VOL. 3 THE THIRD SESSION OF THE 37TH. GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRELIMINARY UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY FOR THE PERIOD: 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1978 NO. 1

:~zrclt 5 , .!.? 3 _ap e :.;o . 1 -~· t - l Orci.~r, plaq.se ~ T:1e l!:embers of t::.e L' ress, radio and television and tlewspape ,rs have asked for- the una."lil:!Ous consent of n:embers for the filc.illg, tela vising, broadcasting of the opening procedures. Is unanil:!Ous consent granted? !'!O!il. ~~E:'S : Agreed. Y!L SP::AN:?.: Agreed. :~r. Speaker, ::heir !!onours - the Jcd;;es of the Suprece Court have arrived. ~~. S?E~:::En: Admit their Lordships the Justices of the Supreme Court. SERGK.WT-AT-A~-!5: Governor has arrived. '!R. SPE..\.'<ER: :!r.

Speaker, nis Honour the Lieutenant- A¢1::it ll:is Ronour t!:l.e Lieutenant-::ovel::lor. !imT. GORDOt{ A. ~ffiiTER: (Lieutenant-::ovemor) : :!ecllers cf the ~10tl; neuse of Assembly: :~r. Spe-al~r and r have t:he privilege and pleasure of ~~elcoming you to the Third Session of t;he 37th. GeQ.eral Assembly of the Province of !iewfoundJ.and. 1.

The year 1978 will be memorable for all residents of our beloved Province. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, together with His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will visit our Province in July. This will be Her Majesty's third official visit to our shores, having graced us with her presence in 1951 as Princess and in 1959 as our Queen. I am sure that it is most appropriate that this visit of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness ro Canada should begin in Britain's Oldest Colony and Canada's Newest Province.

The Queen and Prince Philip will receive the warmest and most respectful welcome of the Newfoundland people. We also wish Her Majesty well as she continues on to Alberta to officially open the Commonwealth Games. During the past year this Province had the pleasure of hosting the Canada Summer Games. My Government applauds the organizers and the athletes who brought honour to their sports and to their Provinces and Territories. We are pleased that Their Excellencies the Governor General and Madame Leger as well as Prime Minister Trudeau were able to be with us on this occasion.

Also during 1977 the ·people of Newfoundland and Labrador were highly honoured by the visit of King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of the Belgians. MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: My Government's progressive programs continue to improve the social and economic well being of the citizens of this Province. The results are gratifying. Naturally, there are certain problems that continue to challenge us. I refer specifically to the high unemployment rate, the heavy tax burden, and a growing labour force which makes it more difficult to lower the unemployment rate significantly.

My Government is very sensitive to these problems, and very active in trying to combat them. The fact that they are problems which are troubling all nations does not lessen the suffering of those out of work. My Government sees the "human face" that is unemployment, and in its efforts to strengthen our economy, the emphasis continues to be on developing the skills and the initiative of our people, in the different economic spheres. My Government is encouraged in its efforts by the positive attitude of the people of this Province. People are taking advantage of the new 2

opportunities available to them , 3nc :!"'ere will be many more as the economy expands. Unemployrr-ent w1il ,,ot always plague us, and the people of Newfoundland and Labraoor 3re ~r.e Greatest resource we have in our battle to overcome me problem . The austerity measures uf lv1y Government in the past two years have demonstrated its determinat ion ~o maintain a responsible financial position for this Province. Unless there is a major r~cvery in the Canadian economy, however, My Government will be rnamtaining this restraint in :he b nhcoming budget .

A more ·::eto:;1ied repurt on the Bconomy and on new measures to stimulate economic growth will be presented at that time. The final answer to present financial difficulties will be found in new and revitalized economic growth. MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: My Government will be intens ifying its efforts in 1978 to resolve several basic economic problems. The most outstanding of these is the Churchill Falls Power contract which now gives virtually all the benefits of this great hydro development to the Province of Quebec.

This House is assured that adjustments will be vigorously pursued. The existing arrangements are manifestly unjust and inequitable to this Province. My Government will continue its efforts in 1978 to find..a new buyer for the Labrador Linerboard Mill at Stephenville. My Government is optimistic that a firm arrangement can be made in 1978, and present information suggests that the mill can be modified to produce bleached kraft pulp or newsprint. A thorough analysis of wood transportation systems and costs will be commissioned. I am optimistic about the prospects which currently exist.

My Government will be cooperating with private enterprise to establ ish a fish plant and attendant fish catching systems in St. Lawrence to alleviate the effects of the closure of the min e. · My Government is gratified that the Government of Canada desires to assist the Province in energy development. At the Conference of First Ministers, agreement in principle was announced on t he establishment of a Lower Churchill Development Corporation . The Corporation will have initially as shareholders the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Government of Canada.

The first tasks of the Corporation will be to review the tec.hnical and cost information on the Gull Island project and to investigate markets. Afterwards the Corporation will arrange financing and construct and manage such projects as may be approved . -- 3

My Government is confident that the tremendous energy resources of Laorador will be developed. Canada cannot afford to allow the energy equivalent of 140,000 barrels of oii to flow to the sea each day unharnessed. I assure this House that My Government will press forward with imagination and discretion ~o develop these resources to the benefit of residents of Labrador and the Island as well as to the whole Canadian nation. During 1977 Cabinet approved the Province's first oil and gas regulatio-ns.

These regulations aim at controlling the rate of exploration and development, protecting the environment, and obtaining the maximum ~conomic benefit for the people of this Province. Exploration under ttiese regulations can be expected during the coming year. My Government wishes to inform this Honourable House that hearings in the Supreme Court of Canada with respect to offshore jurisdiction should begin by early 1979. We are confident that these hearings will resolve in our favour, confirming our moral and legal right to manage the resources which we brought with us into this great Confederation.

You will be asked in 1978 to approve a Mineral Holdings Impost Bill. This legislation will encourage mineral exploration by taxation of unused holdings. Speculators will no longer be able to retain unhindered possession of mineral lands. They will either invest in exploration, pay a tax, or forfeit title. MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: This House is aware of the tremendous potential of our fishery resources. We have already seen benefits from the new management regime in the improved catches by our inshore fishermen in 1977.

Insofar as this Honourable House has limited jurisdiction in fisheries matters, My Government will be bringing in measures in 1978 to further capitalize on the growth potential of this cornerstone of our economy. Steps will be taken to replace outdated offshore vessels and revitalize the inshore fleet. It is the intention of My Government to pursue short-term vessel chartering pending the planned replacement of the deep sea fleet. Studies are proceeding with respect to regional fisheries plans and centralized landing ports from which fish may be distributed to plants requiring additional supplies.

My Government proposes to provide new freezing and storage facilities, both fixed and mobile, and to remove problems associated with the trap fishery. With respect to markets, strong representations have been made through the Government of Canada for lowering of tariffs and non-tariff barriers at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations. 4

MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: 1 n my remarks last year, I reporced :ne dire threat to the forests being posed by the spruce budworm. Nearly stx 'nil lion cords of timber are already dead or dying and future growth is beil"'g severely damaged. My Government reluctantly carried cut an experimental spraying program in 1977 which proved that the insect can be controlled without seriou$ environmental or health hazards. An independent committee confirmed these findings. My Government is committed, therefore, to a spraying program in 1978. There s -,o acceptable alternative.

The incomes of a :arge segment of our population must be preser1ed. This spraying program will be augmented by other intensive forest management techniques. The sawmill industry is facing problems of markets, log supplies, and outlets for pulpwood. My Government will be addressing these problems in 1978 and has recently approved a sawlog inventory financing program. MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: My Government, in 1974, signed a ten year General Development Agreement with the Government of Canada. This Agreement outlines a joint strategy for social and economic development.

I am pleased to inform this House, as the midpoint of this Agreement approaches, that 14 subsidiary agreements have been signed for a total spending of $310 million, of which the Federal Government will pay $265 million, or 86 per cent, through the Department of Regional Economic Expansion. About 70 per cent of this will have been spent by the end of the fiscal year 1977-78. These agreements have provided highways, marine service centres, fisheries faci I ities, forestry programs and access roads, water supplies, mineral exploration programs, and industrial parks.

The Newfoundland Oceans Research and Development Corporation Limited was financed in this manner. The latest Agreement provides funding for tourist expansion programs over the next five years. My Government emphasizes that spending under the General Development Agreement represents investment vital to the future of this Province. This is one manner in which My Government has been gradually strengthening the economic base of the Province which will eventually bring -substantial improvement in employment, incomes, and the financial position of the Province.

My Government will be presenting details of its economic proposals for the next five· years in conjunction with the forthcoming budget. There will be proposals in agriculture concerning land classification and land use, and for farm development through land clearing, management training, and capital assistance. A new land surveying and mapping program will be 5

proposed. In addition to changes mentioned earlier with respect to fisheries, My Government intends to provide fish handling facilities, storage facilities, and wharf and stage improvements. In forestry, development programs will include introduction of new harvesting and utilization technology, access roads, management programs, insect -and disease protection, reforestation, and inventory assessment. My Government has previously stated its desire to build a Polytechnical Institute to strengthen our secondary educational system.

This Institute will house the existing College of Fisheries, Navigation, Marine Engineering and Electronics, and will also accommodate much of the activity of the College of Trades and Technology. It will permit the addition of more and better courses. My Government views this project as vital in support of expansion in resource industries. Our labour force must be trained. At the present time, however, this project is beyond the fiscal capacity of the Province alone. In May, 1977, My Government therefore requested the Government of Canada to share in the cost.

A favourable decision is expected shortly so that construction may begin in 1978. My Government has consistently promoted the development of the rural economy in Newfoundland. As an integral part of its program for the next five years, proposals have been put forward to enhance and build upon the network of regional development associations. Local entrepreneurship will be assisted to bring small industry to fruition. My Government will be adopting a program in 1978 to promote local preference in government purchasing. MR.

SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: My Government will be devoting major attention in 1978 to transportation. Transportation improvements will be interwoven with developmental plans for the next five years. Emphasis will be given to concluding an agreement to upgrade or replace major sections of the Trans Canada Highway. My Government hopes to undertake with the Government of Canada major road improvements in Labrador, including a start on the Trans-Labrador Highway between Goose Bay and Churchill Falls. MR.

SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: My Government has always been conscious of the need to make government more accessible to the people. In 1977 new programs were introduced to bring this about. A special Action Group has been established to help small businessmen and other people with developmental ideas to gain access to assistance programs of various agencies and departments of government. Policy Committees of My Government have met in various 6 '•

centres across the Province. My Government has also decentralized its operations in various ways. Very significant was the placing of an Assistant Deputy Minister in La:Orador, and the increasing of staff of several departments in that vast

section of our Province. The Departments of Rural Development and Industrial DI!Velopment have expanded their netwqrk of field offices, as has the Newfoundland and Labrador Development Corporation. My Government will continue such endeavours in 1978 to make government work better for our people. My Government has embarked upon a program to combat the vicious campaign againSt our traditional seal fishery. Already, it is showing positive results. It is the intention of My Government to sustain this program in 1978 and for as long as it is necessary.

My Government is keenly aware of its responsibilities to assist disabled persons to integrate more fully into the mainstream of society and to lead normal lives. Legislation will be introduced with respect to rehabilitative services being provided to mentally and physically handicapped persons. In addition, My Government intends to develop legislation to ensure easier access to buildings by physically disabled persons. Great progress has been made during recent years in the provision of institutional care for senior citizens.

Future efforts will be directed towards developing alternative services which will permit more of our senior citizens to remain in their homes or other community settings. My Government will be developing measures to control the costs of health care in 1978. Lower cost alternatives, such as home care, will be expanded. Greater emphasis will be given to programs to encourage our people to alter their life styles and habits. Prevention will be emphasized rather than cure.

My Government has become concerned with the manner in which employees performing essential public services can jeopardize the minimum acceptable standard of care provided by such institutions as hospitals and homes for special care. In 1977 we witnessed the eighteen week strike at the Waterford Hospital and the rotating strikes of nurses which spanned several weeks. My Government intends to reassess the effects of strikes in the public service and to introduce legislation into this Session to alleviate some of the serious repercussions which such strikes inevitably cause.

My Government_has just completed a four-year housing program which was announced in the 1974-75 Budget. Accomplishments under this program . -- . 7

include the successful achievement of the land banking and land assembly components, and the construction of an additional 1500 subsidized rental family housing units in the Province. The need to improve the quality of housing for our people is recognized by My Government, and this important matter will continue to receive attention in the coming year. The Newfoundland and labrador Housing Corporation is currently undertaking a further multi-year review of housing needs in the Province.

During this Session you will be asked to approve the Northeast Avalon/Urban Region Bill which will provide for the incorporation of the region and the establishment of a Regional Council. You wiil be asked to consider a new Capital Values Bill which will make the basis for real property taxes in the City of St. John 's the same as for all other municipalities in the Province. legislation will be presented in the area of Consumer Affairs and Environment. Changes will be proposed to the Mortgage Brokers Act.

