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Crossroads—Dec. 24, 1984 -Page 7
Mainstrearn Canada
A fresh start
for employers
By Tony Carlson
It has long been recognized
that moving a mountain is
not an easy task.
Even cutting one down to
size is no picnic. Just ask our
railroad pioneers.
But in essence, that's the
job facing Employment
Minister Flora MacDonald
who has the vital challenge
of lopping off a good-sized
chunk of our unemployment
mountain.
Behind the statistics of an
11.3 per cent out -of -work rate
are thousands of stories of
people hurt by the economic
doldrums — hurt financially
to be sure, but also suffering
from the psychological
stress of unemployment.
That's why it is encour-
aging that the minister and
her department have
responded swiftly with one
initiative which promises at
least to open a crack in the
jobless rockface.
In response to a study by
the Canadian Federation of
Independent Business which
showed close to 170,000 jobs
open in small business,
MacDonald pledged a new
direction for employment
centres, beginning in the new
year.
The study found that many
small business operators
cannot find suitable workers
to fill jobs. Employers cited
generous unemployment
benefits, a shortage of
skilled persons, poor general
education and the difficulty
of attracting workers to out-
lying areas as reasons for
the vacancies.
Calling the CFIB research
impressive, MacDonald in-
troduced a four -point plan
aimed at making employ-
ment centres more sensitive
to entrepreneurs. Each
office will have a small
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STORE HOURS:
Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sun. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Christmas Eve til 6 p.m.
CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY
& BOXING DAY
New Year's Eve till 6 p.m.
CLOSED NEW YEAR'S DAY
Prices effective beginning Mon„ Dec. 24
We reserve the right to limit quantities
business expert to devise
better systems for handling
job orders, screening
workers and getting fast
answers for businesses with
jobs to fill.
The goal is to ensure that
employers receive prompt
action — in other words, the
names of workers who meet
the basic job requirements.
The minister said the
move is a result of the fact
that most new jobs i , the
future will come from s
firms which do not have iii
resources to search for
workers. And, she said, the
changes are only the first
step in a two-year reorien-
tation of the department
toward the independent
business sector.
"I asked that these partic-
ular changes be accelerated
because of the priority this
government attaches to
small business".
CFIB President John
Bulloch welcomed the an-
nouncement.
"In the past, small
business has found employ-
ment centres did not give the
type of service required," he
said.
"Now we would urge all in-
dependent business people to
give them a second chance.
This is a fresh start."
No one is under any
illusion that this program
will blow the lid off unem-
ployment a la Mount St.
Helens.
But every person who can
be linked with an existing job
means notonly less strain on
the bulging social services
network, but also, one more
individual able to reclaimhis
productive role.
As Bulloch says, the move
offers a fresh start on a
monumental task.
Moving 'day is a chore for
anybody. Getting all your
stuff' packed and moved to
another country is still
worse. But moving your
family plus a thousand or
more valuable birds is a
challenge that would shake
the serenity of a saint.
Especially when you're
moving them from West
Germany to Ontario!
Yet Friedhelm and Brigit
Hoesterey are a knowledg-
able young German couple
who are doing it. They set up
a bird farm at Severn Bridge
north of Orillia and managed
to bring over about 150 birds.
But moving all of them to
their new homes is going to
take at least five years!
It's because of the strict
regulations involved in
bringing birds from another
country. They're allowed to
transport just 3 or 4 small
shipments a year. When they
do arrive, the birds are quar-
antined for up to 45 days in a
special barn . about a mile
away from the farm.
Most of the birds are en-
dangered species, and all
were born in captivity. The
couple breed and sell birds,
and the farm is an
educational centre ' for
school -children, tourists and
naturalists.
Friedhelm has been inter-
ested in birds since he was a
boy. Hangaround with him
for a few hours and you'll
learn a lot about birds. As we
walked near the cages he
told me about the habits of
his East European Hawks
and falcons, Lenner falcons
from Africa, Harris Hawks
from Texas and European
eagle owls, which are the
world's largest. The exotic
birds are housed in a
separate area.
Apparently, there's a big
market for birds these days,
with city apartment dwellers
the big buyers. Friedhelm
and Birgit say they have the
only farm . in the province
devoted exclusively to birds.
But as they say, the best is
yet to come. Most of their
birds are still in West Ger-
many being cared' for by
friends who are also in the
business.
So their extended moving
day is going to be a long haul
— with a cargo that flaps and
flutters.
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