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PAGE 6--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1979
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DEAR
READERS
BY SHIRLEY J.KELLER
This is a week of looking back ,and
looking ahead: One a mixture of
pleasant and unpleasant; the other a
combination of 'exciting and
fr ighten ing.
The year just ending has brought me
a great deal of personal and
professional pleasure, and those are
the things 'I have filed away in a
memory for hauling out and remem-
bering in the years ahead.
As for' • the unpleasant things, my
mind has an automatic shutoff valve
that just doesn't record many unhappy
memories ... and for that, I'm eternally
grateful to My Maker.
Municipally speaking, Goderich has
shown remarkable strength and
growth during 1979. This town has made
progress in a time when many other
areas complained of slowdowns and
shutdowns.
„ Oh, there are a few disconcerting
things happening throughout the
communitty, but generally speaking,
things look good for Goderich going
into the eighties. And I'm absolutely
positive that with some determined
effort on the part of business and in-
dustry here, the upcoming year will be
far less worrisome in Goderich than in
some parts of Canada.
Politically speaking, I'm afraid there
isn't much stability at the federal level
to make any kind of prediction -
generally or specifically. With an
election in the offing, who knows what
will happen in 1980?
Economists are telling Canadians to
buckle the belt tighter. Yesterday I
heard one say Canada is on the brink of
a recession .... although many
economists would tech -you the country
is in the middle of one.
To most Canadians, I suspect, a
recession is when you are out of work,
out of money and out of government
ben.efits. Conversely, if you have a job,
if you got a five or six percent increase
in 1979 and are able to keep up the
payments on your hospitalization, your
dental plan, your drug plan, your
unemployment insurance, your
Canada pension, your homeowners'
protection and your retirement savings
plan, there's no recession.'
I suspect therefore, that no matter
which government fakes office in
February, there won't be a great deal
that can be legislated to immediately
alleviate that kind of shallow thinking
on the part of Canadians. Everyone is
concerned about No. One ... and let the
devil take the hindmost.
Consequently, I predict that the
average citizens will continue in 1980 as
they have in the past - selfishly,
cautiously and stubbornly Canadian.
Just for, your advance information,
The Goderich Signal -Star will be
publishing during January a review of
the decade just ending. It will be a look
at all the changes in Goderich during
the seventies, and it should be a
.collector's itemfor people who love
The Prettiest Town in -Canada.
I predict you are going to, love it ...
and that the news and advertis lig staff
at Signal -Star will be to working hard
to make it one of the best editions to•roll
off the SSP presses fora long, long
time. Watch for that one.
I'm going to make some promises
too. (If Clark Trudeau and Broadbent
can do it, why can't I?)
I promise that during 1980, the
editorial staff at Signal -Star will he
endeavoring every week to bring you
all the news of Goderich and area ... the
things you like to read.
I predict we won't be able to please
everyone all,the time, or even everyone
sgme of the time, but I promise we're
going to give it a good try. The total,
editorial staff here at Signal -Star is the'
most experienced and the most capable
in recent years, so we should be able to
turn out some fine papers in the new ..
year.
I promise we will keep the readers in
miild_,at all times. And believe me,
that's some job. Contrary to common
belief, not all those people in public
office or appointedposts are dedicated
to that cause. Whether you realize it or
not, your newspaper's editorial staff is
about the only champion the Goderich
and area reader has ..,. so keep reading,
The Goderich Signal -Star in 1980 to
keep informed. -
And I promise we'll uphold all the
principles of good newspaper writing in
1980 - honesty and integrity, clarity and
brevity. We'll be as unbiased as we
know how to be and as diversified as
you allow us to be.
Ring out 1979 safely, please .... and go
carefully and cheerfully into 1980.
Technically speaking, Canada isn't in recession yet
BY KEN WOOD
ECONOMICS, YEAR 4
In case you haven't
heard, Canada is not in
recession.
Yet.
Technically speaking, a
recession occurs if the
gross national product of
a Country (the total dollar
yroduction of goods and
services) decreases over
two successive quarters.
In the first quarter of
1979, Canada's GNP rose
by six percent according
Hollingworth...
• from page 3 Dr. Hollingworth said
chief of emergency -out- the list of nominations
patient department and indicates AM&G has
physiotherapy depart- many active committees
and departmental heads
which actively contribute
towards the development
of the medical potential
of the hospital.
"I have been
associated with this
hospital for four years,"
Dr. Hollingworth said,
"and in that time, I have
seen a tremendous in-
crease in the activity of
the various medical.
departments and medical
staff committees."
He said this increased
activity has contributed
to the quality of medical
care in AM&G.
"It is the hope of the
medical staff that
through its collective
continuing endeavours.
that such q uality •will be
maintained.. and ` im-
proved upon," said Dr.
