“Display i advertising , _ pays. Call 980-0511 HO DLET Tae! CARI MERCER TEES UREA AEE Me SEMEETTIN T Somy M aio nR oth fincas mes Ree ae te Me oe : q N I ‘ For next_six months — | | | 7 -— Expectations for the Concerning their own The most dramatic rise ig months. Althou 63 per . Respondents were asked term activit ‘as were: business outlook forthe next industry's performance in in the primary sector where cent think the” rate will for. suggestions | by which the tra nsportation con-"— six months have reached a the first half of the year, 93 85 per cent and 83 per cent remain the same, the in-- provincial government could siderations. " new high, according to the per cent considered con- plan increased expenditures crease in the ‘number. of encourage economic growth eo Employers’ Council’ of ditions good or fair. This is © on construction and ~on—.those expecting it to decline in the short-term, the In the long-term policy _ British Columbia's Business an improvement from the machinery and-equipment, is consistent with the in- medium-term and the longer section, more: attention was ‘Trends Survey. — Sixty-five _previous.survey taken at the respectively. A similar - crease in those-planning to _ term. — - concentrated-on the need for: per cent of the executives | beginning of the year, when pattern ‘is revealed for employ more people, the — . policyto develop secondary surveyed reported that the combined total for good Canada as a whole, the ‘the surveystates. and high technolo -business . conditions - were and fair was 91 per cent. survey states. - : . ‘Fhe short-term-comments— asics. ‘and on the need for good during the first half of me mo . . were heavily concentrated more research. and : the year and the same But more interestingly, . - Gales in dollar value in- 0 the need for policies to development ; - proportion anticipate a the survey -notes, the The employment picture creased for 84 per cent of reduce, red tape, regulations a continuation of this for the proportion reporting good is.also brighter. Close to half responding firms during the 204.- ‘to some degree, remainder of 1979. - conditions rose from 51 per the respondents reported - first half, although measured spending. A greater number =~ Two significant aspects. of a ° cent: to 68 per cent. The. increases. in- the number_of by units sold, sales increased emphasized the need to the comment section were - The Council notes that the outlook fot the remainder of people ‘they employed for only 61 per cent. For the reduce the level of taxation revealed through careful survey was conducted in the year supports this fin- ~ during the first half of the next six months, 65 per cent and to devise tax methods to study of this and past sur- — mid-June, when he energy ding. The survey concludes year, and42percentplanto and 50 per cent, respec- ©2Courage. corporate growth veys, Hamilton said. “The “ problems and US economic that “this. is a pronounced employ more people during tively, anticipate increased and development with a sense of alienation from situation were not.as serious, shift toward expectations of the next six months. This sales in dollar value and definite | preference for tax government was. not as. and . many ‘respondents good business conditions.” latter percentage is an in- ynits sold. , reductions rather than direct. . pronounced. Also, the level cautioned that a severe US crease from 22 per cent at subsidies evident. Several of outright antagonism by recession would bring a Capital investment in- the time of the last survey. ° __ suggestions concerned land respondents toward’ both greater reduction in BC tentions for new.investment, Only eight per cent expect Corporate after- tax use, and the need to €n- labor and government seems A. business activity. The expansion expenditure employment numbers to earnings were reported up courage tourism was to be lessening. : Council, however, noted intentions, and repair and decline. by 61 per cent of the firms ‘¢ferred to more than once. President William Hamilton, . --modernization, remain surveyed. For the next six Critical points of view not. predicted such a ositive, reflecting the “o oy : tow: substantial reversal, but earnings rorecting gone The largest increases will cnrnines ° Pere. Howenen, frequent. but the fittersee, rather something milder. companies surveyed. The occur in the primary sectors 54 per cent experienced a Medium-term concerns of tone which marked many { change is most pronounced of forestry and mining, while drop in corporate after-tax reflected a desire for major responses in 1976 and 1977 is The BC executives are with regard to expansion ©'°* half the service sector cornings in the first six Programs encouraging long- greatly reduced. This is a also optimistic about: the . expenditure intexitions. respondents plan to increase Fionths and 17 per cent ‘t€rm growth and most encouraging ‘national economy. Thirty- . employment. This is borne expect them to detrease-in development of the resource development,’ ”" he con- % one per cent believe the In BC there has been an Ut by the responses to ine jast half. It appears, the industry base. The cluded. , Canadian business climate increase from 36 per cent to questions concerning — the survey concludes, “that 1978 requirement for manpower improved during the first 56 per cent in intentions for °2°™Ployment rate in BC. may have marked the peak Planning and training ©The Council’s survey is ‘half and 35 per cent consider expansion construction and for corporate after-tax Programs was also noted. conducted semi-annually the national business an increase from 60 per cent A quarter of the earnings, with some slippage Changes in policy and and represents the opinions outlook for the last six to 63 per cent for new respondents expect the rate to be expected in the near ‘egislation on labor matters of senior executives of 173 months of 1979 to be ood machinery and equipment. to decline over the next six future.” were considered a medium- BC business organizations. VANCOUVER (UPC) - Allis And pulp workers, supervise the maintenance “We're telling them the Ross McDona day. The pickets later left, still not well in British members of _the militant of all saws in sawmills, were sure as hell should stay bey secretary-treasurer ‘of the he said, P and Castlegar Columbia's forest industry PPWC, are: still conducting given a larger raise n work,” said Jack Munro, 6,000-strong union, said 700 ¢mployees returned to work. despite the fact that the local strikes over unresolved tradesmeninthe settlement. regional IWA president. workers were on strike at Angus Macphee largest two of three major local issues which continue “They're getting pretty Canadian Cellulose’s Prince president__of the cuilitant unions have signed contracts to stand in the way of a The agreement gives ‘selfish. Every contract Rupert mill, 800 at Prince PPWC — only one of three saa with their employers. general contract. benchmen $12.16 an hour as there’s. a revision for the George pulp and paper in major forest indu try unions te x number of tradeamen Forest Industrial of last June 15, increasing to tradesmen, but they’re mad that central interior com- which has not reached Pulp, Paper and -Wood- workers of Canada, cbs ternational Woodworkers. of. . lee "Ammerica-and:the:: Canhdian “Paperworkers” ” Union” — have formed their own association and are con- ducting study sessions to In-- usiness prospec s lookin: Relations, bargaining agent for some 20 forest cofn- _Panies ih the | Provines: is sinizs “asking = os ADE: CB Gar Te “Relations * ‘for’ a Gane desist order to stop another ‘tradesmen study = session planned for August 23 and Will Ba $13.32 on the same date next year. The basic tradesmen’s rate as of June is $11.76 and The dissident tradesmen got little sympathy from one of their own union leaders anne eas pach cae end sf because somebody got more than them.” . members of the PPWC, were off the job Thursday at three munity and 500 at Kamloop’s eyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. “front nperyfeantl mill showed up at operation early Thursday, er rm GE Bile ~ env, petsinm pe Toe nsucl are cleared u agreement this year with the companies — has said the union will si | 2 contract | _The IWA and the CPU signed basically the same Toad) , 24, an FIR spokesman said operations to protest keeping 350PPWC members two-year contract [ast wage increwace on tep of the Thursday. 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