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A Rate difficult - ', OTTAWA (CP) — Wouldn't it be nice if you could point te one number to describe the country’s unemployment ” problem? ‘ A> wonderful idea, perhaps,, but not realistié, say” economists and government officials who plough througha- maze of numbers every month to provide a snap-shot of employment trends and jobless rates. “It’s very difficult. to come up with a single rate that is unquestionably superior to another rate," said Maryanne ; Webber, an analyst with-Statistics Canada, . George Saba, an économist with Montreal Trust, said the federal agency’s statistics, which result from a survey ofa dample population of abaut 55,000 households, are not an exact count of the number of unemployed, but they are . useful. “It’s easy for us to sit back and crilicize, but we do get’ a relatively good indicator as to the {employment) trend, "he said, a : Statisties Canada has recenily started releasing a variety of unemployment rates based on different definitions of who qualifies as being counted aniong the unemployed. ' The unemployment rate can fluctuate depending on . whether the agency includes people who have given up looking for work or full-time students looking for part: -time. bs. Parlier this month, for example, the agency released its regular monthly statement’ showing the " tinadjusted, - tmemployment rate for July was 11.2 per cent. This week, it released statistics showing the unadjusted spemaplagnent rate: was,actually-13,5,per cent. if people, ke: part-time jobs" but « wanting: Full-time: » jobs: were deat: ito the equatio’.“ ~ : When the rate was adjusted for seasonal variations, such 48 students entering the summer job markét, it was 12 per cent. : : : But Leo de Bever, director of Chase Ecoriometrica in Toronto, sald Canadians should not get bogged down in a ‘numbers game. : ~ “The whole argument is vacuaus,” te said.. “Whether it’s 12 per cent or 13 per cent — it’s bad.”' | : The new measures: of unemployment ' are released sporadically, as opposed’ to the most-frequently quoted official unemployment rate released each month by Statistics Canada. ; : That monthly figure has long been a thorn in the side of opposition MPs who say it badly underestimates the number of unemployed. - Qn-that point, several economists interviewed Wed: _ adestee that irk are. ple ne a associat ion’ ‘reported » | widdnesday tha order were 0 __ the’ 4,200 Canadian ‘manufac surveyed i in “hula and vided atthough more » tie “On. average, ‘respondents predict that- production : Export-based: atid durabie consumer goods industries ‘ continue to lead the recovery with the majority of firms ~ reporting rising orders and only a few reporting declines. -. And even the severely depressed nondurable, consumer » only: 12): pein: ‘cent: ver prt declines: ‘That's the! fewest third quarter wil be about the same as during, the Previous i. we _, Suarter. at x2, * Meanwhile,” things didn’ tJook ‘aa pr |! e. in: Montreal of creditors of- ‘Maiglin Transport Eid ue, the. : ."-- Crediters agreed Wednesday: ‘to wait’ 60. days’ before — reporting. a: stronger’ ‘orders. ;backlog, rising prderd’ ‘and. normel inventories, ‘Canadian manufacturers. seem ‘to’ be: - less ‘optimistic ‘about future ‘growth In productios.. - deciding ‘thé fate of tho. company’ after’. hearing: that — ~-Matalae tres p permits fe Canada had been belied and 2 sold, ~~ Lawyer Brahm Gelfand, fepresenting.. Maistin, told''a ery. c “in dust es gas of recovery, the assoclation said te | Ontarlo-hased ‘pianufacturers: Sontinue’. te report the a’ strongest suige in ew orders, but in July, for the first time‘ -, In.many months, growth: is evident acrosé the country. in “every provitice ‘except, Alberta, iiore firms are: ‘reporting a “ Wlsing order tha falling ‘orders; th the newsletter. sald,» miléing'at'a meeting. ‘meeting of about 500'creditors, most of:them Maialin em- *:ployees, that. the Canadian Imperlal Bank. of. ‘Commerce, _ acting through National Trust; “had taken possession of all: - the assets of Maislin ttransporo LXTD, AND SEVERAL OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND SISTER COMPANIES.