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GST-Busters: Barbara Janes waves an effigy of Finance Minister Michael Wilson yesterday at a protest against the proposed goods and services tax outside his west-end constituency office
GST-Busters: Barbara Janes waves an effigy of Finance Minister Michael Wilson yesterday at a protest against the proposed goods and services tax outside his west-end constituency office

GST-Busters: Barbara Janes waves an effigy of Finance Minister Michael Wilson yesterday at a protest against the proposed goods and services tax outside his west-end constituency office

Date4/7/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: GST-Busters: Barbara Janes waves an effigy of Finance Minister Michael Wilson yesterday at a protest against the proposed goods and services tax outside his west-end constituency office.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0012089F
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