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Waterloo Honda‘s Civic Holiday CIVIC Of course, with all this shopping money heading south, Ontario retailers are complaining. After all, they‘re experiencâ€" ing reduced sales and business failures. In addition, with fewer dollars being spent in Canada, there are also fewer sales tax dollars around. With fewer tax dollars, how can our lifestyle, which is based on social benefits and taxation, continue? Government plan won‘t stop cross borderâ€"shopping Let‘s put some facts on the table about cross border shopping. Ontarians are shopping in the States, and leaving $2 billion dollars a year there. It is clearly a tax protest by Canadians to avoid our high taxes. It is also a statement by Canadian shoppers that they are seeking lower prices. In a Toronto meeting recently, three sets of politicians got together â€" federal, provincial and municipal. The topic was cross border shopping. They proposed something they thought would help the situation. And so a group of politicians got together to propose a solution to help retailers in the fight against cross border shopping. So what do these politicans propose? More taxes. Yes, you read that right. When you think about it â€" that‘s all governments know how to do. When you get three levels of governments together â€" taxes have got to be their idea of a solution. _ And this set of taxes is more complicated than most. In the next year, the federal government will give Ontario a list of this province‘s shoppers and the amounts they have spent on taxable goods. This information will be obtained from declarations made by Ontarians returning to Canada. Ontario will then, individually, bill the shopper for provincial sales tax on the purchases. There have been so many complaints about cross border shopping that the politicians have finally decided to do something about it. If you think there were problems before â€" well, think again they‘ve just begun. Now with all this record keeping, billing, and collecting going on, two sets of governments are going to be running up some hefty administration costs. No doubt, there will be more taxes to pay for that. This is treating the symptom, not the disease. Why are people shopping in the U.S.? It‘s cheaper. When Canadian manufacturers and retailers become more competitive, the problem of cross border shopping will end. When the endless debates, and ridiculous laws about Sunday shopping are finally put away, and people can shop when they want, cross border shopping will end. â€" S It‘s the free enterprise system that works, and the private sector usually leads the way. _ | lE Start watching the large retail chains, the ones matching U.S. pricing. Some retailers are doing innovative marketing and using some refreshing Americanâ€"style pricing. It could mark the return of the Canadian shopper. _ all The only éo;'éffimént intervention we need is fewer tariffs, the elimination of Sunday shopping laws, and fewer taxes. We do not need more taxes. CLOSED SAT. AUG. 3 & MON. AUG. 5 Pattie Moran is a Corporate Banker, living in Waterloo. There just aren‘t as many available positions and there‘s a lot more people in competition for what‘s out there. But now, there‘s a book available to help give job seekers that extra edge; a "howâ€"to"" manual full of invaluable advice on preparing what some consider the most important firstâ€"step in the job search â€"â€" the resume. "I can‘t stress enough how important the resume is," says Pat Cooper, author of the book "It‘s generally the first contact a potential employer has with you, and depending on your resume, it could be the last." Cooper, a Waterloo employment search consultant who has advised people on writing resumes for almost eight year§, says she wrote How to Write Effective Resumes: A stepâ€"byâ€"step guide for job search in the 1990s in response to the latest recession. "There are a lot of books on the market on writing resumes but many of them are out of date, many of them are American and many of them aren‘t giving the kind of advice people need in a recession. This book is different; it‘s current and it‘s filled with all the information a job seeker needs to get that edge." Looking for a job is difficult enough during the best of times, but during a recession, it can seem futile. Keren Adderley Chronicle Staff Manual offers practical tips for resume writing Pat Cooper has her hands full of good advice for people looking for jobs. ONLY (across from Conestoga Mail) _ (@f *U â€" 71 | e u Monday thru Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.. Friday 9 a m. to 5 p.m 545 KING STREET N WATERLOO WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1991 â€" PAGE A13 ‘‘Many people have worked at a job for many years and some have never had to write a resume. But going to a consulting service can be expensive for those that don‘t know how. It can cost up to $150 plus your printing costs and people just can‘t afford that these days. This book can be used free at the places I‘ve donated it or can be purchased for $9.95 and that‘s a big difference." The book is short, concise and very readable and offers advice for preparing all kinds of resumes as well as covering letters. And the book doesn‘t just tell you the right way, it highlights some of the wrong ways and explains why it‘s wrong And, in order to help as many people as possible Cooper has donated copies of her book to schools libraries, labor associations, employment offices. social service programs and local compames that have announced closures. "There are pitfalls to resume writing and 1 see them all the time," says Cooper, "but often they are simple mistakes or people just don‘t realize why something should be done another way.~ "I‘ve worked in human resources," says Cooper "and I know some of the things that human resource managers look for when they‘ve got a stack of resumes. This book passes that information on so people can help themselves." The edge, says Cooper, is a resume that stands out in a crowd rather than one that just looks like a "carbonâ€"copy" of all the others : 746â€"4120 Keren Adderiey photo (Continued on page A14)