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Wednesday October 5, 2022

October 5, 2022 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Wednesday October 5, 2022

Legault’s tense relationship with Ottawa likely to now continue

Francois Legault’s re-election in Quebec Monday night means an already frosty relationship between his government and Ottawa will likely continue, experts say.

August 5, 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Legault after the Quebec premier’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) was projected to form a second majority government, vowing to work together moving forward. But court challenges and a looming fight over immigration are bound to test that promise.

“I don’t think that these tensions will ease as long as the Liberals remain in power in Ottawa and Legault and the CAQ remain in power in Quebec City,” said Daniel Beland, a political science professor at McGill University.

“There are simply fundamental differences between them in the way they see the federation.”

Legault’s first term saw his nationalist agenda clash with Trudeau’s Liberal government a number of times — most notably when the prime minister and members of his cabinet openly criticized Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, and Bill 96, which bolsters protections for the French language.

July 12, 2019

Both bills are currently before the courts in Quebec, and Ottawa has promised to join a legal challenge to Bill 21 if it reaches the Supreme Court of Canada.

Legault has also been one of the most vocal premiers calling on Trudeau to increase federal funding for health care, which has been met with resistance by the Liberals. Legault has gone further by insisting that any health transfer top-up must also respect Quebec’s ability to govern its own health-care system without federal interference.

Now that Legault is set to be premier through the rest of Trudeau’s current mandate, more fights are expected in the years ahead.

September 14, 2013

Most crucially, Legault has caught attention with his push for further immigration powers over family reunification — a responsibility currently shared between the provincial and federal governments — in order to limit non-French-speaking migration into Quebec.

Last spring, when Legault promised to make the dispute a campaign issue, Trudeau said he had no intention of relinquishing any of those powers.

“It’s clear that a country must have a say in its immigration,” he told reporters then, assuring the protection of French and francophone immigration was “very important” to his government.

According to Daniel Beland, a political science professor at McGill University, Legault could also cause headaches for the federal Liberals by continuing to align with other right-leaning premiers across the country like Ontario Premier Doug Ford on not just immigration, but also health-care funding and economic issues.

March 23, 2022

Ford was quick to congratulate “my friend” Legault on his election win Monday night on Twitter. Fellow right-leaning premiers Scott Moe of Saskatchewan and Heather Stefanson of Manitoba also celebrated Legault’s victory.

Although Trudeau and his government have pushed back on some of Legault’s more nationalistic moves, Beland adds the Liberals have to be careful about not starting an intergovernmental war with the strongly-supported premier of a vote-rich province.

“So long as Legault remains popular, there will be a strong incentive for Trudeau and the Liberals to … meet in the middle and remain diplomatic on some issues,” he said. (Global News) 

From sketch to finish, see the current way Graeme completes an editorial cartoon using an iPencil, the Procreate app, and a couple of cheats on an iPad Pro …

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Posted in: Canada, Ontario, Quebec Tagged: 2022-32, Canada, central canada, Doug Ford, federalism, Francois Legault, Jagmeet Singh, Justin Trudeau, majority, Minority, Ontario, Quebec

Tuesday September 19, 2017

September 18, 2017 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday September 19, 2017

Liberals may use time allocation to push priorities through Parliament

The Liberal government is heading into the second half of its mandate with a number of big legislative priorities they are eager to move through Parliament.

And they are ready to curtail debate if they think the opposition parties are dragging their feet — especially since the will of the increasingly independent Senate is becoming harder to predict.

“We know that there’s going to be vigorous debate and there is going to be partisanship and politics on many ideas,” said Cameron Ahmad, a spokesman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“It’s how our system works, but at the same time I don’t think it’s necessary for every single issue to be framed around partisanship.”

This spring, the Liberal government backed down on part of its plan to alter the ins and outs of parliamentary procedure, abandoning some of the more controversial reforms that the Conservatives and New Democrats had been battling for weeks.

Still, House leader Bardish Chagger warned at the time this would come with a cost, telling her political rivals that since they could not agree on other ways to speed things along, the Liberals would be ready to impose time allocation — a heavy-handed tactic that limits debate.

That remains the case as MPs return to Ottawa this week, especially since the Liberals want to act quickly on priorities such as the legalization of marijuana, a tougher law on impaired driving and the new National Security Act.

Other big goals for the fall include political financing reforms and an air passengers bill of rights.

“We’re looking forward to debating everybody, but if it comes to a point where we’re seeing obstructionism as we saw on certain occasions in the last session, time allocation is a tool that could be used,” said Ahmad, who stressed they have not made up their minds to use it.

“It’s a case-by-case analysis.” (Source: CBC News) 

 

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Posted in: Canada Tagged: bulldozer, Canada, closure, debate, House of Commons, Justin Trudeau, legislation, majority, Ottawa, Parliament

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

Thursday October 27, 2011

October 27, 2011 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday October 27, 2011

Klees faces uphill battle to become Speaker

Progressive Conservative Frank Klees will face a near impossible battle in his bid for Speaker after angering his caucus and squaring off against Liberals who will themselves be vying for the job.

Klees raised eyebrows Tuesday by announcing that he would run for Speaker, against his party’s wishes, in a move that could hand the Liberals a virtual majority and split the vote evenly between the minority Liberals and the two opposition parties.

It’s a risky move for Klees and one unlikely to pay off, according to insiders and political experts.

Enraged Tories lashed out at their colleague after his intentions were made public, warning they had no plans to vote for Klees in the Speaker election.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath suggested Wednesday her caucus would also vote together to block Klees.

“We’ve already made a commitment as a caucus that when we determine what the best interests are, what the best result will be for New Democrats to actually achieve something for Ontarians, that we will vote accordingly as a group in terms of the Speaker’s chair,” Horwath said.

“I guess that’s in some way an acknowledgment that we’re concerned about what it does to the configuration of the legislature if we have an opposition member in the Speaker’s chair, that’s one of the reasons why none of us decided to ultimately make that bid.”

There are four Liberals currently in the running for Speaker: Donna Cansfield, Dave Levac, Kevin Flynn and David Zimmer. (CTV) 

 

Posted in: Ontario Tagged: baby seat, Frank Klees, Legislature, majority, Minority, Ontario, Queen's Park, Speaker
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