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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 61 I ý1982, PAGE 15 For many,, 6 and 5 adds Up to al ot By W Roger Worth >For the 1.5, million unem- >ployed Canadians, and a great- many others, Six and Five is something of a bad joke. Six and Five, of course, is the slogan' 1created,,by the-pro motion and advertising people in the nation's capital to exempliÈy Ottawa's efforts to imtsalary increases for federal civil' servants Ito six percent and- five percent during henext two years. Several provinces, have fol- lowed Ottawa's .lead,_ legis- lating similar programs. While the efforts to wind down inflation (now running in the double-digit range). are certainly laudable, they do tend to emphasize, the basic difference between employees working in the, public and private sectors of the economy.< Civil servants with secure jobs get raises,. while many of those in the private sector are thankful to have a job at alI. Individuals operating small and medium-sized enterprises,, for example, would be over- joyed if they achieved a six percent increase in earnings, or were able to pay their eçmployees that much more mo néy. 'lnstead, they feel lucky if they break even, or only lose six percent from the previous year's earnings. Nevertheless, they're lot among the 25,000 or more businesses that will file for bankruptcy,ý receivership, or simply wind up an, enterprise this year. For these people, there is no job, security, no seve rance pay or even unemployment insurance. Then there are the thou- sands of employees Who have been forced to accept satary cuts of six percent, or more,. as their bosses battle for survival. These individuals are happy to have a job. Last, but certainly not least, are the 1.5 million unempl <oyed who woul d give their eye teeth for even the chance to"'land a >job. 1For these 'indivîduals, 'the idea of a salary, let alone a six percent increase, wouüld be a mouth-watering event.' The fact is, the country's civil Servants are.unbelievably- pampered. Few of them are losing their jobs, and some are grossly overlaid. There's little wonder then, that average Canadians ask why the'recession seems to af- fect everyone, except> those employed in the public sector. Perhaps it's time the govern- ment establishments took a l6ng I ook at this seemingly un- fair"- situation.- As it stands, somne of the nation's most pro- ductive workers are on -the sidelines, while civil servants moan about their six percent rmises. CFIB'Feature Service RESTUýRA NT Op3en ail year round. /1oe Your Choice 0f *Smoked Corned Beef or Roasi Beef Souvalky (Shishkebab) Expires Oct.0t18 Now open for breakfast. HWy. 12 North of Urooklln 7 days aweek .7 a.m-lOp. Il -. I I Clornecelebrate Than.kglvl'n'g Day at Mr,:G's on Sunda'y & Monday wlth our < SUPER SPECIAL Open from 3:30 at 922 Slm'coe St. N«,-Oshàwa for Reservations Cail 433-1405 r 3uy One Get One Free 655-3281 ý777 777777 mq 'i