Thursday, March 7, 1968

side Hospital, next is Mr. A. Peake, Charlottetown, that’s a well known Charlotte— town attorney; Remuneration paid him with respect to this Act was $55. The next is Mr. B. Swadron, Toronto.

\Valter R. Shaw: Who was he? M. Alban Farmer: I don’t know, but his bill was $2,025. Walter R. Shaw. Oh, dear. Another extra import.

M. Alban Farmer: And the next was a Mr. A. McGuigan, Charlottetown. No charge for that. Now, I wonder.

Walter R. Shaw: Who’s he?

M. Alban Farmer: Mr. A. McGuigan, I presume, is the Deputy Minister, the Deputy Attorney General. I presume, I’m just assuming that. There’s no charge for him. But, anyway, why did the Minister of Health have to go to Toronto to get somebody to draft a Mental Health Act and pay him $2,025? Now, that’s a very pertinent question and I’d like to have that answered.

Walter R. Shaw: You don’t know?

M. Alban Farmer: Next thing is a question here, does it refer to a fishing product? It sets forth the tonnage of fish that we caught during the 1967 season and it looks like a rather substantial increase but I submit that, instead of having a 25% increase, they could have had a 100% increase if they had got the Georgetown fishing operation, fishing plant in operation. A 100% increase and they could have employed a good many more people and paid a lot more wages if they had; but no, “It’s not open. We don’t know when it’s going to be open.” The Minister of Fisheries today couldn’t give us any assistance on that.

Hon. Cecil A. Miller: Don’t hurt your reputation.

M. Alban Farmer: Section 45. “My Government has expanded the services available under the Planning Division, Municipal Affairs, to include all paved high- ways.” The program was initiated, land-use and so forth. And then, “My Govern- ment will introduce legislation amending the Town Planning Act and Unsi-ghtly Premises!” That brings me to the area that I represent, and that is the Sixth Dis- trict or the western part of the City of Charlottetown. Now, I submit that the City of Charlottetown has been shabbily dealt with by this Government. We read today’s paper, Councillor John Nicholson, and he’s not in our camp as far as politics is concerned, says . . . .

Hon. Cecil A. Miller: -He was but he got wise.

M. Alban Farmer: Yes, well, he’ll probably get wiser after this too. He’ll smarten up again.

Walter R. Shaw: He’s got wise now.

M. Alban Farmer: Councillor John Nicholson, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee says, “The City faced an intolerable situation due to failure of the Provincial Government to recognize it’s fair and just obligations to the City!”

Unknown Voice: You had seven years.

M. Alban Farmer: We had seven years, yes, and I’ll just tell you in a minute what we did about that seven years. You just hold your horses.

Hon. M. Lorne Bonnell: We’ve done better.

M. Alban Farmer: You haven’t done better at all. You haven’t done anything. In 1963 the per capita grant to the City of Charlottetown was $183,180; in 1964, $185,180; 1965, $185,180; in 1966 $223,034; in 1967, $221,124. So you did better, eh?

Hon. M. Lorne Bonnell: Sure.

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