Bado is the pen name

Pen name

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 of Guy Badeaux (born 1949), who has been the editorial cartoonist

Editorial cartoonist

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 at the French language daily Le Droit

Le Droit

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in Ottawa

Ottawa

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 since 1981. Recipient of the National Newspaper Award

National Newspaper Awards

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 for editorial cartooning in 1991, he is currently treasurer of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists. He was editor, for 23 years, of Portfoolio: The Year's Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons, published by McArthur & Co., and which is now edited by Warren Clements of The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail

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