Wednesday, May 17, 1967 people as they sit in different seats in this Assembly . As the former Premier and now Leader of the Opposition sat here, I read some of his remarks and they sounded much as if the Premier of today was making the same remarks. I hear members on the opposite side asking questions, "Why isn't this done, and why isn't that dene?" These same members were sitting on this side of the House less than a year ago and had mil the powers to carry out those same functions. And yet they did nothing about it. We should know, we should know them all. L. George Dewar : Name those things,.we want to know what they are. Honourable M. Lome Bonnell : Consolidation for example. Walter R. Shaw : Remark inaudible. Honourable M. Lome Bonnell : In all my years of experience I have watched many new members come to this Assembly . To the new members of this Assembly , I want to congratulate them for adapting so quickly to the Rules of the House, and trying to add something to the Legislature. But of all these members there was one who I thought, I don't know whether he thought, had a special axe to grind. Whether he thought he had a special area to represent, or whether he thought he would like to be heard, or whether he was a front-page grabber and wanted to get publicity, I don't know. But each and every day he would jump to his feet and make accusa¬ tions, particularly about people outside the House who could not defend themselves nd make big noises and draw "red herrings" across the Legislature. Sometimes people of this nature do themselves more harm than good. I always felt that it would be well for a new member to sit back and learn the rules during his first year. Get to know your colleagues, get up and make your speech, if you have one on the Draft or the Budget, but not calling people name* or getting into controversy and trying to grab the front page by asking questions which probably weren't even your own. But I am not saying that they weren't. It will be interesting to me, as one who has sat continuously in this Legislature since 1951, to find out if I had the right approach by sitting quietly for a year or two until I learned the rules or whether this new member has, who after less than a day in the Legislature, was trying to get the publicity of the front pages. Who will last the longest? And if this new member should continue to represent his district for the next seventeen consecutive years, then I will say either method is successful in politics. There are those that are brilliant in science and in arts; but it takes a pretty cagey person to be brilliant in politics. In order to sit successfully you must many times keep your tongue within your cheek when you might be tempted to grab the front head¬ lines of the newspapers. To those who might do these things, and the member, if he recognises himself by my remarks, can suit himself as to how he handles himself in the future, I would suggest that if you wish to stay in the political life of Prince Edward Island it is best to go slowly, but go progressively, work for your district and work for the province and you will probably be here for a long time. One other thing before I take my seat, Mr. Speaker , is tourism, and I would like to say that we are calling next week "Provincial Clean-up Week", a week during which we hope all our citizens will make every effort to clean up our province and to make this clean-up program his own personal Centennial project so that we can use the slogan of " Canada 's " with pride. The City of Summerside and the City of Charlottetown have also declared this a clean-up week and by an all-out effort of the province that we can make a good start for our tourist as well as our own Island people. And further, to aid beautification, this year we are giving a $10,000.00 to the Rural Beautification Society. They are making extra grants for flower gardens, extra prizes for clean-up on the farms, homes, buildings, roadside areas, and are also giving prizes to villages and municipalities who can enter their contest and make the greatest clean-up. I think they are even offering a price of $1,000.00. For 1967. Prince Edward Island should have many projects for beautifica¬ tion and we hope that they will be continuing projects. To further publicize Prince Edward Island abroad I propose to purchase about 60,000 bumper stickers to put on cars leaving the province on the ferries. The sticker states, "I have visited Prince Edward Island , Canada 's "; when they travel abroad this sticker will be on their cars and will make people want to come down and see what they have missed. L. George Dewar : Free advertising. —447—