Legislative Assembly Hon . Alexander B. Campbell ; I never talked about clearing 400,000 acres. Frank Myers : Yes you did. Hon . Alexander B. Campbell : It was said by the Leader of the Opposition. I said today that those acres were already cleared. Frank Myers : If I am wrong I stand to be corrected, but I understood that that is on the agenda for the next ten years the clearing of 400,000 acres. Is that right? However be that as it may, I think we should look into the acres that are cleared at the present time and lying dorment. (Applause) And the reason I mention that Mr. Speaker , there is a lot of that done out in my own district. It is a wonderful district, wonderful shoreline, especially on the , and the South side as well. There is one very fine old homestead up there, a wonderful farm, good farm, good farming land, and it was bought two years ago by three brothers from Montreal. They come home a month each during the summertime. They are just letting the land go, all they want is the shore front. Now that is the unfavourable position we are in here at the present time. I think steps should be taken to do something with the land, I know it is privately owned. Could there be a tax on it if it is left idle; I think in some Provinces there is a tax on land that is not in use and I sincerely hope that some steps will be taken along that line. Now there is another point here about the seasonal licences on farm trucks, That was a promise, but it has never been carried out. Whether it is the Provincial Treasurer's fault I don't know, I would hold him responsible for it. Some Members: No doubt about it. Frank Myers : I don't think he has very much concern for the ordinary people, but he is a nice chap himself. Those trucks are used by the farmers, and sometimes they don't even go off the farm, and perhaps no farther than two or three miles away. You realize that yourself, Mr. Speaker , and I think they should he rebated, have a rebate coming to them or else be cheaper. It was promised, yes, for they are only usable four to six weeks in the fall, and perhaps a month in the spring hauling fertilizer. Hon . Alexander B. Campbell : You should apply to the Motor Vehicle Office. Sir: they are selling seasonal licences there. Frank Myers : What did he say, Mr. Speaker ? He is the boss of the Motor Vehicle. The administrator over there is a very fine chap indeed, but he is not here to hear what I have to say, and the Provincial Treasurer is the boss, surely he will do something along that line. Hon . T. Earle Hickey : We have that form of licence now. Frank Myers : For six weeks, as was promised here in all fairness? Its right here. Honourable Alexander B. Campbell : Only four seasons. Hon . M. Lome Bonnell : Six weeks' season is something new. (Laughter; Frank Myers : No, no, I didn't say the winter. Those fellows are getting all mixed up. There is something else; I will put it this way. We have, during the past number of years, well in fact, since the war had seed grain coming here from . In 1966 32,203 tons feed grain came here from Western Canada at a cost to the Federal Treasury of $482,600. Now if the Minister of Agriculture was on the job perhaps he could persuade the Federal Government to save some of that subsidy money and give the farmers a little cheaper fertilizer. Perhaps lime a little cheaper, I see that is advocated by the Acres report. That is the only good thing I can see in the Acres report — cheaper lime for the farmers. (Applause) —80—