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_ BB - Wat-rim Chronickt cTtturadw, April 30. 1970 Mom...we're home!! Today, the electrical manufacturing industry turns out hundreds ot thousands ot different types ot electrical equipment, apparatus and supplies to enable primary producers and manufacturers to use Canada's vast natural and man-made power resources and Canadians to enjoy one of the highest standards ot living in the world. The industry ranks among the top live leading manufac- turing industries in terms of value ot production, payroll and number of employees. More than 130,000 Canadians are employed directly in electric industry plants, another 130,000 in the plants ot its suppliers. Together, the industry and its suppliers sustain jobs for another 280,000 Cana- dians in the service industries. The Canadian electrical manufacturing industry has pro- gressively increased its productivity to the point where its output per employed worker compares favourably with that of electrical manutacturers in the major industrialized countries of the world. A number of the industry's pioneers were Canadian. Surprised citizens saw their first electric light in 1873 when an enterprising manutacturer installed an arc lamp at a Winnipeg hotel. In 1882. hydro-etectric power was used to illuminate an Ottawa sawmill. The tollowing year, Canadian legislators in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa conducted their sessions under an incandescent lighting system built by Thomas Ahearn. The same year, Cornwall citizens watched as Thomas Edison started the generator that lit up Canada's first industrial lighting plant. As the Canadian electrical manufacturing industry en- ters the '70s, it can look backtin‘lth satisfaction on a truly impressive record of progress and achievement over 90 years at service to Canada and Canadians. Canada's rapid advancement as an industrial nation was linked to the development of her natural resources. The harnessing at many high waterfalls and rushing rivers across Canada provided an abundant supply of electric power which com tributed significantly to industrial growth. Today, Canada ranks as one ot the world's leaders in the production and use ot electricity. Sweden Canada Japan Switzerland United Kingdom West Germany Country THE ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. . . Output per employee $16,500 $15,000 $12,300 $10,100 ' 9,100 ' 8,200 Salaries and wages have lumped proportionately. The industry's payroll in 1946 was $82 million. It topped the $600 million mark in 1969. The etticient manufacture at high performance products is reflected in the modest cost of electrical apparatus and supplies today. Statistics furnished by the Dominion Bur- eau ot Statistics Show that on a percentage basis, prices were lower in 1969 than they were in 1956. Electrical ap- paratus and supplies (based on 1956 =100) were 97.1, a sharp contrast to automobiles at 120.9. men's clothing at 129.9, meat products 136.8, and furniture at 1189. The industry's growth and increased productive em- ciency is also retlected in a comparison of the value at shipments and work loroe employed. In 1946. the indutg- try's total output was valued at $230 million, and 44,129 were employed; in 1969 the industry produced goods valued at over $2.5 When with e work torce ot approxi- mately 130.”. To single out just a few electrical products-refrigerate tors were lower at 71.6, ranges at 83.4, automatic washers at 95.2. The value of industry output has doubled in the past 10 years. By 1980, output is expected to reach $6 billion, almost triple the 1968 figure of $2.3 billion. About 30 per cent ot this dollar volume was in sales of major and portable appliances. 26 per cent in generating and transmission equipment used by utilities, 22 per cent communications equipment. the remaining 22 per cent in industrial machinery controls and components. For a highly technical industry competing in world mar- kets, this growth rate is impressive indeed. Technological advances in electrical and electronic products have set the pace for the scientific revolution that has characterized the pattern of modern economic growth. Total expenditures tor research and development totalled $80 million in 1969, or almost 25 per cent of all industry research and development expenditures in Canada. The industry has quadrupled its exports in the past seven years to more than $280 million annually, despite serious noerm barriers in such important foreign mar- kets as the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan. CANADIAN ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION fd 2Ehti2iy It pays, too, to have lots and lots of hot water always at the ready. (You can count on a Cascade electric water heater for that One.) depends on Exuberant . . . noisy. . . hungry. . . demanding . . . children. You’d better believe it. And be prepared. It pays, for instance, to have the full-time help of elec- tricity on your side. A well-stocked, frost-free refrigerator- freezer. A modern electric range with time and temper- saving self-cleaning oven. Small electrical helpers for quick mixing, beating, frying, percolating, opening of cans. And with a dishwasher, there goes another big chore. In fact, electrical help need never end - as long as your home has ample wiring, outlets and switches. If it hasn't, speak to a qualified contractor about Electrical Moderniza- tion. (And the Hydro Finance Plan.) Make it soon. You’ll be so much happier when you hear that shout, "Mom . . . we're home!" As for the laundry . . . you can forget it. An automatic washer and electric clothes dryer will take loads off your hands, anytime. Full-time electrical help up-to-date wiring