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Friday June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019 by Graeme MacKay

June 28, 2019

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday June 28, 2019

Canada has ‘broad international coalition’ of support on China file, Freeland says

Canada is fortunate to have assembled a “broad international coalition” of countries who support Canada and believe arbitrary detentions are harmful, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday at the G20 summit in Osaka.

August 10, 2018

Freeland, who spoke to reporters alongside her cabinet colleague Finance Minister Bill Morneau, said China has been hearing about the detention of two Canadians from a range of countries, adding that efforts continue here at the summit.

The Prime Minister’s Office said Trudeau had “brief, constructive interactions” with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the first day of meetings at the gathering of major economies.

Video footage from a working lunch on Friday showed the two leaders sitting beside each other but not interacting for several minutes while cameras were positioned on them. Trudeau could be seen making an effort to interact with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, located on his other side.

Trudeau and Xi greeted each other prior to the interaction in the footage, government officials said.

December 5, 2017

Canada has been open for a long time to having conversations with China in addition to discussions unfolding at some diplomatic levels, Freeland said Friday, adding it remains “very, very open” to having conversations at the summit at higher level.

At present, communication has proved to be difficult because the Chinese have indicated they have no interest in speaking with senior officials including Freeland or Trudeau.

To try and get through to China, Canada is now relying heavily on the influence of U.S. President Donald Trump to raise the issue in his own bilateral meeting with the Chinese president on Saturday. The president committed to doing so following a meeting last week with Trudeau in Washington.

Freeland wouldn’t speak to whether there was a specific ask of Trump going into the meeting, adding it is never prudent or appropriate to detail private meetings with partners.

June 22, 2019

In addition to having the backing of the U.S., the prime minister has been trying to establish heightened support as part of a strategy to encourage China to release two Canadians detained in China and to put an end to diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

The arrests of the detained Canadians is largely viewed as retaliation for the December arrest of Chinese high tech executive Meng Wanzhou.

Meng remains under house arrest in Vancouver, where she awaits extradition to the U.S. to face allegations of fraud in violating Iran sanctions.

It is important to see whether Trump does indeed raise the issue of the detentions, how he does that, and whether it has any impact, said Thomas Bernes, a fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a research think-tank. (CBC News) 

 

Posted in: Canada, International Tagged: 2019-24, Canada, China, detainees, G20, Huawei, International, Justin Trudeau, meeting, summit, USA, waiter, Xi Jinping

Friday, July 7, 2017

July 6, 2017 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday, July 7, 2017

Trudeau attends summit marked by widening Trump-Merkel rift

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived today in Hamburg for the G20 Summit, having already staked out firm positions on free trade, migration and climate change that are at odds with U.S. President Donald Trump.

May 24, 2017

All three issues top an ambitious agenda set by the summit’s host, German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

“One shouldn’t expect any easy conversations in Hamburg,” Merkel said in address to the German parliament last week.

“Whoever believes that the world’s problems can be solved by isolationism and protectionism is mistaken,” she added in remarks clearly directed at Trump.

February 13, 2017

Trudeau can’t afford to be so blunt, especially given the interconnectedness of the Canadian and United States economies.

“We do have clear disagreements regarding the United States or from the United States on climate and trade issues among others,” Trudeau told reporters travelling with him this week in Europe.

Even so, Trudeau said the world can still work with the U.S. on prickly issues such as meeting the goals of the Paris climate change agreement, even if the president isn’t on board.

January 11, 2016

“We certainly see from the American people, whether it’s through their state-level actors, their governors or their large municipalities or indeed American businesses, there is still a very clear will to move forward on climate action,” Trudeau said.

University of Toronto professor and G20 research group co-director John Kirton is keeping a close eye on the discussions on climate change.

“Climate change could be a disaster if both sides continue to insist on the somewhat theological issue of the Paris Agreement that was forged in 2015, and from which Donald Trump has just said the United States would withdraw,” Kirton told CBC News.(Source: CBC News) 

 

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Posted in: Canada Tagged: bromance, Canada, diplomacy, Donald Trump, G20, Justin Trudeau, summit, USA

Friday September 7, 2013

September 6, 2013 by Graeme MacKay

Friday September 7, 2013

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday September 6, 2013

Obama Arrives In Russia For G20 Summit

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading into the lion’s den of Russia, confronting Syria’s key patron as well as foreign leaders skeptical of his call for an international military strike against Bashar Assad’s government.

Obama on Thursday began a two-day visit to St. Petersburg for the Group of 20 economic summit, putting him in the same country as Edward Snowden for the first time since the American fugitive fled to Moscow earlier this year. Both Syria and Snowden have been sore points in an already strained U.S.-Russian relationship, fueling the notion that Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin just can’t get along.

The White House went out of its way to say Obama, who arrived Thursday after a quick flight from Stockholm, would not meet one-on-one with the Russian leader while in St. Petersburg. But officials predicted the two would still have a chance to interact when they cross paths at various meetings.

