Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
Preface |
Introduction |
Editorial Cartoon Database |
Classroom Activities
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Bill Hogan, Moncton Times-Transcript, 1993-2-8
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Reference number: MC3224-139
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Scope and Content
The opposition to provincially funded Abortion Clinics is one thing Premier Don Cameron of NS and Premier Frank McKenna of NB have in common. McKenna's penchant for hockey is used as the setting to show their opinion of Henry Morgentaler's proposed clinics.
Title
Maritime Unity Alive and Well
Caption
"… Hit'm Frank! Hit'm. You hold him and I'll hit'm!"
Persons
Don Cameron
- Born in 1936
- Progressive Conservative
- Premier of Nova Scotia from 1991 to 1993
- Supported anti-discrimination measures, amended human rights act to extend protection to gays and lesbians
- Estabished non-partisan electoral boundaries revision commission
- Defeated by the Liberals in 1993
Sandy Cameron
- Born in Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, 1938
- Died in 2004
- Liberal
- NS Minister of Fisheries, 1973 to 1976
- NS Minister of Lands & Forests, 1976
- NS Minister of Development, 1976 to 1978
- Nova Scotia Liberal Party leader, 1980 to 1985
- Served in Liberal Cabinet under NS Premier Gerald Regan
Frank McKenna
- Born Francis Joseph McKenna in Apohaqui, New Brunswick, January 19, 1948
- Liberal
- First elected as MLA representing Chatham, NB, 1982
- Leader of the NB Liberals, 1985
- Became Premier, winning the largest electoral victory in Canadian history when Liberals won every seat in the NB legislature, 1987
- Key priority was job creation
- Encouraged small business growth
- Created a toll-free number to the premier's office, 1-800-MCKENNA
- Resigned as Premier in 1997on 10th anniversary of his election as premier, as promised
Henry Morgentaler
- Born in Lódz, Poland, March 19, 1923
- Holocaust survivor, emigrated to Canada after receiving his medical degree in Germany
- Canadian abortion doctor and long-time abortion activist
- Began openly performing illegal abortions in Montreal, 1969, went to court several times
- Charged in Ontario in 1983, the eventual outcome of the case essentially ending statutory restrictions on abortion in Canada
- Morgentaler has since opened and operated many abortion clinics around the country