Times-Advocate, 1978-02-09, Page 13Rebekahs
observe birthday
The members of Amber when all enjoyed a delicious
Rebekah Lodge celebrated pot luck supper in the lower
when all enjoyed a delicious
their twenty-nineth anniver
sary, Wednesday evening
Hensail woman .
exchanges vows
The marriage of Lynda
Jane, eldest daughter of Mr.
& Mrs. Cecil Kipfer, Hensail
and Clifford Jarmaine,
Clinton, son of Mrs. Lillian
Jarmaine, Toronto took
place at Goderich on Friday
by Judge Cochrane. This was
the first marriage he per
formed since he became
Judge. A wedding reception
followed at the Sandpiper
Inn Vanastra. The couple
will reside in Clinton.
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hall.
Noble Grand Mrs. Maggie
Campbell presided for the
meeting assisted by Mrs. Ab
deen Volland R.S.V.G. The
charter was draped in
memory of the late Sister
Grace McEwen.
Mrs. Aldeen Volland
reported cards sent to
members and Mrs. Dorothy
Corbett Treasurer reported
the finances, “Thank you”
notes were received. It was
announced the “speak off”
for the youth for the United
Nations trip will be held in
Clinton, March 3.
‘’Happy birthday
greetings” were extended to
Mrs. Beatrice Richardson
and Mrs. Grace Thompson.
Following the meeting the
entertainment committee
Mrs. Hazel Corbett, Mrs.
Irene Blackwell and Mrs.
Alice Ferg directed
progressive euchre.
Prize winners were Ladies
High Mrs. Elizabeth Riley
Consolation Mrs. Maggie
Campbell. Lone hands Mrs.
Alice Ferg; lucky chair Mrs.
Grace Thompson.
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a BUILDINGF OF A MEETS MPPs — The annual briefs from the Huron Federation of Agriculture were presented to area members of
Parliament Saturday in Clinton. Above, Huron Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt chats with Huron region director Gerry Fortune, 4-H
leader president Albert Van Dyken, Exeter and Hay township reeve Jack Tinney T-A photo
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By MRS. RENA CALDWELL
Mr. & Mrs. Deane Gibson,
Lucan, visited with Mr. &
Mrs. W. L. Meilis, Saturday.
Mrs. Norman Dicker! *has
returned from a visit with
her sister in Harriston.
The Kippen East WI will
meet February 15 at the
Legion Hall in Hensail at 2
p.m. There will be a speaker
on unit pricing of groceries.
Mrs. Campbell Eyre will
give the motto, Mrs. Ross
Broadfoot the current events
and Mrs. Stewart Pepper a
contest. Mrs. Charles Eyre
and Mrs. Robert Kinsman
will provide lunch.
My wife and I would like to
thank everyone who patroniz
ed us while we were in
business in Hensail. A special
thanks to our 3 employees,
salesmen and distributors.
George and Marion
Sweeney
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Mrs. Herbert Jones who
has been receiving treat
ment in South Huron
Hospital, Exeter returned to
her home.
Gerry McClinchey of
Brantford spent the week
end with his parents Mr. &
Mrs. Edgar McClinchey.
Burt Coleman of London
visited over the week-end
with his mother Mrs. Gladys
Coleman and brother Ivan.
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Discuss small business
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Your Child’s Portrait
By JACK RIDDELL
MPP Huron-Middlesex
As you are aware, tne
Liberal Party has on a
number of occasions ex
pressed concern about the
viability of the small
business sector of Ontario’s
economy. We published a
policy paper on the subject,
“New Directions for Small
Business” in April of last
year, and John Eakins, the
Liberal MPP for Victoria-
Haliburton, tabled a Private
Member’s Bill which
proposed a Small Business
Act.
January 4 of this year, the
Canadian Federation of
Independent Business
submitted its Annual Budget
Presentation to the
Government of Ontario,
excerpts from which you will
probably find very in
teresting, although it begins
with a somewhat depressing
forecast for the New Year —-
“1978 promises to be'another
year of disappointments for
Ontario’s businesses,,
workers arid consumers.
Slow real growth, continuing
inflation and higher
unemployment are some of
the unpleasant prospects
facing the province.”
The Presentation main
tains that Ontario’s
economic fortunes, always
determined by international
trade conditions, will be
particularly vulnerable in
the face of ambitious in-
dustrialization programs
undertaken by Third World
nations. Our national
reliance on multi-national
branch plants increases this
vulnerability, because multi
nationals, in order to
maintain production and
employment levels in their
home countries, can be
expected to slash production
and employment in their
Canadian branch plants.
Subsequently, the
Federa tion, while
recognizing that high
unemployment represents a
serious waste of resources
and a cause of much per
sonal hardship and tragedy,
states “The temptation to
cure unemployment through
the time-honoured means of
massive spending and
equally substantial general
tax reductions is strong.
However, the existence of
unemployment must not be
allowed to force us into
policies which would have an
adverse effect on the rate of
inflation and our balance of
payments position.”
The Federation recom
mends a reduction in the
Ontario retail sales tax, as a
means of encouraging great
er consumer spending,
generating employment and
reducing the cost of living. It
specifically recommends a
temporary two percentage
point reduction, from 7
percent to 5 percent.
