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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1983
Page
2
Canadian observers foresee 1984 as a year of strong consumer confidence and job opportunities. Low interest rates buoy Bay Street and retail sales, with savings converted to spending and hopes for a sustained recovery into 1985, though real rates and federal budgets loom as risks.
Montrealer Joel Wapnick is named Scrabble Champion of North America after winning a Chicago trophy and 5000 dollars. Report notes his quirky training and word obsession during the contest. Political columnists joke about Trudeau and a Falkland Islands governor general post. A World Series moment highlights Toronto versus Baltimore. Local chatter at St Regis Hotel Tavern comments on taxes and government.
The article critiques Paul Hellyer and Lloyd Axworthy for proposing permanent work sharing and shorter work weeks to tackle unemployment. It cites Shirley Carr of the Canadian Labor Congress opposing the approach as not achieving full employment and argues for anti inflation and productivity-linked wage growth as a better path. It accuses economists of outmoded thinking and urges decisive government action.
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