THE UPEI SUN,Thursday,March 22,l979,pa‘ge o 
     
    
   
   
    
     Unemployment (mused by female \ Participation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHEN/VA (CUP) — Canada's 
     
     high unemployment has green 
     
     partially caused by too 
     
     many women looking for 
     
     jobs, according to Finance 
     
     Minister Jean Chretien. 
     
     Chretien told a Toronto 
     
     audience recently that the 
     
     shortage of jobs was 
     
     partially a result of the 
     
     unexpectedly high partic- 
     
     ipation of women in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     However, an executive 
     
     member of the. National 
     
     Action Committee for the 
     
     Status of Women says this 
     
     statement only confirms the 
     
     government's attitude that 
     
     women are to blame for 
     
     unemployment. ' 
     
    

    
     Carol Swan said Mar. 7 
     
     that the remarks indicate 
     
     "the feeling of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     government as a whole — let's 
     
    
   
   
    
     employment problem, when 
     
     it's clearly the eccmomy's 
     
     inability to respond to 
     
     the needs of a growing work 
     
     force that is the culprit." 
     
     The opposition has also 
     
     questioned Chretien's 
     
     assertion the participation 
     
     rate will level off, in 
     
     View of previous vastly 
     
     incorrect predictions. 
     
     Already women's partici- 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
        
     
           
     
    
   
   
    
     Nov. , the department 
     
     admitted it had underestir 
     
     ated the growth, and, as a 
     
     result, the labour force 
     
     would grow faster in the 
     
     19805 than previous precli 
     
     tions indicated. 
     
    

    
     In a recent report, the 
     
     C.D. Howe Institute also 
     
     said there were strong 
     
     reasons to believe women's 
     
     participation would cont— 
     
     inue to rise. 
     
    
   
   
    
     blame the victim for the 
     
     problem. " 
     
    

    
     "Presently, it's a very 
     
     fashionable approach to 
     
     blame women for the un- 
     
    
   
   
    
     pation rate has reached what 
     
     the Finance department has 
     
     predicted for 1986. In a 
     
     paper presented to the First 
     
     Minister's conference in 
     
    
   
   
    
     labour force in the last 
     
     few years. chever, he 
     
     said he expected "this 
     
     rapid increase to taper off 
     
     in the future." 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
        
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     In the House of Commons 
     
     Mar. 5, PC MP David 
     
     MacDonald questioned 
     
     Chretien's rationale, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Colts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Great moments in college life. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     On May 3, Graham Watt lit up 
     
     a Colts. Paused. Reflected. Then 
     
     paused again. And reflected again. \ 
     
     Then paused. Then reflected. Paused 
     
     once more and looked on the marks _ 
     
     listing and found his name there 
     
     with a big “passed” beside it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Colts. A great break. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Enjoy them anytime. 
     
    
   
   
    
     V  Swan said, would depend 
     
     ' : on several factors, not 
     
    
   
   
    
     the labour force . " 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
            
     
          
     
        
     
       
     
           
     
          
     
       
     
           
     
       
     
         
     
          
     
        
     
        
     
        
     
          
     
          
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
              
     
       
     
         
     
           
     
       
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
         
     
          
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     were so woefully wrong." 
     
     Although Oiretien 
     
    

    
     responded that the rapid 
     
    

    
     increases in the past few 
     
    
   
   
    
     Canada indicate "the 
     
     acceleration will step 
     
     very soon", Macdonald 
     
     pointed out’that a recent 
     
     report by the crganizati 
     
     or economic cooperation 
     
     -- and development predicted 
     
     the growth in the 
     
     participation rate in E 
     
     -; and the U.S. would contin 
     
     Swan said she expected 
     
     continued growth, given 
     
     7 that women need and wish 
     
     _; work. The finance 
     
    

    
     'f department mistakes, she 
     
     isaid, indicate "they just 
     
     icn't understand the 
     
     factors that motivate 
     
     women to work." 
     
    

    
     The amount of growth, 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the least being what she 
     
     termed "the success of 
     
    

    
     the government's campaign 
     
     to pressure z-zaren out of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Chretien‘s: stat. ement, 
     
     recent: aft-3095315: in un— 
     
     mplcyment insurance and 
     
     a program to help women 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     906155 for meriplqmrent, S 
     
     aid. _-._