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By Oksana Buhel The Canadian economy : willbe strengthened by link- “ indnaery. labor and edu- This was the message which prevailed throughout the Halton Industry Education Council’s (H.LE.C.) Breakfast with the Mayors, held Tuesday morn- ing at the Muddy Duck Restaurant in Milton. Town of Halton Hills Mayor Russ Miller and Milton Mayor Gordon Krantz joined ‘business oper- ators and owners, political representatives and members of both school boards to lis- ten to predictions and rec- ommendations for the indus- trial future. “Manufacturing is absolutely critical for Canada to gain wealth,” said Paul Nykanen, vice-president of the Canadian Manufacturing Association. . Nykanen, keynote speaker of the meet- ing, addressed the issue of meeting the challenge. of rapid change in manufactur- ing. 9-1-1 “We will see more changes in the next 10 years an we have in the last 50,” he predicted. Some of the changes mentioned. were robotics and laser technolo- gy. Nykanen stressed the need for a system which would-allow for the manu- facturing of one product one day, and another product the following day. “We better find the answer, or our com- petitors will,” he w: Nykanen criticized the attitude that Canadian prod- are not good enough to market in other countries. “Foreign trade is essential to our growth,” he said and suggested four ways Canada can improve its trade —.“We need products and services which are new, good, fast and cheap.” Research and development were listed as the essential basis ‘for new products. “Cheap” referred to the low- ering of costs while-main- taining labor standards. “High labor and low costs can, and should, go hand in hand,” Nykanen insisted. ‘Industry, labor, education keys to success He added the two key fac- tors on which Canadian industry should focus is “good” (quality) and “fast” (high flexibility and rapid response to consumer and industrial demands). Regarding flexibility, Nykanen predicted “in the near future, thousands and thousands of people will not have jobs as we know them today. They will’ have their own small companies and will be applying their skills to various tasks.” He acknowledged the fact that many Canadians are concerned about job security, but stated “jobs are not the measure of a person.” Nykanen insisted changes are forthcoming and said employees and employers will have to be prepared. According to Nykanen, changes will also have to be made in-schools, where “not enough emphasis is placed on languages, mathematics and sciences.” He advised business:owners to help with more co-op programs, schol- arships and bursaries, “to prepare the youth for the future.” ‘We must get rid of the entitlement feeling of most Canadians and embrace change, to. become a society ib anew sense of "Pur P yo Caldarelli, president of Varian Canada Inc. in Georgetown, agreed with Nykanen’s views. Varian, which exports 95 per cent of its product (electronics), deals wit Georgetown and District High School, providing funding and training for stu- dents. Caldarelli said compa- ny employees annually undergo 30-50 hours retrain- ing. He commended the work of the H.LE.C., focusing on the council’s new career cen- tre in Burlington. The centre, which has been is existence for slightly over a year, provides career education programs for Halton students, as mandated by the Ministry of Education, for students from Grade 7 onwards. Georgetown District High School student Dana Leslie reads the story book to Park Public School student Karla Stephan they both created called “Harry & Fuzzy’s Adventures in the Forest”. 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