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[Plumptre, Beryl : Press Conference]

Item number (ISN):

475444

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1975-04-11

Item number (ISN):

475444

Type of material:

Sound recordings

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Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. NATIONAL PRESS THEATRE

Accession:

1975-0052

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1975-04-11

Description:

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Press conference with Beryl Plumptre, Chairman of the Food Prices Review Board after release of the Food Prices Review Board's survey report on food prices in Ottawa. Mrs. Plumptre made a preliminary statement about: consumer affairs, aims and objectives of the Food Prices Review Board's survey report, findings of the Food Prices Review Board's study of Ottawa food prices. Mrs. Plumptre fielded questions from assembled journalists on the following subjects: consumer affairs, dangers of publishing all food price data to consumers; industry, competition between big and small food retailers, oligopolistic tendencies within food industries, profit margins in the food industry; consumer affairs, effect of Food Prices Review Board's survey on food prices in Ottawa, methodological problems in price-taking of food retail stores; Ottawa, lack of low income areas in Ottawa for use in food price survey; consumer affairs, effects of nutrition report by Food Prices Review Board on supermarkets' purchasing policy, effect of Ottawa food price survey report on advertising policies of supermarkets; consumer affairs, aim of Food Prices Review Board to balance consumer and retailer interests, use of report findings by consumer groups in other cities, strengths and weaknesses of the Food Prices Review Board's survey report on Ottawa food prices, response from Ottawa community to findings of food price survey; justice, legal consideration involved in a food price survey of a large city. Mrs. Plumptre was accompanied by a Mr. Campbell, an economist who worked on the Food Prices Review Board survey of food prices in Ottawa. <40mn>

Language:

English

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1. The press conference was held at the National Press Theatre on 150 Wellington Street, Ottawa.

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Vault ISN:

700544

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00474

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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