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, 1982-1-28
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Reference number: MC2806-873
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Scope and Content
The debate over costs and charges at nursing homes is depicted in this cartoon as the Bethel Nursing home and Minister of Health Brenda Robertson are on a collision course with seniors being the ones in danger. The Bethel Nursing Home was the site of one of the longest strikes in the province's history.
Title
Bethel Bash
Persons
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