As a result of the rapid increase in the number of wells being drilled for water supplies, My Government will seek your approval for a Well Drilling Act. This Act will regulate companies providing this service and give a measure of protection to consumers. Occupational health and safety remains a dominant concern of My Government, and a consolidation of the existing Act will be presented. My Government intends to replace the existing Judicature Act with several specific statutes, including a Supreme Court Act, an Arbitration Act, and a Jury Act. The

Summary Jurisdiction Act is likewise being studied for replacement by two new statutes defining the jurisdiction of magistrates. An amendment will be made to the Conveyancing Act to provide for the earlier release of mortgages. The Public Accounts for the period ending March 31, 1977 and the estimates for the coming fiscal year will be placed before you, for your usual close scrutiny and serious consideration. You will be asked to grant supply to Her Majesty. MR.

SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: I hold once more before the people of this Province the challenge to build a stronger Newfoundland. The economic ingredients are at hand. We must seize the moment by individual hard work and by collective restraint in the demand for social services. Let us be wary of the dangers of building our economic house on the sands of transfer payments, unemployment insurance and other government assistance programs. They offer only temporary benefits. They must not be allowed to replace our self-reliance, dedication, 8

or ingenuity, or to quench the independent spirit that has marked Newfoundlanders for centurieS;. My Government will continue to ,give strong leadership in economic development, and is confident that the private sector will also respond to the opportunities. We know our people have th~ wilt to build, and. My Government will provide the necessary training and environment. We will be making maximum use of o1,1r abundant renewab1e resources in fisheries and hydro-electricity. We shall extract every possible job in fishing, fish processing, and associated activities.

We shall seek the earliest possible construction of energy projects in Labrador. In the long term we can be ·Optimistic about development of offshore oil and gas, but for the next five years we have planned a systematic attack on the evils of unemployment on the basis of our proven resources. My Government is confident that we shall succeed in our endeavours and that our people 'wili respond to the challenge. MR. SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY: initoke God's. blessing upon you as you commence your labours in this Third Session of the Thirty-Seventh General Assembly.

May Divine Providence guide you in y()ur deliberC!tions. . 9

: '.::~~~ 6 t 1978 PK - 1 :~. SP::AKER: As :1on. ce::1~ers :1-• i:.Tare, since the House last sat a new member has ~een elecced tJ :~~ ~egislature; and. I wish on behalf of hen. members on both sides of the Rouse to welcome the llewly elected member from T-.rillingate - c:r. :~ .~~. Rowe)' who sits as ~~aQer of tbe Opposition. SOME ~C~. MEMBERS: Hear, hear. !he hon. ~i~iste~ of Justice. ~~r. Speaice=, : .ask !.:ave to introduce a bill, "An Act :a Amend The ~ortgage 3rokers Ac:.'' Motion, the hon. Minister of Justice to introduce a Bill, "An Act To Amend The Mortgage Brokers Act." Carried.

On motion, a bill, "An Act To Amend The Mortgage Brokers Act", read a first time, ordered read a second time on tomorrow. MR. SPEAKER: His Honour The Lieutenant Governor has been pleased to make a speech to the members of the general assembly and for purposes of greater accuracy I have obtained a copy thereof. The hon. member for Ferryland. :iU!fr: tiON. ~Ml!J::RS: Hear! Hear! "ffi. C. POWER: ~'!" . s.,,.,.lc_,.'!"• it reminds me nf nne nf T,..,.,,.,.,"'" • .. , "Rome is the sailor, home -from the sea,/And the hunter home f.,.,.,m the hill." It is my honour and privilege. Mr.

Speaker, today to move that a committee of this han. House be appointed to draft an Address in Reply to the gracious Speech from the Throne. However, before doing so, as it is the first time that I have had an opportunity to speak in this hon. House since my election or re-election,whichever is the case, I would like to express my sincerest thanks to all the people of Ferryland dist~t who have given me such great support over the last three years, and I feel that my election to this House as a government member was certainly a vote of confidence for the present administration.

I would also like to express my gratitude to the Liberal member of the House who filled in for me during 1976 , He did a commendable job under difficult circumstances. 10

March 6, 1978 Tape 3 &. Power: &. Spea~er, I have listened with great ~nt~rest to the gracious Speech from the ~rene, and I am enthused about ~ur future and ?roud of our ?&St. Great thought and energy ~ave 50ne into the~composition of t!lis gracious speech. Certainly it: is evident to all that our government has done much to solve our ?robl~. However,much is also needed to be done. It is :~ese ~~o factions that I will address myself both on a provincial ,na a district nature.

An old proverb says that it is more diz::i ·:ult to remember the good, ~ch easier to remember the bad. ~u~~ is a common problem of our society. Our government has greatly improved many aspects of our Newfoundland life over the past few months; for example, the vast improvement in our water and sewer systems in this Province. In the present fiscal year this government, we have spent in excess of $22 million on water and sewer and paving projects within our municipalities to give to many of our citizens the basic services of a civilized community.

In Petty Harbour, a very successful fishing community in my district,our government alone have spent in e.'Ccess of $1 million to provide water and sewer services. Mr. Speaker and members of the hon. House of Assembly,in the areas of the fisheries, our government has done a great deal in the past few years to guarantee for our citizens their right to our most stable resource. More has been done in the past three years than in the preceding three hundred to encourage our people to get involved in this fundamental industry of our Province. The Fisheries Loan Board is a prime example.

During the past year 850 people have obtained loans to build or buy boats and engines at a cost in e.'Ccess of $9 million, and on a ratio of approximately four persons per boat this allows for greater security to 3,200 more jobs in Newfoundland. In many parts of my district where the fishery had died,this year we will be having fishermen because the Fisheries Loan Board works, and works very successfully. Our Department of Fisheries last year spent in excess of $42 million both direct and indirectly through subsidies. We as a government intend to continue 1:1.

Xarcll 6, 1972 :ape 3 PK - 3 Mr. Pover: .~ ;:ace ~~~3 ~phasis ~n our fishery. 'tie as a government rll"- ic !•:er:ro;~:.;.ng in our power to encourage young men of ~ewfoundlana to ~cter :his ~rvest of the sea. N~at of =~e future? There are many problems that are to be solved.! sincerely Jeliave, ~.

Speaker and members of this hon. aouse,that in order to ?roceed we ~ust first of all return to the ?ast, ~ay did our ancestors stay in Newfoundland? ~y did they not abandoned :~is rock ·•ithin the sea for the far greener pastures oc .~eric:a and Canada2 Only ~hen we understand the answers to these questions will we move ahead to a more prosperous and happy future. The answer, Mr. Speaker, lies within each of us. Our ancestors did not leave Newfoundland simply because it was a rugged place, for they were rugged people.

They stayed in Newfoundland where they liked the ~ll harbours and inlets where a man and woman could rear their families with dignity and without unnecessary interference. They stayed to fish,to live with and from the land and the sea. Our ancestors were not concerned primarily with the accumulation of wealth. That was not their reason for being. The typical Newfoundland is quite content to live out his life in modesty as long as he has a chance to earn a decent and fair living, as long as he has a choice of where and for whom he works. been a part of Newfoundland. These are steady values 1-1hich have always Mr.

Speaker, we tend to forget this in some of our past industrial ventures, to chase after the almighty dollar at all costs, Such is not the case now. I COIIDilend 12

:.A:::c:n 6,Li7d Tape ba.oic: pi.U.lo.;ophy of :'iewfounuland. bu.,;i:aes.;; ~" :~:a~ =.:.! :.u.oi.::.e:ss ventures are ext;remely worthwilile an.; .i.;J. ~:ssenc:e .l:::e ::::.e ·;ery founci.at;ion of our business c:ollliiiUnity. • ~~-lt a..Lsv ~d :nat: :ne fisuing di.3trict of Ferryland is quit;e pleased ao.d ~:onoureci ~o be represented on tne Action Group. :~. C~rl ~~ll~v~ c£ Salvert, an axt:::emely capable son of :o.n ilouest ana ::arci ·.-o:::kl.o::g :"isner.ran. i.a now asais;in.g ocher ci~izens of this ?ravine.: ::o ~== :..:l·.J"olvcd in small ~usiness.

The Action Group coni:!.= ;:.aat ·•'"velcpoent approach of tnis government, government help but to priva~e enterprise. The fut;ure of our Province, :·tr. Speaker, with all its vast .1yciro producing ability, all its oil anti 5as potential, all its fish catching ablility is naught ·,;ithout our people, especially our young people. ·,;e w.ust; begin to instill in our youtn a pricie for our i1eritage ti:lat is so deep and. complet;e that; no power in this universe will dislodge it. dr.

Speaker, if any member of this non. tiouse is losing his faitn in our Province,then i1e or she should simply sit and talk witn our young stucients and young citizens. They are most invigorating, enlightening and enthusiastic:. Our Province is assured. of a sound fut;ure.: However, we must not lose our youth through idea~ that are foreign to our nature~ ideas of negativism and the idea of something for nothing, for in this world you­ C&l not get something for nothing. If someone gives you welfare you pay for it with your loss of pride anti indepencienc:e.

If someone encourages you not to work,you pay for it by giving up your self-respect ana dignity. Something for notning is an expensive bargain. "~. Speaker, and members of c.ne i1on. House of Asse~bly,I would be remiss in my duty if I did not cake this opporc.unity to f=iliarize you witn my native district, ti1e nistoric 13

.:.0.:;:.;:. J,l::i78 Tape ~;o, 4 ·'""-• r'-,;.;;:;:;.: aistrict of :terry land. Settlement 30es back ._~~~strict to 1621; and in-Renews even a hundred years previous to tiat t~e Basque fishermen were using it as a fishing base. Our i~story in Ferryland district is long and prouti and we value our i~eritage dearly. During the past year our ~over-...:nen::: .:elpe<l so~e ~~cal ~usines~en .;;olve one of t::.e ~ost 9ressing ?ro~~ems i~ :.~~ :.;-..;er sect:ion oi ·:)ur snore.. Uur govei'!l.lllenc u..as 3U~~r.. ic .1;;..:; a. :.i.eep and sincere concern in the i1ealtl1 of tne ,;eoJ .i.a of ~err;land aistrict.

In April we will officially open a new, :l!Oaern,;aeciical clinic in Ferryland valued in several i1undreas of thousands of dollars - local people working with government to solve local problems. Our shore 1laS always done well in tl1e field of recreation. unly last we~ $3,000 was approvea to assist Calvert L~ upgrading its softball field - not ~ucn ooney but a great boost to recreation in Calvert. Similar ~rants tlave been w.aae available to Renews to complete a public oeeting place·, to i•lobile to begi:.l a new mall recreation area and swimming pool, to Witless Bay to begin a new softball diamond.

The list is endless and all much appreciated. Our government does care. In the field of recreation we have one problem taat is gnawing at the hearts of our young people: The lack of an arena on our shore is leaving a ~reat gap to be filled. I for one do not want our young people to fill tnis gap witn socially regressive be11aviour of over-drinking, vandalis~ ana the like. The monies for an arena were approved in 1975. aowever, through a tecnnicality of government the monies can only be used by an incorporated municipality. We i1ave no large municipality so we are lost.

Our government must ana will reconsider ti1is policy. An arena is :!lore than a place to p.lay i1ockey. It is a place for our youth to learn to compete, to learn to respect and admire their teammates and opponents, a place to learn 1.4

.o..1r :. o ,lS7o ! ape tio . 4 t~t .lard work is the key tc success. Sol:llil ;~eop.ie say ::;:1at arenas are not paying prcpositious. 'r.US may ~ ;;rue !.! ;~u COW1t only in dollars anci cents, cut if you count on .s iligb.er sca.le 0 .:ount the liUlllber of imprcved citueD.ll 1i'e can pro<iuce, CCW1t :he number of young persons who il.ave developed a iJOSitive at~itucie towards our l.'rovince,then the monies invested :i.n an arena are only a t.rifle comp;3.red to ::ne result:.s. i :i.ook fonrarci to working vith the m.ost recently appointed 1.5

:·!arch 6, 19 73 Tape 5 EC - 1 :-.!R. POWER: }linister of Recreation in solving this problem. Fire-fighting facilities and equipment will also be a major thrust in development on our .shore and we are already formulating plans to alleviate this problem. One ~ajor road is the key to a ~ore sound econo~c future for our shore, ::,.e ~-:i:less 3ay Line, a fourteen :nile segment of :-oad c::mnec':ing our main highway to the Trans-canada Highway. \v"by is it so i~por:ant to us? One reason is our fish plants located in Witless Bay, Tor's Cove and Bay Bulls.

They must truck in a large portion of their product and much of it comes from Placentia, Trinity and Conception Bays. The increased cost of driving an extra forty-five miles is almost crippling. We need something done ~dth this road. Our tourist industry suffers tremendously r,ecause we do not have a decent access from the Trans-canada Eigh,·ray. \Uth the possible completion of the Chance Cove ;>ark in the very near future combined with our historic value, our scenery, our many ponds, our bird sanctuaries, the tourist industry will undoubtedly flourish.

