll be referring again to these and the constant harpings and so on that came from this Opposition in 1960 and the years prior.

. But then the Minister of Industry laid down the policy for that Government six months after taking office. The Op osition ask us what our policy is, Mr. Speaker; there are some matters where this vemment feels time and consideration, and thought and planning should go into policy before they are announced. But no, not this former government, they rushed in here talking about the defunct party. He says, “I find. . . .” Oh yes, here it is in 1956, there was announcement down in Mon- tague, they were gomg to build a plant. He held little meeting all right, the meeting was opened and two or three fellows came up representing certain industry in Upper Canada, but the then Premier of the province said, Oh, they are coming in Char-

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