Friday, April 21, 19OT Honourable Robert E. Campbell : Why did you not build it while you were there? Henry W. Wedge : They didn't have the land. The land was turned down. Honourable Robert E Campbell : That is not what they told me. They aaid you absolutely would not build it Henry W. Wedge: Of course, there was a little bit of trouble there among some of the people who did not want it, because they did not want the Shaw Govern¬ ment to build it. You know all about that. Honourable Robert E. Campbell : No, No, don't know a thing; no, no. Henry W. Wedge : Oh, you must! Honourable Robert E. Campbell : No; no; they just said you wouldn't build it. Henry W. Wedge : However, that is that. There was another location in Kelly's Cross where we had sufficient applications, and we had applications from Vernon River and . Stewart and they are not getting these Homes. I hope that they will. I know it takes the new Board time to get on with things, but I hope that they will get them, because if you are going to put a needs test on it, because I think these buildings should be built where there is a potential and that is what we did. Honourable Robert E Campbell : Would my good friend answer a question? In any district where you built the Senior Citizens Home, are they all filled, Sir? Henry W. Wedge : Oh; I don't know, I don't visit them any more. Honourable Robert E Campbell : You don't look after your own District, is that it? Henry W. Wedge : I don't go near it; I have nothing more to do with it. Honourable Robert E Campbell : Yes, but are they empty? Henry W. Wedge : I am not afraid that they will be filled. The people have to learn the benefits. We had that trouble in Alberton , one vacant. We had two vacan¬ cies in CLeary for almost a year, today there is a waiting list. Walter R. Shaw : Down in Souris . Henry W. Wedge : We did it in Souris , and it is filled. We did in Kensington and they are filled. You are bound to get vacancies. We expect to have at least 6% vacancies but the demand is increasing all the time and right now I would say, that you could build another fifty units in Charlottetown , and you could build ano¬ ther fifty units in Summerside because I know that I am approached nearly every week in the hopes that these people can get accommodation. I hope this program does not come to a halt. Now, as we want to look at Low Cost Housing, it will take a good deal more time than expected. Honourable Robert E. Campbell : Now will you give me back my portfolio? Henry W. Wedge : We were talking about Low Rental Housing last year and I hope something will be done with that. I do not think that I can agree altogether with what the section of the National Housing Act . It was accepted that the Fed¬ eral Government will put up 75%, a subsidy of 75%, and I had hoped that they would go into the other section because we find that the Province of Ontario have ditched Section D and gone on into section E of the Act where they go 90% of the capital investment. Although the subsidy is down to 50%, they tell me that on the long run, with the increased cost of building, increased cost of land, that they will benefit on the long term. Now, there is another matter that it was our intention and our arrangements, and, when we met with the City of Charlottetown and the Town of Summerside, we never expected them to have to put up a percentage of this capital amount or the subsidy. This was explained to them, but I see now that things changed, that the —254—