Also recommended by the
Federation is an
Employment Tax Credit
Program, to provide a
partial rebate to employers
for additional wages in
curred by increasing em-
ployment, and im
plementation of a system of
Free Trade Zones. Such a
system is already in effect in
depressed regions in the
U.S.A.
Firms located in those
areas are not required to pay
import duties on components
that will be'used in export-
oriented products. Other tax
concessions are made to
companies locating in these
areas, and in addition the
firms receive low-interest
capital investment loans and
subsidized serviced land.
Implementation of such a
system would encourage
new industry to locate in
depressed areas.
The Federation strongly
recommends the imple
mentation of Small Business
legislation to protect and
assist in the development of
small and medium sized
enterprises, which are in
dependently owned and
operated and not dominant
in their field.
A U.S. Act similar to that
proposed by John Eakins
(which passed first and
second reading in the
Legislature) has been in
effect in the States for more
than a quarter of a century.
Its results are, the
Federation states, multi
fold, including: significant
expenditure savings for the
American people (numerous
federally-funded studies
have shown that the stronger
position of small businesses
in government services has
helped to reduce the cost of
government), a more
balanced economy which is
less vulnerable to shifts in
economic currents,
exclusion of many foreign-
controlled firms which would
otherwise be participating in
federally-awarded contr
acts.
As proposed, an Ontario
Small Business Act would
simultaneously be a strong
stimulus for Canadian-
owned small and medium-
sixed enterprises and a non
irritant in international
trade, in the opinion of the
Federation, because the U.S.
could hardly object if we
erected a self-protective
measure which duplicates
one of their own.
The Federation urges the
Government to reintroduce
the Small Business Act at the
earliest possible op
portunity, asserting that to
delay is to leave Ontario
uncomfortably vulnerable to
the whims of international
fortunes.
Speaking of long-term
problems, the Federation
observes that Ontario — like
the rest of Canada — is
caught up in a series of
fundamental changes in
economic conditions, citing
the change from an era "of
abundant, low-cost energy
and its effects on our way of
life, and the complications
caused by Quebec’s “push
for independence”.
In the words of the
Federation, “the future will
be completely unlike the
past. Therefore, it would
seem only logical that the
only feasible solutions to our
modern problems must be
equally modern and
divorced from the old style
approaches of the past.”
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A euchre party was held in
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as hosts. The winners were:
Ladies high, Dorothy Hern;
men’s high, Gerald Wallis;
lone hands, Earl French;
low score, Gerald Hern;
Queen of hearts, Barbara
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Mr. & Mrs. Ernest
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Thursday.
Mr. & Mrs. Wellace
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Saskatchewan were
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Sympathy is extended to
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What a shame.
He thought it was some sort of a
game to claim a little more Unemploy
ment Insurance than the law allowed.
Now he’s in trouble. He didn’t
report earnings and work while
getting UI.
“I mean, it was only a few
bucks. You’ve got millions.”
We don’t have any money.
It all belongs to the people of
Canada. And when you deliberately
claim more than you’re allowed by law,
you’re stealing from your neighbours,
friends, fellow employees, employers
and the Government of Canada.
It’s our job to pay UI benefits
fairly, efficiently and according to law.
It’s also our job to make sure the pro
gram is not abused by those who have
little concern for their fellow citizens
or the law of the land.
Getting Ul when you’re not
available for work is abuse, pure and
simple.
“Lots of people rip off UI.
Why are you picking on mcj and
how’d you find out?”
Not so fast.
The vast majority of our claimants
are completely honest. They use UI as
it was intended—as a financial bridge
between jobs.
And no one’s picking on you.
Anyone we find abusing Unemploy
ment Insurance will be dealt with
under the law.
If you’re caught, money improper
ly claimed must be paid back in full. It
could mean you pay an administrative
penalty. Or you could face prosecution
under the Unemployment Insurance
Act, or the Criminal Code of Canada.
Conviction means a criminal record.
UI employs almost 500 full-time
trained claims investigators and, like
any modern organization, we use new
data-handling techniques to their best
advantage. We match up Records of
Employment with claim records
to find the cheaters who don’t report
earnings while they’re on UI.
We don’t like to prosecute. We’d
rather avoid that painful process by
telling people that if they cheat,
they’ll probably be caught.
“I never really believed
it was criminal ”
Some people’s attitudes toward
Unemployment Insurance have been
hard to explain.
People who would never consider
shoplifting or outright robbery have
been willing to hide earnings from us
to get more UI benefits than the law
allows. Almost as if it were socially
acceptable or even fun.
Everyone knows this goes on.
No one knows better than we do.
Suppose you lose your job, If
you’ve been paying into Unemploy
ment Insurance and you qualify, you
have a right to benefits. And we
will respect that rigb as long as you
remember your obV ations, too.
Your obligation is to play it
straight with us. And as long as you
do that, we’re proud to help you.
The Unemployment Insurance Commission and the
Department of Manpower and Immigration have become
the Canada Employment and lmnngration Commission.
Ivr a time, you 'll still see our local offices identified as
I 'nemployment Insurance offices or Canada Manpower
Centres. 'When they're together m one location, they'll be
called Canada Employment Centres.
Canadays Unemployment
Insurance Program
Working with people
who want to work.
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I “ immigration Canada Immigration Canada
bud Cullen, Minister Bud Cullen, Ministry