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wy 8 -- Scugog Citizen -- Tuesd: Nay 9.7 1995 "pelted Be ah Citizen Publishing) Ld THE SCUGOG CITIZEN an independently owned and operated weekly community newspaper, is distributed, free of charge, to over 13,800 homes and businesses in and around Scugog Township. Subscriptions sold outside Scugog Tc 36 WATER ST., PORT PERRY, ONT. L9L1j2 |']_Phone (905) 985-6397 Fax; (05) 985-1410 8 OCNA Member CCNA ee CCNA Verified Cia Cro Yerliek co-publishers : John B. McClelland, Valerie Ellis editor : Joh: B. McClelland advertising manager : Valerie Ellis senior advertising sales rep : Chris Hudson advertising sales rep : Heather Gibson accounting : Sibylle Warren WwCNA CONTROLLED. reception : Janet Rankin production : Tanya Mappin feature writer : Heather McCrae "Proud Canadians, proud to call Scugog Township home." | EDITORIAL 'wonder that consumers are not spending on the big ticket Something not right with this picture Something doesn't quite add up in this country. On the one hand, large corporations are running up record profits and paying their top executives hefty bonuses for doing so. Business4s booming for some. The movers and shakers on Wall Street seem to be over their jitters about the Quebec situation, and many pundits are crowing loud and clear that the recession is if not over, at least well on the way to being over. But is it? If things are so rosy, how come there were more than 7,100 personal and company bankruptcies in the month of March alone, an ingpease of over 1,000 which took place in February. In the first four months of 1995 (the year the recession is supposed to be over) there were 18, 247 bankruptcies in this country, an increase of almost 2,000 over the same four months last year. If the rate continues at this pace until the end of the year, some 50,000 companies and individuals will go bankrupt in 1995. These numbers don't point very favourably to a oontly coming out of a recession, And there are numerous other ominous signs that suggest this country is anything but on the way to economic recovery. Economic output in the month of February actually declined by a percentage point. The housing market all over southern Ontario, but especially in the Greater Toronto Area has been dead flat for mgnths. ~~ * Vehicle sales are down so far this year. General Motors reports a decline of 16 per cent in April and a drop of nearly 11 per cent since the beginning of the year. The unemployment rate in the country remains at a woeful 10 per cent, and in some regions it is much higher. Large corporations continue to announce they plan to re- structure their workforces. Petro Canada, for example will reduce its workers by 700 this year, despite making healthy profits of $250 million. "Consumer confidence continues to be at an all-time low. With so much uncertainty over possible lay-offs, is it any . items like new.homes, cars and furniture. If they are lucky enough to have a few dollars left at the end of the month, they are tucking them away just in case they get pink- slipped. With interest rates fluctuating opWards and people uncertain about whether theyll have a job next week, it is understandable why they. are reluctant to go into debt for a new home or car. Students graduating from our colleges apd universities count themselves lucky if they can just find a job--any job-- never mind one in their field of study. There's nothing wrong with large corporations hauling in hundreds of millions in profits, but at what cost if those profits are generated by huge cut-backs in the number. of people on the pay-roll. Those large profits put'a smile on the faces of the executives when they get their bonus cheques, and the shareholders when the stock value goes up or the company announces a dividend hike. But are the profits helping the overall economy when money is taken out of the hands of people who are losing their jobs? Job creation and job security, should be the number one mission of the corporate sector these days. There is no way the country will move closer to better economic health unless people start spending. And they won't do 'that if they are out of work, or fearful that the ax will fall at any time. fy afs OEP XUE0G CM2ZeN Hl, I'M WITH THE UN-PARTY.. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY POLITICIANS IN GOVERNMENT. SO IF You ELECT ME.. "I'LL RESIGN! AH... b | LETTERS To Trt EDITOR Issue this man an IAspro! To The Editor: In a recent broadcast pertinent to the VE Day celebrations, a reference was made to the quantity of 'Aspros' (Aspirins) consumed as a "cure all" by alljéd forces and civilians. f wrote the following while serving with an anti-tank regiment in a Theatre of War: Oct. '42. The gun breaks out over yonder hill," Around us the camp is quiet and still, 'But wait! What's this crowd near the guard tent arrayed? It nfust be the morning 'sick parade': The orderly sergeant, neat and tidy; ! (He's orderly sergeant again on Friday) Appears with a look of eXtreme. discontent, In his hands an official document. | "Come on - look slippy - jump to it- quick Don't lounge "around there - fall in the sick". ! The sick fall in; that is to say, They turn their heads ang look his way, "And having observed that "it's nobody much" They carry on talking of women and such. A tent flap parts, a face peers out, (Everyone else is now up and about) . The MO it is, and seeing the crowd Exclaims to the world§n a voice aloud "H"mm; plenty of sick But I'll soon get through that lot If I have my way." At last all is ready, the work cah begin. The first man who's listed can now enter in. Driver Jenkins it is, and he enters the tent, Takes one look around and wished he hadn't went For he's met by an MO, with face very red At'having been called out so early from bed "Now what can I do for you Jenkins" said he "If you please sir, I'm here cause I've hurt my knee" "Hurt your knee, have you? Leta have a look" ~ Ah! Yes! So! "Orderly, issue' this man with an Aspro!" The next has Malaria, of that we. are sure, "Orderly! Two Aspros - No, make that four. And so it goes on, for coughs, cuts and pain Whatever the sickness it's "Aspro" again Until they are all gone and there's nowhere to borrow There's only one answer "Report sick tomorrow". A company in London: so the newspapers Held a board 'meeting the other day And on the agenda the chief of the topics Was "Consumption of Aspros" at home; Middle East; and the Tropics, And that owing to increase in commerce and trade All the outstanding expenses were paid Including the overdue past ten years rent And they still made a profit. of eighty percent But the belief that concerns me, - And no one else cares, Is that medical officers own all the shares. Geoffrey J. Gilham Port Perry Cardboard can be recycled To The Editor: I have noticed lately that a iot of people are still putting corrugated cardboard into the garbage, rather than into the blue box. About a year ago, the recycling people started taking corrugated cardboard in the blue boxes. You must bundle it up into bundles that will fit into their truck, so about the size of the blue box itself, or, about the size of a pizza box. It is always worth while to recycle things when we can, because it stretchgs out the useful life of our natural resources and also saves energy in processing. Also demand for recycled paper products has been increasing lately, and they need all the raw material they can get. So please look on $he back of the schedule for blue box pick-up that you should have received in Jenuary, and make sure you. are recycling all the things you can. Every little thing you do does make a difference. Michelle Bull, Port Perry