Hollingworth.
ment, Dr. Walker; chief
of medicine, Dr. Robert
Flowers; chief of
pathology, Dr.
G.S.Horner; • chief of
radiology, Dr.
R.B.Treleaven; chief of
psychiatry, Dr. Michael
Conlon.
Abortion committee,
'Dr. Conlon, Dr. Flowers
and Dr. J.M.Watts;
admission and discharge
committee, Dr. Mario
Cauchi and Dr. Walker;
audit committee, Dr.
Leslie Rourke; infection
and tissue committee,
Dr. Lambert; drugs and
therapeutics committee,
Dr. Cauchi; laboratory,
committee, Dr. Leslie
Rourke; library . and
education committee, Dr.
Jim Rourke; medical
records committee, Dr.
Chen, Dr. Cauchi.
Consider officer
• from page 3
include services such as
Victorian Order Nurses
and Home Care, too, said
Dr. Rourke.
"It's a very personal
service," said : Dr.
Hollingworth. - He
described it as someone
with knowledge who
would work with the
family, the patient, the
doctor and the in-
stitutions to provide care
and financing for care.
Elmer Taylor also told
the board that a request
has been made by the
Ministry to show the need
for more nursing home
beds in Huron County. He
said this kind of close co-
ordination would provide
the ,,kind of documented
information that is
required by the Ministry.
"I think one group to
talk to is the Huron
County Health Unit,"
said Bob Dempsey.
Dempsey was advised
that ,.the Huron County
Health Unit is already
helping, but that such a
service could be done
"more aggressively".
"We need a team of
people looking ahead,"
said Dr. Hollingworth.
Dr. Michael Conlon
said he was surprised
that AM&G doesn't have
such a service.
"There are a myriad of
problems associated with
the admission and
discharge process," said
Dr. Conlon.
He thought it would be
a fulltime job for one
person at AM&G.
to Satistics Canada's
seasonally adjusted
figures. Then, over the
second quarter the GNP
suffered a sharp decline
of 2.8 percent. This datum
fired up predictions of an
imminent recession for
the Canadian economy.
Enter third quarter GNP
figures revealing a 5.2
percent increase. That's
right, increase. Ergo, no
recession. In fact, strictly
speaking, now Canada
can't be declared in a
period of recession until
after the first quarter of
1980.
Don't you feel better
now that you know that?
Won't that just warm
your heart as you spend
eighteen of our eighty-six
cent dollars to fill up,02ur
gas tank, or as you turn
away from steak to buy
"cheap" meat like
hamburger at two dollars
a pound. It warmed mine.
It gave me heartburn.
A more realistic view of
the Canadian situation
can be seen in a recent
report of the Economic
Council of Canada.
According to the council,
we, haye persistent in-
flation, energy problems,
a poor "'federal fiscal
position, a seeming
slowdown in potential
economic growth, a weak
and inflationary world
environment, and low
levels of capital— in-
vestment.
(We also have Gerald
Bouey but the Council
didn't mention that). And
what do theeconomists of
the Council suggest we do
about these problems?
Well, after much and
thoughtful economic
analysis they say the
government should aim_
for "steady im-
provement". This expert
economic advice will
certainly be a big help to
Joe Clark and John
Crosbie. I bet they've
been lying awake nights
wondering whether to try
to improve or to worsen
the economy.
Of course, the question
as we move into 1980 -is:
can they (oeanyone else
for that matter) bring
about this steady im-
provement in such a
"high -inflation -low -
growth swamp" as. the
Financial Times called
our economy? Not
without a sharp
medicinal economic
decline in the short term;
but there are some
hopeful signs.
Top U.S. economists
see the Canadian dollar
rising over ninety cents in
1980, citing interest and
inflation • rate dif-
ferentials, exports of
natural gas so far not
discounted in exchange
rate figures, and the
"defusing of Quebec" as
the reasons for their
optimistic forecasts.
Miklos Szabo, senior
economic advisor to
Bache Halsey Stuart Inc.
of New York goes as far
as to say that the
Canadian dollar would
move up to ninety-five
cents if the Quebec
referendum indicates
that people are in favour
of remaining part of.
Canada. He views the
uncertainty concerning
Quebec as the prime
factor in the dollar's
devaluation, and thus
sees the recent rise in the
dollar as an indication
that the Quebec problem
has faded. The analysis of
the sovereignty -
association white paper
by the Financial Times
indicating that
Levesque's plan is totally
non-viable in economic
terms lends credence to
the fact that "Quebec has
been defused" and thus
increases the probability
that Szabo's prediction
fdr the dollar is correct.
However, any • rise in
Canada's dollar will be
offset when Canada stops
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