The oil refinery in Holyrood trucks in excess of one million gallons of gasoline to our shore each year, having to pass the Witless Bay Line because of its condition, resulting in a great waste of a most expensive ener;y source. I will do everything that is possible to help solve this unfortunate problem. Ferryland district is basically a fishing district having in exc~ss of 600 full-time fishermen and 1,200 to 1,~00 plant workers in season. Last year <,;as an extremely good year and we hope and pray that 1978 is just as good or better.

We have problems in our district; however, we have people willing to extend great efforts to overcome them. This year alone we IJill see new wharf constructions in Tor's Cove, where our Department of Rural Development has spent $37,000, a new wharf in Port Kirwan, a slipway and wharf in Aquaforte. Tne times they are a-changing, and for the better. 1.6

c1arch 6. 1978 Tape 5 EC - 2 ~JR. POWER: \;e do have a severe problem tJith fish processing during the glut season, and I will be working very closely with the Minister of Fisheries to see if a refrigeration unit c~ be built in the area to alleviate this · problem. :rr. Speaker, rrry district: from Pet:ty nar:,our to Cappahayden is so typical of :;e~·rfoundland, land that is rugged but still beautiful, people that ~re humble and yet ?roud. We intend to contribute fully to this Province. ~r. Speaker, I have taken the valuable time of this han.

House to mention many things from the revitalization of the fishery to individual recreation grants; however, I ~auld like to leave one more thought ~ith you. I can remember in high school trying to derive some appreciat:ion from Plato's 't~ow t?yself', much to no avail at that stage in t:lY life: however, I have since realized that it is the basis for happiness and prosperity. We as a province have lost track of ourselves for the last twenty-five years or so; not that we took the wrong road in 1949, but when we left on our Confederation voyage we left behind some basic supplies.

Two essential requirements that li'ere left by our Province when we began our Confederation adventure were our sense of independence and natural price developed over a 400 year span. In this Third Session of the Thirty-Seventh General Assembly of the Province of ~ewfoundland, if we prove nothing else we will prove that this government is determined to rekindle, rejuvenate and re-establish our independence and pride. We as a government have served notice to our Province, our Country and our World that ••e will be masters of our destiny. In oil and gas exploration., we decide - not somebody in Ottawa.

In the development of Labrador hydro,we decide - not someone in Quebec. In the seal fishery,we decide - not someone in France. The road not taken may always seem to be most desirable to some - such is not the case with this government. ~ve took the right road in 1949; het•ever, tJe have allowed ourselves to be r.:etely passengers in the Confederation vehicle. 17

:!arc h 6, 1978 Tap e 3 sc - 3 HR. POwER: l<le as a eovernment have now dee:i.ded to spend some time in the driver •·s seat. We have taken the "''ords of Shakespeare: '}taster your •.Jits, stand in your own defense, or hid e your heads like covards. ' ~ l r . Speaker, as a member for the i}i s::or: ic district of E"errylanci, r have the - isdnguished i:onour of moving ;;.hat a committee of this hon. :-iouse ;,e appointed to draft a reply to the most gracious Speech f rom ~~e Throne. SO!·IE 30N. MnmE:RS : :tR. SPEA.KER: SOME EON. ME!1BERS : <!ear, hear! The bon. member fo r )laskaupi. !!ear, hear! 18

: :arc~ 6, 1978 Ta_pe ~ro. 6 :"1.. GO'L-::lE: ~ ! r. Spea!~r, it is r:;.y ~1onour and ~ri vilage today to second the motion so ably proposed by tue hen. member for Ferryland (Yz. Power). T.1ere are w~ny ~~amples of preserverance and persistence in tais hen. Eo use today, :·:r. Spea.~er, and I consider ~he hen. ~mber for Ferryland to b e one of them. I believe it appropriate also, ::r.

Sp~a.l<er, ~~at I congra.tulste t~e :1.e~.; Leader of ::-:.e 0??0Si ticn on :1is ;:o.st lrictorias a:1ci -: -.·elco~e :1in to t~e :1on. :rouse of AsseciJl:;, the :1.cn. :::ember for I\rilli=.;ata C-~-r. :; .:\. ? .. owe) . sc::=: :oo:~. :'E:'llE::::.s : :-~. GOTIDIZ: Hear~ !lear! :·!r. Speaker, I listened •.ol'ith great L4tarest to the gracious Speech from the Throne and if I re~ember correctly there appears to be more and ~ore ~ention being ~ade of Labrador and its potential <;ith each outline of gove=ent policy in respect to developt::ent of :je~1founciland and Labrador.

T.•ere are many aspects to that ?Otential, Oneof the :nos:: excitiug developments facing t:lis Province today is the effort being !!lade to bring to f:=uition :::1e tremendous ;1ydro potential of Labrador, and I think specifically of the Gull Island, or as it is other.dse kno•.m, the Lower Churchill project. The C!l.urchill Ri•Jer dissects the district of :Taskaupi, •1:1ich I have the honour to represent in this Legislature. It is encouraging L• terms of such developments ·ihen conferences such as the recent First :·!inisters Conference in Ottawa support such develop!!lent.

I am sure Your ilonour, and all ;,on. members. can appreciate aow I feel ,.,hen I ~•atch the efforts .ieing ~ade to set in ~tion the me~~anism to ~arr.ess and ~ring on stream L~e ?Otential of t~e river, wnic~ will one day be t~e source of t~e largest single producer of i•ydro power in the free l·rorld,I ':lelieve. Being fully aware of the history of that river sometimes ::~akes Be feel regret at the prospect of that !'Iighty river being i1arnessed for the ~cod of our Dominion. It is not very long ago that the trapper5 of :~orthwest J.ivert ~:ud Laka and other cotu:'J.unities in t!1e Lal:e ~~elville area 19

::arc::1 6 19 78 Tape :lo. 5 ~~. GOt'DIE: c £ Lab radar, drew their liveli hood from :~e rtch furs of t:1e animals they took from t:le banks and the !!ead••aters of '·lhat was then known as the Grand River. That river produced a noble heritage i!1 our people, ~!r.

Speakar, and hopefully ~•ith the combined efforts of this government and the Government of Canada 'i'e ~;.ill soon see the 1.Jroject begi::1 and receive t::1e just ')e!lefits fram the sale of :he :1ydro ;:o~•er. gove~ent in its efforts to find a Juyer in 1978 :or ~~e Labrador Linerboard mill at Stephenville. :'!y t'istrict ~•as hard hit by :::1e closure of the mill and I can appreciate the concern of the people and the elected representatives of that ;;rest Coast region.

It is oy opinion, :1~1ever, that the failure of that mill to become a paying proposition in its initial years of operation is uot a reflexion au the true potential of a prosperous Hood harvesting a."ld processil'lg industry in Labrador. The inherent problems associated •lith harves ti..."lg ~mod in Labrador for shipment to a processing plant I1undreds of miles <Nay by ••ater is a very costly lesson fer this Provi..."l.ce.

I:: points out that in order to :.>roperly utilize our '.vood resource in La')r<J.dor ~1e must lvork on the premise that a finishing plant must be located near the source of supply.and then with the combination of sound planning, proper market studies,and a ready availability of trained personnel to put in place, a wood harvesting operation can be initiated in the Lake :1elville area ·N'hich •1111 be a paying proposition. Tied in with that, Hr.

Speaker, it is my hope that the spraying ?rogramme proposed by the Department of Forestry and Agriculture will be a success in combating the spruce budworm and other species . of insects which are heavily infesting our forests. I also hope that environmental damage from the programme will be minimal and ~ill not endanger any other part of our environment. 20

:-!arch 0 . 19 78 Tape :-Io. 6 ~~~ - 3 ~IR. GOUDIE: :·!r. Speaker, I congratulate govern~rent on its efforts in assisting the rebuilding of its olde.st industry, the fishery. This ?rovince has been a major producer in the ?ast and hopefully ~lith such ia:proveme .nts as oe i:llposition of the 200 :nile limit it •..n..ll once again be a world leader in cer-....s of harvestin g and processing t!le f ishery re~ o urces o f its ~aters.

Tied in •.:it!\ t hat of course i s t he possibility or undersea resources and the potential for development of oil and natural gas. '.le obviously aru.s t neve r forget the importance of both these resources and the possibility of untold damage to the one if we impTOperly develop the other . ~e :ruse exe~cise extreme care in o ffshore d rilling ventures and it ~ill only be with ?roper care in re11;ard for t!\e marine enVironment! reflected I believe in our provincial regulations, will ~e be justified in finally capping t!\ose offshore oil and gas resdurces. 21

~arch 6, 1978, Tape 7, Pagel-- apb MR. GOUDIE: Mr. Speaker, as the han. member for Ferryland (Mr. Power) mentioned - as a matter of fact, I will use his exact words- 1 I would be remiss in my duty 1 and responsibility as the elected member for Naskaupi district if I did not avail of this opportunity to express some of the concerns of the people I have been elected to represent. The overriding concern of the majority of my district is that of our unemployment situation. Now I realize that the problem is not unique to Labrador but rather is a concern to many parts of this Province.

It is my earnest hope that 1978 will mark the beginning of the clearing of wood from the Churchill River Valley to provide not only much needed jobs, but it would mean that effort has been renewed in the attempt to bring Gull Island on stream. It is also my hope that this government will not be foiled in dealings with Quebec in establishing a corridor across that province to reach markets for our power. Realizing that we must receive just benefits from our resources, we must also realize that Naskaupi district and the Province at large needs that wood cutting project this year. Mr.

Speaker, the signing of general development agreements between this Province and the Government of Canada has provided much needed funds through cost sharing arrangements with the Department of Regional Economic Expansion. This is the / type of effort which I trust will soon lead to the beginning of construction of a Trans-Labrador Highway which will not only link communities within Labrador, but will eventually connect with the highway systems of Canada. 22

March 6, 1978, Tape 7, Page 2 -- apb MR. GOUDIE: Mr. Speaker, we all know that any given area will be stunted in its growth if adequate transportation systems do not exist. I believe that Labrador has been stunted in its growth long enough. Not only do we·need to tie into the highway system we just mentioned, but we need better communication systems with ~~e Island part of the Province. Whether that happens via a tunnel under the Strait or through better and improved ferry systa~s remains to be seen.

A new ferry on the Labrador run with improved docking facilities at ports of call along the way will lend itself to better transportation and communication between the two parts of the Province, and within Labrador itself. Mr. Speaker, there are many challenges awaiting us in the future, and I believe we all realize that much of the future of this Province lies in that vast and unspoiled land in the North. All we are asking in Labrador is that we be consulted as much as possible when development is about to take place.

It is to the credit of this government that funding is extended-to groups like the Labrado~ Resources Advisory Council to enable us to have our say. As a matter of fact, I believe the Council made some very worthwhile contributions to our regulations which govern the development of our off-shore resources. It was the lack of consultation in the past which led to many misunderstandings and hard feelings on the part of people in Labrador. I believe that has changed somewhat, but there remains more to be done.

It is time to put an end to the idea of development of resources in the North whereby the harvest takes place in Labrador but the processing 23

March 6, 1978, Tape 7, Page 3 -- apb MR. GOUDIE: and finishing takes place somewhere in the South. We must not allow that to happen as much in the future as we have in the past. It brings to mind the comments of a radio announcer at Goose Bay in an editorial erie day.

He was discussing changing attitudes in Labrador and he was thinking specifically of the Innuit and the Indian when he said, "He will stop singing the swan song of his ancestors,the trapper and the hunter, stand upon the highest peak of the Torngat Mountains and tell the world that he exists, he is here, he is coming out and he is not smiling.• The Department of Tourism has stated that government, through that department, supports and encourages the Indian people of Labrador in their attempt to return as much as possible to their traditional way of life and have adjusted existing hunting regulations to accommodate that effort.

The larger question of land claims from both the Innuit and the Indian will have to be dealt with in the near future as well. Now there are many aspects with which we will have to deal in developing the North, one of them being the tourist potential. Later this month the ski trials of the Provincial Winter Games will be taking place at the Snow Goose Ski Mountain at Goose Bay. It is my opinion that we must concentrate more on the aspect of Winter tourism in Labrador, and we will have to look more to Europe for tourist trade, I believe.

I believe there are many Europeans who would jump at the chance to holiday in Labrador providing the infrastructure is in place to accommodate that trade. Mr. Speaker, I share with 24

March 6, 1978, Tape 7, Page 4 -- apb MR. GOUDIE: government a faith in the people of this Province, that we will soon become a stable, economically secure society and I feel great pride in representing a people and a district which will contribute a great deal to that convictiqn becoming a reality. If we handle it properly we will soon be able to stand on that peak in the Torngats I just mentioned, and tell the world that we exist, we are here, we are coming out, and we are smiling. I take great pleasure in seconding the motion. SOME HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear: MR. SPEAKER: The han. the Leader of the Opposition.

