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Common touch

Common touch

Date7/31/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Common touch: External Affairs Minister Jean Chretien greets voters in at Parliament and Carlton Sts. yesterday. The Liberal candidate in Rosedale riding, Bill Graham, is to Chretien's left. Chretien spoke yesterday at a francophone home for the elderly, and later defended the recent batch of Liberal patronage appointments by saying some will save Ottawa money on pensions.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0037814F
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