Tuesday, February 27, 1968 have no particular marketing philosophy to support. To a very great extent the future and prosperity of this Province depends upon a progressive expanding 'agri¬ culture and with the best possible uses made of the two main resources, people and land. We cannot afford the luxury of anything less than full employment for those who are on the farms and the very best use of our land. Success under any develop¬ ment plan will depend on co-operation among farm people and other sections of the economy and the officials whose responsibility it is to promote modern emphasis and provide extension services. Mr. Speaker , I see no greater challenge to our Govern¬ ment and, in fact, to all our people than that of developing our agriculture to it's fullest extent. Now, Mr. Speaker , I would like to take a little time to report to the Legisla¬ ture on my visit as one of your representatives to the Canadian Section of the Com ¬ monwealth Parliamentary Association which was held last September in the Prov¬ ince of New Brunswick . At the very outset I would like to express my sincere appre¬ ciation to that Province for the wonderful manner in which we were welcomed and entertained. From our arrival in Fredericton on Sunday, Sept. 17th at the Beaver- brook Hotel, right through until Saturday afternoon, Sept. 23rd, when we were royally entertained at a final banquet given by his honour, the Lieutenant - Governor and the Government of the Province of New Brunswick . The program consisted of a four day tour of the Province and a two day conference in the beautiful capital city of . Our tour started out on Monday morning from Fredericton . We had three beautiful busses by the way and we were escorted by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police throughout the tour and we had a stewardess, I guess you'd call her, on each bus and other personnel to look after our interests, well-being and comfort throughout the tour. Our tour started, as I said, from Fredericton and our first call was to visit the site of the new dam and p^wer plant which is un the river from Fredericton about fourteen miles. This is a tremendous project and will no doubt do a great deal for the prosperity and comfort of the peonle over a large area of that country. Our next stop was Florenceville where we had lunch and then proceeded to visit the processing plant owned by the McCain's of that community. This is a wonderful plant and a very large plant by the standards of our area and our party was conducted in through the door where the raw potatoes are taken fresh from the fields and warehouses right on to where they are washed and peeled and cut and packaged and cooked and frozen, all of course by mechanical equipment. They are then placed in refrigerated storage before beintr shipped out to the w'de field of markets which they enjoy. Our next stop was at Edmunston late on Monday afternoon where we were taken to the pulp & paper plant operated by the Fraser Company . This is a complex which actually has part of it's operation in New Bruns¬ wick and the other part across the St. in the State of Maine. Now this is a large operation and many of our delegates enjoyed their first visit to a nulp and paper mill. We stayed in Edmunston over night and proceeded to Campbellton on Tuesday morning. This is a long drive, mostly through wooded, hilly area, a very picturesque area. I might say. at this time of the year when the leaves are turning and the colors of the wooded hills are certainly a beauty to behold. At Campbellton our only stop was for a reception and luncheon which was attended by many of the leaders of provincial and civic governments together with many of the leading busi¬ ness people of the area. During that afternoon, Tuesday afternoon, we visited the new industrial site at Belladoon where a giant smelter has been erected and also a fertilizer concentrate plant. They also have provided deep sea anchorage and loading facilities for the ships that carry the products of these plants across the ocean. We did not go in to those two plants and saw them only from the outside and we then proceeded about twenty-five miles inland to a giant ore milling plant or concentrater, as they call it, through which we were conducted on a very interesting tour which must have lasted in the vicinity of one and one-half hours. That night we stayed in the city of where we were splendidly entertained at a reception, a dinner and a dance. Wednesday morning we drove to Caraket which is located about forty- five miles east of Bathurst and is a very important fishing community. They have fish processing plants there, boat building, a slip for repairing the fishing boats, excellent facilities. We visited a school for fishermen where they study navigation and the finer arts of handling modern fishing equipment. During our visit to Caraket we were taken on a short visit or voyage to sea aboard two of the wooden trawlers of their fishing fleet. It was a beautiful day, calm, warm and sunny, and the trip was enjoyed very much by everyone in the party. We boarded the busses immediately —13—