SOME HOll . MEMBERS : Hear, hear: MR. W.N.ROWE: Mr. Speaker, let my first words be words of congratulations to the mover and the seconder of this resolution to draft an Address in Reply to the hon. Speech from the Throne, and let me congratulate them on the good job they did in bringing forward the needs of their district as well as touching on some general needs of this Province.

Let me go on, Sir, to bid a word of welcome on behalf of myself and my colleagues on this side of the House 1 and the Liberal caucus, to the dignitaries of Church-and State who are seated nere today, and the visitors in the galleries who have taken time from their busy schedule, I am sure, to come here and witness these proceedings, 25

:A .arch 6, 19 78 Tape :.-lo. 8 NM- 1 and to the people of the Province whom I hope today are witnessing t:b.is_ by t:he television medium, witnessing these proceedin~s, I think it is important that the people have access to their aouse of·Assembly where vital decisions effecting their welfare, their well-being, are being ~de on a daily basis when the House is open. Let me say, Sir, on a personal note that it is a pleasure to be back in this hen. House. I sat here continuously for eight unbroken years as the member for ~fuite Bay South, and it was a pleasure and an honour to do so.

And it is a great honour to be back here once more and I thank the hon. members of the Rouse, on both sides of the llouse, Sir, and Your lionour yourself, for the very kind and generous ~relcome :;hich ~;as ~de to me upon entering the House and taking my seat. I want to thank most sincerely the people of Twillingate district, to <1hom I owe the privilege and honour of being here at all today, Mr. Speaker.

Having become the Leader of the Liberal Party, it is owing to the people of Twillingate district now that I do have the honour and the privilege to be here representing and heading up the Legislative wing of our great and historic Party in this Province and I thank the people of Twillingate district. And later on in the session I will certainly be making more detailed reference to the needs and the problems of that district.

And finally on this personal note, Sir, let me say how proud I feel, how very proud I feel to be here today representing the Liberal Party as its Leader among my colleagues in this caucus, each one of whom I have the profoundest respect for, and who I will work with in order to try to better the problems, to improve the conditions in the Province of ~<ewfoundland and Labrador.

Now, Sir, having cleared the decks so to speak of the personal obligations, let me say a word or ~NO about: this Speech from the Throne which '1as delivered by His Honour today, and I believe, Sir, t~at this Soeech from the Throne can only be looked a~ in its 26

:-!arch 6, 1378 Tape Xo. 8 concexc. Ic can only be looked ac in che lignc of previous speeches ~•hich nave been :nade U1 this House since 19 72, since March 1, 1972.

Yescerday evening, Sir, afcer the ecumenical service in the harbour to send off the sealers to the Front. when I returned to my home I did something~•hich I do not recommend to the ?eople of this Province,by t!le ··ray, I did someching,na!!!ely, I read through, word by ,yord, every single one of the seven speeches i!'.ade i.'1. this House of Assen:bly ·by Ei.s :'.onour the Lieutenanc-Governor representing the policies and promises and commitments made by his ministers, this _governmenc, this administration.

I say I do not recommend it, Sir, unless you want to loose your fundamental faith in mankUl.d, certainly your faith in politics and governmenc in this Province. ~~01.r today, Sir, ~•e 'lave heard the eighch Speech from the TI1rone being read, the policies and commitments of chis govern~~nc once more. And the feeling I goc then, Sir, as I did last night reading che other speeches,was a mixture of outrage and pity. Oucrage because so aany commitments and promises, so many expectations which were raised have not been fulfilled.

And pity, Sir, because it is pathetic the contrast between 1•hat •,ras promised from year to year in this Province, to the people over television, and what in fact delivered by this House and by the government particularly. It was pathetic, Sir, I thought,the great expectations 11hich were raised and nearly alvays resulting in great disappointments for the people of the Province generally. The splendid promises, Sir, followed,I would submit humbly,by feeble performance or no perfornance at all.

Lofty predictions~and we have had them again this time, although in smaller number, lofty predictions as to where this Province is going, almost invariably, ~I. Speaker, falsified by events subsequently, mainly by lack of action ·and lack of activity, the puffed up lvords, Sir, and the very feeble and weak accion lvhich has follm•ed these words in practice. I am not: going to go into any detail; there ;rill be plenty of time, :!r. Speaker, to do chat when this House of Assembly sits

!'2rc!t 6, 19 78 !ape No. a m!- 3 ~!R. W .~. RO\.fE: over c!te next three or four months and go~s i:lto c!le Speech from the Throne in detail and looks at some of the legislation b rought down. But t do have to ~cion one or ~~o things.

The fishery , mentioned again in :his Speech :rom the Throne today, has been ~~ntioned ic Speeches from e!te Throne, t~e seven since :!lis administration cook oif:!.c:e . !::. ~!arch of 19 72.. for example, Sir, t!ley promised a ne~~ approach ::o financing co provide a supply of fish necessary for existing fish plan t s to be used as near full capacity as possible, new !~anc:ing to bring up t he capacity, to utilize the .capacity of ex.is ting fish plants . Nothing, Sir, has transpired on that gene ral commitment. A corpora tio n

::-larch 6, 1978 Tape 9 2C - l NR. W. N. ROWE: was promised,by way oi legislation,to be set up and by this government,a corporation to own or lease a new fleet of trawlers to add to the production of fish plants. That was six years ago, l!r. Speaker, and again we see it trotted out in the Speech from the Throne today that there is going to he a ne~-r fleet of crawlers to add to the production of our fish plants. And all I can say, Sir, is what faith can the people in the Province, after six years of nothing happening on this particular matter, <~hat faith can they have in it ever going ahead?

There was a promise, Sir, in the same Speech six years ago to set up an inexpensive shared-cost insurance programme covering the loss of fishing gear which, as any member on the ::ortheast coast knows, or any part of this Province - on the ~orthwest coast, South coast - knows is one of the banes of a fisherman's existence, the fact that fishing gear is lost through no fault of his own by contingencies of weather and tide and flood. And again, Sir, six years ago a promise made -six years later nothing done about it, and in fact, no mention even made in the Speech from the Throne.

There was a promise, Sir, in 1972 again to immediately embark on a programme of advanced processing facilities for fish within this Province; and again, Sir, six years later we have reached the stage where we are sending out basically a raw material for further processing elsewhere with little done in the interim. There were some pious words in this Speech about making approaches to the federal government with regard to tariffs, and then the matter is~smissed once more. aoving to the position of the question of offshore oil, Mr.

Speaker, offshore oil and gas and minerals generally, another very highly important issue facing this Province over the next five to ten years, there is a mention made in the Speech from the Throne that there will be hearings. Hearings are to start by 1979 in order to resolve this question of ownership 2S -·

~!arch 6 , 19 78 Tape 9 EC- 2 MR. lol. N. ROWE: of the offshore resources. In 1972, }!r. Speaker, this promise was made, 1 ~ewfoundland's unique and indisputable right to these offshore resources must be established with the federal government'- six years ago.

And in 1974 in that Throne Speech this statement is made, .'The government will not aesitate to refer t!'te issue of ownership of offshore resources for decision by an indeuendent tribunal, the courts of this land.' 'The government '~ill not hesitate: Now we have a promise that in 1979, Sir, some seven or eight years after this administration came to office and made a ~eneral commitment to clear up this very imoortant question of ownership and control, seven years later, and we may see something done.

And I make mention of these things, Sir, not to be carping or critical, but simoly to point out t!'tat these matters of great importance to the people of this Province must be settled so that companies who wish to drill off this Province's shores know where they stand with regard to offshore oil and gas. So far this year we have one company,unless some recent develouments have taken place, one company which is trilling to come in here and drill off our shores, Shell 011.

And I say to the ~-!inister of Energy now if he is 'rlthin my hearing that I hope he will do the House the service of tabling the agreement which he has entered into with Shell Oil Company so that we know what concessions were made and what inducements were made by him in order to get Shell Oil into this Province, drilling offshore. SCHE: HON. ~-!E'-fBE~S: flear, hear! MR. ~•. :·1.

ROWE: And I say that, Sir, because t"e on the Opposition side of the House, myself outside the House and my colleagues inside,have supported nearly co the 'T' this minister's efforts to make sure that there are strict re~lations drafted up to protect our interests in this Province and the interests of the people of this Province, and that there be no relenting on the necessity to protect the best interests and the advantages of the ueople of this Province. ~!R. ~lEARY: 'Tear, hear! 30

~1arc:h 6, 197S Tape 9 £C - 3 ~'R. H. )I'. ROlolE: Sa the minister awes it to us and to the people of this Province to table that agreement, and I do hone he does so, sa that we ~~Ul knew what in fact was given awav. ·I hope !lis ,.,crds are borne out in reality; I hope that only minor changes •;ere made. I am afraid that perhaps in order to save political embarrassment, in order to save face, more may have been given away chan should ~ave Seen in the circumstances.

I hope chat is not the case, and I hope that \le will get an opportunity to see this agreement when the time comes, ' when the minister can table it in the House of Assembly. There are so many things, Sir, but I •.-1ill touch on education, for exaJII!'le.

Again in 1972 there I·TaS a promise by the government to begin consultations 1dth the school boards and the :ITA and the University authorities to work out a satisfactory long-term plan for our education needs in this Province. ~~d the ~overnment a~ain later that year in the Throne Speech dedicated itself to education and training opportunities designed to meet the needs for varied skills and employment opportunities throughout this Province,to tailor education to the employment opportunities in this Province.

And there 1.ras mention made in 1973 of the need to have curriculum in our schools diversified to meet modern everyday needs today, and the reality, Sir, six years later again is that we new have the spectacle in this Province of several hundreds of teachers either about to be laid off from our school system or several hundred teachers presently 1mo are about to · graduate from universitY not able to find positions, not able co find jobs 1-1ithin our own Province 1 31.

March 6, 1978 Tape 10 PK - 1 MR. N. ROWE: and there has been no indication at all given, although my hon. colleague has been calling for it for two or three years, no indication at all given to the teachers of this Province that there may be a surplus or a redundancy growing. In fact I have an impression that every encouragement has been given over· the same period of time practically to get people to go into teacher training and become teachers. This is the long term planning, Mr. Speaker, referred to in seven Speeches from the Throne.

Lineups in our trade schools, young people not able to get into trade schools to do trades and courses from year to year, having to wait from year to year. And then of course very little correlation or co-ordination between the needs in this Province for jobs and the trades necessary and what in fact they are taught,which is a prime responsibility of the Minister of Education and the government of this Province.

Nothing at all, Sir, as I under- stand it from my educational colleagues,has been done of any signifiance in the need for curriculum advances with archaic, sometimes archaic and certainly not modern or up-to~date things being taught in many of our schools, and a change being needed there, changes called for by the NTA and in the profession itself. And the continuance, Sir, of perhaps the worst type of taxation,the regressive school tax in this Province which this party stands foursquare against - SOME RON. MEMBERS : Hear, hear! MR. W. N.

ROWE: - and wishes to see abolished in this Province and substituted, and a substitution made by taking the cost of education out of the general revenues of this Province, and if more money needs to be raised - SOME RON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear! 32

liarch 6, 1978 Tape 10 PK - Z MR. W. ROWE: if more money, Sir, needs to be raised for that purpose then let it be shar.ed. in an equitable method to allow people whp cap. pay for the cost of edue:atiqn and let us stop what has been going on naw,an indiscriminate regressive tax system which falls on the sholllders of the impoverished. and the rich alike. Let llS get rid of that in a progressive society. SOME HON. MEMBERS : Hear, hear ! MR. W.

ROVlE: And last year, Sir, a promise was made for a polytechnical institution to be brought in by legislation, and we see the same thing dragged out again this year. it does go ahead. I do hope that this year In the field of health, Mr. Speaker, in March of 1972 a c:0111111i bllen t was made by 33

Harch 6,1973 Tape ••o. 11 Al:i-1 :·JR. w. ''. 3-0w"E: t!~s government that areas for hospitals to be constructed included the Clarenville to wUitbourne area, tile Bonavista Peninsula, the Burin Peninsula, the North West Coast of this Province and that statement was fo~owed by these words in the Speech froDI the Throne, "It lrill be done" ~JR. NEARY: And Channel-Port awe Basques. l:lR.. '.J . N. ,,OWE: Anci Channel-Port aux Basques as well ;~\lc nough tnat ca&e in a subsequent rnrone Speecn,a s it happeneci . ~lR. NEARY: One of tne top three - dB.. W • .N . ROWE: out, Hr.

Speaker, nothing has been done in the subsequent intervening seven years,or six years or seven Throne Speecns about that particular preble=. And it is ironic, Sir, and again soDiewhat pathetic that the cost of these much needed i1ospital facilities is between $70 and $80 million whicn by pure coincidence nappens to correspond with the $79 million which was pre=aturely spent,with most of it apparently down the cirain,an the premature · start up cf the Lower Churchill project in 1975 just prior to tne Provincial election of that year. Now, Mr.

