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My job is to explain wage and price controls to those who see them as unnecessary government intervention, says Conservative incumbent Ron Atkey. His (...)
My job is to explain wage and price controls to those who see them as unnecessary government intervention, says Conservative incumbent Ron Atkey. His (...)

My job is to explain wage and price controls to those who see them as unnecessary government intervention, says Conservative incumbent Ron Atkey. His (...)

Date6/4/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: My job is to explain wage and price controls to those who see them as unnecessary government intervention, says Conservative incumbent Ron Atkey. His campaign emphasizes inflation and local issues, such as his work to acquire housing land along a CP Rail right-of-way.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0029936F
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True Davidson lost in York East to the incumbent, Conservative Arthur Meen, but her spirits weren't dampened
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The infant lawyer, or, The government of England explained to the capacity of youth : this is a proper New Year's gift from a father who wishes his son to have a clear idea of the government of the country in which he lives, and also from those who intend their sons for the Bar, or an Attorney's office, as the nature of the several courts and Inns of law are particularly described in the most simple and easy language
The infant lawyer, or, The government of England explained to the capacity of youth : this is a proper New Year's gift from a father who wishes his son to have a clear idea of the government of the country in which he lives, and also from those who intend their sons for the Bar, or an Attorney's office, as the nature of the several courts and Inns of law are particularly described in the most simple and easy language
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