Legislative Assembly Of Manitoba DEBATES and PROCEEDINGS Speaker The Honourable A. W. Harrison Volume IV No. 56 March 26, 1960 2nd Session, 26th Legislature Printed by R. s. Evans. Queen�s Printer for the Province of Manitoba, Winnipeg Index for complete Votes and Proceedings follows page 2011. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA 9. 30 A. M. , Saturday, March 26th, 1960 Opening Prayer by Mr. Speaker. MR. SPEAKER: Presenting Petitions Reading and Receiving Petitions Presenting Reports by Standing and Select Committees Notice of Motion Introduction of Bills Orders of the Day MR. LAURENT DESJARDINS (St. Boniface): Before the Orders of the Day, Mr. Speak­ er. (He then spoke in French briefly)• Mr. Speaker, I was just saying that especially after so many words were said about the French radio station during the last session that it is a pleasure for me to bring to the atte11tion of the members of this House, that soon we will have a Fre11ch station here in Manitoba;togeth­ er with the French radio station and a French paper it will help the people of the French language in Manitoba to know what is going on and to help them follow the progress of this province. Mr. Speaker, while I am on my feet, I'd like to borrow a page from the Honourable Member from Inkster and say that I hope if I am out of order that 1' m no� ruled out of order before I bring this point up. Now I don •t know if this is proper but there's something that I definitely would like to do. I think that I, for one, have noticed something in this session; a man that has been working very hard andapparently he has been doing that for many years, and we too seldom recognize publicly the work of some of our faithful servants here in the province. I would say that even without the Speaker, we would have been able to go through part of the session, even without the Honourable the First Minister, but I think we'd be at a loss to have a session without Mr. Charland Prud'homme who has been working very hard. I hope I'm not out of order, because I think we should definitely recognize the man. I don't know what would happen to us if Mr. Prud'homme would take sick or decide to go on holjday. And I hope that the Premier will give him a chance to go on a very long holiday. HON. DUFF ROBLIN (Premier) (Wolseley): Mr. Speaker, I'll break the rule, too, and say that I'm thinking of askingMr. Prud'homnie to take me on a holiday with him because I think the both of us could probably do with it. But I have more reason, perhaps, than most around here to be able to appreciate the value of theservices he renders to this House and to the people, and I'm happy to join in what has just been said. MR. SPEAKER: I should also like to add my words of appreciation in the services the Clerk has rendered to me. Orders of the Day. MR. MORRIS GRAY (Inkster): Mr. Speaker, before the Orders of the Day, I noticed in the press or on the radio that the South African government has somewhat modified the treatment to the negroes in S.Juth Africa. I felt that this is because the Provincial Government have decided not to import any more liquor from South Africa " HON. _GEORGE JOHNSON (Minist er of Uealth and,Public welfare) (Gimli):·.Mr·. Spe*- .. "e:r·;· be!oie"ilie c)rde�s·o!ih'El nafatrdtre!tir'e··tlie; -H�U:s&�ii:i pr�r�gO.� ratE!; to'ctai;·I �antid to ·� bring to the attention of members of the House, the fact that from May 1st to May 7th, is Operation Friendship across Canada during the Canadian Mental Health Week, and we, in Manitoba, are fortunate in having a very fine Canadian Mental Health Association of about 5, 000 volunteer members. I met with the president of the Canadian Mental Health Association the other morning, and one or two of the officers of our Mani toba Chapter and they are very anxious that the department join with them in conducting a campaign during this particular week, emphasizing the importance of mental health in the community and trying to bring greater understanding amongst the people of the province towards these unfortunate people who are mentally ill. In this line, I feel that it would be very well, or a very good thing if members of thisHouse might, during that week, join with me in visiting the Selkirl,{ Mental Hospital, which is the handiest to the city, and on May 4th, if the honourable members w�uld like to �eave, I think we should leave about 10:30 in the morning and it would require most of the day to go on a little bit of a tour of one of our mental hospitals, to point out what is meant by the open-door policy and that sort of thing. I also pick Selkirk because I didn't have an opportUnity during March 26th, 1960 Page 1949 (Mr. Johnson (Gimli), cont'd) •.••estimates to bring to the attention of the House that the Selkirk Mental Hospital this year, the farms manager was awarded the Holstein Friesen award for the finest herd of dairy cattle probably in the west, and apparently this is a very distinguished award in the agricultural field, and members would be able to see their own herd out here at Selkirk on such a visit. Those who may be interested, if you'd just drop me a note to tell me you're coming some time between now and May 4th, we'll try and arrange transportation in the meantime. While I'm on my feet I would also like to point out that I promised members an individu­ al copy of the Hospital Services Plan report. We've done everything we could but it isn't ready for distribution before today, but I Will make an undertaking to pass this out to every member next week. MR. H; P. SHEWMAN (Morris): Mr. Speaker, my question, is there a definite date for this tour? MR. JOHNSON (Gimli): I would suggest May 4th, a Wednesday. MR. T. P. HILLHOUSE, Q.C. (Selkirk): Mr. Speaker, I hope that the members of the House will avail themselves of the kind invitation of the Minister for two reasons; one, that I would like to have them down in Selkirk, and two, I would like to have them go through a mentai institution just to show them that the line of demarcation between the sane and the insane is very, very narrow. MR. KEITH ALEXANDER (Roblin): Mr. Speaker, will you guarantee that we'll all get out of the building? MR. ffiLLHOUSE: I can't guarantee that for all members. MR. RUSSELL PAULLEY (Leader of the CCF) (Radisson): Mr. Speaker, before the Orders of the Day, if the.....•. .......doesn't mind, I'd like to express our ·appreciation of the kind invitation of the Minister of Health and Welfare to go on this tour. I think there will be some of our group interested -- I know that there will be some interested in it. I would appreciate if, rather than getting in touch with the Honourable the Minister though, if we may be able to reverse the trend of him giving us a reminder as to confirming the date, and the time and I'm sure that as I say that there will be some of us there and again I appreciate the kind offer. While we're talking of offers, I trust that the Honourable the Minister of Agricul­ ture still intends or still hopes that we will be able to, during the recess, have the opportunity of visiting the Agricultural College and having a conducted tour there. HON. GEORGE HUTTON (Minister of Agriculture) (Rockwood-Iberville): Mr. Speaker, in reply to the Honourable Leader of the CCF Party, I have broached the subject to Dean Weir, and he is very receptive to the idea and I have no doubt that you'll be receiving an invitation to visit the university during the recess. HON. STERLING R. LYON (Attorney-General) (Fort Garry): Mr. Speaker, before the Orders of the Day are called, I should like to lay on the table of the House a Return to an Order of the House No. 24, dated March 4th, 1960, on the motion of the Honourable Member from Emerson. MR. SPEAKER: Orders of the Day. Committee of the Whole House. MR. HUTTON: Mr. Speaker, before the Orders of the Day, a question was directed to me yesterday by the Honourable Member for Gladstone in regard to the agents for crop insurance. The first part of his question was, "what procedure was followed in selecting ·· agents for the crop insurance test areas? The answer to that is that the field representatives in the respective areas were charged with recruiting agents. The second question was " Are all agents so appointed required to have hail insurance licenses?" and the answer is "nd'. 3. What rate of commission is paid to the agents? The answeris $5.00 per policy and 10% of the premium, to· a maximum of $25.00 for both the initial payment and the commission._ No. 4-the number of agents appoiiited in each area. Six in the southwest, six in the south­ · Central and five in the northwest.