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In this season of high unemployment, Christmas wouldn't come for many if it weren't for welfare agencies who play Santa Claus
In this season of high unemployment, Christmas wouldn't come for many if it weren't for welfare agencies who play Santa Claus

In this season of high unemployment, Christmas wouldn't come for many if it weren't for welfare agencies who play Santa Claus

Date12/20/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: In this season of high unemployment; Christmas wouldn't come for many if it weren't for welfare agencies who play Santa Claus.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0018358F
Hung out to dry: Larry and Roseanne Nolan, who worked for the inglis company for 16 years, are now filling out unemployment insurance forms
Hung out to dry: Larry and Roseanne Nolan, who worked for the inglis company for 16 years, are now filling out unemployment insurance forms
Loek, Dick
11/30/1989
Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick
Job hunting: 'The new ones are the most depressing because they're people who worked steadily for 10 or 12 years and suddenly they've been laid off,' says welfare worker Rochelle Winnick
Lennon, Frank
5/1/1970
Unemployment - Unemployment Insurance Commission
Unemployment - Unemployment Insurance Commission
James, Norman
6/20/1968
Number of people on welfare in Toronto has been dropping since this picture of local welfare office was taken in 1971 and seems to bear out contention in article that no one really wants to be on it
Number of people on welfare in Toronto has been dropping since this picture of local welfare office was taken in 1971 and seems to bear out contention in article that no one really wants to be on it
Darrell, Dick
9/10/1971
Counsellors to the unemployed, Keith Oleksink and Barbara Linds discuss a problem outside the Unemployment Help Centre where they work. The centre hel(...)
Counsellors to the unemployed, Keith Oleksink and Barbara Linds discuss a problem outside the Unemployment Help Centre where they work. The centre hel(...)
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
3/29/1978
Political heavyweights: Employment Minister Barbara McDougall (inset, left) is battling Liberal Senate leader Allar MacEachen over unemployment insurance reform
Political heavyweights: Employment Minister Barbara McDougall (inset, left) is battling Liberal Senate leader Allar MacEachen over unemployment insurance reform
Cooper, David
2/22/1989
Unemployment 1930 - 1939
Unemployment 1930 - 1939
Toronto Star (Firm)
5/8/1939
Growing unemployment and rising prices place the economy in exactly same place it was two years ago
Growing unemployment and rising prices place the economy in exactly same place it was two years ago
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
11/26/1970
Unemployment 1995 - -
Unemployment 1995 - -
Spremo, Boris
1/10/1995
Unemployment line
Unemployment line
Darrell, Dick
3/23/1983
Along with 135,000 other people in Metro, Kelly Pykerman, 28, lives on unemployment insurance
Along with 135,000 other people in Metro, Kelly Pykerman, 28, lives on unemployment insurance
Bull, Ron
4/11/1975
Major concern: Unemployment, rather than inflation should be recognized as the number one problem, the bishops say
Major concern: Unemployment, rather than inflation should be recognized as the number one problem, the bishops say
Lennon, Frank
9/1/1977