Speaker, there are so cany other things, notes I have made concerning the things that were committed by the various Throne Speeches,. you coula. be here all day talking about them and the lack of performance, the lack of follow-up on these commitments. I will just mention for tile sake of my friend,the seconder of the motioo,tbat in 1972 tnere was an outrignt commiOJ.ent made for a Trans~abrador Highway to be constructed from tile liappy Valley-Goose Bay area on tnrough to Western Labrador at that time.

And again six years later we see this once ~ore brought into a Throne Speech in an apparent atte=pt to fill up the Throne Speech as best they could. ar. Speaker, on this whole question of Lower Churchill wHich we will be getting into,this too has been ~entioned 34

~larch 6,1978 Tape :~o. ll AH-2 HR. 1;.:-1. RO\<E: ia several Speeches from the Throne. In 1975, February of that year,there was a promise made to take the steps which were necessary to complete the Lower Churchill River project. Now as I read that, Sir, that appears to me by a reasonai.lle reading, or from men who you can put your faith in,to be a commitment to get that project going.

And then in that same year the people of tnis Province, Sir, I believe were grossly mislead by the fact that dynamite was set off on both sides of cne Strait - it could have been firecrackers for the good that these sticks of dynamite did, firecrackers were set off on ~oth sides of the St~ait of 3elle Isle to indicate tnat a tunnel was going to be built Ullder the Strait to bring electricity of this Province. This flurry of activity went on before tue election and during the election. After the election wa~> over, Hr.

Speaker - I reQ~uer because I was sitting outside the aouse in those days and could see the forest in those days rather that being perhaps a little bit dazzled by being too close to the trees - Rt th~t time, Sir, all activity ceased on the Lower Churchill project. And now some two and one half years later we finO,much to my Jelight and much to the aelight of my colleagues and tne people of this Province,that an agreement l~s been entered into between the Governm~ont of Newfoundland and the Government of Canada to determine the feasibility of going ahead witil that project.

And mention is made in the Speech from the Throne agaiu, Sir, ti~t first of all there would be technical feasibility and construction feasibility and then they would go on to ~arket feasibility. And I say, Sir, that it is a dreadful s~e, speaking as a ~lewfoundlander here today, that great quantities of public money were spent on that project at that time, at a time when the government knew or should have known - I am not :Unputing any unworthy motives to them-at least they should have known that it was impossible fer it to go ahead ~t~out further ~~rk and 35

~en 6,1978 ~!R. Y.}I • .ROWE: Tape No. ll further feasibility studies. AH-3 In the field of finances, ~1r.

Sp~r: In 1973 the government promised t;bat gove:r::;nment expenditures must not be allowed to out-distance responsible borrowing. 'Hy government,' said the Lieutenant-Govemor,'is now completing a five year financial plan wb.ich wil:l allow for longt.em orderly spending~ 'l:"na.t was four and one na.lf years ago anti the .result of c;.at particular commi.tlllent i:low, Sir, is ti:.lat the pug.iic debt uf our Province nas gone up from less than ~1 billion in 1971 to ab.out ~2.5 billion perhaps now with very llttle,I would submit, Sir, to any one wilo ol&S looked arouna. tne Province, to s.how for that: k.inci of expenditure.

And toere is eVeJ:l an indication, .ir. Speaker, ana. we will get into til.is wnen. tile i:iouse of Assembly meets continuously in the aays to come, taere is even an ~ication, Sir, that e:11s government r s fiscal and fir.a.ncial po.licy uas been l .ost control of to tile =::ent tlia.t \ol'e are now taidllg orders frolll. WIU.l Street d.owu in .'iew York. and an acimisaion by one of our illiniater~anci certainly speculation,that the closing of the Linerboard mill itself was ~ictat·ed by the brokers in Wall Street 36

March 6, 1978 Tape 12 PK - 1 ~.r. W. ROWE: . and reports and rumours flying around throughout this Province now, Mr. Speaker, which I do hope the government can supply information to squelch,unless some very drastic cuts and very drastic measures are taken there is a chance that this Province could lose its present bond rating,which happens to be the lowest in Canada, and we could go down a point. I hope the government can assure this han. House on that score, and that this .rumour or these reports cannot be substantiated and are not founded in fact.

Although there is this uneasy,queasy suspicious on the part of people interested in our public welfare that because of financial mismanagement expenditures of large sums of money with very little return to show for it that our brokers are looking at this Province in a very, very uncharitable way. Mr. Speaker, finally on this area in the field of economic development,again in March of 1972 we heard the brave words, we heard that the government was determined to insure that every benefit possible accrues to this Province from the Linerboard mill and the oil refinery.

Since then, Sir, what have we seen happen in this Province? And I state it as a matter of history and fact for the memory of the people of the Province. Since then we have seen the oil refinery closed, and I do not think, Sir, unless I misread it, I only got the Speech five minutes before the House started, I do not think there was a mention of the oil refinery in this Speech from the Throne, If there was it was a very cursory one, the government has apparently abandoned it to its faith.

The Linerboard mill, Sir, mentioned again in a very cursory way, that was also· forced to close after this government took over. The steel mill at Donovans, Mr. Speaker, closed down under this government's tenure of office, the St. Lawrence mine closed under this government's tenure of office, the Buchans mine, Sir, threatens to close down within a year or d year and a hal~, and no mention madP.-R~ I read the Speech and listened to it, my han. colleague can correct me­ no mention made of any efforts to be undertaken by this government to migitate, to alleviate, to get rid of the bad effects that are going 37 :.

March 6, 1978 Tape 12 PK - 2 MR. W. ROWE: to accrue to the people of Buchans as a result of that mine close down. Was there any mention made? SOME-RON. MEMBERS: No. MR. W. ROWE: No mention, Sir, of the Buchans Task Force at all. One" of the most important things going on in this Proyince today. No mention,as I read it, Sir, about the layoffs of several hundred men in Western Labrador, in Labrador City, by IOC. AN HON. ME."!BER: Shame. MR. W. ROWE: I am not saying, Sir, that the government is to blame for all of these conditions or situations; every government is plagued with problems like these.

But two or three things do stand out like a sore thumb, Mr. Speaker. One is that in the six years or so that have gone by since this administration took over office,no industry of any kind has been set up in this Province with the exception,perhaps it might be argued,of the zinc mine in Daniel's Harbour which was set up when the appropriate market conditions came along; but even assuming that, no industry,with that exception,has been set up in this Province in the Last six years.

And, Sir, there seems to be a feeling of despair, a feeling of ~potence, a feeling of uselessness by the government that they cannot do anything about our economic situation,either the close-downs or the lack of new activity coming along. We all remember, Sir, King Midas and his touch; everything he touched turned to gold. When I was reading the Throne Speech last night I could not help but have the image flash through my mind that this government bas the reverse Midas touch; everything they touch, Mr. Speaker, does not turn to gold, everything turns to something else, muck1 in their hands. AN HON.

MEMBER: Mothballs. MR. W. ROWE: The reverse Midas touch, what is Midas spelled backwards, the Sadim touch, Mr. Speaker, is what this government seems to possess. AN liON. MEMBER: Sadim! Sadim! 38

~rc h 6, 1978 1'_ape 12 !'~ - 3 MR .• W. ROWE: And I think it has nothing to do with talent or the basic problems of the Province, I think it has to do with a feeling of despair, that this government apparently has given up, this government appears to be Wringing its hands or throwing its hands up because they calltlot do anything about it. A gpVernment which sees further problems facing it, and again very little mention made to it in the Throne Speech.

No mention made about the hydro electrical increases which are likely to confront this Province in the next couple of months if the Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Corporation gets its way with its 40 per cent increase. Maybe so much as a 20 per cent increase! No mention made, Mr. Speaker, no mention made as to whether the government is going to take measures to try to subsidize further the electricity in the Province. No mention made as to how efforts can be made to offset this economic blow to in1iustry, c.ommerce and domestic users alike.

Unemployment, Sir, mentioned in highfaluting tones, but no real remedy suggested, no cures suggested by the govertlllletl.t as to how this big,basic problem of our society can be coped with. The response, Sir, of the government has been basically a telephone number to fight the.se problems. And as somebody mentioned to me, Sir, gt~vernment by what appears to be paid political telecasts, 39

Y.arch 6, 19 78 Tape ~lo. 13 ~llf - 1 c2l.. ,_.. N. ?-OWE: not very 1.rell concocted by some ad agency and paid for out of public funds. That is the impression one gets looking at ~hat is going on in this Province. The sole source of comfort to Her ~jesty's ministers, ~r. Speaker, appears to be lashing out continusously at the federal government, kicking at the federal gove~ent every day vf the week chat passes. The security blanket of this government, ~!r.

Speaker, see!:l.S to be a constant attac!c on the federal government in a vane endeavour I thiak to ~ke a few political brownie points in the Province, rather than getting down to the hard-nosed bargaining, negotiation, the hard-nosed planning with Ottawa that is required if we are to succeed as a Province within Canada's Confederation. Nobody is suggesting -and certainly 1.re 1.rill not be, given the privilege to form the government -no one is suggesting that they be the handmaidens of the Ottawa Government, Mr.

Speaker, but within our spheres of interest and our spheres of activity and control and jurisdict~on we should have co-operation between this government and the government in Ottawa, regardless of political stripe or political colour. Because otherwise it is the well-being of the people that suffers from this co~tant attack and lashing out. It may be, Sir, that the co-operation that is required is too hard for a tired government.

It may be that the hard-nosed bargaining and the hard work that is required to really get your point across to the federal gove~~~t and t=r :o negotiate something sensible for this Province, maybe that is too hard ••ork, maybe that is just beyond the capacity of a government which appears to be tired in office. Perhaps it is simply easier to pick up the telephone, call the radio stations, Sir, and lash out. Now, Sir, there are many other ~~L;gs which I will be saying during the Address in Reply to the Speech from ~~e Throne, on this debate and on the Budget Debate and during the estimates.

Let ille say, Sir, before the Premier gets u-p to have his fe•>l 40

!!arch 6, 1978 Tape ~o. 13 .P.1 - 2 :!R.. w .:-r.

Rmm: remarks - and undoub tedl:y he will say, ''Tnere ne ,;oes • He is bei::lg negative and he is being critical"-let me say to that anticipated reply that I and we on this side of the House and the members on that side of the House have a duty, Sir, to tell the truth as we see it and if in the telling of the truth the feelings of people happen to be hurt, if it appears to be critical or negative, Sir, Chen I say here now to this House of Assembly t hat: that is too bad. ~ l e ·oill not back .off from t!<e need to ma!~ e sure that the peo?le of t~is ?"evince ;,ave t.'le true situation as •..re perceive it honestly and i1onour:1bly in this House of Assembly.

But, Sir, so that the Premier ~ vill not thlilk that it is all negativity from this side of the House,let me say, Sir, that ~~e will '.1ere, this caucus, my colleagues, during this session will be putting forward our own positive and constructive policies for the development of this Province. l;e have already stated some of these on various occasions in this House and outside and we will h~ve some new ones as well regarding, for example,Labrador development,which I believe to be the single most important matter of public policy confronting this P-rovince today, We will be talking about fishery. ~<e will be talking about social policies that need to come in t.~is Province.

On the fishery, Sir, now that we have the 200 mile limit in Newfoundland and Labrador and we have,as the member for Ferry land District has stated, as toe have stated a hundred times, as I have stated a hundred times, now ~~ith the 200 mile limit we do have our own destiny in our own hands. And let us not, ~r. Speaker, I urge this government and this House of Assembly,not to throw away the chance which <1e have been tvaiting in this Province for for four hundred or five hundred years.

Let us not sell out an opportunity to develop our primary resource,the fishery, let us not throw zway that opportunity for the sake of an easier way out, throw it away or sell it out to foreign mrnership and foreign control. SOME. HON. :-~i1BEP.S: !lear! Hear: 41.

~! arc!!. 6 , 1978 Tape ~o. 13 .nl: - 3 I say, Sir, that this government or the next government, the Provincial Government, t.'le Federal Government wo.rking together, the union wotiQ.ng With the governments, the industry, the processors and the fishe:men al.l working together can, Sir, develop something which has never been done in our history and that is an overall,ccmprehensive plan for the full developmeqt of all aspects of the fishery of this Province, inshore, near shore and offshore fishe ·ry 1n the Province of lle•..rfoundland and Labrador with hard-nosed again and very strict requirements and laws and regulations regarding conservation measures, regarding quality, regarding marketing, technology, equipmen .t, financing, a comprehensive overall plan • .And -a, Sir, if there is a continued default by this government, we, Sir, will be putting fonrard during this session of the !louse our views and how that can be done.

And ~~e believe fervently and sincerely that we can in ~ewfoundland do it ours .elves. 42

}',an:h 6' 1978 Tace 14 EC - 1 }!R • W • )I • ROl-lE : ~r.

Speaker, the Upper Churchill power which is worth at least $800 million and which was mentioned in the Throne Speech as nearly all going to Quebec as far as the value is concerned\ I agree with the government; we must get back our fair share of the value of the Upper Churchill power. ~nd I say, Sir, I stand here in this House today and I say t hat if all else fails, if negotiations do not produce the desired result, then this govern­ ment should have no hesitation in taking the last drastic move that :ay be necessary in order to beat sense, or sense of fair play or equality or equity into the Quebec Government.

