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We are dealing with human lives here and we have wrestled with this for a long time
We are dealing with human lives here and we have wrestled with this for a long time

We are dealing with human lives here and we have wrestled with this for a long time

Date12/28/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: We are dealing with human lives here and we have wrestled with this for a long time. Immigration Minister Barbara McDougall, about new rules.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0066703F
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As Israelson's account demonstrates: We need to minimize the impact of human activity on the fragile web which supports life on Earth
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Without tariff protection against cheap imports from countries like China, Poland, Brazil and Romania, we would have had to close here.
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