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the tribune thursday december 21 1 1 regular price often best bargain seven pups looking for a home this christmas if your son or daughter is wanting a pet one of these could fill his or her st christmas morning the seven puppies belong to ron and anne gibb tenth line markham obtain one call 2946437 and theyre free to good homes to just a number and how stevens create jobs buy canadian too many shoppers get fooled by sales says better business bureau president paul tuz speaking to the shaarei shomayim synagogue tin pointed out that very often the best bargains in the marketplace are those selling at a regular price not those on sale one example brought to toe bureaus attention involved a shopper who was attracted into a store by a 50 per cent off sign she found a pair of boots carrying a price tag of 120 the store manager explained that the sticker price was the sale price and that the boots regularly sold for 240 but the shopper found the identical boots in another store selling for 115 regular price this store was not guilty of any misleading practice as long as it actually did previously sell the boots for 240 tuz explained a retailer should only offer something on sale or reduced if the former selling price is the actual price at which be has baen offering the mer- thandise on a regular basis for a substantial period of time but since a retailer is free to set his own prices the fact that you get something at half price doesnt mean you are getting a bargain in this example the price was outrageously high to begin with frankly many of the worst bargains are found on sale racks stores which habitually sell at elevated prices can offer greater percentage reductions than stores which sell goods at say only 15 per cent above cost this is why the public often feels mistakenly that they are getting better value at the higherpriced store tuz explained another situation which can mislead the public is a price reduction from a suggested list price a manufac turers suggested list price msl is not really a price at all since it is the retailer not the manufacturer who sets retail prices the msl means nothing more than a general range usually maximum at which retailers might be selling the product but in a retail field where com petition is high the manufacturers list price is virtually meaningless since everyone is selling well below it this is not to deny that there are real sales bargains to be bad a manufacturer may be dosing out a line or a retailer may want to move stock but too frequently shoppers become saleblind and limit their shopping to sale bins sale racks or shops which advertise that they are having a sale these shoppers may tw by passing over regularly priced stock after all often merchandise goes on sale because it simply couldnt be sold at its regular price the bureau stresses that the important thing to remember is that comparison shopping applies to sale mer chandise as well dont get carried away by what the merchandise may have sold for at other places at other times ultimately you have to compare article for ar ticle quality for quality price for price smart shoppers buy tbe product not the price crashed truck markham a collision between a south bound car and a stationary oil truck on main street markham dec 11 sent a stouffville area man to scarborough centenary hospital with minor injuries david miller 57 of stouffville rr 3 has been charged with careless driving creating a job this its called the social insurance number sin for short- but it is rapidly becoming your single identifying number created originally for the sole purpose of ad ministering the canada pension plan by prime minister pearson in 1964 the social insurance number has become a de facto national identification number within the federal bureaucracy tbe social insurance number is now used by 11 departments and agencies as their prime identifier or registration number this includes numerous programs such as unemployment in surance all canadian taxpayers recipients of any social program all federal employees holders of gun permits purchasers of canada savings bonds and all military personnel but use of the number has also spread drastically within the provincial governments and private sector it is usd for registration in hospitals schools koraries banks and insurance companies the school systems of ontario and saskat chewan use social in surance numbers to keep track of students in senior grades companies such as general electric in peterborough use the number for employee identification even pee wee hockey players are asked for social in surance numbers for the canadian amateur hockey association computer is there a danger in this situation many people say no that if one has done nothing wrong what is there to worry about the only people who should worry ac cording to them are criminals and people with something to hide however people who hold this view un derestimate the dangers of using the social in surance number as a national identity number such a number will give individuals and government untold op portunities to in terconnect various computer terminals each one possessing different bits of information about our lives until there is nothing about us that is not official knowledge this is the end of personal privacy some knowledge gives government or others in possession the power to extract or extort some desired action from us a government which has an alldominating presence can manipulate its citizens jbut there are other dangers of a national identity number outside the political realm for example there is the serious possibility that information stored in the vast network of linked computers that is developing will be used out of context in formation collected for one purpose may be highly misleading when used for a different purpose suppose you were a boisterous member of your grade 6 class your teacher may have casually noted in her reports that you showed a disrespect for authority yet this in formation when read 10 years later by a potential employer who had access to it from some