Legislative Assembly Walter R. Shaw : Have you anything on tuna ? L. George Dewar : Tourism, one of the major industries in this Province, gets up to exactly lcr of the Budget or a total for these four important primary industries on Prince Edward Island of only 5.57c of the total expenditures. Walter R. Shaw : That tells the story. L. George Dewar : That explains why this Province is in a serious situation from an economic standpoint. The money is being spent on unproductive Departments of Government. Welfare, 12.5%; Health, 169r. Twenty-eight percent: five times as much on Health & Welfare as is spent on the four productive industries which I have mentioned. Hon . Alex. B. Campbell : I think you are reading my speech of 1965. L. George Dewar : Well, I think. .. .(Laughter) L. George Dewar : Bring back to your. . . . Hon . Alex. B. Campbell : I quite agree with you. I quite agree with you. L. George Dewar : A serious situation. We were promised great things in the De¬ partment of Labor when the election campaign was in 1966. We were going to have a full time Minister of Labor and what happened ? Hon . Alex. B. Campbell : We have. L. George Dewar : Does it come up with a fairly good budget last year of $1,122,000 but low and behold, labor has taken a back seat and this year only half as much, $572,000, has been budgeted for the Dept. of Labor, I wonder.. . . Walter R. Shaw : What happened to them anyway? L. George Dewar : How is that explained? Hon . Alex. B. Campbell : No more bush camps. L. George Dewar : This is not a very good situation when agriculture, labor, fish¬ eries are in decline. Another interesting point is that he's cutting back on highway maintenance. Now, I submit, Mr. Speaker , that highway maintenance is one item that cannot be cut back on, especially with the way the roads are breaking up this spring. I'm afraid that the Minister of Highways is going to find this diminished estimate, it's gone down from $3,696,000, almost $4,000,000 proposed by the former Provincial Treasurer, to a little over $3,000,000 by the present Provincial Treasurer, and down from last year of $3,810,000. Tourist development, and here is one in¬ dustry that we would expect that more expenditure would be required in, last year it was estimated that $611,000 would be spent; this year $593,000 is estimated. Down again. Industry and Natural Resources, a very important Department; last year it was estimated $260,000 would be spent on this Department and what did they spend? Forecast expenditure — $191,000. Couldn't even spend the amount that was voted to look after industry and natural resources. Walter R. Shaw : They killed it. L. George Dewar : Industrial development was estimated last year at $18,000 and only $12,000 was spent. Is that promoting industry in the Province when even the small, miserably small, estimates for those Departments are under spent? Hon . Alex. B. Campbell : I.E.I , spent it. L. George Dewar : Last year $18,000 was estimated, this year only $14,000. Bleak days, bleak days before industry. There'll be more industries closed up before the year is out. Hon . Robert E. Campbell : Tell us about Georgetown . Walter R. Shaw : I don't believe there's anything open. —320—