Looking for work
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Well over 20,000 people queued up to apply for a few high-paying factory jobs at a Pickering, Ontario, General Motors plant in Jan 1995, which is evidence that unemployment is a pressing problem in Canada. Analysts such as Jeremy Rifkin claim that technology is eliminating the need for mass labor.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
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A backroom victory: John Savage survives a leadership challenge
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The Nova Scotia Liberal Party elected to keep John Savage as premier and party leader, but many party members were dissatisfied with the vote. Savage has been unable to reduce the deficit without increasing taxes, but he has balanced the 1995-96 operating budget.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
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Frontline fighters
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Greenpeace, an environmental protection organization, is beginning its third decade. The organization has more than five million members and a $130 million budget. A history of Greenpeace is given.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1991
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