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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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1981-6-6
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Reference number: MC2806-658
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Scope and Content
As the end of the school year approaches, the frustration of the teachers with education funding and chairman of the of the Treasury Board Jean Maurice Simard, is expressed in depicting Dawson Murray, President of the NBTF, running while throwing books, pencils, and rulers in the air reciting an adapted version of a traditional school rhyme.
Title
No More Dollars, No More Books
Caption
"No more dollars. No more books. No more Simard's dirty looks."
Persons
Jean-Maurice Simard
- Born 1931
- Died 2001
- Progressive Conservative
- First elected to the New Brunswick Legislature in 1970, served four terms
- Minister of Finance, 1970 to 1974
- Chair of the Treasury Board, 1976 to 1978
- Minister of Public Service Reform, 1982 to 1985
- Appointed to Senate by Brian Mulroney, 1985
- Served in Senate until death on 16 June 2001
- Ardent promoter of French language rights and defender of bilingualism