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the next year is the wrong medicine to cure the country‘s économic ills, says WateriooCambridge MP Max Saltsman. . ‘‘In practical terms, I think it‘s the worst podhht&(theyealddo.‘f&lmunmd W’tmmmwhkhm last week. . Federal spending this coming year will total $48.8 billion reflecting a 9.8 per cent increase over count the less money given to the local board but the higher the costs of maintaining buildings, purchasing supplies, and providing transportation. Mr. Darling said budget forecasts are predicted on a level of grant support from the Ministry of Educaâ€" tion and the level of grants can‘t be predicted over more than a one or two year period. In the past few years there has been a substantial decline in the level of provincial support. . If the board‘s assumptions regarding projected enâ€" rolment are reasonably accurate, the report states that the numbers ot surplus teachers resulting from declining enrolment can be absorbed by the normal attrition of the board but will in turn mean little opâ€" portunity for the hiring of new graduates from teacher training Colleges. Attrition among other staff classiâ€" fications should also enable the Board to maintain the staff to student ratios of 1977. _ The business council took a positive approach toâ€" declining enrolment and its impact on the system. _ Pablo Machetzki, Assistant business administrator and chairman of the business council said the major aim of the suggestions has been to provide the Board with as much flexibility as possible to help them meet whatever situations changing enrolment patterns may present. While teachers‘ jobs aren‘t likely to be threatened. upward mobility will be virtually impossible. Teachâ€" ers can‘t be promoted to principals or viceâ€"principals unless the facilities exist. Teachers should also be preâ€" pared for retraining in specialized areas. _ ‘"We consider this period to be an opportunity for inventiveness not imitation; for being dynamic rather than being dismayed,"" states their report. **We do not believe the Board should have to guarâ€" antee work or provide job security for members of the teaching and nonâ€"teaching staff. We reject the theory that it is possible for the Board to spend its way out of a state of declining enrolment. We are firmly conâ€" vinced however based on our projections for the fuâ€" ture, that it will be possible for this Board to move through the years ahead without undergoing the disâ€" locations experienced by other school systems in the Province, provided proper positive action is taken The federal government‘ a novt vaor is the uon Enrolment Restraint inappropriate says Max By Jim MacDonald (Continwed from page 1) y s spending approach f ;Mbmu: Funding for three Winâ€" tario projects â€" totalling $9,807 has been approved for Waterloo. * ~ A grant of $4,875 has been approved for the Maple Hills Recreation Inc.. for conâ€" struction of two tennis The Pioneer Sportsmen Club will receive up to $3,432 to upgrade their trap and skeet shooting facilities. The â€" Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Women‘s Bowling Associaâ€" tion will receive $1,500 for travel expenses to attend an international bowling tournâ€" ament in Miami, Fla. Wintario funds last year, a far less boost than in recent past years. In 197475 for instance, federal spending increased 28.3 per cent. While a restraint approach is fine when there is full employment, it is ‘"inappropriate‘‘ in times of high unemployment, said Saltsman, a New Demo ‘‘That kind of trimming hasâ€" to be done when mkmmm.mmw'umm- ‘u.Il $ ‘The spending estimate is ‘"essentially a political one‘‘ reflecting the mood of the country which feels the way out of the economic mess is through less government spending, Saltsman said. The theory, he went on, is that private enterâ€" prise will pick up the slack. But evidence disproves that, he said. + _ Industry won‘t expand since indications show industry is not now producing at its full capacâ€" ity, Saitsman said. The way out is to increase purchasing power and the only way to do that is through governâ€" ment. Saitsman suggests more federal spending, not to be restrained until the economy gets movâ€" ing and private enterprise can take over. A series of capital projects should be built inâ€" cluding the energy field such as the construction of more nuclear power plants to reduce Canada‘s dependency on foreign oil; further development of the Alberta tar sands; solar energy;, and initiaâ€" tion of the northern pipeline to boost the steel industry. _ Other projects could be improved railroad beds in anticipation of increased public transit; upâ€" grading of tourism facilities; and building parks in the Maritimes where the economic revival of the historically poor area should be based on tourism. Besides stimulating the economy and creating jobs, future generations would benefit. "All these things could be done now. They‘re an investment RATZâ€"BECHTEL FUNERAL HOME & CHAPE 621 KING WEST, KITCHENER â€" 745â€"9495 â€"EASTER HAM ROLL 105 UNIVERSITY AVE. 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But sometimes the moods go to the extremes of either being overly optimistic or overly cautious, Saltsman feels. A big role of politicians is to discuss issues to try to change those moods, he said. Saltsman, who expects a federal election at the end of June, feels the public will have a difficult choice "when they find the Liberal party running on a Tory platform." â€" He anticipates a minority government will reâ€" sult from the election. Saltsman hasn‘t discounted the Liberals since they still have an ‘"electoral punch‘"‘ left in them. The Conservatives fortunes are rising while his own New Democrats are holding their own or showing slight improvement, he said. Waterioo Council No. 5135 Public moods go in cycles and are "natural‘reâ€" STUART SCHEODEWITZ WATERLOO Service worthy .._of your confidence â€" a tradition since 1925. JOHN FEDY