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12 the tribune thursday april 27 1978 government helps everybody but canadians by sbeiair stevens mpyorksimcoe it looks like canada is beading for still higher unemployment and higher inflation with less prosperity the federal budget introduced last week makes this dear the falling dollar off a fur ther half cent since the budget was presented confirms this point unemployment the budget makes no prediction of the unemployment rate or even of job creation during the year most budgets do set out the estimates but finance minister jean chretien obviously felt bad news was better to ignore than to highlight in the economic statement of october 1977 the minister of finance stated that sustained growth of between 5 and 6 per cent was necessary in order to bring unemployment steadily down at that time he was predicting 5 per cent real economic growth in 1978 in other words mr chretien foresaw no improvement in unemployment in the budget of april 10 1978 mr chretien is predicting less than 5 per cent real growth his own statements and forecasts add up to a rise in unemployment this year inflation as wage and price controls are phased out the trudeau government has begun to abandon its inflation targets at a record rate when the controls programme was imposed in october 1975 former finance minister mac- donald forecast that the inflation rate would fall to four per cent by october 1978 this target was abandoned in october 1977 when finance minister chretien said that the inflation rate would average six per cent in 1978 that target was abandoned in early 1978 when both the prime minister and the finance minister said inflation might reach six per cent by the end of the year the april 10 budget offers yet another forecast of inflation higher than any of the previous forecasts ac cording to finance minister chretiens latest forecast for 1978 the increase in the consumer price index is likely to be about 7 per cent how long this forecast will last is not clear most private sector forecasters expect somewhat higher in flation in 1978 for many canadians 7 per cent inflation means a lower standard of living with wage in creases limited to 6 per cent by wage controls prices will rise faster than wages finance minister chretien does not care if living stan dards fait he has stated publidy if that means we are poorer it is too bad economic growth canada has not achieved its potential for economic growth since and including 1974 on april 10 finance minister chretien con ceded that economic growth potential will not be achieved in 1978 canada will have failed to achieve its growth potential for fhe straight years in october 1977 chretien assured canadians that his policies would achieve 5 per cent real economic growth in 1978 he maintained consistently that no further stimulus was required less then six months later chretien has been forced to bring in new stimulus to the economy and has been forced to reduce his estimate of real economic growth to less than five per cent he says he has shaded down his forecast the deficit the financial accounts of the government of canada have been out of control for some time however they are so far gone in the current year that the administration is quite incapable of predicting where they will end up next in his budget of march 31 1977 former finance minister mac- donald stated that the budgetary deficit would be 7 2 billion in fiscal 1978 305 for every man woman and child in canada someone made a 3 1 billion error the 1978 accounts now show a budgetary deficit of 10 3 billion 436 for each person in canada truly mammoth financial mismanagement lead to a 43 per cent error in forecasting the deficit that error alone has left every canadian with- an unexpected 131 in ad ditional public debt in this environment mr chretien has predicted a 10 9 billion budgetary deficit for fiscal 1979 462 for every canadian in fiscal 1968 total federal budgetary spending was 488 per canadian in other words the federal government now over spends per canadian almost as much as they spent per canadian in 1968 that means that amount of extra debt will have to be repaid plus interest for years to come of course there is no guarantee that the deficit forecast will be accurate if there is another 43 per cent error in forecasting the deficit it will reach 15 6 billion 661 per canadian or about 1600 for each canadian family police reports used lighter as flashlight torched bed police said a fire at the fraser home 200 stouffer street stouff ville at 3 pm saturday afternoon april 22 was caused when a 13-year- old boy ignited a lighter while searching for some tape under his bed bed sheets and a mattress caught are and a bedroom wall was damaged the stouffville fire department at tended and the estimated total loss was 4000 home breakin a 15yearold juvenile has been charged with breaking into the home of helen bambrick 7th concession in the stouffville area april 8 and removing jewellery on friday april 21 at 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