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Tuesday September 27, 2016

September 26, 2016 by Graeme MacKay

 

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Tuesday September 27, 2016 No five: Prince George refuses greeting from Canada's Justin Trudeau Justin TrudeauÕs charm has finally met its match in the form of good old-fashioned British reserve. The Canadian prime minister was shut down while trying to greet BritainÕs Prince GeorgeÊon the runway when the royal family arrived for their tour of British Columbia. Prince William and Kate's children begin 'lifetime of friendship' with Canada Landing in CanadaÊon Saturday on a week-long official visit with parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the prince simply shook his head when Trudeau squatted down to the toddlerÕs level to offer a high-five variation, the low-five. Trudeau then switched his palm for a high-five and subsequently offerTuesday September 27, 2016ed a handshake, both of which were seemingly rebuffed, creating an awkward moment at the airport in the western province. Canadians felt the princely snub acutely, accustomed as they are to seeing their young premier win over millions of fans around the world and attain social media star status. The prince has a history of unconventional meetings with heads of state. While he shook hands with Barack Obama on his visit to England in April, the prince received the US president in his pajamas. Obama later joked that the princeÕs attire was Òa slap in the faceÓ and a clear breach of protocol. The prince and his year-old sister, Princess Charlotte, are in Canada for the first time but it is the second trip for their parents, who visited in 2011. On Sunday, the duke and duchess were to visit the Immigration Services Society of British Columbia to meet staff and volunteers who help recent migrants to the area. The couple also is scheduled to meet young leaders of various industries in Canada and some of VancouverÕs first responders. Before leaving Canada on 1 October, the couple is expected to have more than more than 30 engagements, including

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday September 27, 2016

No five: Prince George refuses greeting from Canada’s Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau’s charm has finally met its match in the form of good old-fashioned British reserve.

The Canadian prime minister was shut down while trying to greet Britain’s Prince George on the runway when the royal family arrived for their tour of British Columbia.

Prince William and Kate’s children begin ‘lifetime of friendship’ with Canada

December 4, 2012

Landing in Canada on Saturday on a week-long official visit with parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the prince simply shook his head when Trudeau squatted down to the toddler’s level to offer a high-five variation, the low-five.

Trudeau then switched his palm for a high-five and subsequently offerTuesday September 27, 2016ed a handshake, both of which were seemingly rebuffed, creating an awkward moment at the airport in the western province.

Canadians felt the princely snub acutely, accustomed as they are to seeing their young premier win over millions of fans around the world and attain social media star status.

February 24, 2007

The prince has a history of unconventional meetings with heads of state. While he shook hands with Barack Obama on his visit to England in April, the prince received the US president in his pajamas. Obama later joked that the prince’s attire was “a slap in the face” and a clear breach of protocol.

The prince and his year-old sister, Princess Charlotte, are in Canada for the first time but it is the second trip for their parents, who visited in 2011.

On Sunday, the duke and duchess were to visit the Immigration Services Society of British Columbia to meet staff and volunteers who help recent migrants to the area. The couple also is scheduled to meet young leaders of various industries in Canada and some of Vancouver’s first responders.

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November 25, 2015

Before leaving Canada on 1 October, the couple is expected to have more than more than 30 engagements, including with aboriginal Canadian communities.

William is second in line to succeed his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, who has been Canada’s head of state since she ascended to Britain’s throne in 1952. (Source: The Guardian)

 

 




Letters to the Editor (Hamilton Spectator) October 1, 2016

Trudeau/prince cartoon one of the best

Coffee spewed out both my nostrils this morning after seeing Graeme MacKay’s morning cartoon. That has to be one of the best I’ve seen this year. The whole encounter with our PM at the airport shows that a three year old has more sense than the Canadian voting public. We all know that children can sense when something is not to be trusted.

Tony Fidanza, Hamilton

Royals would never be so insulting

I found MacKay’s cartoon, about Prince George’s hesitation to high five Justin Trudeau, to be inappropriate. Let’s look at it from the child’s perspective. After a 10-hour flight, it was midnight, British time, when the family arrived in B.C. Prince George was likely woken up, dressed and taken out onto the tarmac. The situation was overwhelming to a small child and the prime minister was a stranger. High five gestures are not used often in Britain. George acted like a three year old, because he IS a three year old.

The editorial cartoon has George saying to Justin, “Grow up and bow to your future king, you bloody selfie-aggrandizing peasant? And get a haircut, you’re a walking disaster.” Even an adult member of the Royal Family would never use rude or critical words, or suggest that Trudeau was beneath them. To suggest that they, or their three year old son would show such disrespect toward commoners, is offensive. 

