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=Cartoon 1= On September 28th 2009, Prime minister Stephen Harper released Canada's latest economic action plan update to the public in Saint John New Brunswick, where not many people showed up.. In the economic plan, Stephen Harper's government is trying to use every tool at their disposal to protect jobs, savings, and retirement.("The Plan") Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal party leader, dissagrees with the plan, where as the NDP's leader, Jack Layton, says that he will support it. In this cartoon, the message that the author is portraying is that when Stephen Harper gave the latest update of the economic plan, not too many people cared enough to come and listen because the plan is not very satisfying. This is shown in the cartoon by there being no humans as an audience, but animals, and the text in the speech bubble which reads, "...First I'd like to thank all of you for coming...". I disagree with the message of this cartoon. I think that the economic plan has many benefits for our economy during this recession. It opens up opportunities for businesses, business owners, and day to day people. Jobs can be provided through the economic plan which are favorable for workers in Canada. The setting of the cartoon is on a dock in Saint John New Brunswick, which is the city where he gave the report. The one thing that I would change, would be to create a different environment. I would make the ocean the background, with Stephen Harper on a stage with a podium in front of him, and rows and rows of bleachers with nothing but a few people and spiderwebs. That would show that not many people were present or interested when he updated the public with the economic plan.

9/10 "The Plan." //Canada's Eonomic Action Plan.// Government of Canada. Web. 6 November 2oo9. []
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Here is a link to the tv/radio ads for the economic plan. []