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#4t For a man that has shown such a singleâ€" minded fixation with the concept of setting and meeting targets for deficit reduction, you might think that Martin would show an equivalent commitment to job creation targets. Given that the Liberals campaigned and were dlected on promises of "creating opportunity" (the title of their Red Book), your anticipation of progress in that area are likely to be even greater. instead, the Chretien government has lost sight entirely of the need o tackle the massive unemployâ€" ment crisis. You won‘t even find job creation targets in the 1996 Budget, let alone any plan on how those targets might be met. To a growing number: of Canadians, the unemployment crisis is far more serious and real than the deficit situation will ever be. Those who aren‘t out of a job are worried that they will be within a year. It doesn‘t seem to matter how much money corporations are making, as they lay off thousands of productive Minister Paul Martin is not about â€" way to utter those lines. If the lines do seem familiar to you, it is only _ _ mddgmmdm:hhb spoken: the only change is that the words auflon”hvebeenadniwdhr"dz reduction" in the first quote and "unemployâ€" ment" has taken the place of "the deficit" in the WE WANT TO REPAIR YOUR RWCE 3 , 92 2 c:ug:czs" ns TT ~â€"Z 727 t hi on t en i e e ANP "ay ABC polk FFER ExPiIRES MAR 20 1996 cA & 2U 1990 . 109\”:‘ (AM BR o p im ce ie ons t u) $25,000 OR There is no question that this year‘s budget is good news for the financial markets (which go DOWN when jobs are created). If you‘re lookâ€" ing for work, if you‘re next in line for a layofl, or if you are graduating from school in the next few years, however, the budget is very bad news * There may be no new cuts to social proâ€" yei to fully be felt; â€" a commitment to negotiate a harmonization of the GST is a far cry from Jean Chretien‘s promise to "kill it" if clectâ€" ed; â€" making changes to the pension system that won‘t affect anyone retiring in the next five years is a sneaky way of destroying the univerâ€" sal pension sysiem without a backlash from who make these who make these pronouncements must be starved for good news. The measures by which fihn-dediMunM that they can hardly be taken seriously Serious analysis might have touched on "bad news" items such as: » Serting "a floor" on transfer payments may sound like a positive move, but it ignores how far those transfers will still fall before they reach on penpeys s ... lâ€"pe â€"You nuceve â€"20 PICCE: BARMEL of KPCG â€"6 FRES AAMBS from rowns sowl â€"rRes CAM wasis â€"You aucuive: â€"10 PAGCK O1 KPC â€"SFRELE GAMES from Towns sBowl or 576â€"5296 OTTAWA ¥¥‘F a% * Biack wma/ter _ 4a#LOLE * Black/white, h“’f:;‘ 3”' Sizes 5 1/2 to 10 39“' MEN‘S INSTINCT @oys 4 womens. Prices well below normal retail ... Mens, Womens, Boys sizes 313 Tootsies is proud to donate 2% of annual net profit to: Canadian Cance: Society to: Breast Cancer Research â€" Tne Canadian Foundation to: hide hesearc 239"* ># 49 Shopping.. Experience i\ St. Jacobs Factory Outiet Canvas Vetcro . Aieo Sizes 612 WOMEN‘$ ILLUSION CROSSTRAINER 746â€"1050 Also in Brantford, Hamilton, Gusiph, Cambridge and Ajax S uk i on