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Buttons Against the Budget

Five round metal buttons, with slogans including: “Restrain restraint!” “The Socred Budget Disables People” and “Government by the PEOPLE NOT the Fraser Institute”

Sean Griffin photo:  BC Labour Heritage Centre Solidarity Collection

Buttons were a popular method of expressing opposition to the 1983 provincial budget and the restraint policies advocated by right wing think tanks and the Social Credit government.