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corner: ‘store im: “Vancouver”
_ and: ‘employs: three : “people.”

Sam . “manufactures “wood |
_ products ‘in: .Quebec;: hiring
14. full-time. ; workers .- to’
produce. a variety of crafted :
ems for the’ retail: trade,-
cluding a large department |

seat : “employing. ‘seven

~ full-time + staff::and’ another -

dozen. during’ the. summer
mo nths, ae

In an’ u unusual way, ‘the.

three . Canadians. are. con--

nected. They've all hired one’:
extra full-time. employee: -
_ during. the ‘last few months: .
‘creating ‘another. ‘three. jobs ~
and, in their own small’ way,
helping. ovércome | the
country’ ‘Ss... serious “unem-
~ Ployment Problem,

The: three ‘jobs certainly”
don't: make much of a dentin
Canada’s”. 976,000° ~ unem-
. Ployment total, yet without-
the: jobs provided by these
‘individuals and. thousands of
other small busiriesses across

-the.country, the jobless rate

would. be. much,. much.

higher. ro oo
In. fact, it. is\-not ‘over- ahs

- stating the ‘case to say’ in-
” dependent businesses are the

real heroes in the battle ‘to
. beat unemployment. .

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reducing” ‘overall
- _ ployment,

: medium,” ‘sized. ‘firms: have .
» moved: in. to- Pick: up the

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only in ‘Canada, but_in the
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when it comes to creating
jobs. -

Like many small business
le, Mary, Sam,

these’ humble,
citizens, -and thousands of
their counterparts across the

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: Business.
. the medium sized businesses __
almost: certainly. provided

: and
John shun publicity. But it’s _
modest *

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world.

- Without such independent . -
and’ their oS
capacity

- ployment. .rate~ would wbe _
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The people. who operate
‘such firms, in the vernacular =
of ‘election ‘campaigns, -.
_deserve: our vote.:A. vote of
thanks fora job well done. :

te:

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Public Affiars, - Canadian |.
Federation of Independent”

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