No one really knows wthy....e WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 19 82, PAGE <15 Speaîkug, to You By SCOTT FENNELL, M.P. My initial reaction to the budget was that it was a prelude.to wage and price controls and even bigger government. I remain convinced that this wouldbe the wrong thlng for Ottawa to dobut politïcs wll make such a step very attractive to the unpopuar Liberal government. Cabinet minister Jean-Luc Pepin bas. gone on record saying that voluntary wage and price res- traints wll not work. He believes - as-do bis cabinet colleagues -, that psychology a-nd greed on the part <of Canadians cause inflation. Time and time agamn Mr. Trudeau and bis cohorts absolve their government spending and their deficit and their interference in the marketplace of any blame. Wage and price controls - whether fuil-scale or a- watered down political version - will ot work be- cause it ignores these issues. Wage and price con- trol chains the people and the private sector but it doesn't cbain the government. But even ignoring this argument, there ajye other reasons wage and price controls can flot work today. Wage controls are pointless witb our massive unemployment in tbe private sector. These people are not out of work- because they demand too much money. Many are desperate to work. It's very diffi- cult for sbeltered government bureaucrats and poli- ticians to understand tbis desperation.- Price controls on tbe private sector would also be pointless. A recent analysis by Statistics Canada of the Consumer Price Index showed tbat while infla- tion was at 9 per cent in tbe private sector, it was at 18 per cent in the government sector. In the govern- ment sector, sucb things as regulated monopolies (Bell Telephone) and crown corporations (CBC, Petro-Canada, and tbe -post office) are included. The study also sbowed that the rate of inflation in the government sector was actually increasing, while it feil in the private sector. 'Despite this evidence, an increasing number of government politicians ýcontinue_ to urge, controls. I tbink it is because they feel they may be able to bold up tbeir sagging political support if- they are per- ceived as cracking down on the unions. Economie policy in Ottawa continues to be guided by political polîs and wistful psycbological analysis by a government which does not know the meaning of the word responsibility. Association hashelp for COPD victims, There is nothing more frightening than being unable to get enough air ito your lungs to sus- tain normal activities. Yet for more than one million Canadians, sbortness of breatb is a chronic problem that in- terferes witb work and play and even sucb basic activities as eat- ing and dressing. They are victims of cbronic obstructive pul- monary disease - chronic bronchitis and empbysema, the fastest growing causes of dis- abiity and death in the mid-20th - century. Though currently incur- able and often detected only after considerable permanent lung damage bas occurred, COPD can be treated ini ways that usually mini- mize the damage, some- times partly reverse it, and always make 111e easier for victims and their familles. Even more important, most cases of C.OPD can be prevented by the eli- mination of cigarette smoking. The term COPI) covers several diseases, the symptoms of which include coughing, bring- ing up mucus, wbeezing and shortness of breatb. Frequently, two or more sucb lung diseases oc- cur in tbe same person. Untreated, COPD can lead to enlargement of the heart and heart fail- ure as this master mus- cle struggles for oxy- gen. Cbronic bronchitis and empbysema develop slowly over many years, and early signs are often ignored until permanent des- truction bas occurrd. The diseases are typic-, ally diagnosed in people in their 50's and 60's, with males outnumber- ing female victims by about eight to one. How- ever, as more women as now heavy smokers,. the incidence of COPD in women is increasing. For more information on living with COPD cal Durham Region Lung Association at 723-3151 and ask for their new bookiet " Help yourself to Better Breathing."' JCL folds alfter eight months When JCL Telcom Corporation firat opened its door ln Whltby on January 4, everyone ln tbe business and politi- cal communlty bere be- lieved they had the, abi- lity to make IL. But, sadly this was not the case. On July 21, baillffs locked the doors at the Hopkins Street of- fice and at the Toronto bead office as JCL Tel- com faded from tbe business scene. The people who work- ed for the company i Whltby are not really sure wby the company bas gone under. "That's a good ques- tion,"' district manager Ross Batten replied when asked, addlng, "Because nobody's given me an answer. 9 So far as he knows, tbe+ company was-.lef t wlth a sbortage of operating cash when one of the major finan-, cial backers pulled out. "We did not get paid, telepbone service was cut off, the rent was not paid,"' Batten sad i an interview last Friday. Off ýto--ca'mp A Whitby lad wll take part in the junior con- servation school spon- sored by the Ontario Federation 0f Anglers ,and Hunters and the Eaton Foundation. John Sharrard of Powell Road, Whitby and 23 other young men will take part in the week-long course at the Caught biî@grfis h A Whitby angler cur- rently bolds l3th place in the rainbow trout category 0f the "Molson Big Fisb Contest" operated by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Pete Cvancic of Vic- toria ý.Street. reeently caught a. 12 pound-8 ounce rainbow trout in the Wilmfiot Creek in tbe Town of Newcastle. Tbe 24-year-old con- test boasts a prize list valued at approximate- ly $35,000 with top cash prizes of $500 and out- board motors. Tbe contest ends on November 30. Leslie M. Frost Centre, just south of Dorset, On- tario. The course is design- ed to prepare the parti- cipants* for a conserva- tion-oriented- career or to make them more aware of tbe environ- ment and its problems. Tbey wil take part in canoeing, fishing, forest management, safe gun bandling, archery and wilderness survival courses., Tbe camp wil be beld from August 8 to 14. "We bave not been given an 'explanatio-n of anytblng. We got lef t out i tbe cold."' This could produce some problems for two local JCL customers: Durham College and the Town of Whitby. Wblle the town can award the contract on its new tele- pbone system to the next lowest bidder, Dur- bam College is ready te accept ts new system. However, Batten said tbat the Canadian Tele- connect Group (CTG) wili probably take over thé contract. Batten bas accepted an appoint- ment wltb CIG as tbeir new, area sales mana- ger. 0f the seven people working for JCL, one went to CTG with Bat- ten. Except, for his secretary, Batten believes the otbers have ail found new jobs. He bopes to give bis JCL secretary a new job when CTG opens a brancb office in Whitby later this year. Batten, wbo also ser- ves as tbe nortb ward representative on Whit- by Town Council, also said that most of the wvow THIS THURSDAY THE CHOICE IS YOURS BBQ RIBS OR NEW YORK SI RLOIN ONLY$7m9 WITH THE SALAD BAR 0F WEARE, THE 918 BROC K ST. N. WHITBY COURSE! 668-9369 -YOUR MNOYMENT IS OUR RESPONSUBILITY- Whltby employees are owed aubstan *41 amounts of money in. back pay and commis- sions. "We are taklng action to ensure we get our money," he said. The Whltby office was also doing well in the marketplace Batten dlaims and was maklng a place. for itself in the local market. "We were doing really well," be said, l'Hope- fully we can re-establisb that credibility.". In fact, CTG was not penetrating tbis mar- ket bec-ause 0f JCL's ef- forts. "Tbey bad not been able te penetrate, the marketplace sufficient- ly because of us (at JCL),$" Batten said. And there are a lot of bad feelings. "I feel bad for myself personally," Batten said. "I feel bad for the business communlty and I fe, bad for tbe industry." It just so bappens tbat the people at the Whltby office got caught in, the middle. "The lndustry -la strong and it wlll- look after this klnd of thlng, " Batten observes. "«I tblnk lt's a good Indus- try and it will survive." THE GREAT WALL, ll6Dlundas Street West, Whltby 668-7021., A favourite- eatlng spot for, Chinese food lovera. 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