It should take that last drastic measure of turning off the switch, because we do have the power, we do have the control and authority to do that. I hope, Sir, it never comes to that. But I say that we should not allow ourselves any longer to have the Upper Churchill power continuously gain~ to the value and the advantage of Quebec without our reacing any benefit whatever for all practical purposes. ~. ~EARY: Hear, hear! "!R. 1-1. ~. ROWE: And I hope, Sir, that it does not come to what I just said.

But we do have that power position, <>e do have that position of strength to negotiate from - something we have never had before the last two or three years, certainly not when the first contract was developed with Quebec when Quebec played the dog in the manger attitude. And, Sir, as far as Labrador development generally is concerned- and as I mentioned, it is one of the most important policies facing our Province today- a resolution 'vill be presented by myself a little later on regarding the development of Labrador.

And I was happy to see, Sir, that at a recent national convention our policy for an overall integrated and interlocldng development of the resources of Labrador ~1as passed unl'l.nimously hy the national convention of the Liberal Party of Canaca and 'dll have the supcort of the r~vernment of Canada for it. ~~ .... ~TEARY: Eear, hear! 43

:rarch 6, 1978 Tape 14 IB-2 other matters, Sir. I will not get into some of the Let me simply finish my few 'remarks by saying this, that I, personally, and my colleagues,whom I have talked to at leng~~ on these matters, are desperat~ly anxious to have a government and have a Province which is interested in the pride and di~ity and prosperity of the ~eople of this Province. I am sure that all or most, in any event, of the ;nembers ·an that side of the House and this side of the Rouse 1vant the same ends, have the same aim in view.

We want pride and dignity, the pride and dignity which can come from economic prosperity. You can have oride and dignity t-lithout economic prosperity but economic prosperity adds a certain independence, a certain pride and dignity which does not exist uniess you have the wherewithal. :'!r. Speaker, •7e will co-onerate trith the government of this Province in all sound and sane, reasonable and rational measures brought fonJard for the good of this Province. '•e trill fight savagely against, :fr. Soeaker, any proposals •vhich tve perceive are not in the best interests of this Province.

And as I said, our ~ide in that regard ,.,ill be the overall view, the overall aim, of establishing a sense of independence, pride, dignitv and prosperity in the people of this Province. That is why I am in politics and for no other reason. Thank you very much. SOHE HON. :-!EMBERS: Hear, hear! J!R. SPEAKER : The hon. the Premier. 44

>!arch 6,1978 Tape 15 P RE1·1I E R rlOOR ES : i-tr. Speaker, the Opposition leaders change but the litany lingers on. I certainly am not going to make any comments about the !..eader. of the Opposition being negative, Sir; I think he does that oetter himself. welcome the .pportunity for a posi- tive approach a "d a co:-:s::·uctive aoproach to govern- ment and I am sure that will be the case, and I cer- tainly look forward to that being the case because we have many important issues before us in this province.

I ~.oould like just to correct a fe''' things, Sir, before becoming personal and welcoming the people here to the house today. First of all, the school tax is not certainly the child of this government. think if the Leader of the 0pposition \ ~auld check with some of the distinguished educators of the past Liberal Adminstra­ t i o n he would f i n d o u t ex a c t l y w h e n t h e s c h o a l t ax \~ as born.

S 0 m il 0 N • :·1 E :·' C: En S : H : a r , H e a r ~REHIER MOORES: Equally, :ir, would like to say that I think comments in the Speech from the Throne ~ere favourable to t;,e federal government, ;: tit in\ :n the main our rel a- tionships with the federal government are fairly good right no1·1, Butbefore going further, Sir, I v1ould like to as well add my~welcome to ~he heads of church and state \·J i1 o a r e h e r e .

I \•/OUl d a. , ~­ I - .J like to do so~ethi~q else, Sir, which gi~es me great oleasure to be able to do because I thought IIOuld be just agreeing, and tpat is pay tribute to the gentleman who was Leader of the Oo- position for many years in this i!ouse- SOI·!E HO L :t E1H3ERS: Hear, Hear 45

:'arch 6, 1973 Tape 15 D'·l - 2 PRE!HER r·100RES: a man who I k:,~·· · t:1a: I und .~~opl e on this side of the House,and probably on the other side on occasion,disagreed ···ith many times, b~t the member from the Strait, Sir, when he was Leader of the Opposition was rarely personal except when it was in the heat of debate ,I suggest. ! can say that I always found him hon­ orable in any dealings that we had. The man was ob­ viously intellige1t and in the end analysis was an asset to this House and to our province. I would like that to be on the record today,Sir. SOME HON.

MEMBERS: Hear, Hear PREMIER M~ORES : I would also Sir like to congratulate the Leader of the Opposition on his election in Twilling­ ate and on his e.~ection to the very responsible position of leader of the Liberal Party, The job is impor .tant and there are many important issues before us.I sincerel~ Sir, look forward to working with the Leader of the Opposition on behalf of the Province and not just the partisan politics which I know we can both be guilty of on occasion. ~~ouJd also like to welcome my guests for the second time or third time or fourth time or how ever many times the member· for St.

John's West and the member for Ferryland came in here on a sporadic basis. ~ut I do hope - they are here and I know they will be on a more permanent one at least until the next election and ho~e~ully after that. would like to also congratulate the mover and the seconder to­ day,particularly the new member for Ferryland who excelled himself. But, Sir, this Session of the House of As- sembly is important.

I :all on all members of thi~ House for serious debate particularly on the important issues which are going to be facing us as a province,as ooposed to ~n~aging 'n personalities or innuendo,which we have had in past Sessions. But this Session opens, Sir, at a time 46

'larch 6, 1978 Taoe 15 D\·1 - 3 PRCH ER ~WORES: 'tt h e n n o t j u s t ~·I e ~If o u n d 1 an d - and I am not faking the onus off this government·, I vtill talk about that in a moment - but ~then we are-at a time and place in our world history where there are a great many economic difficulties, certainly in the ~estern World as we know it, Inflation has not been licked,I would suggest, in any country. There is extre~ely high une~oloyment in virtually every country. The environment for inv~stment . or whatever is uncertain.

I think that can be demonstrated bv not just the performance of the Can:dian dollar in relation to the U.S. dollar, but in turn the U.S. dollar against the stronger currenc'es of Europe. And when this happens, Sir, that your financial credibility,so to speak, is in question, then it is a problem that just does not affect our nation or our Province but our whole society. Mr. Trudeau has said, and I think probably accurately,that we have never been better off in this country. I think that is true. 3~t some would sa~ I suggest,that we could be better off with the riches we have in Canada.

But eith=r way,vthether the Prime f1inister's statement· is absolute or whether we could be better off than we are , . the fact i s t ;1." · -: h a 1 1 eng e •:t: h ave ·t :~ the years ahead is great for us a nation and certainly for us as a Province. In this Province 1·1e \·till be sti1i facing stringent restraints in the year ahead. CJO'-'ernment spendino and borrowing must and will be curtailed. 47

:'arc.'l 6, 1Ji3 T<1pe 15 PRE~IER HOORES: The budget . in a few weeks will soell that out. Ironically, this province of ~ewfoundland and Labrador potentially is in better shape than most provinces in Canada because we have a resource base that - I suooose unfortunately - the ~aritime Provinces, as ~n exanole, do not have. They do not ha~e the ~as: area of LJbr3dor or even th::: Island part of our pro vi ~ce ':lith the resources that are beginning to come into their own. They do not have the same opportunity to do in the future what we have the opportunity to do here.

I think for the first time che people in our Province - the first ti~e in several years - are becoming more optimis:ic, are becoming more conf<dent that this Province does ha~e a future and that they are qoing to be beneficiaries of it . There ~ave been steps made in t~e past few years, think, ~hich have helped. For example, Sir, in the field of mineral exploration this Province is no longer in the hands of two or three developers or promoters or whatever as fa~ as mineral development ~s concerned anrl exploration.

And instead of the two or three who were there at one time, last year forty -nine companies explored for minerals in this Province t;·tenty-seven major companies and _ t1~.e.nty-t~to srn 11 e r ones. The mining tax that has been put in,we have been advised by r;1any people in the mininq industry. is the best in Canada for development. The forest management program that h~s been installed for the first time is takinq back timber from the larger corporations which they could not use and making it available to saw mills,but there is a qreat deal more that needs to be done in that area.

And we as a ~overn­ ment nor the peoole of this ~ravine~ should be hapoy until the total timber resource is develoned whereby all of t:1e 48

'larch 5, 19 78 Taoe 15 PRE.'. ER i·IOORES: tree or all of the loa i~ usee or l·thatever nave you is used. The Labrador Linerboard mill is in · -~ wrong lo cation, a wrong product, and certainly costtoo much money.

And in order to get it back on the track it had to be shut, washed out,if you would ,a nd a :vestitu re co~mitte set up;including manage ment oerson el the uni~ns and other peoole involved ave gott~n ~o ~ et ner and .:have done what I consider certainly to oe a first class job. : And as the Speech from t he Throne said, Sir, I and this novernment look forward to oositive results regardinglinerboard durinq this year . .0. few exa mples .;oi I suo"'ose of wanv that can allow us to be optimistic re ga rdin g our reso~rce devel- opment in the future ~ !n all areas of resource ·eveloomsnt t~i~ prov ince will Move ahead,wnether it be touris m or mining, or forestrv . or agricultur~ or w~ a t ave 'lou t- ut th e · rightest prospects l think as everyone kn011s in the short, medium or long-term are the isheries and the field of energy. · So I •t~ ould like to take just a ver y f<?•:l '"aments, and l do not '11ant to be to o 1 eng today, but to ta.lk about the hydro development in Labrado r and t he fisheries i n partic:slar. 49

::!arch 6, 1978 Tape ~o. 16 RT-1 P"!!.EHIER ~fOORES: He bought back the rights, the '•ater rights, if you like, of Churchill Falls, and we bought out the share~l~ing. Sir, it has been suggested that we made a mistake. It has been suggested that we did it too early. The fact is, Sir, that today the plans and studies have been completed as far as the Province is concerned; certainly not as far as the Federal Covei'!l!ll.ent is concerned. '·le have our figures updated which they will review. Tiut, the fact is, Sir, :hac I do not consider buying back the water rights in 'Labrador to be a mistake.

I do not consider buying back the Upper Churchill to be a mistake because I do not, for one minute, believe that buying back our heritage is a mistake. SOME HON. HE:1.ffiERS: Rear, hear! PP.EUER :fOORES: Any development, Sir, in Labrador or on the Island or anywhere else, in the future •..till mean that the tJeople of this Province •Till get the full economic return from any of that development. I think the proof of that, Sir, is the Offshore Oil and Gas regulations.

For the sake of the Leader of the-Opposition we will gladly table the agreement because, Sir, the agreement was tabled last year when the regulations were tabled, and the only reason Shell/Texaco are in here is because they abided by the regulations. SOUE HON. ~!EHBERS: Hear, hear! PREMIER XOORES: Regarding negotiating and putting up a scrap, Sir, to get jurisdiction of the offshore oil and gas, I might remind my friends across the way that that is only necessary from the present Government in Ottawa; the other Party has said that, if elected, it is automatically Provincial jurisdiction.

SO!!E HON. :·~RffiERS: Hear, hear! PRE!UER 1100RE: I just wanted to say, Sir, that in the future the full benefits will come to this Province. There will be no mare giveaways. I want to make a point here for all members of the House - and it is not partisan what I want to say now - and that is the business of the Upper 50

!·!arch 6, 1978 Tape ~a. 16 :\T-2 PREXIER ~!OORES: Churchill and what 'Je had to do with negotiating with Mr. Levesque or whomever else. I think the people in this Province should know exactly what the Upper Churchill agreement means for this Province. The Upper Churchill power development has a capacity of 5200 megawatts. This is the equivalent, Mr. Speaker, of 150,000 barrels of oil a day, or 55,000,000 barrels of oil a year. The c~==ant world price for oil is fifteen dollars a ~arrel. As we know, Xlberta got their price fr_om the wellhead up from three dollars to fifteen dollars '"ith Federal subsidization.

So the value of the Churchill Falls in oil equivalent is $825,000,000 per year. If ~•e were receiving fifteen dollars per barrel for our electricity, the price we would receive is twenty-five mils. At the present time, Sir, we are getting three mils, reducing to two mils during the last twenty-five years of the sixty-five year contract. So, from c.enty-five mils -to be the equivalent today -we are presently getting three mils, reducing to two mils. At tl1ree mils, Sir, it is the oil equivalent of one dollar and eighty cents a barrel.

This Province is selling the equivalent of 150,000 barrels of oil to the Province of Quebec for one dollar and ~ighty cents a barrel when we pay the OPEC countries and we pay Alberta fifteen dollars a barrel for the oil we have to use in this Province. That reduces to one dollar and twenty cents when it goes to two mils. In other words, Sir, the value of Churchill Falls in terms of oil equivalent is $825,000,000 a year. Quebec is paying the Corporation $100,000,000 a year, which means in effect they have access to $725,000,000 more than the world ener;y equivalent today.

