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Michael Wilson's move on prescription drugs is sure to send prices skyrocketing
Michael Wilson's move on prescription drugs is sure to send prices skyrocketing

Michael Wilson's move on prescription drugs is sure to send prices skyrocketing

Date4/19/1991
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  • Michael Wilson's move on prescription drugs is sure to send prices skyrocketing
  • Michael Wilson's move on prescription drugs is sure to send prices skyrocketing.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Michael Wilson's move on prescription drugs is sure to send prices skyrocketing.
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    The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices
    The spanier family - Lois, 3-year-old Mark, 5-month-old Elizabeth and Herb, a musician - depend on health food shops, discount drug stores and their backyard vegetable garden to help them eat well in spite of skyrocketing grocery prices
    Darrell, Dick
    10/11/1972
    Drug manufacturer John Cook says Canadian-owned drug firms tend to loose Canadian identity after they become full-fledged manufacturers, performing all steps in making prescription drugs. Cook is worried that control of his own small, Etobicoke-based company will soon go to foreigners.
    Drug manufacturer John Cook says Canadian-owned drug firms tend to loose Canadian identity after they become full-fledged manufacturers, performing all steps in making prescription drugs. Cook is worried that control of his own small, Etobicoke-based company will soon go to foreigners.
    Ross, Fred
    7/2/1970
    And pharmacist Jimmy Rogers, right, admits substitution of generics for higher priced brand-name drugs is somewhat influenced by who's paying for the prescription
    And pharmacist Jimmy Rogers, right, admits substitution of generics for higher priced brand-name drugs is somewhat influenced by who's paying for the prescription
    Beaty, Keith
    2/24/1985
    Inflated prices: Lyle Goff, left, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Canada, says drug prices are inflated to make up for pharmacists' low dispensing fee
    Inflated prices: Lyle Goff, left, chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association of Canada, says drug prices are inflated to make up for pharmacists' low dispensing fee
    Stuparyk, Michael
    1/14/1985
    Send for prices : the regulation waterproof cloak : best quality, manufactured specially for Canada
    Send for prices : the regulation waterproof cloak : best quality, manufactured specially for Canada
    John Martin & Co. (Montréal, Qué.)
    1880 circa
    Canadian Pacific Express we send dollar remittances to Europe at very low prices
    Canadian Pacific Express we send dollar remittances to Europe at very low prices
    Canadian Pacific Railway Company
    1920 circa
    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
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    9/27/1989
    De Havilland protest: Workers worried about their jobs demonstrate outside Michael Wilson's constituency office in Etobicoke yesterday
    De Havilland protest: Workers worried about their jobs demonstrate outside Michael Wilson's constituency office in Etobicoke yesterday
    Faught, Ken
    6/20/1991
    Placard protest: Air Canada pilot Ed Godin, with loudhailer, talks to fellow workers protesting aid for Canadian Airlines at Trade Minister Michael Wilson's constituency office in Toronto yesterday
    Placard protest: Air Canada pilot Ed Godin, with loudhailer, talks to fellow workers protesting aid for Canadian Airlines at Trade Minister Michael Wilson's constituency office in Toronto yesterday
    Power, Peter
    11/16/1992
    Average family: Alan Marshall, left, holds daughter Katie, 3 1/2, as he and wife Betty, and son, 13-month-old Daniel watch details on Finance Michael Wilson's tax reforms on TV
    Average family: Alan Marshall, left, holds daughter Katie, 3 1/2, as he and wife Betty, and son, 13-month-old Daniel watch details on Finance Michael Wilson's tax reforms on TV
    Combs, Erin
    6/18/1987
    Prof. Harry Eastman: New chairman of the recently-announced Drug prices Review Board is a highly respected expert on the drug industry and its varying interests.
    Prof. Harry Eastman: New chairman of the recently-announced Drug prices Review Board is a highly respected expert on the drug industry and its varying interests.
    McConnell, Colin
    12/17/1986
    Drug prices appear to be acceptable
    Drug prices appear to be acceptable
    Stawicki, Andrew
    4/15/1989