88 Castlégar News January 6, 1988 BUSINESS UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS MAJOR ELECTION ISSUE By ERIC BEAUCHESNE Canadian Press OTTAWA — “Jobs, jobs, job: That 1987 Tory election campaign promise will be thrown around repeatedly this year one way or the other - most likely with pride with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney or with ridicule by the opposition. The issue of jobs remains a major concern of Canadians. . From mid-1982 until this fall, unemployment was the No. 1 concern, according to polls conducted by Decima Research, the government's main polling firm. Unem ployment was pushed into second place in the fall, when free trade became the No. 1 worry. Yet much of the free-trade debate centres around whether the deal will create jobs or increase unemploy ment. So unemployment, whether under the guise of the free-trade debate or not, will be a key issue in what could very well be an election campaign this year. “Jobs, jobs, jobs,” is what we will hear from Mulroney if the economy continues to expand fast enough to keep unemployment at its current level of about one million — or 8.2 per cent of the workforce or reduce it even further. If economic growth isn't enough to absorb new workers or insufficient to keep all those who now have , jobs employed and unemployment begins to rise, “jobs, jobs, jobs” will be the election ery of the opposition. At the moment Mulroney has the upper hand while not flawless, the job-creation record of the last three years is impressive. NUMBERS DROP Nationally, the number of unemployed has dropped by 385,000 to 1,081,000 since the Tories came to power in P ber 1984, and the ployment rate has slipped to 8.2 per cent from 11.7 per cent. Add to those figures the increase of more than a million in the number of people who are employed and the record is even more impressive. In November, there were working, 1,042,000 or 9.4 per September 1984. The Tories didn’t create the jobs, the economy did But if the jobs hadn't appeared, they would be carrying the can politically So Canadians can expect Mulroney, who is not noted for his modesty, to trot those figures out repeatedly in the months to come And despite criticism that most of the job creation has occurred in Central Canada, the figures show that the regions haven't done badly either. Only Prince Edward Island has more unemployed now than in September 1984 — 8,000 compared with 7,000. Even there, the number of employed has increased by 6,000 and the unemployment rate has slipped to 13.3 per cent from 14 per cent. Further, the declines in unemployment in some of the other provinces has been very im;ressive. Ne d, though still an basket case when compared with the other provinces, has seen a 30-per-cent drop in-the number of unemployed and a decline in its jobless rate to 17 per cent from 23.8. OTHER DROP TOO The decline in unemployment levels in the other provinces has ranged from 33 per cent in Ontario to 30 per cent in Alberta and British Columbia, 23 per cent in Quebec, 17 per cent in Saskatchewan, 15 per cent in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and 13 per cent in Manitoba With those numbers, the opposition will be hard-pressed to attack the government on what is a major concern to Canadians. 12,114,000 Canadians cent more than in Telephone soliciting fastest growing trade OTTAWA (CP) — “Hello, am I speaking to the head of the house?” asks a smooth, warm voice. “Hello, how would you like every carpet in your house cleansed for the low price of $84?" wonders another. There's no escaping the faceless voices who've got your number and have’ something to sell by ‘phone. Annoying it may be, but telephone soliciting is among the fastest-growing trades in Canada and the United States. It's not clear how many Canadians work in the field, but the number is believed to be about 250,000. Based on U.S. figures, experts in Canada estimate there will be.a million by the year 2000. Those 750,000 new jobs will make up about half the new jobs created by Canada’s 15 fastest-growing industries, says Colin Taylor, head of the Canadian Direct Marketing Association's telemarketing council. It's not unusual for consumers to get calls from department stores, travel agencies, insurance companies, rug cleaners and firms pushing credit cards by phone. The Consumers’ Association of Canada a¢knowledges that many people don't like to have phone solicitors call them at home — but the association itself uses a phone solifiting company to contact members about renewing subscriptions to its magazine, Canadian Consumer. SEES POTENTIAL “I see telemarketing as a tool for any company,” says Dan Plashkas, who operates S and P Data Corp., a large Toronto phone soliciting company. “It has huge potential.” Industry officials admit their image has been tarnished by fraudulent and high-pressure operators, and by inex- perienced or rude phone solicitors who annoy potential customers. Doug Rattray of London Life, which has experimented with various telephone-based approaches to selling in- surance, says success in every field always attracts some bad apples. “I feel very good about telemarketing as a whole,” says Rattray, who expects that shady or annoying callers will be forced out of business as the field becomes more sophis- ticated. Jane Belyea of the Better Business Bureau in Ottawa says the agency gets some calls from irate consumers fed up with the solicitors. Belyea usually advises them to say they're not interested and hang up. If you're interested in what the caller is selling, Belyea says, write the information down, find out who is marketing the product and call them back. Avoid making a deal the first time you're contacted and don’t answer questions asked by the caller. GET DELISTED? If you don’t want the company to call you again, ask that your name be removed from its phone lists. Many phone soliciting companies say their employees are under orders to heed such requests. Belyea also advises consumers to check charities that solicit by phone. Newsprint prices up VANCOUVER (CP) — British Columbia newsprint producers, citing increasing demand for their product, have raised prices to their to subscribers and tisers. Pacific Press, which pub lishes the Vancouver Sun and adver. from $7.50. Wheatley said he did not foresee further increases to advertisers or subscribers. the Province, has announced circulation price increases for home delivery of both newspapers to $8 a month domestic and U.S. customers. Eric Lauritzen, vice-pres dent of pulp and paper mar. keting for MacMillan Bloedel, said the company raised the price of standard white newsprint to its Canadian customers to $685 Cdn a tonne, an inerease of $65, effective Jan. 1. a Western U.S. customers, meanwhile, now will pay $630 US a tonne, an increase of $30 a tonne, he added. Bill Wheatley, president and chief executive officer for Pacific Press, said an ex- tremely competitive market means the latest price in- I ALL WINTER BOOTS SALE DATES n. 6-9 Wed.-Sat SHOE SALON AND HANDBAGS. SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE STORE! Selected Pumps...‘*15 Gives Winter the ‘Boot’! 25e: Where Foot Fashion Begins | 465 Columbio Avenue Castlegar * 365-3411 crease will not be passed on BE rouR OWN BOSS *6000 allows you to OWN & OPERATE your own business. Call or write . . . 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