Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
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Introduction |
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Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1980-3-19
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Reference number: MC2806-278
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Scope and Content
This illustration raises the question of how federal taxes and fees further impact the cost of American goods by showing Jimmy Carter passing Pierre Trudeau a dollar and how it decreases in value as it passes through the hands of Gerald Bouey(Bank of Canada) and Allan MacEachen(Minister of Finance) before reaching the public.
Title
Passing The Buck
Persons
Jimmy Carter
- Born October 1, 1924
- Democrat
- President of the United States, 1977 to 1981
- Created a national energy policy and consolidated governmental agencies
- Enacted strong environmental legislation
- Oversaw the Camp David Accords
- Used human rights as the centre of foreign policy
- Managed the release of hostages in the Iranian Hostage Crisis on his last day in office
- Boycotted the Moscow Olympics
- Defeated in a landslide by Republican Ronald Reagan, 1980
Pierre Trudeau
- Born Pierre Elliott Trudeau, October 18, 1919
- Died September 28, 2000
- Liberal
- Prime Minister of Canada, April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979 and March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984
- Opponent of Quebec nationalism
- Touted as “The Hero of English Canada”
- Seen as a very charismatic figure
- Invoked the War Measures Act during the October Crisis, 1970
- Answered, "Just watch me." when asked how far he would go to stop terrorists
- Implemented official bilingualism in his first years in office
- Instituted Wage and Price Controls, 1979
- Established diplomatic relationship with People's Republic of China
- Introduced the National Energy Program (NEP), inflaming "Western alienation"
- Repatriated the Canadian Constitution after a long and difficult struggle with premiers and threatening to go to London alone, 1984
- Stepped down as Prime Minister, 1984
- Later spoke out against the Meech Lake Accord and Charlottetown Accord