Curator's note | Pierre Trudeau and his Liberal Party received a majority in the 1974 federal election, having campaigned against Conservative Joe Clark's platform of wage and price controls to combat high inflation rates. One of Trudeau's more memorable campaign phrases was "Zap, you're frozen." Upon winning election the Liberals instituted wage and price controls in 1975. The federal Anti-Inflation Act established a 3-year controls system. Wage guidelines were binding on all firms with 500 or more employees, on all federal employees, and (with the agreement of the majority of provincial governments) on most other public-sector employees. |
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Title | Labour Demonstration |
Date | 2 February 1976 |
Physical extent | 1 photograph : b&w |
Scope and content | Demonstration by Saskatchewan labour unions against the federal anti-inflation program of wage and price controls. They are gathered in front of the provincial Legislative Building. |
Repository | Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection |
Retrieval information | Regina Office Photograph Collection, R-A24774-14 |
Theme(s) |
Organised Labour |
Database ID | 36838 |