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Chequebook cheers, A beaming Treasurer Robert Nixon hoists a glass of 7-Up after delivering the first Liberal budget in 42 years. But the mud's in the(...)
Chequebook cheers, A beaming Treasurer Robert Nixon hoists a glass of 7-Up after delivering the first Liberal budget in 42 years. But the mud's in the(...)

Chequebook cheers, A beaming Treasurer Robert Nixon hoists a glass of 7-Up after delivering the first Liberal budget in 42 years. But the mud's in the(...)

Date10/24/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chequebook cheers, A beaming Treasurer Robert Nixon hoists a glass of 7-Up after delivering the first Liberal budget in 42 years. But the mud's in the eye of the taxpayer, who will have to swallow higher taxes on income, gasoline, cigarettes, alcohol and other items.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0071029F
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