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, Throwing cold water on the prospects of developing rural elec- trificatian ill Prince Edward ls- land, Mr. Dougald MacKinnon. Liberal colleague of Premier Jones in ‘the Fourth District of Queen's. was reminded in the Legislature that he was a party to the elec- tion campaign of 1943 in which this policy figured as a promin- ent plank in the Liberal plat- form. Mr. lVlaoKinnorl professed to have forgotten all about it.

Last speaker in the Budget de- bate which concluded Thursday evening, April 24, his speech was larded with controversial state- ments which drew frequent inter- ruptions and corrections from the Opposition benches.

"I could have got my name in the press like a lot more, if I had objected to this and that,” Mr. MacKinnon said; “but it would not have got me anywhere, and if 1 was not prepared to make an ‘amendment I might as well have ishut my mouth. That is what ihas been going on in this House ‘this session. We went into these ,billa thoroughly and discussed lthem in caucus.

i i Claata Aaperslons i “In closing this debate I am

‘eree. Mr. MacKinnon maintained. "'1 am in a fairly good position to determine who is the winner. and .l' may say I am astonished at the nttltude of the Opposition whorl they repudiate the right of the Province to contribute to the cost of the war. "That is what their zargumcnts against the agreement. between the Dominion Govern- ment and this Province amounts ‘to. I wouldn't face the mother of ‘any boy who is in the soil of "EUPODG if we took that attitude 'on this side of the llouae.

"It is claimed uc didn't get enough. I admit we would like more, but we must remcmbcuour geographical situation. The dcbt of this country is 17 billion dol- lars. and our share is 3200.000,-

Attempts Unsuccessfully To Repudiate Pledges Re iRural Electrificatio

000. We are not asked to con-

tribute ihat. but we. contributed the blood of our boys and the tears of our mothers, That is no sacrifice but don't give your, ‘gold?’ i

Mr. R. R. Bell: -"ls the hon.

lmember from Belfast casting up ‘to the Opposition that we did not play our part in the last great lslruggle? We have two members iof the Opposition who are veter- ians of the war. The hon. mem- ber has no right in this Assem-

bly to make aspersions of that kind." Mr. MacKinnon: "This Prov-

‘lnce did its part but you are de- nying your part in the financial iresponsibllity to pay for that war." Mr. Bell: "Not at all." l Mr. MllcKinnon went on to say lthat» the Opposition was antici- pating an election and talking ac- ‘Icordlngly. "They are grasping at 'atraws and comlnghere with all

ikinds of resolutions," he com- lplained.

Mr. Bell: "Farmers resolu- ,tions." | Mr. MacKinnon: "They never ;could point to a single dollar

that was misappropriated. They try to belittle the greatest pro- gressive government that this Province oversaw. and which has reached its climax today under ‘our farmer Premier, Under the ,condltions that exist today it ia a marvel that those men get the break at Ottawa that they did."

It was good to see returned isoldiers coming into the House. continued. The Opposition

leader was to be congratulated on ithe two young officers in his ranks. Major John A. MacDonald was “a young man who would go far", but he. Mr. MacKinnon. would warn him that he would "go further for his sincerity cf ipurpose than for hurling adject- ives at his political opponents."

Soldiers‘ Vote

“Perhaps we were wrong in not taking the soldiers’ vote," Mr. iMacKinnon conceded. "Today we ‘had a. delegation from my dia- itrlct to meet the Minister of ‘Public Works. and walking down- stairs from that delegation was a ,returned soldier. I asked him, ‘Were you disappointed that you didn't have a vote in England?’ ,‘What in hell did we want a vote

in England for?‘ he said. The Premier has pointed out that it cost British Columbia $700 to

register the vote of half a dozen of the 8O 3.0. men in this Prov- ince."

The Mat-hleson Government. he claimed. did not take a soldiers‘ rote duuing the First World War. but there was a vote talrn in

1,1917 by the Borden Government.

As a result, there were more soldiers’ votes counted against the Liberal representative in

King's than had enlisted from the County. "That happened all over the Dominion." he said. "We had itwo Conservative members in Queen's County: they were both the soldiers‘ vote was counted one was elect-_ ed by a big majority. The other ‘fellow got nothing. A soldier in that war had no vote. He was told how to vote under a threat and more than that they were told to vote at large. 75 per cent of’ the votes polled there were noted at large-votes from Brit- ish Columbin pldced against the man in Queen's to defeat him." Mr. .1, A. lifncllonrlld: "l would like to ask the hon. member a question. r am not interested in the First War, as to how the vote was taken. but during ihe last war was there any Government in

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men the vote, other than the Gov-

ernment of this Province?" d w 5 Mr. MacKinnon: "The otherxcszgsi hole?“

Provinces were in a different posi-

tion financially." Mr. MacDonald:

there a vote taken

we are slipping

was our ‘

“why Grain Elevator ‘Resolution

“m”; “There was one resolution came

‘Werseu me“ °n the nquq‘ qua“ here. which the Premier said tion in i940, if you could not a.f- should have gone through the m"! t° 5W9 “s ‘me l" ‘he general Farmers‘ Federation. There are

election?" Premier Jones: Statute here." Mr. MacDonald: "Vlfhy didn't you make that in 1939?" Premier Jones: "Why didn't you

‘two different ways of looking at it. If you are going to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to fncllltatqimportirlg grain ill a ‘Province that should be selling grain, it is like sending coals to

"There was no

ma!" it?" It “I c Newcastle.

“‘°°°“' ' “° ’lf.'°'.i'l.iif' c:

Gxgnslggép walraggfiggmto maggot subventions on freight rates.

it m m3 ‘n if: no afiked them for this in- Mr. cKlnnon; "I heard a seadt ‘By might take it Yuri

ma" who never went beyond gran ed that we were willing to

lose those benefits for the bene- 331;"? rfsxpgsadbggzelilg“?! “lazuli; of a grain storage elevator. l who were on active service. and they had no complaint. If they were ao anxious. why did only six men vote from British Col-

umbia out of the 60 that wereifitored

fits of one if we dlcl have it. I don't see that it will reduce our freight rates any. with the taxa. tion from the City while grain is

am very sceptical about the bene-i

ere. and the cost of load- ,

h!“ with W“? “cm” 3l"'°“‘ing it ack into your truck rand’ them?" Jrucklng it home." Mr. Mathcson: "The point is, He had

seen a picture of the {Earl Grey at Port Churchill on lthe 8th oi’ August, "stuck in the Iice and with a polar bear hang» ling from her rigging." Me M“. Kinnon said No steamship com Dally would take any cal-go then- unless they insured it for its full value. No

that they were given the chance." Mr. MacKinnon: “The state- ment was made that it cost Nova Scotia only some $4,000 to take the votes of all the overseas men out of that Province." l Mr. MacDonald: "That is true." Mr. MacKinnon: "It is a mighty

H insurance compnn-s

""997 ml“?- H ‘would cover the cost of a Sllin 3°“: M“ 33mm"? Th?’ going into those waters without couldn't have got many votes.’ lrharglm a mtg mm “mum mo", Mr. MacDonald" "I explained ma“ OHS“ an‘yt11lnr m“ MUH how the vote is trike-n in the b, Fm-Pd h‘. WM“. lrnto=ll ' i

service forces. ‘it is Flnllc by the,‘

Mr. R. R 3°11‘ “."\ l. service men themselves." l m ‘here n

shipments to lmglrlnd?"

Mr. MacKinnon: "It was not] Mn M K, . s‘, W, gione here in the British Columqmanyy "c “m” ‘°' ‘°~~‘ iffvolsfliidkllilil‘ "That runs the! N” “Tathcfionl- “A” m’ "h" ww it dnnc ‘in ihc Doniiniollivaioillfl lining Mimi “i”! Emil‘ -~ 110w. .l ii .." ' (or om i Mr. MFKUKHHJUH‘ "l uould tllilli:

M", '. _B.llt “Tl f .i. f tl’: matterhiaRthat they ‘liter? mill exit m“? 71ml" “@1115 iilnt would he

of their vote ’l‘hat is the whole "mam? l° Fingkmd “mild b" mlnggl ' much largo.- thnn llnythin: that

would comr- ln to flhorlolletonrn. 1".‘ the Govorllnlrnt has col, sucll lllousrlntlr nf llrlll1rs in spPfifl, lei

