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Saturday August 29, 2020

September 5, 2020 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday August 29, 2020

Fear around hugging, touching could be long-term consequence of COVID-19 pandemic, psychologists say

Janna Wiebe woke with a start recently, after dreaming her young son was surrounded by school friends who weren’t observing physical distancing.

July 25, 2020

She calls it a nightmare.

Wiebe’s family in Gretna — a southern Manitoba town about 100 kilometres from Winnipeg — have been practising the recommended distancing from others for the last month. They’ve gotten used to only being close to each other.

She thinks the public health directives and orders have gotten into her head.

“All I have wanted since this pandemic has started is for my son to be able to go back to kindergarten — to go back to school and finish his first year of school properly,” she said.

April 30, 2020

“Now I’m having a nightmare that he is going to school, and that’s obviously something deep down in my subconscious that finds that thought nerve-racking.”

Even Wiebe’s partner had a bad dream about a person being hugged by someone they didn’t know.

The Wiebes aren’t the only ones who are wary of touching others or getting too close. Psychology experts say the lingering effects of public health orders could have an impact on mental health long after those orders are lifted, and could increase phobias and obsessive reactions in those who already have anxiety problems.

Life in a Pandemic

That’s because fear-related learning is persistent, he says. For example, if a person has a bad experience getting stuck in an elevator, that might trigger a lifelong fear of elevators — a fear that’s maintained by avoiding them altogether.

The same could be true of the pandemic, says Bolster.

“This pandemic will end, and the threat of contracting this disease from casual social contact will diminish drastically,” he said.

“But to the extent that people avoid social contact that’s now not only benign, but necessary to feel emotionally and personally connected with others, they will likely pay a price in emotional health and social adjustment.” (CBC) 

 

Posted in: Canada, Ontario Tagged: 2020-28, anxiety, back to school, Canada, Coronavirus, covid-19, diver, Ontario, pandemic, Pandemic Times, panic, paranoia, reopening, scuba

Tuesday March 5, 2019

March 12, 2019 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday March 5, 2019

Jane Philpott resigns from cabinet, citing loss of ‘confidence’ over government’s handling of SNC-Lavalin

February 9, 2019

Jane Philpott, one of Justin Trudeau’s most trusted ministers, announced today she has resigned from cabinet as the Liberal government’s crisis over the SNC-Lavalin affair deepens.

“I must abide by my core values, my ethical responsibilities and constitutional obligations,” she said in a written statement.

“There can be a cost to acting on one’s principles, but there is a bigger cost to abandoning them.”

Trudeau later praised Philpott for her diligent work on crucial government files.

Philpott, the MP for Markham-Stouffville, said she has been considering the events that have shaken the federal government in recent weeks and, after “serious reflection,” concluded she must quit.

She said the constitutional convention of cabinet solidarity means ministers are expected to defend all cabinet decisions and other ministers publicly, and must speak in support of the government and its policies.

August 20, 2016

“Given this convention and the current circumstances, it is untenable for me to continue to serve as a cabinet minister,” she wrote.

“Unfortunately, the evidence of efforts by politicians and/or officials to pressure the former attorney general to intervene in the criminal case involving SNC-Lavalin, and the evidence as to the content of those efforts, have raised serious concerns for me. Those concerns have been augmented by the views expressed by my constituents and other Canadians.”

Andrew Scheer Gallery

Philpott is a close ally of Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former justice minister and attorney general at the centre of the SNC-Lavalin scandal. Wilson-Raybould testified before a Commons committee last week that 11 officials in the Prime Minister’s Office and other offices inappropriately pressured her to override a decision to prosecute SNC-Lavalin on bribery charges related to contracts in Libya. (Source: CBC News)  

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: 2019-08, Andrew Scheer, branding, Canada, crisis, Jane Philpott, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Justin Trudeau, Liberal Party, panic, politics, slogan, war room

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 June 11, 2015

June 10, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator - Thursday June 11, 2015 Pan Am trains headed to new Hamilton GO station Ð ready or not  The province plans to deliver soccer fans to Hamilton's new GO Train station for next month's Pan Am Games whether the building is finished or not. Construction continues on the station, platform, train tracks and elevators with just a month left before games celebrations kick off in the city July 9. Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca reiterated Tuesday the $44-million-plus station will be open for business, noting Metrolinx on Monday released a schedule of planned Pan Am service to the city starting July 11. "I have visited the crews working hard on site daily to deliver this new transit station, and I have been assured by Metrolinx that this new GO Station on James Street North will be operational in time for the Games," he said in an e-mailed statement. "Landscaping around the station, including the laying of sod, will continue to take place after the station enters service, but these finishing touches will not impact the operational status of this station." That's good news Ð if hard to believe, said Mayor Fred Eisenberger. That's the official word and I'm prepared to take them at their word," said the mayor, who noted in a morning speech how much construction remains to be done on the station. "When I drive by, I personally am hard pressed to see how that might happen, but I'm not a construction guy." The mayor said he thought it was possible a basic platform could be made safe and opened for GO train visitors, if not the station building itself. "I'm suspecting it's just a platform ... If they can get a train there, they can let people off, that's great." Eisenberger added he didn't consider a fully open GO station "integral" to games planning as it might have been with the originally envisioned West Harbour stadium. (Source: Hamilton Spectator) http://www.thespec.com/pan-am-games-story/5668541-pan-

Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday June 11, 2015

Pan Am trains headed to new Hamilton GO station – ready or not

The province plans to deliver soccer fans to Hamilton’s new GO Train station for next month’s Pan Am Games whether the building is finished or not.

Construction continues on the station, platform, train tracks and elevators with just a month left before games celebrations kick off in the city July 9.

Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca reiterated Tuesday the $44-million-plus station will be open for business, noting Metrolinx on Monday released a schedule of planned Pan Am service to the city starting July 11.

“I have visited the crews working hard on site daily to deliver this new transit station, and I have been assured by Metrolinx that this new GO Station on James Street North will be operational in time for the Games,” he said in an e-mailed statement.

“Landscaping around the station, including the laying of sod, will continue to take place after the station enters service, but these finishing touches will not impact the operational status of this station.”

That’s good news – if hard to believe, said Mayor Fred Eisenberger.

That’s the official word and I’m prepared to take them at their word,” said the mayor, who noted in a morning speech how much construction remains to be done on the station. “When I drive by, I personally am hard pressed to see how that might happen, but I’m not a construction guy.”

The mayor said he thought it was possible a basic platform could be made safe and opened for GO train visitors, if not the station building itself.

“I’m suspecting it’s just a platform … If they can get a train there, they can let people off, that’s great.”

Eisenberger added he didn’t consider a fully open GO station “integral” to games planning as it might have been with the originally envisioned West Harbour stadium. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

Posted in: Canada Tagged: construction, Games, GO, Hamilton, James Street, Pan Am, panic, Sports, station, Transit

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