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2 5 r by roger varley staff writer cross postsept 11 north- america various govern ment leaders have been purging average citizens to v fight the effects of the terrorist attacks by helping revive the econ- brhy cspend spendspend has been mvihessage i- r buy that big ticket itemtake 1- that airline trip spend those extra s fdouars united states pf esiderif george bush indicated it was americans patridticduty and prime minister jean chretienibxpressly encour- agedcanadimstocbritinuetb ishop -xj- in ontanppremier mike harris advanced planned tax cuts including cuts to personal income v taxes by threemonths as part of thatfight tvtc w staff photomike barrett ifwe dont put money elizabeth skelhorn customer service representative at itfchmondhius hillcrest mall says the number of shoppers this christmas season has not decreased since last year v i into thheconomy soon although she expects her rgagr ehristmas spending to be about 0- liwontcome backl iz- fkwertave to spend as we 1 have been whilesome have said we tlie same as last year she said she has shopped more than usual since the september tragedy i i think im spending a little v i more now ryman said theres more sales on jackie brown another young mother from newmarket also agreed with harris approach but a little more cautiously j if we dont put mqney into the ecqnomyjsoon it wont come back brown said we haye to spend as we have been she too expects christmas should not proceed withthesetax cuts in light of recent events i 1 believe they arejripre important i thaneverbeforeto show our faith g in the tremendous growth poten- tiforont64harrissaidin cfctober c- 7f i he said tax cuts represented moneontanans can use to buy shopping will cost her about the hockey equipment for tiieirkids or- sameaslastyearr piit toward some home fenova- although her spending has tipnsorhelp pay for that vacation remained about the same she v uii t ij hinted she is being careful we hayetb watch our pennies s and maybe think twice before- making a big purchase she said pyeratmarkhamsmarkville- shopping centre reta foster of richmond hill said her spending is dictated by a tight budget not by a concerned about what people have already spent the tiling that bugs me is somewhere along the line you have to pay back what you owe garbe said how can you spend when you owe all this money if people concentrate on paying their debts instead they dont have the money to spend the retail council of canada rcc however says canadians have for the most part been answering the call canadians have shown the resilience needed to sustain the economy through a challenging y lisa resnicmarketing director of the promenade in thqrnhill said a good indicatorpeople are feeling good about the economy increased jewelry sales jewelry sales are up she said where people might have gone on holiday now they want some thing more lasting and meaningful people are making themselves feel good i owen friedman the promenades general manager said customer visits to the mall have s been recovering in the past few weeks after the initial decline u j these things normally find an period president diane brisebois equilibrium friedmah said g theywef ent sure they could afford- y x thequestion ishave ontariaris fandiparticularly residents ofyork v rgiqhf bought into the spending campaign v v jennifer ryman of newmarket v says she has he said reteilers have been noticing the size of transactions have been getting bigger maybe there has been some pentup demand s il to keep those transactions yssnenas- -t- u v v aictateadyangntduqgetnotdy wevegbt to keep businesses desire to helptheeconomy in said rymanasshe took a 1 spend if i cariafford it if i gomg nbfeak from shopping with her inflht son at newmarkets upper canadamallyi like going to small erstores to support smaller jbusi- said adding although many wallets have been bruised since the sept i 1 terrorist attacks canadians still are shopping brisebois said retailers are expecting overall holiday retail sales will reach last years record moving along thercc wants the levels- o federal government to follow major malls in the region have ontarios lead to help reach those similar predictions 1 levels melody falusmarketingdirec- the organizatipnyigorously tor at markville said customer tfaf lotibied queens park to cut its fie declined almost everywhere fol- taxes in order to help small busi have the means and the needs lowing sept 1 1 foster said i certainly wont be it was very traumatic but since spending mqrefthan last year on then there has been recovery and v christmas t w were anticipating a very good ralph garbe of uriionville was christmas she said nesses in theprovincenow it wants federal finance minister paul martins upcoming budget to offer more taxcuts to sumer confidence and incomes 7t -4ft- cl frank hawker didntwant much only the sun moon and ssarsx vr j but first the shygiadeli student- would have to ask his astern algebra teafcher forthe loan oi 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