Thursday, February 29, 1968 with these other Provinces or whether the drawbacks and the weaknesses in that arrangement would be contrary to our best interests. I encouraged them to broaden the terms of the study, to include both areas, to define those areas in which we might co-operate and they have agreed to do this. I will therefore seek a Resolution from this House endorsing the study which will determine the various areas in which we can co-operate mutually. I don't have to suggest, Mr. Speaker , what the benefits might be if we were to arrange more co-ordinated use of our universities. One hundred and ten thousand Islanders will never build a medical school, a dental school, a law school or many of the post graduate schools for our university students. But it makes sense to take advantage of these facilities where they exist in our adjoining Provinces. The same is true of hospitals. We in Prince Edward Island cannot, I do not believe, com¬ pete with the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, or the Montreal General Hos ¬ pital, or the Lahey Clinic in the specialized services which they are offering the public. But we in Prince Edward Island are capable of bringing up our standards to an acceptable level and co-operating in the specialized services with our neigh¬ bouring Provinces. The Throne Speech, Mr. Speaker , makes reference to industry, and also the fact that the Department of Industry would be re-organized to meet a vital role in industrial development in this Province. I believe that, as Leader of the Govern¬ ment, it would be appropriate for me to comment on this point for a moment. As I have mentioned earlier, and publicly, Mr. Speaker , the business of lending public money to individuals for industrial development purposes is now being completely transferred to Industrial Enterprises Incorporated. As we know, in past years, and as far back as twenty years ago, I suppose, Mr. Speaker , industrial loans were being made to individuals, to the public with public funds, by at least two government agencies. The P.E.I. Industrial Corporation and The Prince Edward Island Industrial Establishments Acts. In addition, the Executive Council, under guarantees to the banks, sometimes arranged to advance funds, public funds, to individuals for the purposes of industrial development. It is our judgment, Mr. Speaker , that these public funds will be more appropriately invested for industrial development purposes through Industrial Enterprises Incorporated, a non-political organization estab¬ lished by the previous administration of this Province, and continuing to do its business today and doing what we believe is a competent job and a good job. And so these loans of public money to individuals for industrial development purposes will now be handled by Industrial Enterprises Incorporated. I don't mind saying, Mr. Speaker , that I have heard, on more than one occasion, that an individual has received money from the government for an industrial purpose and has often said on the street, "This is government money, and I have no intention of paying it back." This is most unfortunate because none of it is government money, it comes from government sources but it is public money. There has too often been the be¬ lief that anything that comes from the government is free and doesn't have to be returned. We believe that the Department of Industry, under its present name or, perhaps, a new name, can play a vital role in centralizing the government's efforts in marketing, also in transportation, also in the collection of statistics, and also in the important field of industrial promotion. The honourable member from Second Kings, I think, a little earlier in this House, Mr. Speaker , was asking the Minister of Agriculture whether the govern¬ ment can provide information as to what the total amount of agricultural products sold by this Province was in any given year, and what the return in cash was to the farmer. We realize that there is very little capability in the Province at the present time to gather statistics, to have information immediately available for per¬ sons inquiring for industrial purposes or for their own business purposes. And we expect, Mr. Speaker , that much will be done in the next few years to establish a data processing centre within government, a statistics bank, if we might call it that. All this information will go to a central place within government and be available within minutes of any request. Mr. Speaker , we also have in operation a computer within government. The —59—