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Duncan Macpherson

Thursday March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday March 31, 2022

It’s past time for action on payday loans

Sometimes, requests made of governments seem so eminently reasonable that it’s amazing they need be repeated over and over again.

March 6, 2021

In a report last week, ACORN, a non-profit group advocating for low- and moderate-income Canadians, once again asks the federal government to crack down on exorbitant interest rates charged by high-cost lenders.

The gaudy outlets offering payday loans and other such provisions of quick money at high cost are symbols of desperation on the main streets of almost all towns and cities.

They are the physical manifestation of an inequitable society — a divide both highlighted and aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As ACORN has long argued, the lenders profit off the most vulnerable.

The pandemic has worsened things for those on the margins, it said. Many of those trying to pay their bills turn to so-called payday loans — small, short-term loans with extremely high annual interest rates.

These loans don’t exceed $1,500, must be repaid within 62 days, and can carry interest as high as 500 per cent in some provinces. They are regulated by provincial governments and lenders are exempt from even the 60 per cent limit on interest.

Posted in: Canada Tagged: 2022-11, Canada, Duncan Macpherson, Justin Trudeau, lenders, Let them eat cake, marie antoinette, Ontario, Payday, Payday loans, Poverty, usury

The 1996 Duncan Macpherson Award goes to…

June 16, 2021 by Graeme MacKay

… unknown. 

If anyone does know if a winner was declared please contact the Association of Canadian Cartoonists.

But here is the plaque presented to Graeme MacKay, who won… second place… (noted on the badge in the top left hand corner.)

1996 2nd place plaque

The Encyclopedia of Canadian Animation, Cartooning and Illustration states following awards granted in 1994 and 1995, “there appear to have been no further awards given.”

The short lived award was of good intent but became mired in organizational conflict and was discontinued.

Posted to macKaycartoons.net in June 2021 to mark the 25th anniversary of the mystery.

Posted in: Cartooning Tagged: ACC, award, cartoonist, contest, Duncan Macpherson

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