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Daniel Plouffe: Canada Customs' duty regulations are going to put the small, independent (radio) producer like myself out of business, he says
Daniel Plouffe: Canada Customs' duty regulations are going to put the small, independent (radio) producer like myself out of business, he says

Daniel Plouffe: Canada Customs' duty regulations are going to put the small, independent (radio) producer like myself out of business, he says

Date4/27/1982
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Private meetings hammered out proposals for new body-rub regulations which might assuage the voter but would be impossible or ridiculous to enforce, says former parlor manager Ted Greenslade
Private meetings hammered out proposals for new body-rub regulations which might assuage the voter but would be impossible or ridiculous to enforce, says former parlor manager Ted Greenslade
9/3/1975
Canada customs acts, tariff and regulations, also, abstract of acts of the Imperial Parliament regulating the trade of the British possessions, with d(...)
Canada customs acts, tariff and regulations, also, abstract of acts of the Imperial Parliament regulating the trade of the British possessions, with d(...)
1854
Terry Flanagan, outside the Toronto Stock Exchange, heads a group that wants to start a new exchange to deal strictly in speculative mining issues. Small mine explorers, chafing under stiff regulations, see the exchange as one idea to ease chronic shortag
Terry Flanagan, outside the Toronto Stock Exchange, heads a group that wants to start a new exchange to deal strictly in speculative mining issues. Small mine explorers, chafing under stiff regulations, see the exchange as one idea to ease chronic shortag
9/6/1978
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Not his cup of tea: Stuart Daw dines in the Toronto-Dominion Centre before leaving Canada. Though he still has an apartment in Etobicoke, his job is in Florida. He says Canadian federal government restricitions hamstring men of the mind - entrepeneurs like himself who are society's producers.
Not his cup of tea: Stuart Daw dines in the Toronto-Dominion Centre before leaving Canada. Though he still has an apartment in Etobicoke, his job is in Florida. He says Canadian federal government restricitions hamstring men of the mind - entrepeneurs like himself who are society's producers.
9/15/1977
Group rates feared: Plans for group coverage for home and auto insurance could harm small inndependent agents, says Don Jamieson, president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Ontario
Group rates feared: Plans for group coverage for home and auto insurance could harm small inndependent agents, says Don Jamieson, president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Ontario
10/30/1979
Simple style: Film producer David Daniels relaxes in his undulating -walled media bedroom designed by Phillip Moody. Daniels says it's relaxing and comforting.
Simple style: Film producer David Daniels relaxes in his undulating -walled media bedroom designed by Phillip Moody. Daniels says it's relaxing and comforting.
2/14/1993
Japanese executive Hiroshi Nakamura, wife Kazuko, daughters, Eiko, Kayoko, right, enjoy out customs.
Japanese executive Hiroshi Nakamura, wife Kazuko, daughters, Eiko, Kayoko, right, enjoy out customs.
11/11/1975
Safe home at last, Bernie Lesage (left), 27, walks with his wife and Toronto Star reporter Jim Foster, out of Customs Halll at Toronto International Airport, after successfully completing mission to fix a boat on the Amazon River
Safe home at last, Bernie Lesage (left), 27, walks with his wife and Toronto Star reporter Jim Foster, out of Customs Halll at Toronto International Airport, after successfully completing mission to fix a boat on the Amazon River
5/10/1970
Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
Michael Davis: President of thriving L. Davis Textiles is one of the beneficiaries of Canadian quotas on textile imports but he complains of gross abuse of quota limits by customs officials to ensure that annual limits are not exceeded. Davis' Toronto firm, which specializes in children's sleepwear, employs 200. About 200,000 are employed in the industry nationally.
1/10/1980
Proud and determined: I've never felt so good about myself, says Mario Pietrantoni, 30, who is finally learning to be functionally literate in a community-based program in Metro
Proud and determined: I've never felt so good about myself, says Mario Pietrantoni, 30, who is finally learning to be functionally literate in a community-based program in Metro
11/23/1984
On the move: I though it would be too nerve wracking to get up there by myself, says Toronto lawyer Rick Powers, 35, who will pair up with a friend and female bidders for a double date in Jamaica
On the move: I though it would be too nerve wracking to get up there by myself, says Toronto lawyer Rick Powers, 35, who will pair up with a friend and female bidders for a double date in Jamaica
11/3/1989