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My job is to explain wage and price controls to those who see them as unnecessary government intervention, says Conservative incumbent Ron Atkey. His (...)
My job is to explain wage and price controls to those who see them as unnecessary government intervention, says Conservative incumbent Ron Atkey. His (...)

My job is to explain wage and price controls to those who see them as unnecessary government intervention, says Conservative incumbent Ron Atkey. His (...)

Date6/4/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: My job is to explain wage and price controls to those who see them as unnecessary government intervention, says Conservative incumbent Ron Atkey. His campaign emphasizes inflation and local issues, such as his work to acquire housing land along a CP Rail right-of-way.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Object NumberTSPA_0029936F
      Anti-inflation board chairman Jean-Luc Pepin feels the government's wage and price controls program has been a relative success-in fact, far beyond my(...)
      Anti-inflation board chairman Jean-Luc Pepin feels the government's wage and price controls program has been a relative success-in fact, far beyond my(...)
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
      10/14/1976
      Pierre Trudeau hammering Conservative policies of wage and price controls in the 1974 campaign
      Pierre Trudeau hammering Conservative policies of wage and price controls in the 1974 campaign
      Griffin, Doug
      6/28/1974
      Mel Watkins. Controls usually mean wage controls more than price controls because wages are easier to control
      Mel Watkins. Controls usually mean wage controls more than price controls because wages are easier to control
      Darrell, Dick
      3/24/1981
      Crowding around labor minister John Munro, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees questioned him about wage and price controls after his sp(...)
      Crowding around labor minister John Munro, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees questioned him about wage and price controls after his sp(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      10/21/1975
      The incumbent: Tory Immigration Minister Ron Atkey (centre) meets constituents outside famous Upper Canada College landmark
      The incumbent: Tory Immigration Minister Ron Atkey (centre) meets constituents outside famous Upper Canada College landmark
      Atkey, Ronald
      2/3/1980
      Labor Day protest. End wage controls, Pilkey says
      Labor Day protest. End wage controls, Pilkey says
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/24/1981
      The winner over veteran Liberal Ian Wahn, Conservative Ron Atkey and his wife, Brenda, thank his workers for his victory in St. Paul's. Thirty-year-ol(...)
      The winner over veteran Liberal Ian Wahn, Conservative Ron Atkey and his wife, Brenda, thank his workers for his victory in St. Paul's. Thirty-year-ol(...)
      Atkey, Ronald
      10/30/1972
      Work is one of my hobbies, says chartered accountant Harold Crosby, photographed against the Toronto skyline on his way from Halifax to Edmonton to become president of Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Chamber's commitment to national unity is a firm as its opposition to controls.
      Work is one of my hobbies, says chartered accountant Harold Crosby, photographed against the Toronto skyline on his way from Halifax to Edmonton to become president of Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Chamber's commitment to national unity is a firm as its opposition to controls.
      Bull, Ron
      9/6/1977
      Controls urged: NDP Leader Ed Broadbent says that interest rates have to come down to creat jobs, and controls should be introduced to stop investment money leaving the country
      Controls urged: NDP Leader Ed Broadbent says that interest rates have to come down to creat jobs, and controls should be introduced to stop investment money leaving the country
      Broadbent, Ed, 1936-
      2/5/1982
      Conservative Ron Atkey. You get immune to insults
      Conservative Ron Atkey. You get immune to insults
      Atkin, Harvey, 1942-
      6/4/1974
      New management: Erivan Haub, left, the West German grocery tycoon who controls A and P, says he plans to put his merchandising expertise to work in his newly acquired Dominion stores
      New management: Erivan Haub, left, the West German grocery tycoon who controls A and P, says he plans to put his merchandising expertise to work in his newly acquired Dominion stores
      Bull, Ron
      2/13/1985
      Viewpoint on wage controls is illustrated by 2 of the 12,000 marchers in yesterday's Labor Day parade at the Canadian National Exhibition. They wear c(...)
      Viewpoint on wage controls is illustrated by 2 of the 12,000 marchers in yesterday's Labor Day parade at the Canadian National Exhibition. They wear c(...)
      Bull, Ron
      9/6/1976