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Port Perry Star, 10 Oct 1973, p. 2

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¥ » v >. DS vendaritilid $0 % het 2 > aie oo. pb LI fos SAS rattan i it 4" rd SI oh nA Ri A rt WED PO Ad i 3000 RS 206 - PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Oct. 3rd, 1973 Suggests project to aid the North Something is basically wrong in the federal gov- ernments, approach to our northern frontier and Norman Cafik, Liberal M.P. for this area, intends to do something about it. Mr. Cafik met the press at his Pickering Village home last week to report on his recent tour of the Northwest territories. "I was totally shocked," he reported. According the M.P. there are communities in the north where 92 percent of the native population is on welfare. Mr. Cafik, who is Parliamentary secretary to the minister of welfare, said WATER STREET -- he would not have been quite so upset if they were even happy on welfare. But they are miserable, he claimed. While the natives are un- employed, the government has trouble staffing its offices. Few employees from the south stay for more than two years. The people who accept jobs, tempo- rarily, in the north are not always the right kinds of people, in Mr. Cafik's view. Something, he says, must be done to give the natives some incentive and 'force them back to work." However Mr. Cafik recog- nizes the fact that the north- THANESGIVING DINNER 'is a FAMILY AFFAIR at the PORT TAVERN RESTAURANT PORT PERRY ern natives are used to a certain pace and style of life, and a program which does not consider that life- style will not be successful, he thinks. "You can not have a bunch of white men running around telling the people what to do." So Cafik will suggest that the government takes over some of the existing industry (such things as saw mills) in the north and turn them over to the natives. They could be hired, he suggests, for wages that are at least 50 percent more then welfare. Then the lumber could be given to SPECIAL will be served SUNDAY & MONDAY Thanksgiving Dinner SSNS SNNSSS NSS EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EEE EE EE EE NE EEN RNNES CHILD MENU SPECIAL * * Kk Phone 985-3281 them at little or not cost, they could learn carpentry and other skills, and rebuild their community. Is that socialism? "'I won't admit to that," says Cafik, "'at least not in print." Socreds (continued resolutions which end the activities at the Latcham Centre. The convention moves to the Scout Hall at 6:30 p.m. where the agenda starts with a press conference at 6:30 p.m. Present to answer questions will be the new president, the executive and Mr. Gilbert Rondeau. Mr. Rondeau will also give the keynote address at this - time. Beside being the member for Shefford, Que., Mr. Rondeau is also the immediate past president of the Social Credit Party of Canada. The convention will wind up with a social evening and dance to start about 8:30 p.m. : Bruce Arnold, R. R. 2, Seagrave has announced he will be a candidate for the presidency of the Ontario Social Credit League. Mr. Arnold is the editor of the Port Perry Star. No mail Thanksgiving All Post Offices will be closed and there will be no letter-carrier throughout Ontario Postal District on 8, 1973. Rural delivery and subur- ban services have also been cancelled for the holiday Monday. ; delivery the Central Thanksgiving Day, October 7 _ CanIDB help you? one of our representatives J.1. McKiernan The Municipal Building, 12 Spruce St., Uxbridge Telephone 852-3301 Thursday, October 4, 1973 will be at Many businesses including Agriculture « Manufacturing Tourism ¢ Construction e Professional Services e Transportation ¢« Wholesale and Retail Trades, have obtained loans from IDB to acquire land, SIV Tie [Tate EMF: Fale Nas E=Tod Ta U-T AAR CoM Ta Ted dF: EX -RV oT Sate] ET ICR GCE Cla: Ha CAVA DEI CEE and for other purposes RAZ IVIL e RITE Tate [a Te fe Ta: Ws INI [a EFM e Igo] s Le LY:1 ERIC T NVI ET [ZR Colo] od & TTa WA =I FY-1 s T-Td We Ta] CERES CI ER Tale Relol ale Idle La EM oT=1g s EET o 1 9] 2 can help you lidh [a DEVELOPMENT BANK 22 King Street West, Oshawa, Ontario J DT eee efit didlo iid P2RT { PERRY GUEST BOOKS ANNOUNCEMENTS INVITATIONS CAKE BOXES BRIDE'S BOOK EEE eT TE TE EEA RE Ea ett latte aA arta tat tl tli tii a ttt at ttt tt ht tact tet tet tttaAttttAttAWetercrsstsstsrssrsrssasassstsasasasasssssasassssasassassassssss MATCHES NAPKINS HT ET ===" ee eee Ge ete ee ee ee CCU CTT CCT TTT LJ CPT Ei. SS Ti a Tn SERIE -_

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