Legislative Assembly Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : Busy Spot. Lloyd G. MacPhail : Do they do any work? Walter R. Shaw : Well, I wouldn't suggest they don't. I think perhaps they're the only ones that do any work down there, from the record of this Government. But that's not the only thing. We had this building down here that was supposed to take care of the staffs of this Government for the next twenty-five years but do you know, do you know all the other buildings that we hoped to sell or rent out and save money on, they're filled too. This historic old building here is filled and I'd like to have a statement and I'm going to try to get it before this session is over as to the amount of money that is being spent in this historic old building on salaries and they have new buildings. They haven't room enough now. The new building is filled, the old buildings are filled, the new buildings that they took under their administration are filled and the last that I hear is that they are going to go outside of town here and build a new building for some special Department of Gov¬ ernment, I don't know what it is. Why ask where the money's going. Take a look at the jobs that were cleared out, the incumbents fired; then take another look and see the same jobs reconstructed into some other name and one of their own hench¬ men put in charge. Never, never, has there been, Mr. Speaker , in this Province such a system of "pork barrel" methods in Government, of "feather-bedding" in Govern¬ ment. A system of extensive political patronage is evidenced at the present time and it is no wonder the money is going and will continue to go. Now, where is the Minister of Public Works? And I'm glad to see him back. I was very much disturoed last year when he had to go over across the Strait to the hospital and I say to you, Honourable Minister, I am very pleased indeed that your health is improved and you are back again. I'm just going to ask this. What about the tender system? Gone with the wind. What about the tender system? This is what the Premier said and I'll soon be through with you for a while, Mr. Premier. Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : Oh, no, there must be more yet. Walter R. Shaw : Oh, you want me to continue? All right then. I'm not going to use you as the guilty one like the prophets of old who used a scapegoat for the sins of all the rest of your Ministers. Here is your statement. "Our purchasing has just become too great to allow old out of date systems to continue. I want a new atti¬ tude," he tells the people. "I want to make it profitable for a businessman or a con¬ tractor or any citizen to bring his sealed bid on supplying goods or building a build¬ ing, plus the design, throw the bill on the table and see it opened before his very eyes." Who is getting the gravy now, I ask. Is it the public, generally, or is the businessman allowed to submit a tender? The answer is 'no'. He also states that the Government shall follow the tender system so that the public monies are pro¬ perly and wisely spent. "We will put more business into Government." Now we have a wholesale patronage system. You have to know someone, or you have to see someone, before doing business. Now the tender system has been fired through the window and it's done by negotiation. Negotiation with whom ? The friends of the Government, of course. What happened to that famous school tax that they were going to change, that the farm people understood the Government was going to pay? What happened to the millions of dollars that were supposed to come through from Ottawa? What happened to farm credits? Your farm people are in very poor con¬ dition at the present time and from the time I left this building 'till I got down to the hotel one man from the western part of this Province told me that over 657c of the farmers of this Province are today in bankruptcy and there's more to follow. And yet this Government said, "three to five years in which the farmer would be forgiven on interest and principal on mortgages." Do you remember that? Did you lift that obligation? That's what they were asking your Government here about a week ago for some regress and some relief for mortgages and bills. Now is the time for you to show them that you meant this promise and not just made it to catch votes. What about the freezing and storage facilities for fishermen? No, they told the people of this country they had plenty of money to operate with careful administration, then they said they had eight million dollars and now they tell you that they can't fulfill their promises or their commitments. There's no money. That is the question farmers and fishermen and business men of this country want to know about, for this year is the most difficult year according to our people we have experienced for a great many years past. What about our road policy? What about —24—