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WHITBY FREE !PRESS, WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 1983e PAGE il St. Mark's women discuss sign language St. Mark's United Cburch U.C.W., Whitby, held its March General Meeting on Tuesday Marcb 1, 1983, at 8 p.m. The' meeting was chalred by the President, Mrs. Carole Murkar. Unit four presented the evenlng's program wltb Mr. and Mrs. Fred Walker as guest speakers. The toplc of the evenlng was "The Mlnlstry 0f The Deaf"l. Mr. Walker told of bis work in Oshawa and of the sign language cour- se he teaches at Durbam College, wbfie Mrs. Watker spoke of ber life as a deaf person front the early age of fine years. The evenlng was a great suess and en- joyed by the many who G eivree.. ÇI2HE HEART FUND Al i n a day's worký... -Jennifer Lane (left) and Wally logan of Whitby chat witb a Wbitby ffrefigbter who took time out of a busy day to Jet the youngsters tour bis fire truck. Government spending rises By W. ROGER WORTH Syndlcated Columnist First, the good news. Interest rates continue to drop, inflation is down and *we've been baving a relatively warm winter in most parts of the country. The bad news? More than 1. 5, million Cana- dians are unemployed, many farmers and fish- ermen are in. deep, deep trouble because prices are low and government borrowlng and spending continue tosour. These are the kinds of serious issues Finance Minister Marc Lalonde is faclng in the Ieadup to the spring budget, and the choices Ottawa makes will play an ftn- portant (if not crucial)' role in our future. Lialonde, of course, bas been making -ail the right moves since taking over from the in- ept Allan MacEachen. He bas been meeting witb business and labour in an effort to get input from the nation's varied Interest groups. Stil, ail the advice in the world won't mean much, particiilarly if decisions are based on bad advice or poor fore- casting. Consider wbat'sbhap- pening. In a November 1981 budget, the federal governinent predicted it would spend $1.5- billion more than it re- ceived during a 12- montb period. By June 1981, the projected defi- cit had increased to $19.6-billion. Then in Oc- tober, the freshly- minted Finance Minis- ter increased the esti- mate to $23.6-billion, and the latest forecast is for a $27.2-billion deficit. Tbat's an increase of $16.7-biiion in a short 15 montbs, which perbaps provides some indica- tion 0f the quality 0f ex- pertise that exista among Ottawa fore- casters Wbat's worse, the federal debt bas now surpassed $113-billion and Lalonde wants to borrow $19-billion right away, for a total of $132- billion. Tbat's $13t200 for every worker in the country, and even at 9 per cent interest, it will cost about $1,200 per worker to service sucb debt. Even tbougb we may be forced to borrow these staggering amounts to maintain government' services, several groups are now pressing for an addition- al $5-billion or so to create sbort-term jobs. Such a mneasure would be disastrous. The Pro- e*U- conist bleni witb such extra borrowing? Interest rates would again rise, or at least they wouldn't fail as rapidly as tbey migbt. As a consequence, the smaller firms Ot hbave the capacity to mrate real .employment wouldn 't expand. And future ,generations would be left to foot the staggering bill. The, 64,000-member Canadian Federation of Independent Business and other organizations bave warned Lalonde against sucb excessive overspending. %But is be listening? The evidence wIi be in the budget. Whitby Fabrics NEW MANAGEMENT Drapes & Sheers - customn made. Aiterations on cIothing & draperies. "Rugby" cloth, jogging.& swlm wsar. 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