Whitby Free Press, 14 Mar 1990, p. 33

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

WHF1MB FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, 4MACH 14, 1M9, PAGE 33 " AIOI~AI ' CONTRACTORS Tenders are invited to provide Janitorial Services for 2 years at the Probation & Aftercare Ofc,71 Station Street, Unit 5, AJAX, Ont. Sealed Tenders wiII be received until 2:00 p.m. Local time on - TUESDAY, APRIL 59 1990 Tender Documents may be obtained from the Ontario * Ministry of Government Services, Orilia District Office, 24 James St. E., P. 0. Box 790, ,Orillia, Ontario. L3 6K7 Note: For further information regarding the Tenders, please caIl the Tenders Office at the ,above address, telephone (705) 325-7403. The Iowest or any Tender not >necessarily accepted. Window doctorý fae chres. ý An Oshawa window installer faces 8 ru and theft charqes in, connection, with a scam which biilked- 41','Durhazn homeowners out of$20,000. Durhiam -Regional Police laid thechrge lstweek following an nves3tgation -by the fraud squad which began last year. Police sàI4,,,' homeowners in WhitbyOshaw n ecastle m~ents to aW.. company known as 'heWindow Doctor. The 1comiplainants had signed conïtracts -with the company *hich, called for replacement Widowg and' other work, but riothing was .done. SÃ"mfe of the ictims had signed tpi -oilc as far back as February, 199 but neyer saw the contrac- SFrancis David Lallemand, 45, «1011 Basswood S. Oshawa, fas been charged wt 34 counts fraud uLnder $1,OO, 34-ounts cftheft under $1,000, seven c ounts of fraud over *1,000 and deven counts of theft over $1,000. ~He will appear in Oshawa pro- vincial court on March 27. Be Part of the "WIIJNER'S CIRCLE"! The War Ampûttons of Canada tnsurance FR OM PAGE 1 actually benetit the' insu indus C by severely restr the riglits cf accident victiî sue. Councillor Joe ýBugelli wj that with this issue and ~ moth'sresolution suppc Canada7s two officiai langu council was heading in ai tion it may regret. "I suggest ta you there one piece of federal or provi legisNation that dosen't à municipalities. «Whether it's the GST, ramn or changing ta stain tume because it somehow ai chickens laying eggs, if we no expertise ta make a defin decision we shouldn't make i. Bugelli said hie supportei committee recommenda because of bis concerns abou bill. "But 1 can see somew down the road someone will us ta take a position on i tion.» Councillor Lynda Buffett, introduced the original motic committee level, said pe without experience in the surance field could not api ciate the full impact of the bil] «We know the dollar cosi roads and sewers and the do cost cf the commercial conc4 ration tax 50 it's easy ta opç theni. «But if you have no exper in the insurance business would not be aware of thet costs cf this.» Buffett said, lier eiyerience a p rivate insurance brkrc su tant tells lher municipalil will be bit liard by the bill. "What rve been sayinçr along is the cost ta the munici làty.Tats wby I. support- coi' - élloýr Drumm's mâotioni. Councillor Marcel Brune said, «Lt is up ta the public decide if it isgood or bad, it's i up ta us ta pre-judge the bll.» Brunelle added that lie p, sonally favors no-fault insuran, "I'musually the first ta juz up and saLy we shouldn't debi provincial and federal issue said councillor Ross Batten. "But on this issue it will c( us mnoney, that's why we shoi comment. Mayor Bob Attersley remind council' that Whitby belong s AMO and council should follc its direction. "They represent our best inti ests, they've sent a letter ta tl Province,» said Attersley. Earlier in the debate, Tov clerk Don McKay read a lett from AMO president Grant Ho croft te Fmnancial* Institutioi Minister Murray Elstan. ý- Although the organizarion hi not taken an officiai1position pi or con, it basraised municip uRE KEY IS WE,' referring to com- Laing was among those who made munity, staff, students and parents,. remarks and participated in presen- was the theme of the March 6 offi- tations. Above, she is with Irving cial opening of Glen Dhu public Boignon, of Boignon & Armstrong sehool in the Fallingbrook subdivri- Associates, architeets for the pro-' sion, and Durham Board of Educa- ject. tion director of education Pauline Modest jOob market expected yoiu The Oshawa area shouti rue experience a modest job marke in the. second quarter of 199( eas, according ta the lates .on- employment outloolc sur-vey b, ties Manpower Temporary Service, the worldIs largest teomporar all help company. pa- "For the April, May, Juni un- pariod,. 16 per cent of the arei employers interviewed plan tx île add staff while 10 par cent expect ta t cut back," reporte JoAÇnn lot Prout, area man ager a Manpower's Oshawa office. 