Improvements that need to be made before we send Canadian troops to Kosovo...Hmm, let's see...'

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After much consideration Canada decides, although not lightly, to pull out its heavy weaponry...'What?!' 'They've got staplers!' 'In the open position!!''

Old ships and a shortage of sailors plague Canadian Navy...news item.'

There is bitterness and distrust in our country. Our country is in upheaval, and may even come apart. But you know what? We're not killin' each other and that is what makes our country great.'

Harper confirms Canadian forces withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2011...'

I come in peace.'

To dream the impossible dream...Quebecker to be launched into orbit.'

[The Canadian Firearms Registry unfairly targets lawful gun owners.]

We're paying the natives a million dollars annually for the deserted base, but as soon as we can meet with the chief and discuss the lease...'

I gotta rethink this whole peacekeeping thing! I just don't think it's me!'

Canada Pension Plan...'It's not broken...it just needs some T.L.C.!!''

A hunger to rebuild an image...'

I don't know if you've heard, but some Canadian athletes are saying their confidence was hurt due to 'underfunding'. Would you say that 'funding' is a factor in your performance? What motivates you?'�

[Russia joins the separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in their conflict with Georgia.]

'We're here to help!!' 'Great! Grab a broom.' 'Where are the Refugees?' 'They went home.''

Canada backs use of force in Iraq...'

A dream some of us Canadians have...'

Hey boy! Come and get it!!!' [Preston Manning, leader of the Reform Party of Canada, tries to unite the conservative right with his United Alternative initiative.]

Census will ask sexual orientation details...'Okay...so what would you describe yourself as - male? Female? Sometimes male? Sometimes female? Undecided? Still thinking about it?...

[Preston Manning, leader of the Reform Party of Canada, entices voters with promises of tax cuts.]

PM [Prime Minister] promises changes to GST [goods and services tax].'

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Improvements that need to be made before we send Canadian troops to Kosovo...Hmm, let's see...'

Vance Rodewalt was the political cartoonist for the Calgary Herald newspaper. Issue: Federal politics and defense policy; inadequate funding and resources for the Canadian Armed Forces. A Canadian soldier, his rifle strapped to his backpack, rides a bicycle.

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Date 1999-06-01

Creator Rodewalt, Vance

Genre Photographs

Subject Bicycles, Canada--Politics and government, Canadian Army--Personnel, Canadian Army--Transportation, Caricatures and cartoons, Dogs, Firearms, Political satire

Archival Information

Repository Glenbow Archives

Fonds/Collection Vance Rodewalt fonds

Reference code CA ACU GBA F3016

Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/vance-rodewalt-fonds

Unique identifier CU234910

Legacy Identifier m-9457-772

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