Lessons to be learned from Canada‘s debt woes «x Do you have what it takes to start your own business? You‘ll learn more through a threeâ€"week workshop series â€" The Entrepreneurial Woman â€" which starts Wed., Oct. 19th. he problem with money T is that there just doesn‘t seem to be enough to go around. We either need more money or we need a reality check. The reality check is that we all must live within our means. Special workshops for women entrepreneurs Gillian Smart, president of Beam Canada Inc., ranked #32 and the first woman among the top 100 entrepreneurs in Ontario is the opening speaker. The Nuts and Bolts of Starting Your Own Business is the topic under discussion on Oct. 26th with presenâ€" tations from Denise Lepard, manager of Franchise Banking Services, Torontoâ€"Dominion Bank and the Small Business Selfâ€" Help Resource Centre. Finally, on Nov. 2nd, four women will be sharing their success stories. Sponsored by the Women‘s Information and Support Centre of Halton and the Small Business Selfâ€"Help Resource Centre, the workshops are being offered at the Glenorchy/Dakota Rooms, Halton Region Bulldmg, 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville, from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost for the series is $15 which includes a resource kit. To register, phone §47â€"5520. FREE 649 TICKETS awarded to all seminar attendents! FINANCIAL FORUM SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS WIN $1,000,000 10:15 INTERNATIONAL INVESTING IN JAPAN Andrew Grant Mackenzie Financial 10:30 ASSET ALLOCATION FOR SAFETY AND GROWTH 11:15 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN CANADA 11:30 WILL AND ESTATE PLANNING For more Information, Call 338â€"8600 12:30 UPDATE ON EQUITY MARKETS Peter Tsafatinos BPI Capital Daniel Tutton Penny McLaren Dymanic Group of Funds Room_ Ennisclaire Byren Innes Financial Concept Group Room. Royal Windsor Graham Lyons Fidelity Investments INTERNATIONAL AND EMERGING MARKET PLACES David A. Corbin Templeton Management Ennisclaire INVESTMENT WORLD TOUR David Lyndsey Global Strategy John B. MacDonald _ Leadley Bunning Culp INDOâ€"PACIFIC MARKETS David Redwood Trimark Mutual Funds MA XIMIZING TOUR CAPITAL GAINS EXEMPTION WILL AND ESTATE PLANNING Lawyer TBA Brett Berman OIL AND GAS TAX SHELTERS 20/20 Group NCE Resources Group Since money does not grow on trees, the only solution is to be more realistic about our finances. This applies to us indiâ€" vidually, as well as, to the politiâ€" cians. Our government has come under some criticism lately for Room_ Ennisclaire failing to adequately attack the deficit. Human Resources Minister Lloyd Axworthy preâ€" sented his ideas on restructuring the social system and instead of cutting costs, he just suggested further areas to be discussed. Everybody in the country knows that Canada is going broke and many wanted specific solutions to our serious financial problems. At a certain point, a federal government that loses $40â€"billion a year has to make some tough decisions. The Government wants to fund your business! Hundreds of grants and low interest loans are available for hiring, training, exporting, marketing, etc. Our firm of Chartered Accountants has developed a programme to assist you in determining what funding is available for your business. Our costâ€"effective approach also assists in the completion of application forms and onâ€"going reporting documents. For your free copy of our government assistance brochure please call our office at (416) 449â€"2249. BENNETT GOLD The total combined provincial and federal debt is forecasted to be $780â€"billion by the end of this fiscal year. We either start to make some intelligent decisions ulnbd Oe BusinEss PLANNING FoOR YouUur SMALL BUsINESS now or our creditors will start to call the shots. I understand that it is difficul to make unpopular political" decisions that will hurt many of. the people that voted for you,‘! but the cost of continued proâ€" crastination will be far greater.; Leadership in this area has been provided by Ralph Kline â€" thei premier of Alberta. 4 (See ‘Reâ€"think‘ page 27)