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EXPERT PAINTING. DE- CORATING. Sandblast- ing. Special rates for sen- ior citizens. Free estim- ates. Phone 578-5745, ttt', NELSON'S TEXTURE Service - If you are adding that new addition or tired of "use old cracked ceil- ings. "ave them texture sprayed. We also offer a complete drywall ser- SMALL PLUMBING and Electrical work done by experienced mechanic. Low hourly rates. Phone 74543318, ' ttft REITZEL BROS. - Paint- ing and paper hanging, also sandblasting. the men with know how. free estimates. Phone 579- 8331. uh HOME OWNERS - We build recreation rooms and bars, also specialize m vinyl upholstering.' Gua- ranteed workmanship. reasonable rates, free es- timates. Phone 578-8062, ADD A Little color to year life -with quality painting. Guaranteed workmanship. free estimates. senior citizen. reductions. Phone 742-0309. (10. and our /own custom ceil- ing designs, many styles and sizes to choose from. All work done by profes- sional tradesmen. Phone 578-700. 24-Hour service. Mt Prompt. clean. workman- ship guaranteed. Stoves. refrigerators. washer and dryers refinished any color desired. Free estimates. Walls chemically treated and replastered. You will once again have a dry. clean smelling basement. Guaran- teed work. Terrific rates, LEAKING, DAMP MUSTY BASEMENTS? PHONE 579-3820 Specializing in Residential & Commercial PHONE 745-7790 WALLPAPERING & PAINTING PACONI DEAD STOCK REMOVAL LTO. DURACLEAN BOB DEKKER 744-8292 Other Services Inc’ude Wall Washing and Floor Stnppung Prompt DispOsal of Dead or Disabled Cattle and Horses. “RVICES For Free Estimates PHONE 576-1956 Clean your whole house Carpets Chan's Chesterbelds Phone K-IN PAINTING CONTRACTORS Lc No 465-c-74 It!" l m tti'l (tft Hi INSTALLED TO Perfec- tion: gas eituipmeut. hu- midifiers, air cleaners. furnaces. water heaters, gas logs, water soilemrs. all appliances. Rayco. 278 King North, Waterloo. H'hone 884-6550. at l "A was: mums: [msnuso START A Nest egg. build fund for a new home or youngsters education with interesting part-tinte work. Commission. Phone or write your local Amway Distributor: C. & C. Kol- mer, 513-B Brookhaven Crescent. Waterloo: 884- 8023atter6:00p.m. DOMESTIC PERSONNEL provides all household help. including sitters. special rates for senior citizens. Phone 744-9891. cm 22 HELPWANYED' 21 DOMESTIC _ PERSONNM SALES ORGANIZATION requires full or part-time men and women willing to learn and work, no experi- ence needed. Excellent commission. Phone 885- 1279. (10) FIRST OR Second year university student for part-time work in book shop. Send brief resume to Box 223, Waterloo Chronicle. _ (91 23 AGENTSB: . SALES HELP Territories available areas of : NEED EXTRA Income? Good extra income avail- able as Amway Distri- butor. a few hours per day. Commission. For inter- view Phone 744-2624. t10t SIXTEEN YEAR OLD fe- male St. David's High School student desires part-time work after school and Saturdays. Phone 885- 0522.. :9) WILL BABYSIT Pre-school child or baby. my home. Albert - Weber area. Phone 884-7424. t9) 24 EMPLOYMENT WANTED 25 CHILD CARE Mockingbird Dnve Elmira Openings available for dav care. 7:30 a m to 530 p m Starting March 3rd. open (i"3()a,m to530pm Fee subsidizing available 'ELMIRA , DAY CARE CENTRE Erb. Amos. Churchill Westmount Rd. & Dick Union. King & John AVON PHONE I-669-8411 Call Mrs. Orr. Avon Manager TO BUY OR SELL 743-0421 lift) (9! BIRTH CONTROL Infor- mation and referrals. open to all. no charge. K - W Planned Parenthood. 35 Scott Street. Kitchener. 743-641“. at: r 35 EDUCATION f TRADE SCHOOL I PERSONALS PIANO Hissplf Available. Lakeshdre Village. Please Phone 836-13" for further ACCORDION AND Guitar lessons available across from Waterloo Square. Phone 743-2743 anytime. (ily EUROPEAN STANDARD of excellence tutored in piano. pipe organ. elec- tronic organ. 'voice and theory. Please phone 578- 4an for a private inter- view, + PRIVATE FRENCH Tutor- M TUTORING ing, afternoons or eve- mings. Phone 744-3415. - J 37 BUSINESS SERVICES . Now you can tram "gm here an Canada . Tumor, Tan Deductuble' q Placement ass-stance guaranteed' 0 Weekend Ilalnlng also avaulabla For apptscattoo and Interview. wnte Safety Department The Canadvan Inst-lute of Tractor Trade: Ttanmng Ltd 207 Queen‘s Quay W Tovomo 1 17, Omano Or Call 416-864-9381 information HOME TYPING Service for small offices. profes- sional business and stu- dents. Stenciling and copy- ing. Phone 576,8647. 