tspa_0018028f A tobacco grower’s wife protests outside the Ontario Legislature in March, 1964.
Photographer: Norman James
Date: March, 1964
Context: In 1964, tobacco farmers protested low prices at tobacco auctions. They believed not only that the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers Marketing Board was in cahoots with tobacco buyers, but also that the “tobacco-cancer scare” and Ottawa’s anti-smoking campaign were ruining the market.