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~_Frank Epp Page 20 â€" Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, January 24, 1979 (Continued from page 7) Je The costs of this case load are borne 20 percent by the municipality, 30 percent by the province, 50 perâ€" cent by the federal government. The longâ€"term cases (like unemployable disabled people or single mothers with small children) are reâ€" ferred by the municipalities to the provinces. A fourth category of assistance is called guaranteed amnua) income. There are two kinds. The federal government has a guaranteed income supplement (GIS) for old people. The provincial goâ€" vernment also has a guaranteed annual income supâ€" plement (GAINS) designed to guarantee a certain minimum level of income to selected cases (blind, disabled, old age). â€" It would appear that the poor are taken care of. **‘They are and they aren‘t,"‘ says Buhr. "On the one hand, there is a comprehensive system. On the other hand, it is rarely adequate in terms of material reâ€" source and public attitude. **Consider the resource. There has been no increase in social benefits since the summer of 1977. Yet food has gone up 17 percent. *‘*Also, most poor people are very embarrassed and Bent‘s Camera Bittner‘s Meat and Delicatessen Bock‘s Flower Shop Bonnie Togs Children‘s Wear Bud Jones Optical Canada Trust Baskinâ€"Robbins 31 ice Cream Store WESTMOUNT PLACE 886â€"7 100 885â€"5611 886â€"7 170 886â€"6410 THURS., FRI., SAT. â€" JAN. 25, 26, 27 JANUARY â€" CLEARANCE open daily 9:30 to 9:30 â€" Saturday 9:30 to 6:00 §AÂ¥ _ FH Dominion Grocery Store Eaton‘s Department Store El Patio Cafeteria Fashion Stop Ladies‘ Wear Meissner Travel Agency Lashbrook‘s Shoes WESTMOUNT PLACE SHOPPING CENTRE * WESTMOUNT ROAD AT ERB â€" WATERLOO need to hide from their neighbors their need and assisâ€" tance obtained.: Social Stigma is their biggest probâ€" lem,"" according to Bubr. ; R & In his opinion, when things are put into perspective, there is very little ripâ€"off, very few people not needing â€" : help being helped, and only occasiona}l freeâ€"loaders who beat the system. â€" To illustrate the plight of the poor, Bubhr told about his recent visit to an elderly single lady on pension, who instructed him ‘‘to come to the back door‘‘. He found a single room in which this woman lived, The Waterloo Region is fortunate in that its numbers of poor people are below the national average and, according to the House of Friendship‘s executive director, the community is generally posiâ€" tive and responsive. Thus, in his opinion, positive public attitudes are as important as individual initiative and governmental assistance in helping the poor in their plight. tend to stay there. The systein has no answer for such slept, and entertained. She lived alone. She had no fridge, no transportation. ‘‘When people reach the bottom," said Buhr, ‘they Your Store Directory 34 886â€" 1268 7444113 1| Pleon‘s Prestige Cleaners The Port Hole Ray Delion‘s Men‘s Wear The Royal Bank Sauder‘s Men‘s and Ladies® Wear Scribe Book Store Shoppers Record and Tape Mart Shopâ€"Rite Cataiogue Store Smitty‘s Pancake House Star Mon‘s Wear J & i rerirgite n first meeting of 1979. . Our next meeting will be held on Feb. 21, 1979 at 8 886â€"7610 886â€"6210 VIGTORIA ELECTRIC OF KITCHENER LT0. 1158 VICTORIA ST. N., KITCHENER 576â€"2220 MEN AVAILABLE TO SERVICE YOU CONTACT â€" Do It Now! * %% lby Westmount Place Home Hardware Westmount Place Unisex Hairstyling Westmount Place Pharmacy Westmount Place Shell Station Westmount Place Weevery Wilison Office Speciaity Young‘s Jewellers Zack‘s Ladios® Weer ELECTRIC HEAT SMOKE DETECTORS 4 bin AÂ¥8 [ 886â€"7440