AO - Wednesday, January 12, 1983 - North Shore News First things first Restraint is not simply a matter of financial cutbacks all round. It calls for intelligence, selectivity and an eye to the longer term future. A good case in point is the threatened curtailment of services provided by the North Shore Union Board of Health — especially in such areas as crisis counselling, psychiatric aid, school nurse care and the detection of early physical and emotional problems in young children. The latest statistics show that the need for. the Board's services today is growing in of heaith care and the increasing impact of the deepening economic recession, upon - families and individuals. During 1982 North Shore UIC recipients rose to a December __total of 11,628 compared to just over 4,000 a year earlier. There were 2,522 North Shore welfare cases...a 40% increase in help required for stress management, parenting problems, separations and other family upheavals...and a rising incidence of rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence and poverty. These needs can only multiply in today’s difficult circumstances. Moreover, many such cases — if neglected — could develop later into social time bombs which would eventually cost the community much more dearly than their present treatment. That's why the relatively modest funding of community health care should take priority over such things as teacher pay hikes, expensive government ad Campaigns and ski resort bail-outs. As any family knows, when the going gets rough, you put first things first. CANADIANS will soon be receiving their income tax forms in the mail, so it is perhaps an ap- propriate time to explain why people operating .small and medium sized companies are so angry about the number and complexity of the forms they are forced to fill out for government. The issue is timely because the changes in the IX 4 <= personal during the last 20 years or so income tax form LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING \ \ I a) 7, r r ‘aN we” - a an 'OROMTe Sa By ROGER W. WORTH are but one example of the kind of paper-burden en- trepreneurs are forced to contend with. Let's flash back to the 1960's. At that time, Revenue Canada was satisfied with a four page tax form. Canadians reported their income, lopped off a few deductions and either paid the tax bill or filed for a a. a. refund. It was a. relatively simple exercise. Now, Canadians are faced with a 30 page form, together with a multicoloured booklet explaining how easy it 1s to fill out this document. This once simple process has become so complex that more and more people are forced to visit accountants and (ax preparation experts as they attempt to. save money. Thankfully, this is a once- a-year happening. Such is not the case for business people. They are forced to deal with such government-oriented pape- twork on a week-to-week basis. They have to report Aainstream Canada federal and _ provincial government sales taxes. ‘orkers’ Compensation and unemployment insurance changes and dozens of other pieces of paperwork, in- cluding information for that federal government monster called Staustics Canada. In fact, most smaller firms are spending 10 hours a week or more handhng the government's paperwork and red tape. The tragedy. of course. ts that the time could be better spent operating the business. allowing the enterpreneur to expand and create new jobs. or at least maintain present employment levels. The hard fact 1s that governments are placing loo heavy a burden on business people who would rather hustle new sales than spend hours filling in forms So this year when youre completing your tax return. give a hittle thought to the entrepreneur's plight If you were m hts or her stroes, you would be completing such forms virtually every week of the year (CFIB Feature Service! Trash disposal? | Canada’s tubeless identity American futurist Marvin Cetron’s picture of the 21st century doesn’t do much for family life. He predicts men will routinely marry three times in their lives and many women will bear children for others for money. But maybe we shouldn't worry too much about his computer-based forecasts. 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