The royalties paid to this Province - Quebec getting $725,000,000 - the royalties we will get this year approximate $5,000,000 less the equalization, And the royal ties compared with Quebec's $725, 000, 000 - put it in perspective, Sir. Hhen you consider our total tax basis ::.s $500,000,000,and when you consider that Quebec has the benefit of $725,000,000, I am sure the Leader of the Opposition will agree with me, and members of the Opposition will agree, that something has to be done about any agreement that is so wrong as that particular agreement is. SOHE HON. ~!E}!BERS : ~lear, hear! 51.

Tape 17 PRE!IER ~~OORES: ~r. Speaker, ~e have got some hard decisions to make as a Rouse of Assembly, not just a government. But I can assure the Rouse and the members opposite that we will be having a full debate on this subject. ~!r. Levesque is here on Friday. I look fo~ard. to meeting him and I look fo~•ard to telling him our position en it, because there are other hydro projects in Labrador <¥hich •.Je have got to consider. T~ere is Gull Island. ~ere is ~omaine Diversion and many others. There is ~· ·!uskrat.

I think, Sir, 'fit~ Quebec in Ill-1 order to ~e fair ~e have got to get the economic package out together which Mr. Levesque talks about and I think with some justification. And any economic packa~ we talk about obviously has to deal with other river development. It has to deal ~th the renegotiation of the rrper Churchill, and it also, in all fairness, has to deal ~ith the head l¥aters of the rivers flo~n~ into Quebec. Because that is one bargaining lever '~e do have, that those head waters cannot be used for flooding unless it has the concurrence of the oeople of this Province.

The latest Gull option, Sir, for the information of the House, ~e have one option of federal participation that l¥as mentioned at the c:"irst :--!inist:ers' Conference. This 'fill ensure the financin~ and the access to market for our newer. But the mechanism of ho~ that is done is another thin~ because in the end analysis, no matter what arrangement we could or could not have with the federal government, the fact remains is that: the enuit• r , that the fut:ure profits of that ~reat nevelonment has to he for the full and total benefit of our people.

If we are talking about ecuitv based on preferent shares, encouragement to get the job done, Eine~ But if we are talking about the equity to share in the profits. we have had coo much of that in this Province and any equity will be on behalf of the people of this Province and no one else. 52

:·'arch 6, 1978 Tane 17 IB-2 SOYE :<OH. ! ':E~~ERS : ~ear, "b..ear! PRD!IER ~-!OORES: The other option ''e have, :-rr. Speaker, is to have an agreement 1vi th Quebec and do !'roj ect financins;. l•lith che proper agreement that could be done. And the other option of course is to use the power here at home if an industrial customer could be found who could pay the proper rates. But either ~ay, Sir, as I said,it has to be for the maximum benefit or for ourselves. T:1e other area I ~•anted to :nention briefly 1-tas che fisheries.

The funny thing is, vou know, the Leader of the Opposition has been right, that the fishery was mentioned in every Speech ::'rom the Throne since "e have been in ro1ver and, I would suggest, every Speech From the T~rone, that has ever been given in this Province, I would suggest the fisheries has been mentioned. If it has not someone should have been kicked out way before now. Rut the fact is that there is lllllch disagreement on the fisheries and how ''e should develop it. But the ironic thing is, '!r.

Speaker, that in the end analysis, it is only going to matter to a very small degree <•hat will eventually happen because the fishery is going to be developed anyway. With the 200 mile limit, with the proper conservation and •Nith the proper approach there is no question in my mind that the future of the fishery is bright. I think if today, the federal govern~nt, ourselves, the Fisheries Union and the trade, they sat dmm in one room and ~Ve decided what the state should be in 1985, I doubt that there would be very little if any disagreement.

The fact is, I think, that the area for some disagreement is on the method of how ·,ve go ahead at this time because the objectives, Sir, '·7e have to have are complex and they are many. First of all on the harvesting side <ve obviously have to build ships. \·!e obviously have to catch all that fish that is available to us and not put off catching what the Europeans are allowed to catch now and <vhich we have the right to catch. \·le must build a fleet that can maximize its use to catch 53

:carc:h 6, 1978 Tape 17 IB-3 PI'E!IER ~[OORES: all. the fish available. The inshore fishery must be exuanded and modernized because that is the best economic: return that you can get in any fishing enterprise. Our traditional offshore fleet must be rebuilt and modernized so that the peonle, narticularly on the South Coast and the other areas where there are trawlers fishin~ can have the full access to the stocks that will be available. obviously need new offshore capacity to fish non-craditional areas and certainly to fish non-traditional species, and these Tle must: catch and learn how to process as •~ell.

For ~his,onshore and offshore, we have to have training for young men and women for the future 1 in food tec:molo~, in catching, in electronics and in 1'12.nv areas •~here we do not have ex.,ertise today. In the area of !'recessing ~•e must have some efficiencies because no longer, ''r.

Soeaker, are ue comneting from harbour to harbour or cove to cove. '·Te are comnetinl1; against the international communitv in .a ~~orld ·~here comnetition is rough and •.vhere every efficiency and bit of knowled!Ze that He can obtain >te must get. \'e must have a regulated sunply for our inshore ;>!ants, so-called now, ~mere there will be an industrial setting so that the workers know that they have a forty hour 1-1eek or "hatever the case may be• but where there is scree stability ~•here there 1-tas been none in the ~ast. ''e must have a marketing philosonhy, I •-:auld suggest, Sir, that is different from the past ••hereby the housewife in Europe or in America or wherever the case may loe clictates <·that package is produced '"!ere hecause the end l:mver al"·avs dictates that in any marketing ohilosophy.

We obviously have to open 11p markets in Europe, lvhere ••e sell very little of our fish nm•, because 1vith the removal of the European fleet and with the tremendous consumption of fish in F.urope that is obviou~lv where most of the action is going to be. One of the staggering statistics to me ••as the fact: that S.f million tons of fish is eaten in Europe as ooposed 54

:~ rc h 6. l97 a Tape 17 PRF.~ER ~OO'P.ES : to just over 3 million tons in the U.S.

So we have to•talk about re-orocessing, One of the problems has been. of course - and this is not any government's fault, I do not think - •men the Leader of the Opposition said, "w11.y do we not have 1110re re-processing into cooked fish or into processed fish or canned fish or bottled fish?'', the reason of course is tariffs, That is the reason it. has ::tot 'Jeen done before ,because the tariffs on these items ,particularly ~vith the value added, in the United States is higher than on traditional commodity products which has be.en our wont in the past.

And equally· in Europe once you have the value added, of course, the fifteen per cent tariff, it makes a tremendous difference in the imoortation of the connnodity itself. That is ~m.y •1e have had a connnodi ty philosollhY ~i~ has to chan~e. And with the levera~te of the 200 mile limit I think, Sir, that can be brought about. It is a very complex but a verv challenging issue 1 atU1 as I said, this F!otise trill have to cl.ebate it "thoroughly.

We will have to debate, for instance, ~ether it is private enterprlse or whether we want prtvate investment or how much involvement should there he hy the state or hy the ~overnment, and to ~at degree should we be involved, how much should be encouragement and how much should be encouraging capital to do it, Canadian or otherwise. 55

:'1arch 6 , 19 7 ~ Tape riii-1 P-"EHIER ;.JOQRES: :/e nave to talk about tile valiciity or otnervise of a cantral ciistributing port so that tne uncier- utilized plant:s can be fed supplies to keep operational in t;lt~ most efficient manner. we have to talk about strategically located colci storages and freezing facilities. '.ole i~a.ve to talk about is it w-orthwhile for us to go ~lead with the Crown Corporation as a co-ordinator for catching, processing or tlarketing. There are :na.ny, many areas wilicn have to be debated and ::~any decision.:> tnat •.;ill ;uve co be =J.e.

All in all, Sir, it is probacly t;le grea~:est: cnallenge because the result will oe greater than anyt~ng we nave cione in tilis i:iouse. There are many other issues to debat:e, Si~. Swa.ll business is sometning chat '.ole believe in.

The Leacier of ;:ue l.lpposition mentioned that: we i1ave not opeued up many bu.c>inesses. ::lo, Sir, we i1ave not opened up many oil refineries, '"e .~a·Je not: openeci up many Linerboard .U.lls, we i~a.ve not openea up any ~usinesses of t.lat ilk. :re ..to no I: eveu have a ta=ery yet ,althou&n that may be a good idea after listening to the member for LaPoile ti•is morning - it i1as validity. But tile fact is, Sir , that there has been some 2,000 small jusin~sses opened, people who can nelp ~1emselves to get established.

And even I suggest, Sir, - no 1 I will nol: suggest it; the reaction ac=oss the iloor w-ould not be worth it, Sir, But the fact is that small bus~nesses are tne backbone of .my ecouomy irrespective of Wllat anyone says. Sir, in closing I want to say just one tlling and once again I t.1ink I tall' for all members of ti"le neuse.

Anything we do in l:<~is P~ovince or any u.ecisions we make whilst we are talking about the benefit for our people, auQ wnilst we are talking aoout what can ~e the most good for us,we nave to bear in mind one tuing first and foremost and tnat is tne quality of life of our people and something I suggest that most people in this country u.o ~ot have, they do not have the same traditions, they do not have the same lifestyle, they do not have tne same heritage. 56

:·larcn 6,l97d Tape No. lo ~-2 I tilink we can learn a great deal from c~e traditions and values of cne pasc as we try to make our decisions for tile future, I think an example of that was yesterday J anti I _ !<now I speak for every person in the liouse, when those who were on the waterfront, tnose whc have tiitnessed it - I think seeing the ::~en JO to the seal hunt with all the adversity they have had,not of t:1eir own making, seeing those boats ;oing t=ouc;n t:he _;:arrows yesteruay ,I !<now certaiul y I can speak personally, Sir, I stood a little taller being a :1ewfoundlander.

And on behalf of the House I would like ri5ht now to wish t:he sealing fleet and the men aooard, wish them well and • a bumper trip. SOdE liON, aEl-.lllERS : Hear , near! PRUiiER ~IOORES: Hr. Speaker, t.le Province we have is a special place. I think many times all of us in th~ hon. liouse fore;et. our obligations and our responsibilities, ;ust i1ow Jreat tuey are when one considers the everyday life of our people are affect.ed by our actions here. I look forward, Sir, to constructive debate. I wculd ask all members of the House to always put our Province first and our partisan politics and personalities second.

Ana I mean tilat, l1r. Speaker. In closing,! would like t.o once again congratulate tue various people who spoke t.oday and particularly to welcome tne new Leader of tne Opposition. SOi-IE HOt-!. :-JEliliERS: ;-IR.. SPEAKER: Hear, hear! It. i1as been moved and seconded that an address of thanks be presented to His tionour in reply to the ::;racious speech with wi1ich he has been pleased to oJpen tne present session of the legislature and that a select committee be appointed to draft such an Address in Reply. Is the House ready for tile question? 57

Tape ~~o. 18 m-3 Those iil favour "iqe", Contrary "l.-lay", Carrieci.. The members of the select committee to draft the Ariciress in Reply '.rill lle the hon. member for Ferryland (l.·!r, Power), the han. memuer for Naska.upi (:·!r. Gouciia), and the i1on. member for St. Joan's West (Dr. Kitchen). ,·Ji.. SP Edi(Et\ : :·lR. :./, N. !mi-lE: :-iOTICES OF :·!OTION The non. Leader of t ne upposi::.ion. :1r.

Speaker, I give notice that I will on tomorrow ask leave to introduce the following resolution~: ~~RSAS the Labrador portion of our Province contains vast hydro-electrical resources togetner with an immense treasure house of other natural resources; ~~D ~~REAS at a recent National Convention of the Liberal Party, frotll W11icn t.'le Federal Government of Canacia is now formed, tnere was unanimous support for a resolution, presented ily the Newfoundland and Labrador delegation, advancing the idea of developing and processing within Labrador of its hydro energy and other natural resources for the benefit of Labrador and the rest: of the Province, rather than exporting the hydro power and otner resources as raw materials for the use of i.Il~ustries elsewhere: NOW BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that this Honourable liouse urges the Provincial Government to commence immediate negotiations with the Federal Government designed to bring about the bold, creative economic strategy of developing and processing within Labrador its natural resources and raw materials; thi·s strategy to include: (

a) Developing Labrador's hydro resources pr~arily as a source of power for the industrial develo~ent of the Province, particularly Labrador, and for the Province's domestic and commercial u&e, with any surplus power being ~ade available to other ?rovinces of Canaua on a short-term, racallable basis only; 58

:•arch 6, 19 78 Tape No. 19 J:-t - 1 ~. ~~ .N. R.OWE: C1) Developing a fully-serviced, fully-fledged ?Ort - Port: Labrador - on the Labrador coast, and constructing a railway and road frau Port: Labrador to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, on to Labrador City - Wabush and on to central Canada; (

c) Processing within Labrador of Labrado~ raw materials, including mL~erals, fish, forests, and offshore oil and gas as discovered in commercial quantities; :

d) Assurances that t:lese developments will proceed c·~:.ly a.fter full consideration of methods to protect the environment and after full consultation with the various peoples living in all parts of Labr~dor. MR. SPEAKER: The han. member for Harbour Grace. !'!R. H. D.

