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Conservatives heading for their national convention in Quebec city live it up on the Turbo train to Montreal, singing partisan songs, including one ca(...)
Conservatives heading for their national convention in Quebec city live it up on the Turbo train to Montreal, singing partisan songs, including one ca(...)

Conservatives heading for their national convention in Quebec city live it up on the Turbo train to Montreal, singing partisan songs, including one ca(...)

Date11/3/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Conservatives heading for their national convention in Quebec city live it up on the Turbo train to Montreal; singing partisan songs; including one called Goodbye Pierre. Here guitar player Mike McCutcheon of Don Valley West riding in Tornoto; an observer at convention; leads sing-song with (from left) Gerri Downie; Waterloo; Kay Drage; Hamilton West; Virginia Shannon.
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Before entering annual meeting of Traders Group, company chairman Henry Dynes gets a carnation for his lapel from employee Dorothy Tustin. Dynes received prolonged applause from shareholders when he said: Be we Liberal, Conservative or NDP, we and our elected representatives must endorse one position - that of a united Canada. He advocated non-partisan committee to work toward unity.
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