Greatest Canadian

[Bladeso]

I am not home to see the show but if Melissa Auf Du Maur arguing the case for David Suzuki?

[guitarchick]

I still have to say Pierre Trudeau.

[no yu begin wher i end]

I say Hal Anderson.

[calgarydave]

Terry Fox no arguements

[Crusader]

Tommy Douglas!!! and I didn't see the Suzuki one...

[Lauren]

haha i love how this hour has 22 minutes made fun of him.

edit: them, not him.

Edited November 10, 2004 by Lauren_Atmore

[miles2025]

Pierre Trudeau is probably the name that will have the biggest link to Canada in the next hundred years. Guys like David Suzuki and Terry Fox are good, but don't really mean 'Canada' to me. If I looked at a list of their accomplishments and what they've done, there isn't too much that tells me that they're Canadian and that they've made this country significantly better.

[Dan #2]

David Suzuki, Tommy Douglass, Matthew Good, lol

 

What's that racist hockey announcer guy? I can't recall his name riht now, but man, he definitley shouldn't have been on the cbc list.

 

 

Is his name Don Sherry?

Edited November 11, 2004 by insober

[Sparq]

Don Cherry?

[here is no why]

Don Cherry is hilarious. He is meant to cause controversy and he does it. Greatest Canadian? No. Still though, he's not as bad as some think.

[Dan #2]

Is it Don Cherry? I just remember he said something racist about French people, and he encourages violence in hockey.

 

And why should a guy who talks about sports be in the top ten Greatest Canadians. The local food bank volounteers should rank higher, lol

[Lauren]

he made a remake about onlu europeans wearing face masks. some thought this racist, i thought it simply an observation. you want him not to say it just because its not politically correct, even if it's true?

im not saying hes not racist, i haven't heard most of his other remarks, but i think hes more misunderstood then anything.

[Sparq]

As for why he should be in the top ten? Love him or hate him, he's a Canadian icon. I'm not totally familiar with the criteria they base this on, but when you specify greatest CANADIAN you can't really just take some anonymous but helpful guy off the street...if nobody knows him, he could just as easily be from Belgium or South Africa or something.

[THE MAN]

Neil Young for number 1!

[Links234]

Tommy Douglas HANDS DOWN.

[Scot]

I am not home to see the show but if Melissa Auf Du Maur arguing the case for David Suzuki?

That's tonight at 8pm on CBC.

[S.M.B.2004]

Does anyone remember if CBC had any criteria for becoming the "Greatest Canadian"...like global impact/national unity...

[no yu begin wher i end]

We were discussing this in my Theory of Knowledge class today. Apparently, there was no criteria involved in choosing the names for the list.

[saturnine]

fredrick banting

[NationofCool]

Russell Peters.. funniest man ever!

[no yu begin wher i end]

I think Stephen Lewis should be in the Top 10, and get Don Cherry the hell out of there.

[montrealmike]

Pierre Trudeau is probably the name that will have the biggest link to Canada in the next hundred years. Guys like David Suzuki and Terry Fox are good, but don't really mean 'Canada' to me. If I looked at a list of their accomplishments and what they've done, there isn't too much that tells me that they're Canadian and that they've made this country significantly better.

Trudeau's name has the biggest link because he had the biggest platform out of those three you mention. It's funny when Auf De Maur said that a dead guy shouldn't win. So, if Suzuki died tomorrow, then what? I found that argument pretty funny...

[Claire]

David Suzuki all the way. He represents a positive open-minded Canada.

[Guest acrobate]

Nah, I'm voting for Trudeau. He influenced a whole generation and he made Canadian politics interesting. But I would really like Suzuki to win because people would start paying more attention to what he says.

[miss_fortune]

Shania Twain!!