MARCH 12. 1948

Scores 0ttawa’s Neglect 0f P. E. [Jhaquiremeiits

y-ouowipg is tho text of a speech always had a savings bank in ou: delivered in the House of Corn-lprovinoe. Then this was swallow- mpns on March ‘i by Mr. W. Chou-led up by the Bank of Canada. and w. 5. McLure. Prozressivo Con- we had a branch of that bank in iervetlvo member for Queen's, in Charlottetown. We were pleased ms Draft ‘Address debafn: . with that until. in the fail of 1947.

"My. speaker. may I say. firstuour branch bank mysteriously dis. m“ 1 am glad lo see you in the appeared. It was taken. as it were. chair so that you may take note by thieves in the night. and was of tho members who are in the lone from us. That branch was M”, n the present time. I rise oomething which should have been u: this occasion to take advan- retained for us. y“. o! this opportunity to make "It will be clear that this came a few remarks on behalf of my‘!!! a surprise to the people otfthe

Province. the Island. and particuqprovince when I say that there‘

131.1,, the dual constituency of|was not one manager of a charter- Qiieeiis. since this debate has con- ed bank. of the five great charter- qiiiued under a neiv procedure, od banks in Charlottetown, who you will pardon ma if I do not of- knew anything about the taking fer iho complimentary remarkinawsy or transfer of the branch oi’ which are customary on this oc- ‘the Bonk of Canada from that casion. l 91W-

"I sec bcforc me, or I did a sliortl e made representations lo ums ago, new cabinet ministers have it remain. Those represen- iiiii older ones 111 new cabinet po~ tat-ions were made to the Minister sltions. and it might be in orderilof Finance (Mr. Abbott.) At that for me to say Jilst a few ivords.t.ime, however, very feiv minister;

[ll fhis regard. Speaking of cabinet 7 were in Ottawa; I believe the iiillihfilfifl, oven at this late daio- Minister of Finance “'35 some. ulhg oppdtunity did not come to where in Europe - pmhamy iii

his before — I want to so)’ i/“QVSW Puree - and ire did not got in my opinion this Parliament and any Satisfaction whatsoever. that this Kiifiifllilglfiillé!Slwglhlllfifl a grgat brancilik of {the Bunk of Cavadi loss-iii the ca l o one mem er was a eri rom us. Under pxeseiit of . ihc cabinet. Hon. Francis circumstances, nli the bll$ll1C5$ Bridges. lie was u young man who. . which our chartered banks lizivc had he been spared to continue to. do with the Bank of Canada in charge of the Department of must be done through saint John Fisheries. would have gone far in and Halifax. This procedure is not his work flfldf} believe. would have always in the best interests of placed (he fisliericsof Canada, on banking or bankers in Prince Ed- ; $OZlllil bnsis. » l d l ward Island.

"Elmo his demise. we iavc lia ’ 1m ministers of fisheries. and‘ l understand we are promised a. third at an early daty. nI/uhilrdwhop-r, ‘gSigilar treatment was mew! ed that the presen ns r o ou us in connection with our Veterans Affairs. the hon. member ghosts] service. Again Pl'lll‘.‘.8 Ed- fov lfiirk-Silifliiify (Mr. GreBE), ward island has bcen igiioicd as iihile Minister of Fisheries would a Province. and in connection have had an opportunity to oh0\V with this work ivo have been at- r llfiiiilliilfi"i..il’i."ll“l.l° more? "c"

e - . oi ese ms ers tiiular. lfoivcvcr. today we have because, if more is one thing near as miiiistcr one who came to that and dear to us in Prince Edward

Postal Service

position from the Departmeiii of Trade and Commerce. a position lie held with distinction for a number of years. We hope that this inland Minister of Fisheries (Mr. hiacKinnonl may brentni: in the brliiy air of the Atlantic and the Pacific and bring to us and to the great fisheries industry ivhat we believe it requires.

Island. certainly it is our iights as a Province of the Dominion. We were the cradle of COIIIGGETQ“ N011.» and we resent these prac

tlces._smull as they may secm to otherprovinces. We have our rights

and \ intend to try to huid them. no m ter what odds ivo may come u against.

