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Wednesday October 21, 2015

October 20, 2015 by Graeme MacKay
By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Wednesday October 21, 2015 Justin Trudeau's turn to face the weight of expectations Stephen Harper is a goner, and humiliated, too, to the near-erotic ecstasy of Canada's chattering classes, who loathed him with such intensity it's hard to think of a comparison in modern politics. Well, maybe Dick Cheney, George W. Bush's Darth Vader. Suddenly, in Justin Trudeau we have a prime minister-designate who's banging on about hope and trust and inclusiveness and believing in yourself and being better and listening to everyone and diversity and all sorts of other happy thoughts. He even threw in tolerance for hijabs. Last week, Harper tried to say this wasn't about him, but it was. All those Conservative candidates he muzzled and controlled are probably wishing they'd grown some spine and stood up to those PMO staffers who've been ordering them around for years. The smile that spread across the lips of the Canadian elites during the last week of this election, when Harper was reduced to posing with Rob Ford and his brother in an attempt to shore up what amounts to the Canadian Tea Party vote, was almost wolfish. It won't be hard for Trudeau to keep his most prominent promise Ñ to run a deficit for a few years. Spending more than you earn is always easy. He may already be inheriting a deficit. But he's taking power at a time of tremendous transformation. A housing correction may be coming. Younger generations are struggling with debt. At the same time, entire cohorts of baby boomers are retiring. Try to trim their entitlements, which will almost certainly be necessary, and see what happens. Or try to force some competition into the Canadian banking sector. Or the almost closed-shop telecommunications sector. Or try to cut red tape at the border, and encourage true free trade with the Americans. Trudeau will need revenue to fulfill his agenda, but even Liberals won't be keen on restoring the taxes Ste

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday October 21, 2015

Justin Trudeau’s turn to face the weight of expectations

Stephen Harper is a goner, and humiliated, too, to the near-erotic ecstasy of Canada’s chattering classes, who loathed him with such intensity it’s hard to think of a comparison in modern politics.

Well, maybe Dick Cheney, George W. Bush’s Darth Vader.

Suddenly, in Justin Trudeau we have a prime minister-designate who’s banging on about hope and trust and inclusiveness and believing in yourself and being better and listening to everyone and diversity and all sorts of other happy thoughts. He even threw in tolerance for hijabs.

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Last week, Harper tried to say this wasn’t about him, but it was. All those Conservative candidates he muzzled and controlled are probably wishing they’d grown some spine and stood up to those PMO staffers who’ve been ordering them around for years.

The smile that spread across the lips of the Canadian elites during the last week of this election, when Harper was reduced to posing with Rob Ford and his brother in an attempt to shore up what amounts to the Canadian Tea Party vote, was almost wolfish.

It won’t be hard for Trudeau to keep his most prominent promise — to run a deficit for a few years. Spending more than you earn is always easy. He may already be inheriting a deficit.

But he’s taking power at a time of tremendous transformation. A housing correction may be coming. Younger generations are struggling with debt.

At the same time, entire cohorts of baby boomers are retiring. Try to trim their entitlements, which will almost certainly be necessary, and see what happens.

Or try to force some competition into the Canadian banking sector. Or the almost closed-shop telecommunications sector. Or try to cut red tape at the border, and encourage true free trade with the Americans.

Trudeau will need revenue to fulfill his agenda, but even Liberals won’t be keen on restoring the taxes Stephen Harper cut. They may not even really want a larger federal government.

JustinTrudeau-GalleryOur new prime minister might say he’s going to sit down and negotiate with Canada’s premiers “with deep respect,” but wait until he gets a load of what’s involved with that. His father knew.

What Trudeau can do, of course, is change the tone. That costs nothing, and a lot of Canadians want it to happen.

He can make Canada’s positions abroad more nuanced, less absolutist and replace Canada’s swagger at the UN with some actual diplomacy.

He can walk back the talk about how terrorists threaten us daily in our very homes, and perhaps speak honestly about the effectiveness of our combat mission in Iraq and Syria.

He may end up joining the rest of the Western world in supporting the nuclear deal with Iran, and perhaps even recognize that there are two sides to the question of Israel and the Palestinians.

