Thursday, May 18, 1967

willing to accept statements that have been made in this House because you are confused and disagree among yourselves.

Now, what has Ottawa done for us anyway? Look at the record, the other Provinces did well. We were crossed off insofar as that conference was con- cerned. They are cutting out many of our former supports as was brought out in the passing of the Estimates. They refused to meet the legitimate trend on the new Center down here of two and a half millions; not a thing about that. With our Premier’s aid they have side-steppe d the Confederation Memorial obligation which they should have assumed in total. Our taxes have been raised, our cost of living has gone up at a more rapid rate than for a great many years. Boats at Borden? We have not got any information on that yet. The Causeway' 1s a doubtful feature at the moment. But look at the balance sheet look at their estimates of revenue. I wonder where they are going to get this revenue anyway. They have put the revenue estimates on gasoline and diesel oil up $650. 000. 00 this y.ear Then they put sales tax up $750,.00000 this year, and that is another big bump. And let us look into liquor: p$460,000.00 I am sure the Honourable gentleman’s conscience from Fourth District of Prince must be troubled; he must have some nightmares when he goes to bed at night. because last year he stood up in this House and nearly blew the roof off this building with his condemnation and the ineuuities of the Gov- ernment in power at that time because of the handling of the liauor question. I thought that when he got in and went on with the professions of the Premier that the new store up near the school, which was going to demoralize the young people in Summerside and the whole country, would be immediately closed and the liquor would be turned out in the harbour or taken away to some more distant point. But it is wnderful how my Honourable friends can adjust their morals: they can adjust their morals to the prejudice of a party, and hereJ this year he smiles, and there is not a word out of him, not a word out of him, regarding an increase of $460,000.00 for liquor sales. They have loosened it up so it is more easy to buy it too. You go back to those temperance workers up in Bedeque and tell them that, and see what they have to say to you. Now, these. . . .

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: Do you agree with the people in Bedeque? Walter R. Shaw: What is that?

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: Do you agree with the people in Bedeque?

Walter R. Shaw: I sure do. I agree with it better than I would agree with the attitude of the Premier and the men from the Fourth District of Prince, insofar as temperance work in this Province is concerned.

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: It’s great to be in the Opposition.

Walter R. Shaw: It’s no wonder that you have tried to expand the personnel in the Liquor Commission in this Province and increased their salaries. When you see the consumption. and your revenue from li uor, naturally you have to do something to offset it in the way of control. Now. a ut these amounts. How do you expect you are going to increase these revenues? These are just a few. How do you expect you are going to increase it? How are you going to increase the revenues from gas? the revenues from sales tax? In a year. This is one of the most difficult years. economically, that we have had. Go out to the farm people that are taking their potatoes out and dumping them into the woods. What about your revenue there?

Honourable Daniel J. MacDonald: Who dumped them? Whose fault is that?

Walter R. Shaw: A lot of them are dumping them and you know they are, and no wonder they are dumping them. Well, if you didn’t see it, you are blind. that's all, and you had better go through the country and see about it. You get some of

that red dye they are putting on the potatoes on your hands, that will mark you for a few years.

Honourable Daniel J. MacDonald: It's not red.

Walter R. Shaw: And we have had one of the most disgraceful episodes in

the House with regard to the support of the farmers of this country as far as potatoes are concerned.

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