"Having made these few obser- vations respecting discrimination

No Cabinet Member let me say that we are now dealing with the Speech from the Throne. I was not in the noiisc when it was read, but after hav- ing read it I have come iu the conclusion that it “as written in a great hurry for that short ses- sion. The purpose of the calling of the short session no oiie has yeti ‘stoic iMr. Mackenzie King) to ful- been able to understand; unless iii at lcast one outstanding pre- it was, of course. that the liciisc tlaci-ifill Promise made to my PW’ might be in session during the vinoo, namely, that Prince Edward birthday festivities of the P-ime Island would be represented in mum“,

"While I ain on this change of iiiinisirrs. parliamentary assistants and so on that has taken place within the last few months. per- haps I may be allowed to refer to something I spoke of in 1945. A’ that time I asked the Prime Min-

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i CASH PRIZES FOR i lUCKY IJSTENE-RS

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ward Island are producers of food- stuffs. and have always made the complaint that wc have not had FPODH‘ transportation facilities. To a certain extent ibis i-ondiiioi-i mi; been remedied. Since i912 transpor- tation has greatly improved, yet, a Rrcat deal more could be done in the interest of the farmers of that ilrovincc.

Loin-r Freight Rates

"As I said, iie must have lower freight rates. particularly in con- iicctiiig links between the province and the mainland. We have been promised by llic different parties that the charges on our ferries would be based upon what it would cost to carry the freight the ‘some distance ovcr a. highway. These promises have been

agricultural‘products. but if they ivcre fully implemented it. would mean that we could transport our surplus foodstuffs to the other Maritime Provinces where we could find a real market.

Canso is completed. as surely it must be at an early day. what a market for foodstuffs would be Obentd up. Our farmers could transport the products of their 111N115 bl’ motor truck direct to Cape Breton island. and on the return trip they could bring bard: coal. lime or other commodmeg Today we have part of that mar- ket. but it is under adverse condi- tioiis. I understand that the min- crs. workers and labourers in the gvciit industries oii Cape Breton IsQ lzixirl rcccivc ovci- $30.000.000 iiil wages annually; This new bridge would certainly provide a new mar- ket for a large number of our agricultural products.

iicctlon with my province which I should like to mention. When victory for the allied forces was 111 118M l great program of de- mobilization. reconstruction. et celi-

this cabinet. At that time I even "We of the Maritime Provinces. “m?” 9-11‘ R5 l4! sunfish that the and particularly those of us lrom senior member for the dual con- Prince Edward Island, had antlci. ailment)’ 0f Queens might b0 pstod that the speech from the oriunoted to the cabinet. However. throne would contain something “'° M" 11°?- hld IQIINIBBY-BY-IOI‘ new and constructive for the Mari- "? I ""1115" 0! F001!» I W811i $0 time Provinces. In order that we 11km. Mr- Siocakcr. whether in might be maintained in our pro- ycur lililgment as 311681181’ of. this per sphere we had entertained the "W50 $011 d0 not-think Wt A! l hope that some real suggestions on province. aicordlna to the wrms our behalf would be set forth iii "l "B1911 0f 1873. Ill entitled in the speech from the throne. how- "Dhosentation in tho cabinet." ever. it contains nothing more than Mr. Speaker: “Order. I must call phraseology which does not mean the attention of the hon. mem- vgry much, and ggy-galnly dog. my, b" 9° U19 "<15 U185 U10 5913K" mean anything to the Marltimes. should not be questioned from the i floor of the house.‘ l Mr. MoLure: "Then I withdraw. "l" dilution i115 Jill'- "k "1" "Flor a few moments I shall deal Y?" viva it your careful confide"- particularly with PfiIiCB Edivar.‘ ilim- o" different occasions 1 have Island. My Province is ivhat night endeavoured to speak 111 U115 be described as an agricultural “ml” ‘m miml" °°Y1¢¢YR1W ml’ province. statistics showing the’ pmvlmb when u" P111119 wflii- "about sixty-five per cent of the ti’! had to search for cabinet min- pggplg dgpgnd upgn fgfmjng 0g intern. thinking he did 110i- hlvfi different kinds. Next to agricul- tlblnet material in his own ranks. Lure come the fisheries. We have "hm he had to go abroad with very few manufacturing plants. As minim ideas. since Prince Bd- 1 have said, farming is the great y‘? 151"“! W" 11°?- 159195911093 basic industry of ‘our province, Mvho cabinet 1 do think he misht and we are proud of the agricul- m t’ ixiended w members from nii-ai activities in it. and of its b ‘ p'°"1“°° "19 QDDQYWHUY W productive soil. We are proud. too. e°°m° 13ml’ 1111i‘! DRWEI 01 U1! of our industrious and productive ‘rxiri-iiniciit by being lilcliidfd l" farmers who operate the fzii-ms l2! m: cabinet. However. they d0 00f our province. l say without fear mefigllize our province. it always of successful contradiction that dug: E m° m" "W" l! til-h" they have no equal as farmers in m‘ {i111 ation or fometfulliteli any of the other provinces of this m3 ° PlEhi-l we had D1101’ w whole dominion. M fir” Krldllfllly b91118 lflllv" a‘ "As a province the enterprise of y m“ “5- iwhich is almost entirely ngricul *tura.l. and as one with still great- !or possibilities ahead. we must look {for certain things. We are able to Iovido the beet of foothill: for ‘exports. in addition to supplying ~all the requirements for our own Population. Our butter. cheese. po- tatoes and furs. u well u sun- dry other progiucta stand ace-nigh on the markets of the world. As 'an agricultural province. we nust ‘look for assistance along agricul- tural linen. To be most effective. we nfunt’ have the best poseiblc forms of txnzapmortation. transportation In ties must gfdcgiillned my back." writes S. iup to dew. We must have better a _""re from Colon. "At lilpl- facilities for the cold storage of h?" drill lioro they urged ine ifarm products. We must have bet- uso Nervllliie, 1 m. 31m | mg 'tor connection with tho mainland. lmbequ" Wm. Nuvw" I tum,“ Further, lot mo repeat that we the soreneal out of my h.“ ' énuotmhavel 9ND: frelflxht’ "ta . u‘ “milder joint. iueurod won- lnfikm ‘h mm‘ we u"