YOL"NG: I give notice that on tomorrow I will ask leave to introduce the following ooticn: ~mEREAS the Nordsee Com;Jany of \~est Gemany has applied to the Foreign Investment Review Agency of the Federal Government for permission to acquire a 51 per cent interest in Ocean Harvesters Lioited i~ :!arbour Grace; A!<D miEREAS the proposed association of Nordsee with Ocean Harvesters under conditions suggested by the Government of this Province <Jill "esult in a large number of additional full time jobs, increasecl harvesting and processing technology and significant long term ~enefits for ~~e entire Province; BE IT ?£SOLVED that this Honourable House support ~,e proposal of the Nordsee Company to purchase the 51 per cent interest in Ocean ~arvesters Limited subject to the conditions set down by ~,e Government of this Province and communicated to the Foreign Investment Review Agency and ~,is ~onourable House further support the application of Ocean Rarves:e"s Limited to the Government of Canada for five deep-sea trawler fishing licences necessary for the implementation of the Nordsee-Qcean Harvesters proposal. ~.

SPEAKER: ~fR. S .A. :iEARY: The hon. member for LaPoile. c·!r. Speaker, I give notice that I will on tomorrm ; ask leave to introduce the follo~ling resolution: 59

&rch 6, 1978 Tape ~lo. 19 n1: - 2 mi.EREAS the growing number of unelJ11lloyed in our Province of :~ewfounciland and Labrador has been totally ignored by this House over the past five years; and

WHEREAS individual Members of the House have publicly deplored the status of our province as t:!le perennial leader in the rate of unemployment across the ~ation; and ~ f,F?i:AS the latest data available on tmelJ:!lloyrner..t shmJ the :.;o:.-:st f:i.sure yet; and \'HEREAS lay-offs and propsective lay-offs in various parts of :: e~Jfoundland and Labrador indicate even worse prospects for the future; THEREFORE :OE IT ~SOLVED: ~r.

Speaker, that this House of Assembly in session treat as a number one priority debate on the ~~hole matter of employment and unemployment records of this pro•Tince, •.1ith a Yielv to producing a plan for joL~t Federal-Provincial co-operation aimed at c:-eating employment for our people on long term projects that "ill lend some real stability to all :-lewfoundlanders, and especially, to tr.e young men and 1vomen Yho comprise over 50 pe-r cent of our jobless. Let c!le e111phasis, :1r. Speaker, be on employtr.ent assurance rather than Unemployment Insurance. :·!R. SPElL.T<ER: The hon. member for St.

John's ~or~h. ~!R. J .A. CARTER: Mr. Speaker, I sive notice that I lvill on to!!lorrow ask leave to introduce the folluwing resolution: ~-rlEP~\S electrical costs have escalated rapidly in recent years, castin~ an intolerable burden upon the people of this pcovince, A..'ID :-IHERE.AS indications suggest that efforts l·rill be :::ade to raise electrical rates furt.~er, THEREFORE

BE IT RESOLVED: That this House indicate its deep concern about the level of electrical rates and inquire into measures which ~y ~e taken to ease and alleviate this heavy burden cast upon this province. MR. SPE.~R: The hon. member for Trinity-Bay de Verde. MR. F .B. ROlo/E: Hr. Speaker, I give notice that on tomorrow I ~•ish to introduce the following resolution: H1!EREAS ~he two hundred mile economic fishing zone :1as ~een establis;:;.ed in Canada; 60

:!arch 5, 1973 Tape ~o. 19 .Df- 3 :!R. F. B.

ROWE: A.~D \ffiEREAS there is a need for compatability =angst t.i.e small boat - inshore fishery, the 1ongl:L."1er -- near shore fishery, and the dr~ger and trawler -- offshore fishery; A..~D 'NHEREAS some fish plants suffer glut situations at certain times and slack situations at other times; A..~D '~REAS t~ere is fish plant over-capacity in some locations and fish plant under-capacity ia other locations; .:.liD 'iliEREAS thera is a need for i mproved catching capacity, procassing procedures, and marketing methods; AND ~~REAS the Hamilton Banks is the spawning ground for cod fish and if over fished ~ould be detrimental to the inshore, near shore, and offshore fisheries; .-\ND \,~REAS the Government of :-lewfoundland and Labrador supports the concept of foreign ownership and control of at least one fish plant, namely the Ocean Harvesters -- ~ordsee merger; .UlD \ffiEREAS a number of foreign co:mtrtes have a surplus of trawlars and processing faci~ities because of the implementation of t.i.e two hundred mile lim:!.t; A..'ID \.ffiEREAS there is pressure from foreign countries who want to fish within our two hundred lllile lim:!.t; AND 1ffiEREAS there is an indication of available Canadian capital for investment in our fisheries; AND 1-/HEP.EAS the fishery represents one of our last remaining renewable resources in this Province; AND \mEREAS the proper development of the fishery is of primary importance to the economy of this Province; A..~D lffiEREAS there is no educational program at the elementary and secondary levels educating our yo~th gs to the advantages of the fishery and promoting the fishery; THEREFORE BE !T RESOLVED that this House directs the Government to co-operate wi.th the Government of Canada to: (

e) Define a clear policy and strategy in order to maintain and i~rove the inshore, near shore and offshore fishery to the maximum ~enefit of all. (~) To take all ~ecessary act~on to utilize existing under.-utilized fish 61

lla rci:! 6, 19 78 Tape No. 19 JM- 4 }!R. F. B. RO~VE: !'lants to their maximum, and establish. additional fish I plants in any areas with inadequate fac.:Ui.ties. (

c) To take all necessary measures to improve catching capacity, processin~ procedures and market:lng methods. (

d) To take all necessary steps to halt over fisllillg of the Hamiliton Banks. (

e) To . halt the concept of foreign ownership or control over any aspect of our fishery. c.n !o Cake all necessary steps to attract Provincial and Canadian investmeDt in our fishery. (

g) To take all necessary steps to attract Foreign investment but ~ot forei~ ownership and cont~l. (

h) To institute educational progr~s promoting the advantages of and the illlportance of the fishing industry and the fisllery to the econoiny of our :>rovince • • ~'\D BE IT FURTHER P.ESOLVED that this House reaffirm its collllllitment to the principle Chat the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador should be the world capital of the fishery and that we should be the masters .of our 01ii111 destiny in all matters pertaining co the fishery. SOME RON. ~EPS: Rear~ Hear! 62

March 6, 1978 Tape 20 PK - 1 MR. SPEAKER: The hon. the member for ~askaupi. MR. J. GOUDIE: Mr. Speaker, I give notice that I will on tomorrow ask leave to introduce the following resolution:

Whereas the House of Assembly Act 1974 established new electoral boundaries within the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: And

Whereas experience has demonstrated the new district boundaries of Labrador are unwieldy in terms of representation by the elected representatives; Be It Therefore Resolved that the hon. House of Assembly indicate to Government that consideration be given to introducing an Amendment to the House of Assembly Act (1974) to establish a broader and more equitable representation in Labrador. SOME HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear! MR. SPEAKER: The hon. the member for Baie Verte-White Bay. ~. T. RIDEOUT: Mr. Speaker, I give notice that I will on tomorrow ask leave to introduce the following resolution:

Whereas Occupational Health and Safety is the concern of every worker in this Province; And

Whereas it is recognized that many thousands of workers in this Province work in environments that are potentially hazardous to health; Be It Therefore Resolved

a) That this House urges the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to immediately constitute an Occupational Health and Safety Authority within the Department of Labour and Manpower;

b) That this Occupational Health and Safety Authority assume total responsibility for the health and safety of workers;

c) That existing legislation and all agencies related to worker health and safety be consolidated under this Occupational Health and Safety Authority;

d) That the government, in structuring this new Occupational Health and Safety Authority, at the same t·ime get by statute (

i) strict new standards of operation to apply to all wor~-places in this Province, 63

~rch 6, 1978 Tape 20 PK - 2 (ii) Threshold Limit Values that reflect medically acceptable tolerance levels, and (iii) ensure that all such regulations will be constantly reviewed in light of new information and technology. SOME RON. MEMBERS : Hear, hear !· MR. SPEAKER: The hon. member for St. John's South. DR. J. COLLINS: Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on tomorrow I will beg leave to introduce the following relatively short resolution:

WHEREAS the present C.N. Dockyard was conceived and developed as a major industrial venture by the people of Newfoundland over 50 years ago; and

WHEREAS the Dock has continued ever since to be the largest employer of the industrial work-force in Eastern Newfoundland; and

WHEREAS changing economic and developmental circumstances since the mid- 1960's have placed the future of the Dock in serious jeopardy with most serious consequences for employment in the St. John's area,

BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Assembly urge the Gove~ent of this Province to indicate to the Federal Government the urgency of up-grading facilities at the C. N. Dockyard primarily by the acquisition of a syncrolift in the immediate future. SOME RON. MEMBERS : Hear, hear ! MR. SPEAKER: The hon. member for St. John's West. MR. H. KITCHEN: Mr. Speaker, I give notice that I will on tomorrow ask leave to introduce the following resolution:

WHEREAS some senior citizens and chronic invalids including diabetics, have monthly bills for medically prescribed drugs of $50.00 to $100.00 and up; AND

WHEREAS such persons living on old age pensions trying to maintain a home are often forced to choose berween drugs and other necessities such as food and heat: AND

WHEREAS existing social welfare legislation and regulations are, on this point, inadequate; NOW THEP£FORE

BE IT RESOLVED that this Honourable Rouse direct the Government to introduce a program to ensure that no senior citizen or chronic invalid be deprived through lack of funds of necessary medically prescribed drugs. 64

March 6, 1978 Tape 20 PK - 3 SOME HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear! MR. SPEAKER: The hon. member for Placentia. MR. W. PATTERSON: Mr. Speaker, I give notice that I will on tomorrow ask leave to introduce the following resolution;

WHEREAS the Canadian and foreign fishing trawlers are encroaching on some of the fishing grounds used by the inshore fishermen thereby causing the inshore fishery great harm; AND

WHEREAS a Federal-Provincial - Industry Advisory Committee has been established by the Federal Minister of Fisheries to examine this matter and. report to the Minister; BE IT T~FORE RESOLVED that this House urge the Federal Minister of Fisheries to quickly convene this Advisory Committee to examine the need for "buffer zones" in various areas of the Province; AND THAT this House urge the Committee to quickly make a report on the establishment of such "buffer zones"; AND THAT this House urge the Federal Minister of Fisheries to take all such measures to establish such "buffer zones" as appropriate in order to protect. the inshore fishing grounds throughout the Province.

SOME RON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear! MR. SPEAKER: The hon. member for Port au Port. MR. J. HODDER: Mr. Speaker, I give notice that I will on tomorrow introduce the following resolution;

WHEREAS there is a need for a clear statement as to what are acceptable levels of elementary and secondary education in this Province: AND

WHEREAS many students in this Province now face loss of programs because of teacher layoffs; AND

WHEREAS in a time of restraint in government spending it is all the more critical to know what our priorities are.and what our directions must be;

BE IT RESOLVED that a select committee of the House be appointed to recommend a definite policy as to the overall goals for education in the Province and to determine what constitutes acceptable levels of schooling in Newfoundland and Labrador. SOME HON. MEMBERS: Hear, hear! 65

March 6, 1978 :1R. SPEAKER: MR. L. WOODROW: Tape 20 The hen. member for the Bay of ~sland~. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that 66 PK - 4

March 6, 1978, Tape 21, Page 1 -- apb MR. WOODROW: I will on tomorrow ask leave to introduce the following resolution:

WHEREAS many parts of our Province have experienced severe damage from flooding over the past few months~ AND

WHEREAS individuals who are not receiving social assistance have no recourse from Government regarding financial compensation for personal liosses in such emergency circumstances: NOW BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that this Honourable House urge Government to establish a policy to help alleviate the financial burden resulting from unexpected and costly damage to property resulting from storms and flooding. MR. SPEAKER: MR. WHITE: The hon. member for Lewisporte. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that I will on tomorrow ask leave to introduce the following resolution:

WHEREAS the House of Assembly represents the people: its business is the Province's business~ and one of its prime responsibilities is to inform the people~

WHEREAS elected representatives face a situation where critics assert that the House of Assembly is archaic and remote from the people:

WHEREAS there is a general agreement that increased public exposure would enable the House of Assembly to extend its influence and prestige; at a time when the complaint is so frequently heard that the powers of government are becoming increasingly concentrated in the hands of the executive:

WHEREAS the House of Commons and several Provincial Legislatures have successfully introduced live radio and television coverage of their debates: