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of living for all its people and that means from the Pacific to the Atlantic because Nentieth Century Canada cannot afford slums, and what may be a Maritime prob- lem today in Canada, and it is recognized as a problem. maybe a national disaster unless the regional economic development policies of the federal government take into account the needs of this area.

Now. Mr. Speaker, this has been a year in Prince Edward Island of reassess- ment of the role of higher education and I respect the leadership which our Minister of Education has given the government in its a pproach to this very, very real prob- lem. I could say. Mr. Speaker, that if we are accused of going too slow it is because we are interested in going in the right direction and making the reassessments before we take the first step. We don’t mind the Opposition criticizing us for going too slow because we are convinced, Mr. Speaker. that we must go when we start in the right direction. Now we have indicated to the Universities that we are interested in seeing. during the next year. clear demonstrations of their joint effort for the Uni- versities to find ways and means of co-operation. Time has caught up on us and it is catching up on the Universities as well, Mr. Speaker. We trust that we will see the demonstration of joint co-operation; the government will co-operate with both Universities towards this end. We have. through legislation, offered the Co-ordinat- ing Council to assist in this direction and we propose. Mr. Speaker, to outline a study for the future of higher education which will look at the problem from a standpoint of the dependance of higher education on public financial support. and on the possible areas of specialization within the Universities. The previous studies have been made from a strictly university point of view. and there is no doubt that each of these studies undertaken at the present time have merit.

Mr. Speaker, I hear a band playing and that suggests to me that it is time that I should start wrapping this up. As a matter of fact I would like to make a short analysis of my own of this Session. I spoke with a man downstairs today and he said, “When is the Session going to close?" I said well, “The Speeches this morning will likely go on from ten o’clock until twelve. and then His Honour the Lieutenant Gov- ernor will be here at twelve.” He said. “Well, I am not interested in the speeches. but I like to watch the marching band.” (Laughter). So apparently we have not given that great an impression to the public during our tenure here. But I observed while here, Mr. Speaker. the members of the Orposition sitting over there like mouse traps plotting to bring down the curtains on th s government.

Walter R. Shaw: I am over here right at the present. (Laughter).

Honourable Alexander B. Camp bell: Well the mouse traps are getting closer. Mr. Speaker. and never before has the government in this province performed before alarger and a more appreciative audience than this government has a red before that Opposition. I would divide the sides into the performers on egovernment side and the actors on the Opposition side. (Applause). I will be the first to admit. Mr. Speaker, that the performers had opening night “jitters” when it appeared that the actors made claims to sit in the seats of the performers, and the actors not being satisfied with the program announced in thetrffe’eech from the Throne thought, after awhile, that it might be well for them to in ace their own act, and therefore, Mr. S peaker, on came the Georgetown Comedy, the comedy of this Session. I think it will be called, in due course, the comedy of errors as they full story is revealed. But we have chosen, Mr. Speaker, to use a Royal Commission as a proper study group to delve into the problems of the George town Industries. But, Mr. Spea kery the mfinale came during the pgassin of the estimates with all the noise and the clapping and so on took possession. 8A1] I could hear fromOp Opsosition benches, from the actors during the passing of the estimates, were the lou cries, “More, more, more!” Un- fortunately we couldn’t give them enough because of limited finances this year, but as we continue in government over the years, Mr. Speaker, I am certain that the Oxpo position and thepeo ples of this rovince will be getting more, more and more. ( p.plause) I think, Mr.S pea,ker t at the final act was today, starring and featur- ing the Leader of the Op position, I should say my good friend the Leader of the Opp osition, I am going to pmiss him when he is away in Uganda. His address was done in exp art style and proving beyond all reasonable doubt, at least to myself, the elastic qualities of the two.

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