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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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1981-9-14
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Reference number: MC2806-732
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Scope and Content
Canadian government embarrassment over the Human Rights petition sent to the United Nations by Tobique activist, Sandra Lovelace is captured by showing her hitting Indian-headdress-wearing Minister of Indian Affairs, John Munro, in the rear with an arrow labelled "UN."
Title
Bull's Ass - Munro
Note
Published in "Cartoons", Saint John, NB: Telegraph-Journal, c1981
Persons
Sandra Lovelace
- Sandra Lovelace (now Lovelace Nicholas)
- Born April 15, 1948
- Maliseet from Tobique First Nation
- Petitioned UN over the treatment of aboriginal women and children in Canada, 1977
- Had Indian Act amended to allow an aboriginal woman to maintain Indian status if she married a non-aboriginal man, 1985
- Appointed Senator by Paul Martin, 2005
John Munro
- Born March 16, 1931
- Died August 19, 2003
- Liberal
- First elected to the Canadian House of Commons as MP for Hamilton, Ontario, 1962
- Served various portfolios in Cabinet (appointed by Pierre Trudeau): Minister of Amateur Sport, Minister of Health and Welfare, and Minister of Labour from 1968 to 1978
- Forced to resign in 1978 over "Skyshops" scandal
- Returned in 1980 and served as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development throughout Trudeau's final term
- Later life was plagued by legal troubles which nearly bankrupted him trying to restore his reputation