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er. When does he intend to lay the cornerstone or call tenders for Kings County Vo- cational School as promised by the liberals in the last election? I trust he, if I asked him the same question, would say, there are two standard answers that it is Govern- ment policy not yet decided or it is a budgets leak. So there would not be much point in asking him the question. However, I wi 1 ask him the question. When do you expect to start construction of the Vocational School for Kings County?

Honourable Gordon L. Bennett: You’re making the speech; I gave my speech. Leo F. Rossiter: You won’t answer that question? Honourable Gordon L. Bennett: You make your speech; I made mine.

Leo F. Rossiter: Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Education refuses to answer the ouestion. (Laughter) As promised by the Liberals in the last election, 10 and behold, they said we are going to build a Vocational School in Kings County.

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: Don’t be disappointed when it comes. Leo F. Rossiter. They didn’t even start it yet.

Honourable Gordon L. Bennett: Ask the member from Second Prince; he prom- ised it about a year ago.

Leo F. Rossiter: Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Education this seems to hit a little tender spot with him, and I trust that he will, when he speaks on the Didget, announce when and where and at what cost the Vocational School for Kings County will be constructed.

Another one for the Minister of Education. Free school books. In all due credit to the Minister of Education, he said free school books from one to eleven or some- thing like that. He not only didn't deliver free school books but in the system he did adopt, he gives them up to Grade VIII I understand. Now this, of course is just an- other promise made by the Liberals in the last election that they can't fulfill.

A very, very important phase of Government is that of the low-cost housing. Now Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Education, I understand, is the Minister in charge of this low-cost housing. And every time I ask him a question in regard to low-cost housing he has the same old answer. Charlottetown and Summerside, Charlottetown and Summerside, National Housing. We are appointing a Board, the Commissio this, that and the other thing. It is near time in my opimon, Mr. Speaker, that the fimste r in charge of housing made a clean-cut statement to this Assembly and put forth the policy of his Government with regard to low-cost housing. It is pretty nearly time the Minister in charge of low-cost housing began to realize that there are more places and more people in this province than the people in Charlottetown and Summerside. There are people in this province in the rural areas, small villages, small towns who are certainly entitled to take advantage of this legislation. (Applause) Now this low- cost housing means a great deal. One of the reasons why he will come up with, the standard answer, is that there are no applications. The Government hasn’t made the policy clear, the Government hasn't given any direction to low-cost housing, they haven’t encouraged any rural people, any small towns or villages to participate in this low-cost housing, so therefore, there are no applications. They should send a man out, call meetings and put the program across and explain it to the people what this low- cost housing is. There are many, many people in this province that would love to ar- ticipate in a program of low-cost housing, and, as you well know, Mr. Speaker, a as the Minister well knows, there are many, many places that could stand low-cost hous- ing. Very, very inadequate in many places, lots in my own District. If the Minister of Education doesn’t have any in his district he certainly should be reminded that there are more places than Charlottetown and Summerside with regard to low—cost housing. I suggest the Minister tour this Island and meet with Village Commissioners, town councils and find out exactly; and other associations, Legions, Lion’s clubs, and service clubs and find out exactly the situation with regard to housing in this province. It is ridiculous; the former Minister of Welfare or Health put this program on the books and it is still there with not a nail driven or any program coming with regard to low- cost housing. It is a most ridiculous situation that ever hit this province with regard to housing. Smoke screen, stalling, double talk.

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: What did you fellows do? 412—