Still struggling to persuade dubious lawmakers at home on Syria, Obama in Russia will seek to win over world leaders reluctant to get drawn in to yet another U.S.-led sortie in a Mideast nation. Although Syria wasn’t formally on the agenda for the economy-focused summit, U.S. officials were resigned to the fact that the bloody civil war there surely would overwhelm any talks about global economics. (Source: Huffington Post)
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Posted in: International, USA Tagged: cartoon, diplomacy, G20, Obama, Political Cartoon, Putin, Russia, St. Petersburg, summit, Syria, USA, Vladimir Putin

Thursday, December 9, 2010

December 9, 2010 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday, December 9, 2010

McGuinty admits security law kept Ontarians in the dark

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says his government acted too quickly and kept the public in the dark when it handed police special powers that violated people’s civil liberties during last summer’s G20 summit.

He made the admission a day after the province’s Ombudsman said the now infamous secret measure, made at the direct request of Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, was “likely illegal” and never should have been enacted.

“This was an extraordinary regulation and it deserved more transparency and more debate,” Mr. McGuinty conceded to reporters on Wednesday.

But his comments did little to end the controversy at the provincial legislature, where opposition members called for the resignation of Community Safety Minister Jim Bradley. It was Mr. Bradley’s predecessor, Rick Bartolucci, who was harshly criticized in the Ombudsman’s report for plotting to keep the measure under wraps last June. But Mr. Bartolucci was moved to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing two months later as part of a cabinet shuffle.

Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak accused the Premier of exercising “extraordinary poor judgment” in enacting powers normally reserved for times of war and for “conspiring” to keep them secret.

“This was not a simple error,” Mr. Hudak said during Question Period on Wednesday. “It was not a simple mistake. The Ombudsman said this was a premeditated plan to keep the general public in the dark.” (Globe & Mail) 

 

Posted in: Canada, Ontario Tagged: Andre Marin, attention, autocrat, Dalton McGuinty, dictator, diversion, divert, Don Cherry, G20, Ombudsman, Ontario

April 6, 2009

April 6, 2009 by Graeme MacKay

The news of Stephen Harper missing a photo-op at the G20 Summit in London last week became the leading international buzz story in the lull between the high level discussions among the leaders and the presentation of the final communique. Here’s the BBC‘s account, CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, to name a few.

The Toronto Star wrote that the BBC’s economics editor, Stephanie Flanders, blogged about the incident and the “official explanation” that Harper was “in the bathroom.” Flanders jokingly added she suspected foul play “given Canada’s squeaky clean record” in the current financial crisis and that Harper would be forced to stand behind “the pot plant” for the re-take.

The Guardian’s live blog on the summit cited the disparaging tone of comments on a Canadian news website, wryly noting: “Don’t fancy the Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper’s chances of re-election much after his ill-timed toilet break.”

In the U.S., the TV show Good Morning America said Harper had been in the bathroom and nobody noticed. Even the staid Wall Street Journal mentioned the incident on its economics blog.

For a story that peaked in the midst of Thursday’s production time I was a bit taken aback that most English language editorial cartoonists in Canada didn’t bother to grab on to this story and draw something on it for Friday’s paper. Three of Quebec’s editorial cartoonists thought the subject was worthy enough as shown here, here, and here.

While it may not have been the most significant story of the G20 Summit, I think it all came down to the story simply having an incredibly short shelf life. In the fast paced cycle of 24 hour news the great shortcoming in the traditional print media is the reality that by the time you open this morning’s newspaper the rest of the world, online and on tv, has moved on. Commentary, in the form of opinion or satire might have some extra life in terms of time but it really rests with how the pack grabs on to a story and carries it along.

As the traditional news industry grapples with a meltdown that’s seeing the downsizing of newsrooms and in worse cases bankruptcy of daily papers, Editorial Cartoonists are in a desperate situation of figuring out how to stay relevant. A big push in recent years has been toward online presence, in particular, with animated editorial cartoons. Many have tried, and few have continued. To work on something that takes days to animate goes counter to the fast pace and relevancy of the news cycle.

Some cartoonists have taken the bold step of doing live cartooning. Posting satire on blogs as quickly as they can and being relevant all the while. Some examples are cartoonists who’ve been sent to political conventions or covered election nights. But as quickly as a media outlet employs someone to do that the fad becomes passe. So in the meantime, we cartoonists sit at our desks doing what we’ve always done waiting for our marching orders. I assume it’ll be the exit for some, and a new assignment for others.

Just as an aside to this cartoon, a complaint letter:

Dear Sir:

I don’t usually respond to things like this, but I must inform you that I found today’s cartoon in extreme bad taste!

In such sensitive times as these, a little more respect should be afforded our leaders.

Everyone seems to regard Barack Obama as a messiah, saviour if you will. However, he has already ” thickenend” the border between Canada & the U.S. & also gone on record stating that all North American cars should be made in the States, especially the mid-west.

I think some light should be shed on matters such as these, instead of bashing our own leaders.

Posted in: Canada, Cartooning, International Tagged: commentary, Feedback, G20, media, photo-op, Stephen Harper, summit
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