Tuesday, February 27, 1968

Bruce 1... Stewart: Who are you pointing at, Sir? There’s a crook in it. You can’t tell which flnger. Your not pointing at crooks.

Walter R. Shaw: Don’t you worry who I’m pointing at. I’m coming to you. He said in five month’s time we’ll have a commission government and there’s the other gentleman back there, he said we’re going to have it soon. I don’t think he was even g1v1ng five months. Well, over five months has gone and I quite agree with both of these men that if this Government stays in much longer we will have a com- miss1on government at the rate the finances are being squandered. You don’t say anything about the development of agriculture and fisheries though. You don’t like to hear. these things. You don’t say anything about a civil service that we placed on an equltable basis and we didn’t go out through Canada without any civil service examinations and take men in here at from fifteen to twenty-one or twenty-two thousand dollars. That's where the money is going. The civil service was satisfied. We were improving their salaries each year gradually and for the first time in the history of this Province they were satisfied. Now, after they’re in for almost two years. after they squandered the money that was in their hands, after they’re finding it difficult to go to the money lenders because there was no confidence in them and secure their requirements, they turn around and try to blame someone else for some- thing that happened under their administration. How ridiculous can these people be? Just the same, they range all the way from fifty millions to a hundred and six millions and I refer to the poor man from Souris who was so far astray. Go down to the other building, you’ll find where some of the money goes. To the other build- ing; I don’t know, that long name. It’s a centre.

Honourable Alexander Campbell: Shaw Centre.

‘Valter R. Shaw: That’s right. No, it’s not now and I want to tell you something about it. You remind me of something. Remember how we were criticized last year for that artistic development out in the back of the building there. They called it “Rossiter’s Roost.” They called it “Rossiter’s Roost” and one day after they changed the name of the Centre I went down and I went in back to see “Rossiter’s Roost” and I went over and what do you think? The name of a man who never had any- thing to do with that building was up there in bronze figures on “Rossiter’s Roost” and the man’s name was Alexander B. Campbell, Premier.

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: Do you think it was worth $15,000.00?

Walter R. Shaw: Some roost and some bird, I’ll tell you that. But go down there now and see what’s happening.

Unknown Voice: Did he get his picture taken on it?

Walter R. Shaw: Yes, he got his picture taken on everything. Even if he looked at a cow out at Fort Augustus, he got his picture taken.

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: The roost is still there.

‘Valter R. Shaw: The roost is there and the bird is on it. But, go into that building down there, and I like to go down sometimes and go in to see how they’re getting along. I had one very nice stenographer in there that did a lot of work, did every- thing that was necessary and now they have two in there and they’re nice girls too. Two lovely girls and I like to chat with them sometimes.

Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: One’s from your district. Walter R. Shaw: One of them is from my district? Honourable Alexander B. Campbell: Yes, Sir.

Walter R. Shaw: Well, she’s a good girl then, I’ll say that, morally and every other way. Go in the other offices; boy, oh boy, have you ever been down there, Mr. Speaker? The only suggestion I have to offer to you, if you go up more than one of these floors, be careful or you’ll get run over and knocked down the stairway. You almost need a policeman to escort you around with the crowds of people that are parading up and down, in and out of these offices.

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