110) 38 TAX SERVICES M.N.R. TAX Service - In- come tax preparation at reasonable rates. Farm retunis a specialty. Call Ralph and Martha Bean. for day or evening appoint- ment. Wellesley 656-2965. ‘onnetlv Trams- Canada Transport taming l - . ( 10t Prepared in the convenience of your home if desired. Reasonable rates. Reduced fees for pensioners. Experi- enced and competent prepar- ations of all forms. Don't miss legitimate deductions again this year! for fast, friendly service Coaches needed The Waterloo Minor Girls Softball Team Is In need of coaches and umpires and will be holding a meeting for Interested persons who can fulfill either at these pose Hons The meeting will be held at 7 30 p m on March LEARN TO DRIVE TRACTOR TRAILERS l at t Centre MUSICAL INSTUCTION TAX PREPARATIONS CALL 885-2429 the Adult Recreation “din (10) :16) ttf) "Our claxs is doind a pro- ject and I have been assign- ed welfare. Pease lend me all the information you have on welfare. if possible enough for two people." “I am writing an essay on poverty in grade eight. Please send. me all the in- formation on poverty. I am late so please hurry." "Our class is studying poor families and I am doing an interest talk on them.. If you know anything about poor families. how much they eat and how they get their money. 'please send ittome." , T _ . "How much is Welfare? I want to know for a class project. Send me your in- formation please. .. These are some of the letters the Canadian Council on Social Development gets from school children across Canada. Can "welfare" be ade- quately covered in a Grade five class project? Or poy- erty in an interest talk? Whether it can or not, the council takes these letters seriously. although it can't help wondering sometimes whether teachers who assign monumental essay and pro- jects topics really know themselves what they are asking their students to get into. Welfare seems to be the big topic Just now for students who write to' the council. which is a national nongovernment organiza- tion.' based in Ottawa. for social spolicy development and research, They ask sim- ple but basic questions. such as "What is the main cause of welfare?", and some questions. such as “How does welfare work and what does it do for peo- ple?" seem deceptively easy to answeR. . Of course they are not easy to answer. but the coun- cil takes the time and ef- fort to answer- these ques- tions from young people because one of its primary functions is to assist in keep- ing Canadians informed about social policy issues. Keeping Canadians informed is complicated by the fact that Canadians. like people in many other countries. formulate their opinions as much on the basis of popular ideas-as on rational judgment. To provide the best possible answers to queries as well as the Wisest policy pronouncements. the council must be aware of these ideas and be prepared to challenge them, Ques- tions from young children. who are not shy about show- ing their prejudices. often freveal what ideas are pop- _ ularly held in Canada Young students often ask how we can get more people working and there- fore "oft welfare" Be- sidessperhaps indicating a negative feeling about public assistance. this question shows the students assume that if everyone on welfare were working there would benopoorpeople Thecoun- cil. with the resources of re- search and public consulta- tion to back it up. aims to correct this misconception In reply to such a letter. it might point out that in 1973. Canadian students askabiiut welfare “who Chronicle. Wain-shy. February 26, 1976 . Pg. 25 is per cent of the poor in Canada were working but didn't earn enough 'to keep their families out of pover- ty. These are people who would be financially better off on welfare but continue to work. which indicates something about the often- assumed attractiveness of welfare per on social security. is- sued in 1973 as a preliminary to a major federal-provin- cial review. strongly sug- gests the need for a regional income supplement scheme to provide "assist- ance. to the working poor. The Council's own Publi- cation income supplements for the working poor ex- amines tttis-issue. and its forthcoming report on the social services will show that services. as well as money. ire in short supply or non-existent for large num- bers of Canadians. It has not been generally appreciated that even fully employed people can be