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PAGE 14 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. Canadian consumers ready to celebrate end of recession Chronicle Special Speaking to a group of 75 senior corporate executives recently at an economic conferâ€" ence for the Valhalla Companies Limited, Dr. Peter Andersen predicted that the économy would be much stronger in 1986 than is generally perceived at present. Andersen said that the current economic expansion in North America will prove to be one of the longest on record. Interest rates, he felt, are poised for another major decline, and the devaluation in the Canadian dollar which has already taken place, will be another factor driving the Canadian economy to an aboveâ€"average economic growth year in Andersen was much more optimistic on the outlook for labor markets than most other economists. He said that the unemployment rate which was just reported last week to have dipped below the 11% level to 10.9% in April, is now poised for a major decline which will take it to 9.0% by the end of 1986. The growth momentum over the next 18 months will come from different sources than last year, Andersen said. Consumer spending and housing are now just beginning to move into high gear as a result of lower interest rates and solid employment gains. The Canadian consumer has worked hard to save and to bring his debt load into line with income and this adjustment is now almost complete. Canadian consumers are now at last ready to celebrate the end of the 1982 recession. Andersen emphasized that continued low EXTENDED ROMAN CATHOLIC SEPARATE SCHOOL FUNDING VOTERS SENT A MESSAGE THROUGH THE BALLOT BOX: LET‘S MAKE SURE IT WAS HEARD AT QUEEN‘S PARK _ On May 2nd, voters used the ballot box to send a message to all three parties at Queen‘s Park. Ontario If you agree, fill out a_nd return this coupon to: @ The democratic process was bypassed when extended funding was announced almost one year ago for Roman Catholic Separate Secondary Schools. @ We must determine whether the proposed extension is legal and constitutional before the government proceeds with costly implementation. J 4 u&l‘c, P toout dn dn e iinnin ioi enc ahnnn nc es ns‘ io Secondary School Teachers‘ Federation, 60 Mobile Drive, Toronto, Ontario M4A 2P3 No party has a mandate to proceed with implementing extended school funding for Roman Catholic SqnntcSecondary Schools. That was the ;:_u;irtiut was sent through the ballot box on May 2nd, This public service message was placed by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers‘ Federation rates of wage and price increase are the key ingredient in his forecast for a longer lasting economic recovery than we would have thought possible a year ago. Because of this outlook for continued growth, Andersen predicted that by next year Canada would be in the early stages of a new capital spending cycle for business plant and equipment. Dr. Peter Anderson Payâ€"TV and the emergence of American TV superstations with lots of sports coverage could hurt attendance and cause problems for the Toronto Blue Jays, Paul Markle, the marketing director for the team said in Waterloo last week. Markle was discussing the marâ€" keting strategies for the Toronto team, currently the league leader in the American League east. Markle was speaking to a seminar group attended by high school stuâ€" dents, one of several seminars at the annual marketing day at Wilfrid cause problems: Jays marketing head There‘s more to medical treatâ€" ment than medical treatment. That was the message of a University of Toronto medical reâ€" searcher who told a health conferâ€" ence at Wilfrid Laurier University recently _ that a patient‘s state of mind has a great deal to do with whether medical care will be effecâ€" tive. TV exposure could State of mind can affect medical care Dr. Alastair Cunningham, a proâ€" DEAR MR. PREMIER : 1 agree there must be a reconsideration of the decision to extend funding for Roman Catholic separate secondary schools City Laurier University. He added that rising salaries have rendered the talent market increasâ€" ingly unstable and expensive. Preâ€" sently, he said, eight teams are for sale and only three have shown a profit in the past season. A 1968 graduate of Laurier in English and geography, Markle played professional football in the Canadian Football League for seven years, taught school briefly, and was employed by Labatt Breweries Ltd. as a salesman, before joing the Blue Jays organization. fessor of medical biophysics, said the successful treatment of cancer, as an example, must take into account both the failed biological defence system of the patient, and the patient‘s state of mind. His research has led him to educate cancer patients in effective selfâ€"help techniques, including reâ€" laxation, meditation, and the use of healthful imagery.