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1983 Election Poster, Bumper Sticker

A poster with a cartoon character reads, “If YOU are disabled disadvantaged a woman a civil servant sick old poor You’re Not Wanted Here! That’s the BC Spirit”; A sticker reads "Feeling Oppressed? Want a Change?" with voting boxes marked "Socreds", "Democracy"

Joey Hartman file, BCLHC Solidarity Collection

In 1982 Premier Bill Bennett announced a program to address “the new economic reality” in BC and launched his 1983 election campaign with a platform of “restraint”.

Transcription:

Feeling oppressed, want a change? Socreds. Democracy.

If you are disabled, disadvantaged, a woman, a civil servant, sick, old, poor, you’re not wanted here! That’s the B.C. Spirit