central data bank unlocked by your social insurance number might con siderably damage your chances of getting that job or suppose a person took part in a political demonstration or worked for a political party somehow then it gets into a computer file that person is a political activist again job opportunities might be compromised limits freedom a situation like this limits the freedom of the individual aware that his every action and activity might be stored away and later become available to anyone knowing his identity number the individual is likely to refrain from par ticipating in certain activities that are his rights under our democratic system but why have we reached the situation today where the social insurance number is becoming more and more a national identkty card why have the guarantees given by the pearson government back in 1964 that this would not happen not been upheld the answer can be given to two words administrative con venience to make it easier for bureaucrats to do their jobs the federal government has surreptiously but pur posely extended the use of the social insurance number this has oc curred with no con sideration given to the dangers such an ad hoc development of a national identity number poses to individual freedoms and privacy for example health and welfare minister monique begins view of the issue it is quite in order that in the future social insurance numbers will be used more and more more computers are being used in every department whether provincial or federal with that being the common view of the problem within the government its no wonder the extension of the social insurance number has occurred without parliamentary debate or a full examination of the merits and consequences government insensitive part of the problem as miss begins statement indicates is that the present liberal government has become insensitive and com placent to the needs of the canadian people the government does not see the dangers or un derstand the issues in volved with the extension of the social insurance number for this government accustomed to the bureaucratic routine and insulated from the concerns of individuals the issue is seen solely in terms of administrative con venience this is why the progressive con servative party supports the recommendation of the task force on privacy and computers made in 1972 that a single identifying number for canadians should not be adopted directly or in directly without a full prior examination and public debate of its consequences in addition we have called on the government to introduce legislation establishing guidelines and limitations upon the use of the social insurance number or other identification numbers to protect canadians against threats to our personal privacy the issue demands our attention are you canadian christmas the impact of holiday purchasing can be huge said ontario industry and tourism minister larry grossman if each family buys enough canadianmade goods this holiday season to create just one more days work per family x total result will be more than 32000 fulltime jobs for canada through the co operation of the retail council of canada and the federal department of industry trade and commerce the ontario ministry has mounted a nationwide program to distribute shop canadian pointofsale material to retail stores the interest shown by the retailers for the campaign has been overwhelming said mr grossman we had hoped to place a jew thousand shop canadian signs in ontario stores but by the beginning of december we have more than 200000 of them in stores across canada the christmas retail push is part of a three- year shop canadian strategy developed by the ontario government to promote the sale of canadianmade goods didnt swerve stouffville id have been crazy to swerve into the path of an oncoming car stated 21 year old susan lauder of ninth line south stouffville susan was respon ding to a page 19 news story in the dec 14 edition of the tribune that said she had swung her 1978 buick skyhawk into the westbound lane in an effort to miss hitting a dog the driver described how she struck and killed the animal on hwy 7 east of unionville on the night of dec 8 the dog was of such size it sent the whole car reeling said susan her vehicle collided with one driven by deborah hartley of sciberras road unionville no charges were laid susan said holiday news deadline the tribune office will be closed on monday cnristmas day our publication date will remain the same thursday dec 28 to meet advanced deadlines for this one issue only all ads and correspondence must be in not later than 5 pm friday tomorrow vahdorf home is winter fairyland from leesamarillol tefwgww happy motoring all year round wur hats off to you our good friends and neighbors for your loyalty and confidence thanks and warm wishes for a joyous christmas from the management staff call 6403450 2972957 neil patrick motors ltd pohtiacbuickventuraacadiangivlc trucks 377 main w stouffville wwteambnwtawakbmaaati hwfr foktm jean ras0n jecause the confidence and trust j of those we serve is the foundation g g of our success it is with warmth and 8 friendship that we say thank you a g at christmas a f clarem0nt garage fi brock central g i clarem0nt g i 6492101 ftamagebh9baebakiaai merry christmas happy new year from all of us to all of you master feeds 640- 133 main street 1892 stouffville heres nothing small about our wishes or our thanks we appreciate your business and take tlaae to wish you every happiness at christmas hans motors volkswagen and audi specialists doe mills h at aaron sidenad 7278506 the home of bob and betty rice and family rr 2 gormley vandorf b one of tbe prettiest in tbe area this christinas colored lights on the boose and trees has tamed the property into a magical fairyland jim thomas as we look back upon the scene of his birth at this holy time may the glorious message that blessed the world at the nativity be rekindled in your heart to brighten your life with happiness and understanding best wishes for a christmas rich in the joys of the season tuesby jttemorial co elfl j 93min st newmarket