“ . The bank is a secured: creditor with A elaifn. of $32.5 Canadian. realtors assault. U S. LOS ANGELES (CP) — Canadian real estate companies ‘staged an unprecedented assault on the United States ‘ during the 19703, establishing themselves as. ‘high-flyers’ in: the aggressive American market. __ . But some are barely airborne today a3’ the US. ‘real estate industry recovers from its worat.slump in 40 years. .. The Canadian firms have rid themselves of large chunks. of their U.S, operations to- pay mounting debts," =." “The market is rebounding but Canadian companies will following the pattern (of selling assets and rescheduling stopped dropping, saying people who’ ve delayed bung a home will act now. Marty Seaton, president of : ‘western Uv. S. opeiations for Toronto-based Cadillac-Fairview' Corp. Lt., said most Canadian real estate companies got in’ trouble in the American market, ‘because they didn’t gauge the true . depths of the receasion, .* “They're getting burned | because there: was an awful lot - of speculation on land,’? observed Roger Mailhot, assistant trade commissioner. and vice-consul of the Canadian joan payments) for several months to come;”:predicted consulate in Los Angeles. Ibrahim Warde, ina phone interview from San Franclaco. ‘Warde's company, International - Business: Publishing Consultants Inc., issues reports on foreign investment in the. wv. S. One includes a Close look at Canadian real estate firm * athe. report says companies which held few or no assets: during the early "10s now conduct one-third lof their business in the U.S.’ LEAVING U.S, MARKET . Although industry spokesmen expected that pefcentagé to rise, most Canadian companies are reducing. their participation in the U.S. real estate market. 2. _Muchof the selling involves residential housing for which the anticipated demand never materialized. : *:, Some companies, including ‘Calgary-based Nu: West. . Warde’s report. said. Canada's centralized banking system, with relatively lberal loan regulations that tend to offer general financing rather: than: project-by-project . ‘Joans, gave Canadian firms a distinct advantage over their American cotnterparts. : *. “Despite the difference in size of-both markets, there are only a handful of U.S, firms that are in the same league as these Canadian giants,"". |. ; Several made big gambles on ‘downtown | areas of big © * cities, Among them is privately owned Olympia’ and York Developments Ltd., of Toronto, which — “astonished everybody in the business” by buying ‘elght Manhattan "office buildings for $330 million in.1977.. 7. | , ’ The company sold two of them earlier this year for S161 Group Ltd., Daon Development Corp. of Vancouver and. million while denying it needed. the cash. :: ‘Campeanu Corp. of Ottawa, have abandoned the. US. housing market. - Carma Ltd. of Calgary, partly owned by Nu-West, has ‘dumped more than $1 million. in Florida and California condominiums; Orange.County houses, Texas and Florida: ‘lend and northern California commercial buildings... Walter. Bannister, vice-president .of ‘Vancouver-based development for Nu-West, Genstar Corp., said any Canadian company that invested in“ the, California housing market was hit hard because’ in-. . dustry regulations and zoning laws make development glow" and costly. ' He is envourageth though, that U.S. interest rates, have TORONTO: (CP) — Adult education in. Canada is a multibillion-dollar business that is failing to help those who need it most, say critics of the continuing education system. “Adult education is belng used mainly to reinforce the ' elite in society,”” says Jan Morrison, executive director of the Canadian Association for Adult Education. ..~ Morrison said continuing’ education is not accepted « asa right. | “If we did: (accept it-as & right), we would be doing more ; -to endure that those with the greatest need are not being left out,” he sald, level. . nesday agreed, although they suggested the shifts in the for adult, education groups say the federal and:provincial - employment rate over time — either. up or down — are governments have not attached thé same importance to: t education’’called elitist more significant than the actual number of jobless. or how adult education” as that given to regular education ‘of high it is at the outset. . Statistics Canada officials admit the monthly figures are not perfect, but say their definition of unemployed is con- sistent with international standards sed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. and the International Labor Organization. 