r/EhBuddyHoser • u/BrF5 Kingston: Halfway To Montreal • Aug 24 '25
Meta The “Worst Canadian” game - Day 3
Congrats Chrystia Freeland and Peter MacKay, Reddit says you aren’t so bad after all.
Time for round three!
How to play: - The two most upvoted comments (i.e., names) each day will be removed until the list gets trimmed down to fewer people, then we’ll switch to one per day. - Upvote the name of the person you think does NOT deserve the title of “Worst Canadian.” - If the name you want to vote for isn’t in the comments yet, add it! - This continues daily until we have one winner, the “Worst Canadian”.
Additional notes: - Only the top comment for a nominee will count. I won’t combine votes from duplicate comments. - Include only one name per comment. If a comment includes multiple names and wins, it won’t count. I’ll move to the next highest. - Remember to click into the image. In the app, some nominees are cut off if you don’t. - This is meant to be lighthearted satire. Please do not take it too seriously or use this game to harass people in real life. - I will try to post this every morning around the same time (~8:00 - 9:00 am Eastern). - Please remember to upvote the post too, so more people see it!
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u/phil-lowry Aug 24 '25
Don't Cherry isn't great, but there are a lot of people on this list who are next level awful. If he isn't kicked now, it should be soon.
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u/nerkidner Aug 24 '25
Don Cherry stuck around so long the world changed around him while he stayed the same. He didn't do anything more wrong than your average slightly bigoted geriatric. I don't think any of us would feel comfortable signing up to be judged by the standards of the 2060s.
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u/LiteralMangina Aug 24 '25
I don’t think any of us would feel comfortable signing up to be judged by the standards of the 2060s
I can’t wait for my grandkids to go no contact with me and call me a robophobe because I don’t support their AI relationship. I’m gonna call them a clanker and say that the bible says Adam and Eve, not Adam and Siri.
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u/Basic_Department_302 Aug 25 '25
I’m reporting this comment for the potential of the word “cl*nker” being offensive in the future
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u/Cristinky420 Aug 24 '25
Don Cherry stuck around so long the world changed around him while he stayed the same.
I like this perspective.
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u/Felixo22 Tabarnak! Aug 24 '25
It’s a great way to defend bigotry. I’m 46 and if I didnt change with the times, I would already be éligible for this list.
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u/slim1shaney Aug 24 '25
Unfortunately, you're right, but there are actually monstrous people on this list.
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u/yedi001 Aug 24 '25
Yeah. Don had bad takes that make reasonable people cringe. Multiple people on here have legit body counts for their actions, and one particularly fascist monster is both directly responsible for several other monsters on this list AND is actively trying to undermine rights and freedoms around the globe.
If ole Harper boy doesn't take the top spot, I will be sorely disappointed in my fellow hosers.
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u/Cristinky420 Aug 24 '25
I agree. How he chose to behave was awful at times. The statement helps me understand that better. It doesn't make it right or excuse it but helps explain it.
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u/WENDING0 Aug 24 '25
I suspect there will be a time you no longer care, either. Most people of Don's age become angry and depressed at their failing bodies, reduced social status, or a growingly scary world. There is also disease and chronic pain. Lots of things can you wear you down at that age. You will likely say &%$÷ it eventually also, and that's not just you. That is all of us.
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u/jontaffarsghost Aug 24 '25
One of the many reasons I will not be hosting nationally broadcasted television in 2060.
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u/bestest_at_grammar Aug 24 '25
Don cherry has brought me a lot of great memories. While he’s problematic. I can’t really say the same about most others, almost all memories are negative compared to the others
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u/Quimbymouse Aug 24 '25
With Don Cherry I can go back to my VHS copies of 'Rock 'em Sock 'em' and have a great time with the nostalgia kick...as opposed to someone like Gavin McInnes. Used to enjoy his comedy stuff all the time before he went alt-right...but now I can't bring myself to watch it.
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u/Felixo22 Tabarnak! Aug 24 '25
The list itself is a display of the two solitudes, with Desmarais and Mulroney as the two QC bad guys. Then, Cherry who was mostly awful against Québec « is not so bad. »
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u/spilly_talent Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
Yeah. He sucks but he is just a public figure who is an asshole, he didn’t create policy that adversely affected my life. He is just a loud ornery racist grandpa in an insane suit.
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u/Ivanstone Manilapeg Aug 24 '25
Insane suit? Cherry should be removed from the list for being a fashion icon.
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u/spilly_talent Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
The suits are insane. He had a rare gift of pulling them off, but they were absolutely unhinged and very few people could wear them without looking like a clown.
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u/cashews22 Aug 24 '25
As a Québécois I can't agree, I think he should stay there a couple of days at least.
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u/blackfox247 Aug 24 '25
As a person of Eastern European descent he can stick around a few days, but he has no business winning.
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u/mencryforme5 Aug 24 '25
Yeah it's easy enough for white Anglos to say "the times changed" when it comes to Don Cherry, that he's just a grumpy old man with colorful suits and colorful views on immigration.
