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Unemployed men line up at the Metro welfare office on Adelaide St
Unemployed men line up at the Metro welfare office on Adelaide St

Unemployed men line up at the Metro welfare office on Adelaide St

Date12/10/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Unemployed men line up at the Metro welfare office on Adelaide St. at 8.15 a.m. today to apply for relief. Unemployment in Canada rose to 476;000 by mid-November - an increase of 57;000 from the previous month. Across Ontario the number of jobless increased to 126;000 in the same period from 108;000 in October. The number of employable persons on welfare in Metro now is 7;787.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018359F
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re Hoaxed by a man jobs on a ranch near unemployed young men sat around Bay St
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With 668,000 Canadians out of work, like these men at the Adelaide St
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Better prospects: There's more work to be had these days than back in the early 1980s when this young man, unemployed and unskilled, scanned the classified advertisements
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Tough times: Kevin Kennelly, right, says lots of unemployed people like George Caswell, 67, above, are turning to hard-pressed strangers for help
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In this season of high unemployment, Christmas wouldn't come for many if it weren't for welfare agencies who play Santa Claus
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Reza Nlazi, 30, fied Iran but now subsists on welfare
Reza Nlazi, 30, fied Iran but now subsists on welfare
5/27/1992
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Cuts hurt: Rukminee Bridgemohan, 4, her father Krishna, 24, and mother Champa, 20, are living in a shelter on welfare
3/5/1992