Molly Shannon, Hamilton

Cartoon was Inappropriate

Shame on the cartoonist and The Record for publishing the so-called political cartoon in the Sept. 28 edition. He put nasty words into the mouth of Prince George, an innocent little boy. Obviously, they forget the joy that a child brings to the world. All in an effort to belittle a politician. If the cartoonist can’t find anything else, I guess he grasps at the smallest things to try to make his opinion known.

Sylvia Lusted., Waterloo

Don’t back off satirizing our celebrities

I have been following some of the social media outcry over this cartoon that pokes fun both at the Royals and Justin Trudeau. I am forced to conclude too many of your readers are humourless souls who don’t have a clue about irony and satire. Please don’t let them bully you into making the characters in our cult of celebrity into sacred cows. If anything, more fun needs to be poked more often.

Janice Henshaw, Hamilton

Stop harassing Trudeau and Royals

I have been subscribing to Hamilton Spectator for the last 80 years. I am shocked by this cartoon. If you think this is humorous, then I think you are a sick group of people. In the last few months you have been making jokes about Trudeau that are in poor taste. But now you are also including our Royal visitors to Canada. What is going to come next … these cartoons are lowbrow, not clever and definitely not amusing. I hope this harassment of both Prime Minister Trudeau and the Royal Family has come to an end.

William Bell, Burlington



This cartoon was featured during a panel of English speaking cartoonists at Le festival 1001Visages, VAl-David, Quebec on October 9, 2016. L-R: Me, Sue Dewar, Christian Vachon, Tim Leatherbarrow, and Wes Tyrell. A great venue that will host the convention of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists in 2018.

This cartoon was featured during a panel of English speaking cartoonists at Le festival 1001Visages, VAl-David, Quebec on October 9, 2016. L-R: Me, Sue Dewar, Christian Vachon, Tim Leatherbarrow, and Wes Tyrell. A great venue that will host the convention of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists in 2018.

 

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Posted in: Canada Tagged: Cambridge, Canada, duchess, Duke, Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, Feedback, Justin Trudeau, Monarchy, Prince George, Royal, royalty, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday September 27, tour, UK

Thursday, November 6, 2014

November 5, 2014 by Graeme MacKay

Thursday, November 6, 2014Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday, November 6, 2014

How common is harassment on Parliament Hill?

Parliament Hill was rattled with story, on Wednesday, that some senior press gallery types noted that they hadn’t seen before.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was forced to suspend two members of his party’s caucus — ethics critic Scott Andrews and Quebec MP Massimo Pacetti — after two female New Democrat MPs alleged they were harassed by them.

“I am aware of how difficult it is for people to come forward. I believe strongly that those of us in positions of authority have a duty to act upon allegations of this nature,” Trudeau said, according to CBC News.

“It’s 2014 — we have a duty to protect and encourage individuals in these situations to come forward. The action must be fair but decisive.It must be sensitive to all affected parties but, recognizing how difficult it is to do so, it must give the benefit of the doubt to those who come forward.”

It’s unclear, at this point, what kind of harassment the NDP MPs are alleging. We don’t know if it was sexual, verbal, physical or otherwise.

While no MP has ever been suspended for harassing another MP, that doesn’t mean that there’s not a culture of harassment on the Hill.

Political consultant Marcel Wieder sayst that harassment — sexual or otherwise — has happened on the Hill for decades.

“While blatant examples of sexual harassment on the Hill are few and far between there have been some less overt situations. All parties have made an effort to keep things quiet and deal with these sensitive issues internally,” Wieder, President of the Aurora Strategy Group, told Yahoo Canada News.

“Given the nature of the environment in Ottawa where people are separated from their families for long stretches coupled with the high pressure jobs, an active social scene and attraction to power has caused some people to lose their moral compass.

“This has contributed to strained relationships that resulted in a number of divorces among MPs and staffers in Ottawa and resulted in some unpleasant situations involving accusations of sexual harassment.”

Again, we don’t know exactly what Andrews and Pacetti are being accused of or even if they’re guilty of anything.

What is clear however, is that not many people are surprised  by the allegations. People understand that this stuff exists on the Hill — enough people that something now needs to be done about it. (Source: Andy Radia | Yahoo News)

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/how-common-is-harassment-on-parliament-hill-210455295.html

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: Canada, civility, Editorial Cartoon, harassment, misconduct, Ottawa, Parliament, sex, tour

