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Tommy Douglas

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Will it be a great source of comfort to certain Canadian boys to know that the bullet that maimed them for life was made from Canadian nickel sold by the International Nickel Company?
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Debate, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, April 3, 1939

 
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