First War ("barges

lifr hfncflinnon llcni. on to rr-

ye‘, to "mcism made by U," them spend ii ill a manner lha" Conservam.“ Wwmber m. Flour“, will help the farmers of this l"rov~ Prince. that. there had been a loi in" l!‘ l"’°d"’-"‘ “l”: Em" "m" of public money squandered h," "PW" m” "»'- " iW-"l" m‘ "i"

fertilizer. _ We arc told that there

the Liberal Government during

the ‘as; w,“ is n world crrtnl in fcrtlliacr li Mr strong. ~Don1 vou lhlnl; was sugrzrrstod at one time tho‘ the"; was?" ' ‘ l this; might be brought avid mixed

here.”

Mr. R. R. Rell: "All we wante-l with the grain elevator resolutio" was to discuss it in the l-louse‘

Mr. Matheson: “And the rlis

Mr. lVlacKinnon: "You can't spend that much money without somebody getting a little thin". out of it. (Laughterl. It W85 tho place of the Opposition to watch u that There never was a Charge cussion was not permitted. laid." He contended that in the Mr- Macxlmmni "I “link the‘ First World War the case was W" 5"" a“ elm-Tm“ d°dg°~ Ti different, referring. among other didn't; “m” "m" m’ Farmers things to shells that exploded in bvflv- H , the faces of the men as they were M13 Mathew“: D“ 3'0“ mm“ fired‘ “so many Charges were those forms-rs who had the meni- lald may; at last may refused to lng at Wlnsloe were doing it for mvestlgagey- he 531d; lgmd more an election dodge? One of the than that the money that was raised to prosecute that war was all in the hands of the corpora- tions. at 5 1-2 per cent, semi-an- nual interest, tax frce." ‘

Mr. Matheson: "I beg to dif- fer. I was one of the war loan salesmen throughout nine of the

chairman of it."

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Mr. MacKinnon did not reply He went on to discuss rural elec- trification, stating that he could

campaigns that were floated in ml? remember him“! made an" m; 155g; ‘var, and 1 m“ acres-s promise in connection with this many. many cases where the Sim-lect-

Mr, R. R. Bell: "it is a plank in your election platform-Plank No. l3, An unlucky number!"

money that had been invested in Government bonds in the 1914 campaign was still on interest.

best Liberals of the County wasl

And they were not corporations Mr. MacKinnon: "I don't be- elthfll" lieve the Government will take. M13 MficKlnllmli "75 DB!‘ Cent that over on a large scale, If you

of the financing of the First War give it to one man you have got “'55 "Oiled l" New YOFK" to give it to every man in the

Mr. R. R. Bell: “The people of Province, Prince Edward Island bought 111g on the back road. them. If you didn't buy them you taxes were paid, to give those Shilllld have!" ifncilities to some other mall l would say was not fair. I lnuld ,say it has got to be proceeded ,wlth carefully. It is a progressive thought. but I know where there are ten miles of power lines run- ning through ten miles of farm- ing country. and there is not one individual on that road avails himself of that policy."

Mr. R. R Bell quoted from

and my

“Caesar's Retlnue"

Mr. MacKinnon went on to refer to an Opposition resolution to amend the Tax Agreement Bill. Why, he asked. was that amendment brought in if not for political purposes?

Mr. Bell: "To show Ottawa that

we were not in agreement with the newspaper report of a Liberal Government of this Province: that n-leetlng at Pownal on Sept. l3. we were not satisfied." 1943, at which Mr. MacKinnon

Mr. MncKlnnon: "Where did it came from? Not from the Opposition leader. I hope he will continue to be leader of his party but I want to warn him that in Caesar's reiinue there is always more than one Brutus grasping a spear. The lender of the Olmosl- tion is all right, We find him a man of common sense."

was quoted ns saying that Premier Jones, in his rural electrification policy. had “opened UP i-lle 8m"; est possibilities ever dreamed of.

Mr. MacKinnon: "I don't ever rclaelnbcr makinK m" $599‘ ment."

and mentioned another ‘at Eldon on Sept. l.