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No mortician: Ten years ago, trustees used to bury bankruptcies, today they try to revive them, says Garth MacGirr, vice-president of the Canadian Insolvency Association
No mortician: Ten years ago, trustees used to bury bankruptcies, today they try to revive them, says Garth MacGirr, vice-president of the Canadian Insolvency Association

No mortician: Ten years ago, trustees used to bury bankruptcies, today they try to revive them, says Garth MacGirr, vice-president of the Canadian Insolvency Association

Date7/23/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0064530F
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