Tuesday August 21, 2012

August 21, 2012 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Tuesday August 21, 2012 HarperÕs Arctic visits net mixed resultsÊ Each of the last six summers, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has journeyed to the North, sprinkling throughout its remote communitiesÊpromises of federal funding and development. This year will be no different: Harper leaves today for a five-day trip that begins with a rally near Whitehorse and ends Friday inÊChurchill, Man. Harper appears to have the Midas touch about him on these annual visits. The projects and people he encounters, albeit rarely beyond the bounds of a carefully-choreographed photo-op, get money andÊencouragement. In return, his government gets to bask in days of positive news coverage, backed by some of the most beautiful images of the country. But it seems that what Harper tries to turn to gold in his visits up North doesnÕt always stay that way. Many projects he has announced for the region in recent years are behind schedule and some places he stops later find themselves fallingÊon hard times. Last year, Harper visited the Kluane National Park, home of Mount Logan, CanadaÕs highest mountain. There, he announced a newÊvisitorÕs centre and extolled the regionÕs Òlush valleys, immense ice fields (and) spectacular mountains.Ó But a research station located just outside its gates has since had its federal funding cut, and the last federal budget will also see theÊnational parkÕs services cut as well.Ê(Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald) http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/128453-harper-s-arctic-visits-net-mixed-results Canada, Arctic, tour, summer, Stephen Harper, Inukshuk, tundra, visit, sovereignty

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Tuesday August 21, 2012

Harper’s Arctic visits net mixed results

Each of the last six summers, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has journeyed to the North, sprinkling throughout its remote communities promises of federal funding and development.

This year will be no different: Harper leaves today for a five-day trip that begins with a rally near Whitehorse and ends Friday in Churchill, Man.

Harper appears to have the Midas touch about him on these annual visits.

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2011-2015

The projects and people he encounters, albeit rarely beyond the bounds of a carefully-choreographed photo-op, get money and encouragement.

In return, his government gets to bask in days of positive news coverage, backed by some of the most beautiful images of the country.

But it seems that what Harper tries to turn to gold in his visits up North doesn’t always stay that way.

Many projects he has announced for the region in recent years are behind schedule and some places he stops later find themselves falling on hard times.

Last year, Harper visited the Kluane National Park, home of Mount Logan, Canada’s highest mountain. There, he announced a new visitor’s centre and extolled the region’s “lush valleys, immense ice fields (and) spectacular mountains.”

But a research station located just outside its gates has since had its federal funding cut, and the last federal budget will also see the national park’s services cut as well. (Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald)

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: Arctic, Canada, Inukshuk, sovereignty, Stephen Harper, Summer, tour, tundra, visit

July 23, 2006

July 23, 2006 by Graeme MacKay

A visit to the Church of the Universe

To put some context to the latest local cartoon I feel compelled to explain who I placed in the position of God in my parody of Michelangelo’s famous painting “The Creation of Adam”. It’s Michael Baldasaro, and most Hamiltonians know who he is. For the record, here’s a photo essay I created after I was invited for a visit in February 2004.

An update on onetime federal PC leadership candidate, and mayoral candidate, the Rev. Michael Baldesaro, and his campaign manager, Brother Walter Tucker.

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When you put the words “politics” and “Hamilton” together, the first name that springs to mind is Sheila Copps. But did you know that along with left leaning Coppsian politics, steeltown is also known for the political movement to legalize cannabis? The crusade has been led for years by the two founders from the Hamilton based Church of the Universe. On February 9, I was invited to their temple. Here is my photo essay:

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The first thing one notices upon entering the temple is the high security system. Before being allowed in, I was observed from a closed circuit surveillance monitor. Following admittance, the door was secured behind me. Brother Michael tells me the building has been prey to trouble makers desiring free access to the church’s leafy sacrament.

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That’s a George Foreman grill to the left of the door.

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Once comfortably seated in the temple kitchen, Brother Walter spoke about previous busts, jail sentences, and court challenges, as Brother Michael rolled a joint.

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And they worshipped the sacrament…

We talked about some of the cartoons I had drawn of them, and they presented me with a framed drawing I had done in May, 1999.

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The brothers, also known for advocating naturism, lobbied the city to consider creating a nude beach at the edge of Hamilton Harbour. Brother Walter, pictured in the cartoon on the right, confided that the cartoon motivated him to lose weight.

I had them pose together with the cartoon:

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After an hour and a half visit it was time to get back to the office. Brother Michael offered me a brownie cooked by members of the church’s ladies auxillary. Unfortunately, I had to decline consuming the brownie owing to the fact that I’ve been limiting my carbohydrate intake recently. He suggested I offer it to a colleague, and I obliged by handing it over to my office neighbour, The Spectator’s City columnist upon my return to the office. Then I got busted by my boss, the Editorial Pages Editor, a former RCMP officer, who interrogated me and my colleague before confiscating the baked good for disposal.

For more information, visit the Church of the Universe website at:
http://www.iamm.com

Posted in: Canada, Hamilton Tagged: cafe, cannibus, Chris Goodwin, Church of the Universe, commentary, legalization, Marijuana, Michael Baldasaro, Michelangelo, parody, The Creation of Adam, tour, Up in Smoke, Walter Tucker
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