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BY R. E. MCKINLEY. MP
Spring in Ottawa comes no
with the melting of the snow
but with the tabling of the
estimates, The Blue Book - a
massive, nearly in
comprehensible volume
which details the govern-
ment's spending plans for the
coming financial year.
Thus it was, that last week
Robert Andras introduced
this year's main estimates by
claiming athat government
restraint, so long promised,
has finally arrived.
For many years now
federal spending has con-
sistently exceeded the growth
of the economy with in-
creases in spending ranging
from 10 to 16 per cent a year.
This year however the
government has finally
realized the key role they
play in controlling inflation
by attempting to keep the
increase to only 7.1 per cent.
The initial favourable
impression, does not last long
when the realities contained
in the fine print of the "Blue
Book" begin to sink in. The
reality of "Restraint" ap-
pears to be not a moderation
which the cabinet has im-
posed upon the bureaucracy,
but cuts which the-
bureaucracy has imposed
upon the millions of
Canadians who receive
assistance of one form or
another from the govern-
ment. For, while the
"Transfer payment" element
(Transfer payments are a
redistribution of income from
one person to another; i.e.,
family allowances, medicare,
etc.) will be reduced in real
terms, the size of the
bureaucracy and the size of
its wage bill will increase in
real terms.
The reduction in real terms
of the size of the transfer
payments was also ac-
complished by the shift of
much of the burden of
"shared -cost programs,
such as health care and post
secondary education, to the
provinces. These reductions,'
in themselves which merely
represent a shift in, which
level of government actually
spends the money, reduced
the anticipated size of the
estimates by nearly $1 billion..:
In fact, if one looks at the
growth in the federal
government since mid-] 975
when the "restraint" cam-
paign began the total in-
crease (including
programmes shifted to the
provinces) is nearly $l0
billion - an overall growth of
one-third. This year the
operating and capital ex-
penditures of the
bureaucracy will exceed the
growth of the economy -
rising by 14.5 per cent.
If the government is, as the
former minister of finance
once proclaimed, "giving a
lead to others in excercise of
restraint" then the manner
with which crown cor-
porations are handled is
nothing short of remarkable.
This year's main estimates
increase the •share of tax-
payer's money allocated to
crown corporations by 35 per
cent over last year. Atomic
energy of Canada limited,
which recent public accounts
committee hearings have
revealed as Virtually in-
competent at managing its t
finances, has doubled its
funding to $400 million from
the $200 million in last'year's c
estimates c
The need for real restraint
in government is not b
something dreamed up by c
opposition politicians for P
political advantage. It has
come as economic reality to a
very nearly every one of the u
Western Industrial Nations. t
Those countries such as West s
Germany and Japan ,which
t have cut back the
bureaucratic - overgrowth so
that productive elements of-
their economies can- remain
"strong have ridden above the
world economic crisis and are
now entering upon a period of
full employment and
prosperity.
Those which have not, such
as Great Britain and Canada,
must face continued un-
certainty and high unem-
ployment, cosmetic cam-
paigns which are based more
on the politics of illusion than
the reality of economics only
create complacency, not jobs.
In the short time available
to me today, I would also like
to draw to your attention a
number of other bills that are
before the house and might be
of some interest to you.
The first of these is Bili c-
25, Human Rights
Legislation. This bill would
establish a federal anti-
discrimination code and give
individuals an opportunity to
examine government files on
themselves.
Under this bill, the
government would establish a
human rights commission of
five to nine members, em-
powered to investigate
complaints of discrimination.
One member of the body
would become the govern-
ment's privacy com-
missioner, responsible for
investigation complaints
from citizens who feel the
government is unjustly
withholding personal in-
formation from them.
Hate messages, recorded
and transmitted over
federally -regulated phone
systems, such as Bell
Canada, would be outlawed.
Most of the provisions of the
legislation had already been
made public, since similar
bill was introduced last year,
but it died on the order paper
last session before enact-
ment.
The Human Rights Com-
mision would have the power
to enforce a code banning
discrimination on grounds -of
race, colour, ngtional or
ethnic origin, and religion,
age, sex, marital status or
physical handicap.
The antidiscrimination
measures would cover the
activities of all federal
departments and agencies
and any business or industry
under federal jurisdiction
such as chartered banks,
airlines and railways.
The second bill c-27, is the
bill to establish a new
department of employment
and immigratioir4id a new
Canada emploent and
immigration commission,
and toamend the Unem-
ployment Insurance Act.
The major amendments
contained in the bill are:
(1$ The integration of the
Unemployment Insurance
Commission and the
Department of Manpower
and Immigration to form the
new Canada Employment
and . Immigration Com-
missibir, with a small sup-
porting department.
(2) an increase in the
number of weeks required to
qualify for UI benefits, from 8
weeks to 12.
(3) An overhaul and sim-
plification of the method used
o determine a claimant's
entitlement to benefit, the
number of phases in the
alculation of benefits will be
ut from five to three.
(4) regional extended
enefits will relate more
losely to regional unem-
loyment rites;
(5) Amendments to
uthorize more productive
ses of UI funds *such as
raining courses and work
haring programs.
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