![Ne portez pas les paquets de l'ennemi [Do not carry the enemy's parcels], 1942 Canada poster: A cartoon shows a bowed man](../images/canada-ne-portez-pas-les-paquets-de-lennemi-1942.jpg)
Ne portez pas les paquets de l'ennemi [Do not carry the enemy's parcels]
A cartoon shows a bowed man carrying a tower of bundles labelled 'Rumeurs' while a gloating caricature of an Axis leader with a swastika armband sits on top. The French headline casts anyone who repeats rumours as the enemy's porter, and the caricature supplies the name-calling tell.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Commission de l'information de guerre (Wartime Information Board), Ottawa; artist initials 'J' and 'B'
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Security and surveillance, Home front, Media and information
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Canadian Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired; no URAA restoration)
Wartime Information Board / Commission de l'information de guerre (Canada), 1942-1945. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.
Text on the object
RUMEURS RUMEURS RUMEURS RUMEURS NE PORTEZ PAS LES PAQUETS DE L'ENNEMI PUBLIÉ PAR LA COMMISSION DE L'INFORMATION DE GUERRE, OTTAWA. AG-16 IMPRIMÉ AU CANADA [artist initials:] J B
RUMOURS RUMOURS RUMOURS RUMOURS DO NOT CARRY THE ENEMY'S PARCELS PUBLISHED BY THE WARTIME INFORMATION BOARD, OTTAWA. AG-16 PRINTED IN CANADA [artist initials:] J B
