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, 1979-5-17
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Reference number: MC2806-95
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Scope and Content
The amount of funding the federal government is willing to provide to New Brunswick for health care is characterized by a play on words of Monique Bégin's name and medicare and illustrated by Monique Bégin tying a knot in an I.V. that is pumping money into Brenda Robertson's arm.
Title
Moniquare
Persons
Monique Begin
- Born in Rome, Italy, March 1, 1936
- Liberal
- The first woman from Quebec to be elected to the House of Commons, 1972
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1975
- Minister of National Revenue, 1976
- Minister of National Health and Welfare from 1977 to 1984
- Retired from politics, September 1984
Brenda Robertson
- Born in Sussex, New Brunswick, May 23, 1929
- Progressive Conservative
- First woman elected to the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
- First woman to become a New Brunswick Cabinet Minister
- First elected to provincial government to represent Albert riding, 1967
- Youth Minister, 1970 to 1974
- Minister of Social Welfare, 1971 to 1972
- Minister of Social Services, 1972 to 1974
- Minister of Health, 1976 and 1978 to 1982
- Minister for Social Program Reform, 1982 to 1984
- Appointed to Senate, Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on House Privileges and Regulations, 1984
- Retired, 2004