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Critics say plan to create low-paying jobs for single employables is designed to get them off the provincial dole long enough to get them on the federal pogey
Critics say plan to create low-paying jobs for single employables is designed to get them off the provincial dole long enough to get them on the federal pogey

Critics say plan to create low-paying jobs for single employables is designed to get them off the provincial dole long enough to get them on the federal pogey

Date2/25/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Critics say plan to create low-paying jobs for single employables is designed to get them off the provincial dole long enough to get them on the federal pogey.
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