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Shirt off his back
Shirt off his back

Shirt off his back

Date9/8/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shirt off his back: NDP Leader Ed Broadbent and Pat MacNely hold up a T-shirt a constituent sent to protest lack of government action on mortgage rates. At meetings in Toronto and Oshawa yesterday, Broadbent announced a mortgage package he said would solve the problem of homeowners facing massive mortgage hikes. he's off on a two-week cross-Canada trip to test the public pulse.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0034426F
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