But sweeping reversals of Stephen Harper’s legacy? It’s been almost a decade, and Harper changed the status quo. Even Trudeau himself seems to understand that. (Continued: CBC News)

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: #elxn42, Canada, climate change, election, election2015, government, Harper, Justin Trudeau, Parliament, Premiers, Science, Stephen Harper, Supreme Court

Tuesday October 20, 2015

October 19, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday October 20, 2015

Liberals to Form Majority Government

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Tuesday October 20, 2015 Justin Trudeau leads a majority government following the 2015 Federal Election editorial cartoon, #elxn42, Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, niqab, majority, rose, Pierre Trudeau

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: #elxn42, Editorial Cartoon, election2015, Justin Trudeau, majority, Niqab, Pierre Trudeau, rose, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Election Night 2015

October 19, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

Monday, October 19, 2015

They’re calling it a close election. I’ve drawn 3 possible scenarios of what I think will unfold tonight. Beginning with what I think is the most likely outcome:

Liberal minority:

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Tuesday October 20, 2015 Cartoon to run in the event minority government situation resulting from the Parliamentary seat count determined by votes cast in the 2015 General Election. editorial cartoon, #elxn42, Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, niqab, majority, rose, Pierre Trudeau

Too close to call favouring a Conservative minority:

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Tuesday October 20, 2015 Cartoon to run in the event minority government situation resulting from the Parliamentary seat count determined by votes cast in the 2015 General Election. editorial cartoon, #elxn42, Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, niqab, majority, rose, Pierre Trudeau

Liberal Majority:

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Tuesday October 20, 2015 Cartoon to run in the event of a Justin Trudeau lead Liberal Party upset  against the governing Conservatives in the 2015 General Election. editorial cartoon, #elxn42, Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, niqab, majority, rose, Pierre Trudeau

Posted in: Canada Tagged: #elxn42, Editorial Cartoon, election2015, Justin Trudeau, majority, Niqab, Pierre Trudeau, rose, Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair

Saturday October 17, 2015

October 16, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Saturday October 17, 2015 Liberal Justin Trudeau on verge of victory despite starting campaign as underdog In March 2012, Justin Trudeau, then simply the Liberal MP for MontrealÕs Papineau constituency, agreed to take part in a televised boxing match to raise funds for a cancer charity. The pundits favoured his opponent, Patrick Brazeau, a Conservative senator with a scrapperÕs build. But by the time the referee ended the fight, midway through the third round, it was Mr Trudeau, the privileged boy, who was landing punches. ÒEveryone assumed Trudeau would lose,Ó said Adam Radwanski, a columnist for CanadaÕs Globe and Mail newspaper. ÒBut heÕd trained hard. He looked like a guy who knew what he was doing.Ó ItÕs a narrative that has repeated itself in this yearÕs Canadian general election. Now his partyÕs leader, Mr Trudeau entered the summer as the underdog: the Liberals languished in third place in the polls, while their frontman was written off as a political lightweight. But he has held his own during the leadersÕ debates, looked at home on the campaign trail and, after results come in on Monday night, is expected to be CanadaÕs next Prime Minister. A national poll by Nanos recently put Mr TrudeauÕs Liberals at 37.1 per cent, ahead of the Conservatives led by incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper, at 29.4 per cent, with the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) trailing at 23.7 per cent. Whoever wins is likely to preside over a minority government. To many this must look like destiny: Mr Trudeau, 43, is the eldest son of Pierre Trudeau, who served twice as Prime Minister for more than 15 years between 1968 and 1984. For much of his life, however, the son seemed more likely to take after his mother, Margaret, an author, actress and TV personality who hung out with the Rolling Stones, and had love affairs with Ted Kennedy and Jack Nicholson. Born on Christmas Day 1971 and raised at the Canadian

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday October 17, 2015

Liberal Justin Trudeau on verge of victory despite starting campaign as underdog

In March 2012, Justin Trudeau, then simply the Liberal MP for Montreal’s Papineau constituency, agreed to take part in a televised boxing match to raise funds for a cancer charity. The pundits favoured his opponent, Patrick Brazeau, a Conservative senator with a scrapper’s build. But by the time the referee ended the fight, midway through the third round, it was Mr Trudeau, the privileged boy, who was landing punches.

“Everyone assumed Trudeau would lose,” said Adam Radwanski, a columnist for Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper. “But he’d trained hard. He looked like a guy who knew what he was doing.”

JustinTrudeau-GalleryIt’s a narrative that has repeated itself in this year’s Canadian general election. Now his party’s leader, Mr Trudeau entered the summer as the underdog: the Liberals languished in third place in the polls, while their frontman was written off as a political lightweight. But he has held his own during the leaders’ debates, looked at home on the campaign trail and, after results come in on Monday night, is expected to be Canada’s next Prime Minister.

A national poll by Nanos recently put Mr Trudeau’s Liberals at 37.1 per cent, ahead of the Conservatives led by incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper, at 29.4 per cent, with the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) trailing at 23.7 per cent. Whoever wins is likely to preside over a minority government.

To many this must look like destiny: Mr Trudeau, 43, is the eldest son of Pierre Trudeau, who served twice as Prime Minister for more than 15 years between 1968 and 1984. For much of his life, however, the son seemed more likely to take after his mother, Margaret, an author, actress and TV personality who hung out with the Rolling Stones, and had love affairs with Ted Kennedy and Jack Nicholson.

Born on Christmas Day 1971 and raised at the Canadian leaders’ residence, Mr Trudeau’s middle names are Pierre and James, after his father and his maternal grandfather, James Sinclair, once a Liberal cabinet minister. But rather than politics, Mr Trudeau’s first career was as a teacher, of maths and drama.

His father had a cerebral reputation, said Nelson Wiseman, a politics professor at the University of Toronto. “Pierre Trudeau studied at Harvard, he was an economic policy adviser in the Privy Council Office and a constitutional lawyer,” Professor Wiseman said. “Trudeau the younger doesn’t have that intellectual gravitas.” His name nonetheless made Mr Trudeau a public figure, particularly after a stirring eulogy at his father’s state funeral in September 2000. In 2007, he appeared in the series The Great War as Major Talbot Mercer Papineau, a Canadian killed at Passchendaele. A year later he was an MP.

The Liberals held power for 80 of the 110 years between 1896 and 2006. But their loss that year to the Conservatives led to infighting, and a more disastrous election in 2011, when they shrunk to become the third largest party.

Mr Trudeau was hesitant to run for the leadership. His parents had separated when he was six, their marriage destroyed in part by the demands of politics. “Nobody knows better than I do what the pressures of party leadership can do to a young family,” he said in 2012. (Continued: The Independent, UK)

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: #elxn42, Attack Ads, Canada, election, election2015, government, Justin Trudeau, panic, tv

Thursday October 15, 2015

October 14, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator - Thursday October 15, 2015 Trudeau win could cancel need for Ontario pension, Wynne says A majority win for Justin TrudeauÕs Liberals next Monday could ÒabsolutelyÓ negate the need for an Ontario pension plan, says Premier Kathleen Wynne. ThatÕs because Trudeau has promised to enrich the existing Canada Pension Plan, possibly making the proposed complementary Ontario Retirement Pension Plan redundant. ÒIf we have a partner in Justin Trudeau to sit down and work out what theyÕre looking at as an enhancement to CPP that was always my starting point,Ó Wynne said Tuesday as she campaigned in four ridings in Toronto, Oakville, and Burlington to help the federal Liberals. ÒThat was the solution. A couple of years ago, thatÕs what we were looking at. We were looking at finance ministers across the country who agreed that theyÕre needed to be a change to the Canada Pension Plan,Ó she said. She noted two-thirds of Ontarians have no workplace pension. WynneÕs provincial Liberals introduced the ORPP, which takes effect in 2017, after Conservative Leader Stephen Harper refused to improve CPP benefits, which pay out a maximum of about $12,000 annually. Under the scheme, workers without a plan would have to contribute 1.9 per cent of their pay, which would be matched by their employers. On the eve of launching the 11-week election campaign, Harper said Ottawa would not aid QueenÕs Park by administering the new provincial plan, which he views as a Òpayroll tax.Ó ÒKathleen Wynne is mad that I wonÕt help her do that,Ó he said in August. ÒYouÕre bloody right. The Conservative government is not going to help bring in that kind of tax hike.Ó But Trudeau, who is leading in most opinion polls, has repeatedly pledged to boost CPP and work with Wynne to bolster retirement security. (Source: Toronto Star) http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/10/13/trudeau-win-could-negate-need-for-ontario-pension-wynne.html O

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday October 15, 2015

Trudeau win could cancel need for Ontario pension, Wynne says

A majority win for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals next Monday could “absolutely” negate the need for an Ontario pension plan, says Premier Kathleen Wynne.

That’s because Trudeau has promised to enrich the existing Canada Pension Plan, possibly making the proposed complementary Ontario Retirement Pension Plan redundant.

“If we have a partner in Justin Trudeau to sit down and work out what they’re looking at as an enhancement to CPP that was always my starting point,” Wynne said Tuesday as she campaigned in four ridings in Toronto, Oakville, and Burlington to help the federal Liberals.

“That was the solution. A couple of years ago, that’s what we were looking at. We were looking at finance ministers across the country who agreed that they’re needed to be a change to the Canada Pension Plan,” she said.

She noted two-thirds of Ontarians have no workplace pension.

Wynne’s provincial Liberals introduced the ORPP, which takes effect in 2017, after Conservative Leader Stephen Harper refused to improve CPP benefits, which pay out a maximum of about $12,000 annually.

Under the scheme, workers without a plan would have to contribute 1.9 per cent of their pay, which would be matched by their employers.

On the eve of launching the 11-week election campaign, Harper said Ottawa would not aid Queen’s Park by administering the new provincial plan, which he views as a “payroll tax.”

“Kathleen Wynne is mad that I won’t help her do that,” he said in August. “You’re bloody right. The Conservative government is not going to help bring in that kind of tax hike.”

But Trudeau, who is leading in most opinion polls, has repeatedly pledged to boost CPP and work with Wynne to bolster retirement security. (Source: Toronto Star)

 

Posted in: Ontario Tagged: #elxn42, CPP, election, election2015, fish, Justin Trudeau, Kathleen Wynne, Liberal, Ontario, pension, retirement, savings
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