Tuesday, April 25, 1967 investigated to establish ways of creating a permanent, skilled labour force for the various plant functions, (e) The raw material handling system should be investigated prior to the opening of the f ishmeal plant to make this operation as sanitary as poss¬ ible, and with the object in mind of utilizing as small a labour force as possible, (f) The cold storage and associated ante-rooms should be reviewed from a design and con¬ struction point of view to determine the cause of the icing conditions presently occur¬ ring there in the plant, and to recommend modifications to solve this problem, (g) This is extremely important because it is referred to by Mr. Moe and his suggestions to Mr. Campbell with regard to the future of the plant. This is very important in veg¬ etable processing in accordance with the original plant design should be investigated immediately, specifically to see if this could be a profitable operation in the winter months when the main plant is operating at something less than full capacity, (h) An economic cost-study should be carried out on the advisability of installing filletting machines to augment and replace the hand filletting presently being carried out. The study on mechanization of the unloading system already commenced should be com¬ pleted without delay. There is an apparent need for additional skinning machines in the plant and a study should be carried out to determine how many should be installed. A study should be carried out on the cost of preparing mink food." Note that: cost of preparing mink food. "The capacity of the holding room and cold storage should be reviewed in conjunction with future porductivity of the plant." And last but this is the most important one, this is another deficiency defined. "Our investigation indicated lack of communication between plant management and government officials, and it is felt that a study should be made to improve this situation, for instance the appoint¬ ment of a government representative on the Board of Directors." It was at about the same time, a little later, that Mr. Moe suggested that they appoint two or three Is¬ landers to the Board of Directors, and a Government representative if they wanted to, but nothing further was heard about that. Nothing further would be heard of this re¬ port either if the Premier had read it, I am sure. Now they include a schedule called Appendix Four, Foods limited, Statement of Projected Availability of Working Capital for the yean end December 31,1966 to December first, 1970. I am not going to read them all because a jumble of figures mean nothing when a person is reading them; I am just going to read their conclusion. "Working capital deficit at the end of each year." In 1966 they say it will be 1449,000; in 1967 the deficit will be $100,000; in 1968 there will be surplus of $248,000; in 1969 there would be a surplus of $716,000; and by 1970, there would be a profit of 1.5 million dollars." Yet the Premier says that the Georgetown is not a viable industry. Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : Whose projection is that? J. Cyril Sinnott : It is Canadian Plant Processing and Engineering. You had better read that report before you make any more statements about . Foods. Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : That is not the projection of Foods Limited . J. Cyril Sinnott : It is included in their report. Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : Included in the report? J. Cyril Sinnott : I don't think so. Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : I think you had better be pretty clear on that. J. Cyril Sinnott : It seems to me, Mr. Speaker , that this report could hardly have praised the operation more. Yet the Premier says it is not a viable operation and he will probably insist that I also accept his word on that; but the report doesn't bear him out. Now to get down to more recent events, Mr. Speaker . After the Premier receiv¬ ed the letter from Mr. Moe of January 19th, 1967, the Premier journeyed to Montreal to see Mr. Moe and other Norwegian Investors and a meeting was held in Montreal I have asked the Premier before for minutes of that meeting and he has been unable to provide them, so I will have to read from the minutes taken by one of the observ- —889—