Bado is the pen name of Guy Badeaux (born 21 May 1949), who has been the

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at the French-language daily ''

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'' in

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, Canada since 1981. Recipient of the

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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 & Company Publishing, and, for two years, edited by Warren Clements, then with ''

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''.

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