Legislative Assembly

of the new crossing on employment, etc., in the Borden area. This ' '

porarily delayed for reconsideration in the design and construction ifpt'lfgeltslzirsidtirpl- proaches continues. We know that the study that has been made of the situation here has been taken into account in an overall development plan and that the com- ing effects of the opening of the crossing will thereby be minimized. In Section 8 of the Speech from the Throne mention is made of a master plan :‘or the provision of educational facilities. Now, at this point I would like to congratulate the Minis- ter of Education on the good job he is doing. It is not an easy mazter to have this improved on with the limited resources at his disposal, with a Treasury which was practically bankrupt when he came into office and as was stated here yesterday. With apprOXimately $90,000,000 of a deficit in the Province, it is recessary to cur- tail some activities which otherwise wouldn’t necessarily be done. At this point I would_like to congratulate the Provincial Treasury. I am sure thit he is doing a good Job under the circumstances. He has been laboring under difficulties and he has promised a balanced budget in a number of years and I am sure that he will meet this promise. I know that there are many things against it. Talking to a good friend of mine the other day, he said to me, he said. “It’s a great thing thatithe Campbell Government took over just when it did or,” he said, “I don’t know where the Shaw Government would have been by now and how long he would have kept pouring money down that rat hole in Georgetown”. And that was a very good illus- tration. We didn’t get much more results than if we were pouring it down a rat hole. and as the Commission is taking care of the Georgetown situation, I will not dwell on that. We would recommend that consideration be given to 1 more even dis- tribution of the tax load in rural areas. At the present time land owners pay far more property tax according to their income than any other class of people. We congratulate the Government for considering this problem and lo)k forward with hopes that this injustice will be rectified. I have a note here. Tie Leader of the Opposition suggested at one time this session that I should say something about the liquor store. I want to make this reference to it. During my four years of sitting on the Opposition I asked the Government to do something about the alcoholic situa- tion in this Province and I am pleased to report today that very shortly after this Government took office, the Government supported an alcoholic treatment foundation incorporation which is operating at the Half Way House near Charlottetown. The reports I have of this operation speak glowingly for the work being done by the devoted managers and staff. If this work continued to meet the need of alcoholism treatments as it has been doing since it opened, there is a need for similar institu- tions in the Summerside area and possibly in the Kings County area to. With one- half of our population under twenty-five years of age, the Government is acting very wisely when it gives special importance and attention to the youth and education. As we’ve all said, the boys and girls of today are the men and women of tomorrow and special emphasis is placed on those engaged in agriculture, fishing and tourists to keep pace with the rapid change. It was my pleasure the other day to visit the vocational school in Summerside and it was a very pleasing sight indeed to see so many attending this school. They informed me that 400 students were there in the daytime and in the evenings, taking up-grading courses and special :ourses, were 500 and the fellow that was showing us around stated that he could keep it open seven days a week if he so desired. People were even going to come in (n Sunday taking courses. Now, this speaks well for the up-grading courses from the Dept. of Edu- cation in this Province as it’s so long been neglected. The future of our Province depends on our young people and in this changing world a good education is absolutely necessary if young people are to make a worthwhile contribution to his province and

country. I thank you. (Applause)

Keith S. Harrington (Third Prince): Mr. Speaker, May I first of all congratulate the Mover and Seconder of the Resolution in Reply to the Speech from the Throne. I think they did a very marvelous job. both leading men in their field of endeavour and they certainly gave a realistic and frank picture of the agricultural situation in this Province. I feel quite sure that if some of these men who are now in the back row, back benchers there. were out in front there would he more lone for agricul- ture in this Province (Applause) than there is at the present time,

Walter R. Shaw: They’re good fellows, back benchers.

Keith S. Harrington: I would like to, Mr. Speaker, say how pleasedI am to see you as Speaker, again, in this House. You seem always to do a very fair Job and I am

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