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Nearly 2,000 employable persons in Waterioo region will have exhausted their Unemployment Insurance benefits in the next two months. Many families in our area will face Christmas on welfare â€" Welfare Minister Bégin has already told the House of Commons that the Federal Government refuses to provide emergency funding to municipalities which must cope with skyâ€"rocketing welfare costs. She told Parliament that hardâ€"pressed municipalâ€" ities should turn to their provincial governments for more funds. She did not say where hardâ€"pressed provincial govâ€" ernments should turn...! Under existing arrangements, the Fedâ€" eral Government pays oneâ€"half of provinâ€" cial welfare costs. Whenever provinces direct more money to welfare assistance, area will face Christ: most for the first time the Federal Government matches that amount. The Official Opposition is not advocating that the Federal Government pay more than 50 per cent of welfare costs in normal times. What we are urging the Federal Government to do is to adopt the Force on Federalâ€"Provincial Fiscal Arâ€" \That they grow old matters not Though grey skies shadow those beneath Who bow their heads and fashion flower In gratitude at eleventh hour. Of the eleyenth day, month the same Each year more tired, a bit more lame, But to the one they march on row Just like the place where poppies grow. We join them, those courageous men Though knowing not how war has been We stand on this day side by side Each with our prayer for those who died They pray that we shall never know The pain, the anguish and sorrow And memories of friends gone down Masked behind each furrowed frown As one by one they lay their wreath And for a moment pause beneath The cenotaph that bears the name Of those lost in life‘s dreadful game * » y us t K& * > . 3t :‘;~ :'&v"" Â¥., s 3‘: #7r4 bre e t oz <g * m 4n padlg <+o s s o en »o ae §hrr s /+ F is & s es +3 . e 24 5ie 20e\ 3t * * vat s . 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This is not a new phenomenon. In the early 1970‘s, when unemployment was high, individuals were exhausting their benefits at a rate of roughly 25,000 per month. Towards the end of the decade, the volume was in the Between September 1981, and June 1982, 42% more new claims were established than in‘the same period one year earlier. Today â€" based on the current rate at which Canadians are exhausting U.1. benefits (and a projected unemployment rate of 11 â€" 11.5%), the Department of Employment rangements. The Task Force recommendâ€" ed that when the country is experiencing ‘‘catastrophic problems," Ottawa should provide more than 50% of welfare costs to those municipalities and provinces in ‘dire straits.‘ month. A”HWGH Then cannon fire the sky A child recoils, wondering why? He too will come to know this day Though principles grow old and grey The legacy shan‘t e‘er be lost As heads are bowed by young and old Of unparalieled courage, and at what A common bond by history told cost. f ie , +s ut “"“"“v'"‘""' *h t L9 s e __ .____ WaterLoo onronious â€"We shall ever rememberâ€"â€" Going the extra mile Of Remembrance Day... don‘t have the money to pay for these people. That is clearly a federal responsiâ€" bility ."‘ â€" Former Welfare Minister, Hon. David Crombie~M.P. (P.C. Rosedale), called on Madam Bé to change the Canada Assisâ€" tance Plan (CAP) so that the municipalâ€" ities will not be bied dry. She has not, In his response to these findings, preâ€" sented by Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, David Dodge, Assistant Deputy Minister in the Employment Department, concluded that **...the probiem is that the municipalities ‘"The monthly numbers of U.I. exhausâ€" tees, which began to rise in recent months, is expected to increase steadily in the foreseeable future. The volume is expectâ€" ed to rise to a monthly average of 50,000 â€" 55,000 in 1982 and attain an average monthly level in the order of 70,000 â€" 90,000 towards the end of the first half of 1983." **...the number of exhaustees nationally, who will turn to welfare, will reach a monthly average of 5,500 by the end of 1982 and 7,000 â€" 9,000 toward the end of the first half of 1983." The Government‘s study concludes CMHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1982 â€" PAGE 7 Many, many veterans gathered at the Cenotaph for the annual service. The Government in Ottawa says it has no more room to manoceuvre â€" It insists it will not be able to help. With that admission, our work becomes clear. Waâ€" terloo region has a long history of helping its citizens through hard times. Our caring services are to be tested by new requireâ€" ments over the next while. Happily, support for the Kâ€"W Federated Appeal is continuing at a healthy level, according to Campaign Chairman A)} Collins. Our churches, volunteer agencies and charitaâ€" bie groups are being called upon to ‘go the welfare of our area. Phil Johnson of our Waterloo Region Welfare office tells me that the number of persons in our area now on welfare is already higher than during the depression. The current figure is up 40% in one year and these stark statistics represent, for the most part, the plight of whole famiâ€" anything over the 50% share provided by the CAP agreement is "...the municipal however. budged from position that