Thursday, April 13, 1967

Honourable Robert E. Campbell:

Mr. Speaker, when I started to speak here last night I forgot to mention that in this speech I was testing my health. As you all know I had a serious operation about a couple of months ago and I said if I didn’t feel good after I went fifteen min‘ utes I was going to stop but I went thirty-five minutes and I felt so now I am goilng t1? try it again. I might only speak fifteen minutes or I mig t go through till mi nig t.

Now, this afternoon the Leader of the Opposition was not very pleased with an answer that Honourable Daniel MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture, gave him; but he also wasn’t very pleased with the people on May 30th, so we can expect that. Yesterday I was accused of not taking part in the Liquor Act debate that went on here. Well this Act was not opening up the liquor laws like it was here before. You can go back over all my books and I a ways voted and talked against liquor and I am still going to vote against it when they start opening up the liquor outlets. So I want to assure you, Mr. Leader of the Opposition, and some of your friends, that I am still standing on the same faith that I was back from 1962.

Walter R. Shaw: Why don’t you tighten it up then?

Honourable Robert E. Campbell: How can I tighten it up when you fellows left it so wide open that we can’t do anything about it?

Walter R. Shaw: Tighten it up and don’t do so much talking about it. Honourable Robert E. Campbell: That's the way you fellows want it. Walter R. Shaw: Are you going to vote against your Government?

Honourable Robert E. Campbell: Listen, you wait until the time comes and I will show you what is going to take place.

J. Cyril Sinnott: You will have to resign.

Honourable Robert E. Campbell: That’s all right, and if I resign I have better man than myself to take my place. I have a mission that you can’t beat with wild oats or oats or anything else. (Laughter)

Walter R. Shaw: How is the oats crop coming?

Honourable Robert E. Campbell: If you have a question to ask, you stand up and I will sit down.

Walter R. Shaw: Well listen, how is the oats crop coming?

Honourable Robert E. Campbell: Well, Sir, I don’t know; but if you go up and ask Gerald Rooney he will tell you all about the oats and all about the Government money that you paid for it too. It came out of your Government.

Walter R. Shaw: Excuse me, Sir, I paid no Government money. Honourable Robert E. Campbell: It came out of your Government.

Walter R. Shaw: Now just a minute, I object to this, Mr. Sneaker; he said I paid Government money for oats. I am not accepting that from t is man and you ask him to retract that. I mean that. I am waiting, Mr. Speaker.

Some Member: What did you pay that you shouldn’t pay?

Walter R. Shaw: He said that I paid Government money. Now I am asking you to ask him to retract that.

Honourable Robert E. Campbell: Mr. Speaker . . . .

. Walter R. Shaw: Now just a minute, I an appealing to the Speaker now, you sit down. Mr. Speaker, this man said I paid Government money and I want you to ask him to retract that statement.

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