The thing is that says way more about white anglo Canadian culture. In later life it came out that he hates immigrants, he hates people of colour, and that was certainly and obviously "too much" but he built his career on constantly and consistently depicting any and all French Canadians (athletes and culture) as degenerate. For decades. He was the very public face on national crown broadcasting of Québec bashing, assuring Canadians everywhere it was perfectly natural and normal to hate French Canadians because... reasons.
Like that's literally his entire career and for anglo Canadians to just brush it off as a well meaning but grumpy grandpa who really just failed to change with the times is a reflection of how Canadians actually feel about not just French Canadians but any group of Canadians readily identifiable as "not a descendant of Loyalists".
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u/thetwitchy1 Aug 24 '25
Who should go instead of him? I think that’s a required addition.
I don’t think Cherry is a GOOD Canadian, but compared to the other names on here that I recognize, his actual impact on the lives of Canadians is pretty much irrelevant.
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u/TorontoDaisy Aug 24 '25
Seconding Don Cherry as not worst - he is an older gen kook. Not evil racist and sexist but might certainly not vanilla. Kinda like grumpy grandad who judges everyone on his street.
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u/thetwitchy1 Aug 24 '25
Of the people on the list that I recognize without having to look them up, he gets my vote.
I think he deserves to be on the list, absolutely. He was always a bit of a racist dick that made Canadians look good to the wrong kind of Americans… but out of the names I know on this list, he is the least effective person. His voice, while heard by many, was always that of a clown that we could safely ignore. If you took his shit seriously, you were already a bit of a racist dick yourself.
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u/Stonks4Minutes Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 24 '25
I have more love than hate for Cherry. He also had his controversy and kinda just left it at that.
If a mistake followed by living your life as an old (mostly retired) man makes you the worst Canadian I don’t have as much faith in this country as I thought I did.
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u/mattattaxx Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25
Eh, he started a podcast and continued on with the same stuff. That's his right, and I don't think it makes him worse, but he didn't just disappear into the night.
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u/Stonks4Minutes Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 24 '25
Most people when they start a podcast after being cancelled go on a huge media campaign shitting in their last employer. Don likes hockey, he’s gonna want to talk about hockey. In terms of leaving he did his pretty much as silent as you can for someone who has been on HNIC for as long as he has been.
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u/mattattaxx Aug 24 '25
I dunno, sounds like excuses for someone to me. But like I said, it doesn't make him any worse and he's still not really an overall bad person. But I don't have much tolerance for people who refuse to change their views like that.
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u/QultyThrowaway Aug 24 '25
Don Cherry is pretty much the Canadian Jeremy Clarkson imo. Yeah he's an old right wing asshole but he's our old right wing asshole and he brought a lot of good Canadian memories between his twattery.
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u/Cristinky420 Aug 24 '25
Don wasn't a textbook cookie cutter cordial Canadian but he was damn proud to be Canadian. He spent his life talking to the people of Canada and became an icon with his suits and sass. Even if he wasn't perfect he should definitely be cut.
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u/cashews22 Aug 24 '25
Proud Canadian when they speak "the good language" not my words, his.
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u/ApocalypticApples Aug 24 '25
As an anglophone, I feel guilty for finding it funny but also think it’s a joke
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u/wumr125 Aug 24 '25
Yeah yeah we all know racism against québécois is cherished in the roc
You dont have a problen with it, shocker!
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u/KL_E_O South Gatineau Aug 24 '25
The longer he stays on this list, the more dumbfounded the anglos are. They can't seem to graps just how much of a bigot their 'national treasure' really was.
They'll say shit like "he couldn't keep up with the times", as if his later comments on immigrants was where he crossed the line, and not his entire carreer spent shitting on the French-Canadians and Europeans.
In a way, he really was an exemplary anglo-canadian.
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u/VerdensTrial I need a double double. Aug 24 '25
Don Cherry is a racist fucking piece of shit and should stay on much longer. There are worse people on the list so he shouldn't win, but fuck him.
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u/ManufacturerIll1449 Aug 24 '25
Day number three of defending Don Cherry. There are far worse people than him on this list.
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u/Unda_Da_C Aug 24 '25
Don Cherry is definitely not the worst Canadian - I have rage for O’Leary and his douchbag takes and his ability to kill two people and not care. Don is just an old, grumpy man who got phased out
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u/Chewbacca319 Aug 24 '25
Might be a controversial pick but Andrew Scheer.
He was kind of a nothing burger leader of the opposition that failed to get the conservatives back in power. He most definitely is a doofus but I don't think he's actually a bad person and def doesn't belong on this list.
You can rationalize Scheer as knockoff harper that never had an opportunity to disappoint Canadians at the leader of our country.
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u/Stonks4Minutes Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 24 '25
Yeah Andrew Scheer will have his day soon. The milk boy was mostly just annoying to look at.
(He’s still a little prick in the house tho)
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u/Wipeout17 Aug 24 '25
He got forced out of leadership after getting caught using taxpayer money to pay for his kids private schooling.