'er- "Another 71 par cent plIan to ce. remain at current employment [P levels and 3 par cent are unsurâ ate I,» of hiring plans." One year ago at this tinie, the >,st outlook was more upbeat with 37 Ild par cent of the area employers polled planning ta increase staff led and. 7 per cent predicting ta reductions. Locally, job cw opportunities are expected in the construction 'industry and the Br- service and public administration hge sectors. iàmited hiring activity is forecast in the transportation/ rn public utilities sector. ;er Across Canada, cautious IP optirnismn prevails, as 28 par cent ris of -the nearly- 1,500 emaployers surveyed indicate they will bure ro more personinel wbile il'pa'r cent ýa anticipate staff reductions. Construction companies are, as iusual, the' second * uarter in employment* leaders in 'Miring. 1.The 46 par cent who responded [3that they will add employees, is t close, to the level *of siiar ..quarters in the past five years. Hlowever, 12 par cent expect ta -e trim . their staff and that' is a, seasonallythe ,highest projection 19in more th la. decade. le, This highly seasonal industry -is unusually lethiârgic in the ,d coming quarter. While mining Scompanies show a mercurial pattern of employment ups and *downà, the present 26 par cent expecting employment increases is only half of the comparable quarters of the past two years. Durable goods nianufactur" - Not sÉince the slump of he mid-eightees lias the durable goods manufacturing picture been as bleak. Mhs, however, follows four years of steady quarter-to-quarter increases that brought manufactUring Id emiployment ta very high leve btIntis sector, the second quart 0 snorafly the'strongest of t Non-durable qoods Y maufacturing The second quarter of 194 ke should bring an outlio ,a somnewhat below those of earli O Years. Though the present level t only marginally below ti national average as 26 per cel L indicate plans for employmei expansion and il per cent inter >to decrease staff levels. Anothi 59 per cent will remain at preseî, levels. B Tranportation and 7 public utilities 3 The job boom' of 1988-89 ha ended and transportation an, » public utility companies ar sekng realistic staffing levels foi the comin three months, with 2. per cent of planning furthe, hiring and il par cent plannini staff decreases. The forecast foi the first'six months conformî more closelY ta expectations in the years prior ta 1988. Wholesale andretail trade Norrna]IY a strong second quarter performner, the wholesale and retail trade sector expects hiring activity below the national average during April, May. anc. June, a condition thaýt occurre only once in the 13 year history o the survey. 'This quarter, 26 pa cent will be seeking ekmployeec while . 12 par cent will be decreasing the size of their workforce. Services The dedline in activity among service firma from the brisk pace of the past two years is not nearly as steep.. as-- in most other industries'. The, current . icture improves upon simnilar quarters of .the-years prior. ta 1986 as 31 per cent anticipate higher employment levels and 8 par cent are planning staff reductions.. This is presently one of the most- optimistic industry sectors. Finaneinsuranoe and real estate After ý a five-year record of consistent staff growth, -finance, insurance and real estate employers will be returning to hiring patterns of the pre-1985 .years as only 14 par cent plan for inci-eases and 7 per 'dent: Dis. anticipate staff declineb,. ter Educatioei. private and public hfe Ihiring plans of private and public education employers are more optimistic than usual at this time of year. In the past 13 goyears, only last year offered a .0 bghter second quarter outlook. ck In the coming three nionths, 24 ter per cent, are actively'recruiting 18 more staff and 10 per cent seek to he reduce employment levels. rnt nit Public administration id Excellent, opportunities. for er public administration jobs should itcontinue -to exist as hiring plans among -goverument employers continue unabated from the high levels of recent years. A total of 41 per cent said they are still LSadding workers and only 7 per id cent plan staff cutbacks. Together *e with the seasonally active )r construction industry, this 5 outlook leads the nation. r 9 The quarterly employment Ir outlook survey is conducted as -a s public service by Manpower iTemporary Services, the world's largest temporary help, company with 65 offices in Canada and 1,500 offices worldwide- in. 2 countries. T.Lerry Kelly g!lest speake for LTnted Way Terry Kelly will be tihe keynote speaker for the Oshawa-Whitby- Newcastle, Unied-Way'annual meetingand dinner on Tuesday, March 20,, 6:30 p.m., at the General Sikorski Polish Veterans Hall, Stevenson Rd. N., Oshawa. The-.prominent Oâhaw%-a lawyer wasý thie-United. Way - campaiîgn chairmani for 1967-1968-1969 as well' as- Oshawa- Whitby -, Newcastle United Way president. for 1970-1971. 1990 marks the 5th,ý- anniversary of community service-.' for the Oshawa-Whitby- Newcastle United Way. Dinner will be-servedat 7:30,' p.m. followed by týhe ,annual, business meeting. Dininer tickets.'- at $17 each may be purchased atý, the United Way office, 52 Simcoe>« St. S., Oshawa. Foi more information, contact., Jann,. Sargent, carnpaign,- ssociate, at 436-7377.

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy