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Wednesday October 1, 2008

October 1, 2008 by Graeme MacKay

Wednesday October 1, 2008

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday October 1, 2008

Economy engulfs TV debates

The financial crisis in the United States has forced the economy to the forefront of Canada’s televised leaders’ debates.

Broadcast executives yesterday rewrote the format of tonight’s French-language debate and tomorrow’s English-language event to allow the five politicians more time to discuss the fallout from the financial storm that has been pummelling stocks and financial markets.

The decision to devote more time to what has become the key issue in the election came after the Conservatives appealed to the broadcast consortium that runs the debates to reserve an hour – instead of 12 minutes – for the economy.

The New Democrats and the Green party endorsed the request, and the consortium agreed to set aside the first 30 minutes for the economy.

Gone are the opening and closing statements by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe, NDP Leader Jack Layton and Green party Leader Elizabeth May.

“Given recent events in the global economy and its impact on Canada the economy has become a paramount issue,” the consortium said in a statement.

“In addition, the moderators will take advantage of the flexibility built into the debate format to allow for more time to be devoted to this important issue.” (Source: Toronto Star) 

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: Canada, debate, economist, Economy, Elizabeth May, Gilles Duceppe, Jack Layton, Leaders, sleep, sleeping, snooze, Stephane Dion, Stephen Harper

Monday September 29, 2008

September 29, 2008 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Monday September 29, 2008

May denies reports she supports strategic voting

Green party Leader Elizabeth May ended her cross-country train tour in Halifax Saturday, denying reports she’s urging supporters to vote strategically in a bid to unseat the Conservatives.

Ms. May stepped off a 22-car Via passenger train where she was greeted by about 80 party faithful waving green banners and chanting her name.

Ms. May, who began her retro-style whistle-stop tour last weekend, shot down suggestions she’s urging party members to cast their ballot for whichever candidate can oust the Tories on Oct. 14.

“It’s a non-starter,” she said inside the historic train station near the Halifax waterfront. “Strategic voting just doesn’t work.”

Questions arose over her position after a media report said Ms. May was calling for some form of strategic voting merely to depose Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.

“I won’t say, ‘You’ve got to vote Green if you believe in our policies.’ I’ll say, ‘Here’s our policies, figure out what you need to do because, frankly, the Green Party has to put progress [on climate change] and principle above short-term power,”’ she told The Toronto Star last week.

“I’d rather have no Green seats and Stephen Harper lose, than a full caucus that stares across the floor at Stephen Harper as prime minister, because his policies are too dangerous.”

Ms. May said at the time she was discussing problems with the first-past-the-post electoral system, insisting it allows majority governments to be elected by a minority of votes.  (Source: Globe & Mail) 

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: baggage, Canada, circus, election, Elizabeth May, environment, garbage, giraffe, Green Party, locomotive, monkey, popularity, support, train

June 18, 2007

June 18, 2007 by Graeme MacKay

Green Party leader Elizabeth May sat down with us at the Spectator today. Her meeting with us was brief, so my sketch of her was quick:

Up ’til now I’ve only drawn her a few times: here, here, and here.

Posted in: Canada, Cartooning Tagged: commentary, Elizabeth May, environment, Green Party, sketch

Wednesday April 18, 2007

April 18, 2007 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday April 18, 2007

Dion eyeing the fringe of the battlefield

Stephane Dion’s decision to give Green Party leader Elizabeth May a pass in the riding of Central Nova in the next federal election has more to do with a war of attrition between the Liberals and the NDP than with the cause of the environment.

If that particular crusade was as central to their actions as the two leaders purport it to be, logic would dictate that Dion spend the next campaign aggressively wooing Green sympathizers rather than helping May raise the profile of her party at his potential expense.

In logic, it would be more natural for the Liberal leader to make the case that the quickest way to get back on the Kyoto track on climate change is to support a federal party that is both committed to that process and has a realistic chance of unseating the Conservatives.

Even in their wildest dreams, the Greens have little or no hope of electing even the minimal number of MPs (12) required to have official status in the House of Commons in the next election.

But in some closely fought ridings, they could help take out like-minded candidates — from both the NDP and the Liberals — by splitting the anti-Conservative vote.

On the face of it, that makes it hard to jibe May’s endorsement of Dion as her preferred choice for prime minister with the fact that her party will be running candidates against 100-plus Liberal incumbents in the next campaign. If that endorsement is as heartfelt as it sounded yesterday, she has now turned them into needless sacrificial lambs.

At the end of the day, the common interest of the Green and the Liberal parties in bringing down the NDP is as least as strong as their common concern for the environment.

For the Liberals, boosting the Green Party only makes sense if it results in the NDP taking a hit in the ballot box. That is what happened in a byelection in London, Ont., late last year.

The New Democrats were pushed back by the Greens while the Liberals held on to the seat with a comfortable majority.

Whether that scenario would actually repeat itself in a general election and in ridings where May is not the actual Green contender remains to be seen.

Still, by securing her blessing for Dion, the Liberals can hope that they have insulated themselves from Green inroads into their share of the vote in the next election.

For her part,  May, as the leader of an emerging party, clearly feels she needs a seat in the House of Commons and an inside track to overtake the NDP in the future more than she needs to score points against the Liberals.

But while May and Dion are teaming up to play checkers against Jack Layton, they may be creating new openings for Stephen Harper on the election chessboard. On that score, they may both have gotten ahead of themselves.

For years, the Liberals benefited from the war between various factions of the right. Those battles drove many moderate conservatives to their party.

But now it is the Conservatives who stand to benefit from the manoeuvres taking place among their progressive opponents.

That starts with Central Nova where, as of yesterday, the 10,000 voters who supported the Liberals in the 2006 election have been turned into political orphans.

Some of them will certainly take Dion’s cue and give May a hand in her bid to secure the first Green seat ever in Canada.

But inasmuch as a vote for the Greens remains a protest vote, many will be tempted to switch to more traditional options.

Dion’s decision not to run a candidate in Central Nova could end up boosting the Conservative vote. And May’s cosiness with the Liberals could actually firm up the NDP vote not only in that particular riding but also elsewhere in Canada.

MacKay, who won almost two votes for every Liberal one in 2006, need not necessarily ponder his retirement options just yet.

Regardless of the eventual fate of the minister of foreign affairs, the larger consequence of Dion’s move is to further engage the Liberal party in a three-way battle with the Bloc Quebecois, the NDP and the Greens for the anti-Conservative protest vote.

As Harper strives to advance his party further to the centre by making it more attractive to middle-of-the-road voters, Dion has his eye on the fringe of the battlefield.

It is hard not to think that his approach is awfully convenient for the Conservatives. – Chantal Hebert (Hamilton Spectator, A23, 4/14/2007)

Posted in: Canada Tagged: 2007, Canada, donkey, Editorial Cartoon, Elizabeth May, environment, Green, mule, party, shift, Stephane Dion

January 19, 2007

January 19, 2007 by Graeme MacKay

I came across a discussion on a messageboard where Green Party supporters were weighing in their thoughts on above cartoon featuring their leader Elizabeth May:


Soumis par Gareth Davies le 25 Janvier, 2007 – 21:41

I love it! Thank Camille. Where did she see it?


Soumis par Neil Adair le 25 Janvier, 2007 – 23:51

Not sure but here’s the link:

http://www.old.mackaycartoons.net/2007/huh2007-01-19.html

This one too!

http://www.old.mackaycartoons.net/2007/huh2007-01-18.html


Soumis par Erich Jacoby-Hawkins le 26 Janvier, 2007 – 03:05

If I didn’t know that was supposed to be EFM, I wouldn’t recognize her. The nose is too long & pointy, the cheeks should be round (not flat). And of course, she should be smiling.

But I suppose the caricaturists will get better with practice. As proof, Harper and Layton are very recognizable above, Dion not so much.

I look forward to ‘seeing’ more of EFM in the cartoons!

Erich Jacoby-Hawkins
Barrie, ON

p.s. And to recognize us for a non-enviro issue – yay!


Soumis par Brian Smallshaw le 26 Janvier, 2007 – 11:16

Glad to see the cartoonists feel we are a worthy subject, but is the implication here that we stand for poverty? Is it that you have a choice, between an unsustainable, environmentally degraded world, or poverty? Hope not.

Brian Smallshaw
Saanich-Gulf Islands EDA


Soumis par Erich Jacoby-Hawkins le 26 Janvier, 2007 – 14:24

I thought it was pretty clearly expressing that our party is now leading the way on addressing poverty – in a comprehensive, ‘fix for a generation’ style via GAI rather than a patchwork of expensive-to-administrate programs which still leave gaps.

The timing is in relation to the policy conference we just had on that topic in BC last weekend. When was the last time a gray party, even the NDP, had a conference on how to end poverty, rather than just demand more money to expand the programs that don’t work now?

The cartoon says that EFM and the GPC are staying ahead of the grays – we were onto climate change while they ignored it, now we are also on poverty and they’ll have to catch up. We’re ahead of the curve. (Standing on the poverty island does not mean we want or will create poverty any more than standing on the climate change island implies we support climate change – in fact, the opposite).

This is a pretty amazing statement from a political cartoonist – very Green-positive, and in a way we want (breaking out of the one-issue-party meme).

Erich Jacoby-Hawkins
Barrie, ON


Soumis par Brian Smallshaw le 26 Janvier, 2007 – 15:26

Yes, I thought it should be taken that way; just wondered if anybody might read it wrong.

Brian Smallshaw
Saanich-Gulf Islands EDA

Posted in: Canada Tagged: climate change, commentary, Elizabeth May, environment, Green Party, Poverty
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