Wednesday, April 6, 1967

the all-wather road especially through the Second District of Prince in the West Devon and Mt. Pleasant area because these are bad hazardous pieces of road. In fact I have bem called upon twice or more to preside over death on the highway on the West Devm area in the last few years, and I think he should pay particular attention to that ana where there are very dangerous curves. And of course in all areas this project wil be appreciated and should go forward. The First District received fairly good treatnent under the former government in this regard and it was continued, of 1 course, by the present administration to the O’Leary corner. We expect to see it 3 proceed fnm there to West Devon and Mt. Pleasant.

A cnuple of other items that the representatives of First Prince put themselves on record I! being strongly in favour of in their election propaganda was with respect to a eausmay and a bridge from McNally’s Point to Gordon’s Wharf, and we are

looking forward to action for them in this respect. They also mentioned the all-weather road from O’Leary Corner into O'Leary.

Homurable Robert E. Campbell: You will get it boy, you will get it. L. George Dewar: We will be expecting action before too long.

The'e was one point that I thought I might mention that might be of assistance to the Minster of Highways. Actually I think it would be very generous on my part to bring thispoint up. I think it is something that causes a very great deal of poor public relations hroughout the province, not only under the present Government but under the past pvernment too, and one which I feel the Minister of Highways should look into a littb more closely. And that is with respect to expropriation of land for high- way purptses. I think that the Department of Highways does this in a very heavy- handed mmner and a great many people are antagonized by the. . . .

Honorable George J. Ferguson: There hasn’t been one, Sir, since I came on. L. George Dewar: They’re hasn’t been one?

Water R. Shaw: They’re coming.

L. (eorge Dewar: That is a very good record. I might go on to prove that that

wastnh’t corect, but I am not trying to say the honourable minister is not telling the tru .

Honorable George J. Ferguson: Well I feel I am telling you the truth; none to my knowldge.

L. (eorge Dewar: Now, Mr. Speaker, with respect to this matter, when I was in Englanl last summer I read in a newspaper there about building new highways. They certdnly go to a great deal more trouble to expropriate the land in a manner satisfacimv to the people that own it. In fact I understood that sometimes it takes four or the years to get the right-of-way and to get the title to the right-of-way when they builds new road. Here the highways people go out in a very cavalier manner and go in m property, and of course, they have authority under the Act, I will admit that. Acco'ding to the Act it gives the Minister and his officials very great authority. but I thlnl that authority should be used with more discretion than it is. It says that “The Mintter or any other person by his order or under his direction may enter upon suchlands and make a survey of the same, and a plan and description of such land shallbe filed and registered in the Registry of Deeds for the County in which such lands lie.” Without any consultation to the owner at all this can be done and it is done. I mow it is done. In fact I know of a particular instance in my own District where theland owner was outraged at what was done, and I agreed with him and he was no sipporter of mine either. I went to bat for him with the Department of Highwaysbut I couldn’t get anywhere and I didn'think there was any need of the.

Honorable George J. Ferguson: You never came to me, Sir.

L. George Dewar: No you were not responsible for this Mr. Minister. (Laughter) But it was taken up and I felt that there was an alternate method of doing it that would ban spared some good farmland and utilized land that wasn’t of any very

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