Farming lniorolto Stroned

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m"1‘hu stab-like pain nu mo in ' hm‘ m" fill’. and I knew l

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m“ -~ itaseiruin driving owly agrleultu work being done

"1 "W16 vain. and takes loto of ‘throughout Canoda. and particu-

_0 stiffness out of lore ielniii. u‘; larly in the Maritime Provinces. I 11M for iii-n“ “my” n‘ m. lwouid remind hon. members of

lei .wliot wu said by e gi-eiu. biblical

‘iwrifnr who. upon looking at the production of food and those who produced it, ‘made this memora“. comment: "Moreover the profit of the earth 1e for all. The king lilm-

- self is served b! the field." i "As agricultural membm. we must alwayo look to those things which will favour agricultural in- taut: in our provinces. As I said l‘ minute I80. we in Prince 5d-

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meglected. They did not share

era was announced. The Mari- timevProvlnces were asked torpiace ilieir problems before the Federal

g partly imple- , lnented in connection with certbln '

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to those enormous expenditiuog; the! were for via: purp objection l take is this, think I take it on good grounds. I contend that there should have been a fair distribution of this a- mount in the Maritime Provinces. Out of this immense sum nearly ti! billion, n-iy proving; rs- "lwd l-ll "memo account for the repairs of two or three corvette: and a minesweeper. a paltry sum indeed when compared with $12 billion that wn spent. Ii. i; riot much wonder that in. the Mari- tlmes today we have unemploy- ment. I say this to labour and to ‘the labour department, do not mks away our labour from the Mari- time Provinces;

"Do Justice lo the Maritime Pro- vinces by building the construc- tive works which have been pro- mised to us. such as this came bridge. the Chignwto canal on the mainland and so forth. In Prime Edward Island we were promised improved highways and the con- struction of a highway from 173]‘- den io Charlottetown. We were promised a marine slip and the Brighton bridge. These things were all promised and were held out to the people in the last election on December, 1i of last year. Both parties are committed to them.

Marine Railway Slip

"l wish lo speak for a lllllm“ with reference to one of these pro- lccts that should be built. In my Province an essential work could be built which would giic labour to from 150 to 200 people annually I refer to the building of the nin- rino railway slip. When we siart- ed to get the ferry system in i913 that was part of the program. It was included to such an extent ,that the government of that day [purchased n property on South- ,port road across from Charlotte- ; town for the building of a drydock. ;The war of 1914 put an end Lo ‘ the project for the time being. The property is still there.

"I mlghit say that today they are recommending the building of the marine railway slip at Gnar- lottetqwn harbour in take cafe of the repair work of our own steam- ers and" our own ferry boats. and also the different boats that are in‘ the marine service, such as

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barges and tugboais. All this week! 5hzis to leave the province annual-r ly. It goes to Pictou, Halifax. Saint John and Quebec. and our own people are left unemployed. If‘ this marine slip were built at. Charlottetown -and it has been definitely promised us - we would have employm nt the year] round for some I50 to 200 men. in the summertime our big ferry

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ships could be repaired there have their annual overhaul there.- nnd the other marine boats. tugs,’ and so forth could be rcpalrecb ‘there when they are laid up in] ‘the winter time. . "if these things were clone and ‘if Prince Edward Island were to ‘ceive assistance in comparison with what the other provinces are receiving we would have butter times in the Maritime Provinces and no unemployment. Our men would not hzwe lo be taken aviay from those provinces to other places to seek ivork.

Government and Prince Eduard Island set up a reconstruction

committee as suggested by the Fed- l _ eral Government. I do not know Plcmu- Hallfiix- 53"“? 5°11“

what treatment was given to New Brunswick and, Nova. Scotiu; but. if it was llily sliabhier than that- givenfo Prince Edward Island, then I pity those provinces. We have not received anything under‘ that extensive program which as talked about nnd advertised Iori years previous.

