The deadly Toronto van incident has inspired an emotional drawing by political cartoonist Michael de adder.

It shows two boys on a bench, each with an arm around the other. One is wearing a Leafs jersey and the other wears the colours of the Humboldt Broncos. 

In creating the cartoon, de Adder said he was trying to capture the mindset of Canadians.

“What I was thinking was just about what every other Canadian was thinking, ‘how could this happen in Canada?’ I was just finishing up a cartoon I was drawing for the Chronicle Herald, when the news came down. We still haven’t gotten over Humboldt, so I thought, Canada’s been smartin’ with these large incidents happening in our country, so it just seemed like a way of tying it all together.” said de Adder.

The cartoonist says he is thankful for the positive response he's been getting.