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Socreds score

Jobs

OF

by IAN G. LYON

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It isa dream for many post secondary students to obtain a

summer job that will allow them to earn enough money to

return to school in the fall.

It has been estimated that a student
would have to secure a job that paid at
least $7 per hour for the four month
break in order to continue their
education.

The government tells us that there
are jobs available. Unfortunately, it is
impossible for a student to earn
enough money while working at a fast
food outlet. $3.65 per hour just doesn’t
cut it.

The provincial government is laun-
ching a job creation program that they
say will create thousands of jobs. Oh
boy, you say, the government is
turning what could be a_ public
liability, if you were unable to find a
job, into a productive member of
society.

But that would be too sensible for
the Socreds.Instead, they are imple-
menting a loan program to help
students create their own jobs. Did
anyone tell the government the likeli-
hood of a new company making a great
enough profit within the first four
months of operation to repay a $3,000
loan and put a student through school
for an eight month period? | hate to tell
you, but the chances are very slim.

The amount of jobs they claim they
are creating is a falicy. Offering a

certain number of loans is not creating

jobs but only creating the opportunity
to subject your educational future to
the whims of the market place. And
given the state of B.C.’s economy,
would you stake your future on it?
What if your business goes bank-
rupt? Well, remember this is Socred
country. You still have to pay back the

loan. Can’t have the government lose
money now can we. Of course, you
lose any investment you made, the
$3,000 loan the government gave you,
plus you would probably have to take
out a student loan to finance next
year’s education. The government
loses nothing; you lose everything.

It would be cheaper for the govern-
ment to set up a solely grant system
with an incentive grant, such as big
businesses get, to help a dream
become a reality. With a loan program
there are more administrative costs,
such as setting up a retrieval system
and the collection of bad debts. A loan
program only creates the image of a
fiscally responsible government, while
in reality they are spending more
money for fewer jobs.

Remember the great pronouncements
not too long ago regarding the amount
of jobs Expo ’86 will create? Well, they
forgot to mention one rather important
fact. 20,000 of those great summer
student jobs are for volunteers. That’s
right folks. We will hire you but you
will be working for the glory of the
Socred government and that doesn’t

pay.

What are the Socreds trying to do to
us? Now they are talking about amal-
gamating the administrations of the
three universities (UBC, UVic and
SFU) into one big administration.

If the NDP had thought of doing it,
the Socreds would be screaming
“communist’’. Oh, I’m sorry, | forgot,
it’s a restraint measure and _ that
justifies all, in the minds of some
anyway.

 

    
 

  

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