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(NC) -- In Canada, going on va- cation often means packing up the children, dog, suitcases, jumping in the car and rushing away for distant parts. Unfortunately, too many people return home to find the crim- inal element has visited them and a lot of their valuable property is missing. There is much you can do to prevent this and much you can do to assist the police in recovering your goods if you should be the vic- tim of burglars anyway. First, there's home security. Most locks installed on houses and apart- ments by the builders will give pause to the professional thief for about Tourism needs aid By Ed Broadbent (NC) -- For many of us, the summer is the time we use to travel, to explore new places, make new friends, and discover an- other community or cul- ture. But it's easy to forget that travel is not just good for individuals, it is good for the whole country. Tourism is vitally im- portant to the Canadian economy. In 1983, travel receipts in this country pumped more than $18.5 billion into Canada. Many of our rural areas depend on tourism for their very survival, and many cities count on an annual influx of out-of-town visitors for a seasonal injection of jobs and related economic ben- efits. But the government's figures tell us that Canada's tourism business is suffer- ing from neglect. In 1983, Canada had a tourist trade deficit of more than $2 bill- ion. Between 1972 and 1983, our share of world travel receipts fell from from 4.6 per cent to 2.7 per cent. This drop in tourism means trouble for an_in- dustry made up of small businesspeople. The Conservative gov- ernment hasn't done much for our struggling tourist operators-except put out a glossy position paper des- cribing Canada as a "virt- ual museum of natural his- tory." The government also dismantled the strategic planning 'and public rela- tions section of Tourism Canada that promoted travel in this country and teplaced it with a contract to a Conservative advert- ising company. '""Our operation has al- ways depended on clean water and lots of fish,"' says a lodge owner in Ont- ario. "But the damage caused to our environment by acid rain from the Un- ited States has almost put us out of business. We need the government to get a tough acid rain agree- ment with the Americans if we are going to have a future for tourism in this area."" "Even with the low Canadian dollar, it's still cheaper to drive to the US because of the cost of gas," an Alberta bed-and-break- fast operator told me. "The gas prices haven't really dropped very much, and that keeps many families at home."' To give our tourist in- dustry the help it needs, we must make sure that the big oil companies cut gas prices. When Parliament recon- venes in the fall, my new Democrat colleagues and I will be pushing the gov- ernment to put together a better deal for Canada's tourist operators. Ed Broadbent is leader of the New Democratic Par- ty of Canada and a News Canada (NC) columnist. five seconds. You should install a deadbolt that shoots a hardened sieel bolt into the doorframe and can only be opened from the outside with a key. If there is a window ad- jacent to the door a deadbolt that opens from both sides only with a key is in order. Timed lights in sev- eral rooms are a good idea; they make the house look occupied at night when thieves like to operate. Basement windows are favourite means of entry. They can now be protected with attractive steel grills that screw right into the frame and efficiently prevent access. There are many reasonably- priced alarm systems on the market now that will announce to the entire neighbourhood that your house is being broken into. Also, be sure to do the things we have all been told about a thousand times like cancell- ing the newspaper, telling neigh- bours to keep watch or even asking the local police to patrol your street regularly. One of the hardest things for the police to do is to identify recovered merchandise. Write down the serial numbers of all your major ap- pliances, stereos, TVs and cameras in a book that is kept in a safety de- posit box. Buy a marking device Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, July 9, 1986, page 9 Safety first at home when vacationing away and put your name or initials in an inconspicuous place on all portable items. If they are recovered they can be identified and returned to you. Note where and how you have marked each item in the same book that holds the serial numbers. Another excellent idea to safe- guard possessions is to photograph each room of your house from sev- eral angles. These columns are presented by the Canadian Retail Hardware Association and your local C.R.H.A. Member Dealer. a sea : DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 18 FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO CREATE ANEW JOB FORAYOUNG PERSON AND WE'LL PAY YOU 91.25 AN HOUR. Business or farm, you could qualify if'you hire a young person whos between 15 and 24 this summer. The program runs from April 14 to October I8. Application deadline is June 6. The Ontario Youth Employment Program ts very popular, 50 you dbe wise to move now There are other qualifications. To learn about them and to get both brochure and application forms, call our special toll free number for Northern Ontario: 1-800-465-6820 SUIMIVIEN Ur Oc Summer jobs for Ontarios young people. Ministry of () Skills Development Gregory Sorbara Ontario Minister