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Barrie Examiner, 16 Dec 1976, p. 8

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The Barrie Examiner Thursday December 16 1976 TIGHTLIPPED Bob Ackles general man ager of the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Foot ball League refused to com ment at news conference Tuesday when asked who the Work force changes dramatic OTTAWA CPI More than half of the unemployed are wouldbe providers of second incomes for families due largely to changes in the makeup of the work force during the last 10 years or so The dramatic changes in clude 50percent rise in the number of women in the labor force during the last 15 years and consistent increases in the proportion of persons in the 15 to 24 age group both male and female who are either em ployed or looking for jobs The rise in the number of working women plus revision to Statistics Canada collection methods earlier this year has also contributed to bleaker unemployment picture for fe males In the meantime unemploy ment levels for males and fe males termed heads of house holds and for single persons unattached to families have re mained below the national average In November for example the jobless rate for this group was 44 per cent compared with the 73 per cent national rate Last month there were 708 000 unemployed but only 269 000 were heads of households or persons living alone That is 38 per cent of the jobless total Of those without jobs 178000 were spouses 238000 were sons or daughters of heads of house holds and 23000 were other relatives living in the home These persons could provide second or even third incomes for families if employed Since 1953 when Statistics Canada began its monthly sur veys of the labor force there has been trend to increasing participation by women in the work force and at the same time worsening unemployment new Lions head coach would be Ackles announced the fir ing of head coach al Mun phy and three assistant coaches CP Photot for females That year women were 2245 per cent of the total Work force but only 11 per cent of the unemployed were female By 1961 with unemployment at high levels they were 271 per cent of the work force and 167 per cent of the total of unemployed In 1966 women were 303 ppcr cent of the work force and 258 per cent of the unemployed The balance reversed in the late 19605 and early 1970s By 1973 average unetnploy ment statistics show that women were 37 per cent of the labor force but that 432 per cent of persons without jobs were female In November women were 10 per cent of the labor force but nearly 46 per cent of the unem ployed In 1975 Statistics anada re vised the questionnaire used in conducting the monthly sur veys The result was higherjob less rates for women and young persons of both sexes Agency researchers noted that the old survey while pitk7 ing up trends understated lew els and rates The greatest un derestimation was in the case of married women The old survey asked What did you do mostly last week and Did you do anything else last week Both women at home and the young tended to reply in terms of nonlabor torv cc activities The new questionnaire was more specific asking Did you do any work at all last week not counting work around the home On the other hand unemployr ment rates for men under the new survey were lower than comparable figures in the old survey ltlfilltl at FREDS FLOWERS and Gift Shop has many ideas and large selection of Christmas Plants Poinsettios OChristmos Begonias Cyclomine POINSETTIAS ICHRISTMAS BEGONIAS OCYCLAMINE AZALIAS oMtXED POTS TROPICAL PLANTS HANGING PLANTS Soc our large selection of Christmas trees There are also gift certificates available FREDS FLOWERS Hwy II Stroud 4362021 Open now till Christmas Closed Christmas Day Worried about aquaculture future CHARLOTTETOWN CP Fisheries Minister George lien derson says his department wants to see orderly well planned development in the northshore area of Prince Ed ward Island Were concerned about the ways change in the area could affect fisheries activity and the development of aquaculture People have been using the shoreline and estuaries more and more each year for boat ing water skiing and shellfish gathering but there is anticipa tion of more use of the water by commercial interests for trout rearing and shelllislrfarniing Eventually there could be conflicts Mr Henderson said in an interview ELECTRIC 0T KETTLES ARE HER CUP OF TEA mart 33DRILL KITS 13ch oEchR MAKES HIS WORK EXTRA EASY mar Price Art lel mart Price Your Satisfaction Guaranteed Or Money Chocriully Reformed not BUT first slogan WAY OF LIFE EXOTIC DINING BEGINS WITH AN ELECTRIC WOK HELP DAD GET GRIP ON THOSE REPAIR JOBS VlSEGRIP SETS lherc already are problems with water pollution along the shore The minister has closed several thousand acres of shellfish beds in the Darnley Bridge area because of pollution from animal wastes There also are pollution prob lems in Malpcquc Harbour and the oyster beds in the Brackley ovchcad area are closed sea tlit lillt sonally because of waste Iron large summer population of va cationers In fact there are dozen places whre shellfish cannot be taken in the area where the de partment has instituted the North Shore planning project We are certain there are ways to handle these prob lems Mr Henderson said ON HER UST BLACK DECKER CUTS WORK BACK DOWN TO SIZE JIG SAW KITS Itlltl ltt III wvliiwwl tll 1Ii l4illy lllJll no mitt lll 1H itl1 mart Price RIoRWAv OPEN MON TO FRI 10 AM TO MARI PLAZA 27 DAYFIELD ST BARRIE MOM PUT DEEP FRYERCOOKERS The North Shore planning pIOJCCt should provide way for government departments to work closely with the people of the area to find ways of con trolling and eliminating pollu tion The department is also con cerned about restrictions on ac cess to beaches along the shore because fishermen sometimes litr id tin Hv in in mi pump my Emluh ihlti IItlllllixl tt till llt lttt Iltlll twmttwl titlllltt mtt In willt ltl lmvitos IMt to tlltl IltlllvtlllW it and tth lll yllt ll ltlllt mutual titr tut Iltlrltl lttitiwt Ittllilllttl ttllltll lmtmt mil tl1tlI lltllilt ytult Wig it lllltlthv io PM SATURDAYS AM TO to PM THE PRETTIEST WAY POSSIBLE Mm tltlitt no vatw umwwg Polar find it difficult to get down to the shore to harvest Irish moss Admittedly there may be some erosion caused by hauling moss over the banks and dunes dont like to see an erosion gully but neither do like to see valuable resource rotting on the beach The minister foresees some problems with orderly develop ment With the expansion of aqua culture there are potentially serious problems such as vis itors harvesting shellfish on commercial grounds There could be real hazard SAUcy our CORNING WARE PIECE SETS if recreational boating and wa terskiing activities took place in the same area where fish ermen have trout cages and oy ster spatf all monitoring racks Planning and better com munication are needed in the crowded central northshore area to see that aquaculture and recreational activities do not conflict The development of port facilities should be planned so that not 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