5 ' . The decision to branch out.from the standard package was prompted by heightened public. interest since. the economy was gripped by recession. . ; Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats say the aificial number of 1,409,000 unemployed Canadians is dishanestly low, They argue the number would soar to at least two million if the agency counted people who have , given up looking for work or are stuck in low- “paying, part: time work. - Cyril Keeper, NDP employment critic, said the govern- ment is hoodwinking the public on unemployment by not - including people living on Indian reserves where. -em- - ployment is as high as $0 per cent. James McGrath, Conservative. employment. critic, suggested the agency's .monthly statistics. allow the. gavernment to “play foot.loose and fancy. free” with the numbers, But the most depressing aspect of the numbers is that the government then targets any Job-creation plans to an, unrealistic unemployment rate, he. said. Webber disagrees with the opposition criticism. “T don't bite,” she said. “It presupposes that there is one” ' ideal number. It’s-a bit more complicated than that.” ~ Discouraged workers are not included in the ‘monthly rate because It is designed to say how many people offered their ° labor services within the previous four week and came up empty, she sald. — _. Saba said the broader range of figures being pumped out by the agency Is welcome data for economists and analysts. “For the public, it depends on whether you're a politician and which side of the House you’re on,” he said. “But if you're going ta-publish one number, you might as well be consistent for the sake of the poor guy in the street.” Webber said the decision to begin varying the formula for calculating unemployment rates has been useful..° « “The fact that you get such a wide range of rates shows — it’s worthwhile keeping an.open mind about what we define a5 employed and unemployed,” she said. - . Supplementary unemployment rates produced by . Statistics Canada earlier this year were: ~~ 12.7 per cent bn 1963, not the official ‘11 per cent, if discouraged workers,were taken into account. — 44 per cent as the long-term unemployment rate, covering the percentage of the labor force out of work for 14 weeks or more in 1962. That's 070 per cent increase over the previous year, . children, : - And, say the critics, of the about 2. 5 million ‘Canadians 7 involved in some sort of adult education, those taking the — most advantage of it are the country’ 8 best-educated - people. ° A report drafted for the Ontario government says most - adults in continuing education classes: are’ employed, earn more than those not at School, have more opportunity for promotion ln their Jobs andi deal with more interesting tasks- at work, The majority are looking for courses that will entertain themor lead to pay raises or promotions, said Stewart Hall, chairman for continuing education officers in Ontario. - ‘The critics also say a. haphazard approach to providing adult education is contributing to the’ widening of gaps in society.. ; ; “y an “able to keep a place at table and remain a player.” ", ofr ‘cotporate ° » SKILLED COURSES DROP.” a Statistics Canada says’ ‘about 12 million Canadians older y than : ‘15 have no schooling. beyond the secondary school . Institute for Studies in Education, said in a case where 15 “In this. business it’s hard ‘to predict what's “going to happen, but the thing to bad is stay, at the table,” observed: ” Wheeler. ; “Staying power | is the’ name of ihe game; you, need ta be. Stephen MeConnell, -, vice-president said his company is no longer. in the house-building ‘business after. bailing out of residential projects in- Phoenix, Denver and Seattle. . The company ts reducing operations in Canada and the US. to'reduce $1.5 billion in debts: Interest payments in 1982 totalled More than $200 million. : “They say there is no- financial assistance available for unskilled workers to learn a trade at night school, Ilitle .. Connection -between retraining courses offered by school . boards and the needs of the job market and lax standards _for many programs. » Astudy ‘by ‘the Ontario Institute for Studies | in Education says “with very few exceptions, the opportunities for adults - to enter. the skilled trades have been steadily’ reduced during the precise period whien shortages (of workers) have . appeared.”” ‘A-list prepared by the Metropolitan Toronto Library _ Showed the number of courses in the skilled trades fell to 322 : from 459 between: 1971 and 1981, But despite that statistic, educationists and spokesmen , The absence of program co-ordination often results in _ institutes vying with each other to attract ‘students, which can result in courses being cancelled: Alan Thomas, co-author of. the study- by. thé: Ontario students are. needed to hold a class, one area of a city might have 13 and ‘another might have 12, “and they never get ‘together to put one class together, ‘which means that both - (areas) cancel those classes,” All thase involved in offering’ adult’ education courses — “sehool «boards, colleges, . universities and : private. in- stitutions .