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 |
Editorial Cartoon Database |
Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1981-1-13
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Reference number: MC2806-500
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Scope and Content
Alberta's dissatisfaction with the slow rate of progress on the development of the tar sands project is summed up by Peter Lougheed as not technological but the federal government's National Energy Policy.
Title
Getting The "Grits" Out
Caption
"The real problem is getting the 'Grits' out!"
Note
Published in "Cartoons", Saint John, NB: Telegraph-Journal, c1981
Persons
Peter Lougheed
- Born Edgar Peter Lougheed, Calgary, Alberta, July 26, 1928
- Progressive Conservative
- Elected Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, 1965
- Elected MLA for Calgary West, 1967
- Leader of the Official Opposition, 1967 to 1971
- Premier of Alberta, 1971 to 1985
- Strong stand on energy and constitutional issues
- Focused on controlling Alberta's natural resources
- Increased petrochemical royalties
- Resigned as Premier, 1985
- Resigned as MLA, 1986