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Gloomy forecast: Grocery store owner Jean Deimantis fears many customers will be hard hit if Michael Wilson's new sales tax is extended to include food
Gloomy forecast: Grocery store owner Jean Deimantis fears many customers will be hard hit if Michael Wilson's new sales tax is extended to include food

Gloomy forecast: Grocery store owner Jean Deimantis fears many customers will be hard hit if Michael Wilson's new sales tax is extended to include food

Date9/27/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gloomy forecast: Grocery store owner Jean Deimantis fears many customers will be hard hit if Michael Wilson's new sales tax is extended to include food.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0015162F
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      Combs, Erin
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      David Collier, president of General Motors of Canada, says the auto industry's current sales slump is due to consumers' fears about the future rather (...)
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      Dan Bryk: New sales tax is making things tough on kids' fast-food urges.
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      Goode, Jeff
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      Greeting customers: New York-based designer Carolina Herrara, in a banana wool suit of her own design, greets customers last week at Simpsons' downtown store
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/28/1990