—- operate independently, - said .Wendy ‘Terry, president of the Ontario Association’ for Continuing Eduéation. Asa result, they develop programs they, believe , will attract students, “It's very. market oriented "said Terry, “The stools are - selling a package of information. - “They are looking at a person’s discretionary’ spending and saying (to the customer); “Hather than buying a stereo: : . « this, winter, go for a certificate. aaa yee : Intelligence. probes not legal? OTTAWA (CP). — “Surreptitious intrusions,” in which’ pollce without warrants enter homes.and offices to gain - information, are not legal and should not be legal, the Law _ Reform Commission of Canada said today, The commission, in a study of police powers of search and -Seizure in criminal cases, said it agrees with Mr. Justice David C, McDonald’s éanclusion that “intelligence probes” » have no legal, foundation. McBonald, during a four-year look at RCMP practices, was told that such “fishing expeditions" are carried oul by’ Mounties in security arid criminal cases where there is not _ ' enough evidence ta get a-search warrant. - Soon after the McDonald report was made public two “years ago, the Justice Department released two legal “Pinions saying “surreptitious intrusions" were were legal. “We generally concur with the McDonald colnmission,” ‘the law reform commission atudy said, It noted that the illegality of Operation Bricole in Mou treal. in 1971 had been: conceded ‘in internal police documents. ‘ Bricole was the RCMP code e@ for an operation in which they, as well as provincial and city police, raided a left-wing news agency and planted suspicion that another left-wing group was responsible. = Although the agency contended the police were respon- sible, nothing was done until 1976, when Claude Samson, an RCMP corporal facing trial for another offence, said he had done “worse things” as a Mountie and spilled the heans on Bricole., Sarison’ 8 revelations Jed to the McDonald inquiry and a _ Quebec inquiry under lawyer Jean Keable, - “The law reform commission: noted that mald | proposed that Federal Court judgea be empowered to Issue warrants for such intrusions in Investigations involving. _hational security. . “We find: this an alarming prospect, " the. ‘cérathisgion said, noting the RCMP had ‘cited the need for such in- trusions. In narcotics: and “white-collar”. “cflme in: vestigations. — ’. Thecommiassion said search warrants should specify the - offence being investigated and provide reasonable grounds : for believing the offence has been committed... “To permit exploratory entries to ascertain whether auch .. gpounds exist is to render. ‘protection, against: unjustified intrusion extremely tenuous.” . ve "The,commission added that there might bea problem af : “accountability if such intrusions were tadé legal.’ Such a problem had arisen since electronic eavesdrop- " ping by police was made legal 10.years ago. Annual repotts | were made to Parliament, but the. reports were “essentially meaningless,” In effect, accountability in wiretap | cates ‘was réstricted to the judge: authorizing the intrusion. and the Crown and police officials supervising it. . ; The commission added that authorization of ouch In- - vestigations “heightens the risk” they would be done for purposes other than those given, . “Of particular condern ave instances such ag operations , Bricole and Ham (in which RCMP took: Parti Quebécuis ' ‘membership lists after breaking Into the offices: Where they: ~ were kept in the early 19708), two projects cafried ‘out by. _ the RCMP. in Quebec to get information About: political activi . mall US eg ag ; ta were seized. They were then. sold paca were The. of Menlo Pak ‘Calif., for more The. bank: continuéé (6° work .with’ Matstin “on “a reotganization proposal ‘and’s,confident the ‘trucking giant, can startup again, Bissiger said. ‘Malalin still has Ils main’ -aperating permits for Canada.and the U. 5. -operations July8, **~ « > Lastyear, the ‘federal ‘government ‘sgreed to guakantec $27 million ($33. 