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Debuting in 1967, Concern was a documentary series with a religious twist. Few subjects were taboo. The hour-long evening show tackled subjects as varied as faith healing, venereal disease and the role of the military-industrial complex in the Vietnam War. Broadcast weekly from Halifax until the show's end in 1978, producers included Wayne Skene and John Coutanche.

Textile workers implore: 'Buy Canadian'

Broadcast Date: Oct. 23, 1977

In 1977, unemployment rates in Canada are the highest they've been since the 1930s. With predictions that it will be a slow recovery, workers across the country want the government to do something to help. The CBC Radio program Concern looks at the unemployment issue, and as we hear from this clip, textile workers in Quebec feel that what's at the heart of the matter is buying Canadian — Canadians have to help one another by buying goods made by their neighbours.

 

Textile workers implore: 'Buy Canadian'

• The Globe and Mail reported on Oct. 12, 1977 that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Canada had reached 8.3 per cent, the highest since 1940.

Textile workers implore: 'Buy Canadian'

Medium: Radio

Program: Concern

Broadcast Date: Oct. 23, 1977


Host: Neil Copeland

Duration: 1:52

Photo: Ben Mark Holzberg /Library and Archives Canada

Last updated:
Feb. 13, 2009


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