Iand often are, in serious financial straits. Lack of financial assistance and social' services for the work- Ing poor is the most critical gap in our social security system. which has tradition- ally been based on the as- sumption that if you work you can look after yourself. and only if you are unable to work, for some identi- fiable and "legitimate" reason, do you deserve as- sistance. Only recently has this be- gun to change. Several provinces have begun ex-' periments to supplement the incomes of low-income workers and the federal govemment's working pa- When a student asks how we can get more people working and therefore "off welfare". he is. reminded that many people who le- ceive welfare payments. as for example. intralids. could not take jobs even if they were offered to them. Studies have shown that in normal times. close to 90 per cent of those on welfare are permanently disabled. or incapacitated 'try old age. or they are families consisting of a wid- owed or' deserted mother' with dependent children. In- deed. even the 10 per cent of welfare recipients now classified as employable have numerous problems and handicaps which mili- tate against their competing in the labor market and ob- taining permanent jobs with adequate pay. “How does welfare work and what does it do for peo- ple?" is another frequent question, To explain how welfare "works." it is ne- cessary to remind the ques- tioner about the division of responsibility in Canada be- tween levels of govern- ment, that the welfare system involves all three levels of government, so- cial assistance payments are provided under pro- Vineial social assistance programs. some of which are administered by mumci- palilies. and the costs are shared with the federal gov- ernment under the Canada Assistance Plan This part of the question is easy to answer. It is the second part, "What does it do for peo- ple?" that is really difficult. The student could simply be asking what. in terms of money and/or services. a person on welfare receives. in which case he could' be told that the amount of money and services varies with the economic state and inclination of the pro- vincial governments. which decide what welfare pro- grams will be set up, who will or will not be helped and how much help will be given. _ ' Or. could the student be asking. “What does welfare do to people, in terms of human dignity and self- respect?" There is much evidence to suggest that the present social assistance system is imbued with. at best, an unhealthy paternal- istic attitude and, at worst, a punitive one. Present social assistance programs tend to set apart from so- ciety those who require public help and it is in- evitable. that it will appear to recipients that payments are issued with reluctance. Obviously. too. there are flaws in the acts and regulations. and gross in- equities sometimes result. The system seems to reflect a widespread public feeling that recipients are in need by their arm choice rather than through unfortunate circumstances beyond their control. A student 'who asks such a difficult ques- tion will probably be told in reply that only when -peo- ple realize that society must bear responsibility for its unfortunate individuals will it be possible to human- ize the giving of assistance. Even though these letters from_ students are difficult to answer and take a good deal of time. the council welcomes them. The Grade five student who asks now about welfare may have some of his more destruc- tive prejudices 'mipped in the bud." The child who asks "Tell me about pover- ty?" may be encouraged to weigh the evidence and judge the poor less harshly. The council would wel- come more requests for information from teachers. The large amount of dub- lished information the council produces - maga- zines. "reports; and pro- ceedings of conferences - contains material that is often confusing for a child. but might usefully form a background resource for teachers of social studies courses. Situated as it is between government and the people. the council is in a unique position to cull the best ideas of both and make con- structive input into social policy decisions, So. it con- tinues to photocopy para- graphs of its publications. sections of its reports and pages of its staff's speeches, and. with some interpreta- tion, send them to the child m Red Deer. Alberta. or Hamilton, Ontario. in the Interests of better under- standing,