Monday, April 24, 1967

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Honourable 1. Elmer Blanchard: From the Unemployment Insurance Commis- sion.

M. Alban Farmer: Here ?

Honourable J. Elmer Blanchard: Right in Charlottetown.

Walter R. Shaw: All over the province?

Honourable J. Elmer Blanchard: I will give them to you in the Budget Speech.

M. Alban Farmer: Very good. Now the next thing that we did for labour was the development of the educational system in this province. There is no doubt about it, every person benefited by the high school development which took place between 1960 and 1965. The students stayed in school longer and when they did come out they were better equipped, better prepared to carry on and to do a better job in employ- ment. These are the things that were done for the labouring people in this province. Their development, their education, their training; and in addition to that two voca- tional schools were built. So when we talk about labour, we must not forget that first of all you must have a job, and many of those jobs were created by the former Gov- ernment. Next to that, you have to be able to do a job in that particular employment and that is done by the assistance of education both in the high school and in the vocational school.

Now I know we are getting into a very tight schedule. I have many matters here which I wish to deal with but I feel that we are pushing this debate at this par- ticular time, hurrying up because so much time was lost. I maintain, Mr. Speaker, that the day the Leader of the Government got u and said he would not put the information, give the information that was asked or, that was the day that things started backing up instead of going ahead. Now as I say, I am endeavouring to cut down on speaking on the Draft Address. I am anxious to cut down because I know there are several more who want to speak tonight, and I am not going to curtail it too long. I want to help and co-operate as much as possible. But there is the reason why we are doing this at this time.

This is Centennial Year, this is our hundredth birthday. We are celebrating it, and I believe we should all realize what our country, which is now one hundred years old, means to us. I think we should pledge our full strength of mind and body to make this country a country of peace and contentment. I think every person, every member, every citizen of this province, and every citizen in Canada can con- tribute his own share in that way. I think that we should not only look for peace and contentment for our own people, but we should also put our minds and our thoughts to extending that peace and development to all other peoples of the world.

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Honourable M. Lorne Bonnell (Fourth Kings) —- Minister of Welfare and of Tourist Development

Mr. Deputy Speaker, first I would like to congratulate you, Sir; it is the first time I have seen you in that Chair this Session, and you look as if you were there a lifetime, and I feel sure, Sir, that you will be there for many, many years to come and ‘be able to rule this House with authority and dignity. (Applause)

You know, Mr. Speaker, as I think of this Assembly, I think of this book which was presented to me when some interested people from the Fifth District of Kings heard of the conundrum and the language that was used in this Assembly. They brought this book to my attention and said that this was what should happen to their member, the Junior Member, and to the member from the Second District of Kings for using the word “liar,” or insinuating the word “liar”. Back in the year 1863 in this very Province House the word “liar” was used by none other than a gentleman by the name of Dr. Jack Jenkins, who at previous to this was the Chaplain of this House, and the Conservative government of the day, under Mr. Gray, John Hamilton Gray I think his name was, John H. Gray proposed that he not be the Chaplain any longer and that they propose a new man, by the name of George Suthertand, 'be Chaplain of this House. When that motion was presented in 1863, the Honourable George Coles, then leader of the Liberal party got up and moved an amendment to that motion, to strike

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