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Changed strategy: Peter Martin, chief economist at McLeod Young Weir, says news of jump in September unemployment figures may force Ottawa to deal less harshly with consumers
Changed strategy: Peter Martin, chief economist at McLeod Young Weir, says news of jump in September unemployment figures may force Ottawa to deal less harshly with consumers

Changed strategy: Peter Martin, chief economist at McLeod Young Weir, says news of jump in September unemployment figures may force Ottawa to deal less harshly with consumers

Date10/16/1981
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