This cartoon is showing an Iraq guy's style of suicide bombing, and "a canadian" style. It is saying that canadians are not making smart choices an being "dumb" when voting for Steven Harper. The person who made this cartoon obviously did not like Steven Harper and is trying to get people not to vote for him. I think this cartoon could and could not be effective. I think that i could be effective because people could take this opion and not vote for him. But then they could also find this just a funny little joke and not really listen and that could be how it is not effective.