2 million Canadian) of a $50-million loan-in a ‘funds ‘to bail, out: Maislin’s'U. 8: “operations. Chick Bissiger af. Clarkson Gordon, ' Which ropresiaita the’ ‘hank, sald later only Maialin’s general ‘commodity: ‘$7-amilllon U.S. ne ‘The creditors were summoned. to vote” on ‘a. “halting: proposal under the Banktuptey Act, which-,would ‘have - given. Maislin Transport Ltd, until Oct. 31 to'come tp witha, . reorganization proposal. Instead, Richter and Partners Inc. trustees asked for and got a 60-day delay. The ereditor will. meet Oct. 19 to decide their ext a ‘In other business news Wednesday “= Atco Ltd. and two partners ‘said ‘they will spend” ‘$250, milliori over the next five years to look for oil and gas in the Northwest Territories and the East Coast offehore. Drilling under a joint-venture ; agreement, not yet finalized, between Atco, Texaco Canada Ltd. and Sun Life Assurancé Co. is . expected to go ahead next January with exploratory ' ‘wells. on Texaco land near Norman Wells, N.W.T. Later, ‘work, will begin on three blocks off the Labrador Const, Grand . - Banks and Scotian Shelf. "m= Pacific Coast Energy Corp. announced it will hénd a consortium to study a proposed $1.2-billion liquefied natural gas project on Vancouver Island to export Canadian g 18-to South Korea. The plant, ‘proposed for the weat const of the island, would provide a mearis of exporting natural gas to an offshore market‘ and provide an alternative to.the U. 5.' ; gas suppliers. Paclfic.Coast Energy ‘isa subsidiary of - Chieftain Development Corp. Ltd., of Edmonton. |... — Trilon Financlal Corp. ‘sald it will scare tore Toronto-Dominion Bank its 4,9-per-cent/interest val Trustco Ltd. on the same terms It offered to Olympla‘and York: Holdings Corp. and Brascan Ltd. last month. : Upon’ * completion of the $29.3-million purchase, Trilon will hold 47 per cent of the trust company. Trilon said in a news release the latest purchase is in line with its previously announéed intention to increase its, holding in Royal Trusteo to 50 per - cent. Writs, reviewad:. “OTTAWA (CP) — Writs of adsistance, used by RCMP drug investigators to enter residences, should be abolished, - and other powers given police under the Narcotic Control ~~ Act should be throttled back, the Law Reform Commission “YS, -. The writs, sometimes called open warrants, have been ” ‘constitutional in court earlier this year, . The commission, in a working paper made public today, recommends that. “telephonic warrants" available to police in argent cases;- s ap Such warrants would be issued:by a justice of ‘the peace “ over the telephone to police: officers with reasonable: grounds to belleve.a suspect. was breaking the: law.. The working paper, the product of five years work, says 7 aa “inegberent” array of search and selzure-powers gives. - - ‘police wide and confusing powers in. criminal. in-, vestigations. © ¢ It calls for the repeal of a section of the Narcotic Contral Act allowing drug investigators to ‘break open any door, window, lock, fastener, floor, wall, ceiling, compartment, plumbing fixture, box, container, or-any other thing.” The working paper says the law should be amended 50 “that police can't indiscriminately carry out strip searches of anyone found at‘the'scene of a drug raid. It makes note of the public outcry that resulted when . Ontario Provincial Police. raided a Fort Erie dance. hall in "1974 and subjected patrons to strip. searches for drugs... _ she commissioh gays police searches in‘ general should only be carrried out‘ under judicial warrant issued after “police produce reasonable grounds ‘to believe a specified offence was. belng committed. It recommends panels of judges monitor the system’ to |. ensure correct. procedures are’ followed and warrants issued properly. The commission conducted a study in seven clties in. 1978, _-and found that 58.9 per cent of warrants. were issued In- validy. = Only 17 per cent of warrants issued in Montreal were valid, compared with 27 per cent in Winnipeg, 36 per cent in — Edmonton, 50 per cent i in Toronto and 71 ber cent in Van- couver. - Figures for. Fredericton and Saint John, N, B., were not ; given. Local | practogs and Idipgyncrasies aecounted for many of the invalidities, For instance, one office in Montreal didn’t require: written grounds ta support issuance of a warrant.~- Some offices in Montreal used radically different forms. The commission notes individuals reaponsible-for Issuing . warrants in, Montreal have raised standards since: the survey was taken.” ~ It says the high standards in British Columbia: may! be due tothe training of justices of the peace there, Another factor may have been:the number of warrants sought in com- “mercial crime cases. “On the whole, warrants ‘related to commercial ‘crime 7 were extraordinarily detailed, not only from Vancouver but: also from. other. cities such as Toronto ad Brederliten.” op m sorry, j, Wilson, hitter 16 yoarsé of, ee by this microchip. hae j a king to Consolidated.” andar heavy fire for years and were declared.” un- be . made loyal service, you'ta. being replaced zt a mace