~ Mlrltlmol Neglected l

During the war years of, 1939 to 1945 the Maritime Provinces were in the great increase iii lllfllllitBBbllP-i lng for war purposes. In the case of Prince Edward Island it was practically nil. During those years the government poured out $790 million of the taxpayers’ money to build or construct new factor- ies and to expand or rebuild old ones. I do not object to that ex- penditure because it was for war purposes. but I do object to the expenditure because it was for war purposes. but f do ubjcct to the wriy In which it was spent. It should lniic bccii divided among the piovinceii so that they could all have had a share in iiianu- facturlng certain types of goods.

The Maritime Provinces repre- sented one-tenth of the population of Canada, and yct New Bruns- wick and Nova Bcotio received lea than three per cent of this expen- diture. Surely they were entitled to at least ten per cent. But Prince Edward island did not receive even three per cent; we received one one-thousandth of one per cent or tho fancy, tiny sum of $1.277. This was lo complete a small expansion of a factory which was manufacturing some war mu- terlais.

illiTlflll. RECESS

"Just before the i-Iouso took re- cess I was apeakuig of the largo expenditures during wartime and the injustice done to the iiaii- tlme Provinces with respect to these expenditures. For instance. I mentioned that $700 million had been spent to rebuild factories and to construct new ones for war purposes. I said I took no objec- tion io that because it was for war: but let llS look for a moment at what happened, According to statistics tabled in this house with reference to the contracts which had been awarded lo thcuo firms which had been setup in business. and some created as crown com- Dailies. and so forth. the total ex- penditure was almost $12 billion from i988 to 1N5, or, to be exact. 811.070.200.000. ,

Unfair Distribution

-am sure that tho steamers making

Shlpl Delayed.

“Because these repairs all go to and Quebec. our ships are delayed in getting there. Most of these places have so niucli work on hand thut the delay 'ls continued and we are months without our ships back in the regular service. Charlottetown has an excellent harbour; and if we had this marine railway slip I

it a port of oall. bringing in and taking away freight. would not have to leave for a slight overhaul The overhaul could take place right fn Charlottotoivn while they are unloading und loading.

"I should now like to refer to the building of the Brighton bridge. As I said. these things were pio- misod by both parties during the last election, and they were pietty well tlireshed out not only here but down there during the elcctlon.

"Another matter to which I wish to refer for a few moment-l is the tourist trade. As we have all said and keep repeating. Co'- nuda has ivondeviul possibilities in the tourist trade. It is a Grand thing to see the provinces hilar- ested in that lradc. lllko the ‘Mari- timee generally, my province is a

real vacation spot. There. where much of the dnminloivs history originated you will find a mur-

ist's paradise. No place offers more to the real tourist than the Is- land. There you will find a real cli- mate. not too hot. Even if it is a hot dny the gentle sea breezes will temper it nicely to the tourist. There you can see the most beau- tiful farms and form scenery. scen- ery which will bring llleasuie to any tourist who travels around. "A few years ago. in co-opcra- iion with the Provincial Govern- ment, the Dominion of Canada gdve us a national palrk beghiiinfi at ‘Praoadle. or. u we say, Dalvny by the sea. That book in the coast line of Daivay. Iraeadle. Brackle?

Point. Stanhope. Rustico inot Russia) and Cavehdish out to Stanley bridge.

Ideal Spot

“The minister himself slid "Ili- this Natlonll Perk was an idcll spot. In connection ivim it we have what is known as the Curran Gables golf course. Those who play golf can findno finer golf courses than Green Gables. in the Lind made famous by Cenadaxs great- est writer. the law Lury Maud Montgomery MacDonald. Oii the sandy beaches oi this beautiful national park you will find the nest bathing grounds that are to be found anvwhflte. however. that the worst feature since we received this park is in the highways that we have by which to reach the park; vul I hope that the government. in con-

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will Jéiohi t" year approaches

ernment. that we have proper leading to our park.

"It would takdorliy ten fillies to reach the beautiful playgrounds and vacation grounds of Brsckley. Stanliope and Dalvay. Then, from Rustico it would take only sci-en rnller. and from New Glasgow c. distance of six miles. I am glad :0 learn that the Department of Mines and Resources is consider- ing building one of these hzgii- ways this year. The other Iiay I asked the minister n question rc- garding which there was a little misunderstanding. a typographi- cal error having occurred. My question had reference to the road from Rustico to Cavendish. ic the national park, and I wanted to know when it would be biiii. I had understood it was to be built. on a sixty-forty basis between the two governments. 1f we had these roads constructed as they should be. leading to our national park, it would do a great deal for the tourist industry of our pro- vince.