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CANADA. NATIONAL PRESS THEATRE

1978-0170

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1978-10-17

News conference with Harold Renouf, Chair of the Anti-Inflation Board (AIB); Harry Stephenson, former Director General of the Prices and Profits Branch of the Anti-Inflation Board; and Alphonse Riverin, Québec member of the Anti-Inflation Board. The news conference was held to announce the release of the report, A Study on the Profit Margins in the Food Industry, prepared by the AIB Task Force on Profit Margins in the Food Industry. There was no opening statement. Questions were asked on the following subjects: reasons for selection of 1971-1978 for food price study; conclusions reached on food prices and profits; factors responsible for high food prices; lack of profiteering in food industry; difficulty of obtaining statistical data on food prices; terms of reference of food industry study; inability to assess fairness of profit margins; conditions affecting the prices of food; functions of the AIB food study; and cooperation of government departments. <25mn>

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