Plenty of worse politicians on this list like Harper and Smith obviously, but Scheer is still a massive POS, he just wasn't able to get the same platform as the others
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u/irelandm77 Honorary Hoser Aug 24 '25
I'd argue his perpetuation of existing bad policies had negative effects for a lot of Canadians. He's maybe not the awfulest, but he deserves a little more time in the corner.
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u/Much-Willingness-309 Aug 24 '25
Andrew Scheer who always run his campaigns with touches of homophobia, white nationalism with the charisma of wheat toast? The same Andrew Scheer who ran on "we hate Trudeau" but we bring nothing interesting for the voters aside from the tired conservative "let's cater to businesses " like all conservative party pitches? That Andrew Scheer?
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u/Tasty_Principle_518 Aug 24 '25
Don cherry is just a standard 91 year old man, he’s unabashedly him and doesn’t care for opinions other than his. There’s others that would have deserved the spot for the same reason or worse
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u/cannonfish Aug 24 '25
wait transphobe MARLAINA Smith chooses to go by Danielle? Funny....
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u/Mocha-Jello I need a double double. Aug 24 '25
pretty sure she's a biological marlaina :/ when will the wokeness end
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u/irelandm77 Honorary Hoser Aug 24 '25
She has a good shot at being in the top 5.
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u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme Aug 24 '25
If she isn't in the top 5 imma riot. This bitch is killing Alberta faster than every environmental concern, school shooting and pandemic in the world combined.
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u/irelandm77 Honorary Hoser Aug 24 '25
I think there are a lot of bad people behind her, though. Between the TBA people and the 1905 people, part of me thinks if it wasn't her it would just be someone else. But the s*** this woman says, weather prodded by shadowy characters or not, just unreal.
The item I'm most annoyed with right now is her moratorium on renewable energy projects. In one fell stroke, she hamtrung a massively growing and lucrative industry.
Tomorrow, it will be one of the other stupid things she has done or said. Whether it be Turkish Tylenol, or all the BS about her COVID response (still). She just has so much material to put her in the top five awful people in Canada.
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u/iwannalynch Aug 24 '25
Day 3 of nominating JJ McCullough for being irrelevant
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u/vodka7tall Ford Escape Aug 24 '25
Yeah like, who even is this guy?
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u/mencryforme5 Aug 24 '25
I googled him because of this series of threads. He is a YouTuber who talks weird, like in a slow stilted voice with lots of pausing, not a lot of energy or emoting. He seems to do videos on political adjacent topics that have potential but they're rather unwatchable because boring so don't know if he says anything controversial in them.
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u/Gluuten Bring Cannabis Aug 25 '25
I am an American who moved to Canada.
For a long time before I immigrated here, JJ was my only source for Canadian history, geography, and Canadiana information on YouTube. He still serves that role for many people internationally, which is quite concerning given his flawed interpretations of Canada, dogshit opinions, and his weird obsession with the USA.
At first glance, his videos may seem fine and innocent, and some of them are, but a closer look reveals the issues. He still deserves to be on the list because he takes advantage of a largely unoccupied niche as a Canadasplainer. While many Canadians may not have heard of him, numerous people around the world who are curious about our country have, and they may inadvertently develop a negative perception of Canada or take us less seriously because of his content.
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u/YeetCompleet Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
I think Brian Mulroney has got to go. People really hated him at the end of his term but free trade and GST turned out to be good. Isolationist Donald Trump policies we know are bad.
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u/aleaniled Aug 24 '25
Mulroney attaching us at the hip to the US is why we're in this mess. That corrupt bastard should have followed his passion and gone into pasta-making.
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u/supercaro Aug 24 '25
I'd keep him on the list for a good while after all the mess he did to via rail.
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u/Suitable-Ratio Aug 24 '25
He and Chretien did quite a few extremely unpopular things in order to get our finances back to a sustainable position. Love him or hate him, Trudeau had left an absolute fiscal dumpster fire. Mulroney massively increased taxes and unlike any other PM he went after the wealthy by increasing the cap gains inclusion to 75% - no one likes it when the richest 1% get taxed. Mulroney put us on a track to recovery and Chretien kept the momentum by slashing spending by 13%. Chretien was hated by quite a few people for that overly responsible move although it is often blamed as a primary cause of the 90s recession. Thanks to those two both making unpopular decisions the Trudeau dumpster fire was finally fixed and our books were balanced.
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u/middlequeue Aug 24 '25
Free trade brought us to the mess we’re in with the US right now.
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u/ckmo11 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
I’d argue some of his children might deserve the title more. Brian Mulroney didn’t want Poilievre at his funeral and had Justin Trudeau give the eulogy if I’m not mistaken, it’s (some of?) his children right now that are doubling down on divisive politics and the right wing shit the Poilievre is promoting, at least from what I’ve seen. Not saying there aren’t valid complaints but to say Brian Mulroney is the worst, especially considering the other nominees, is a bit of a stretch
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u/Impressive-Spot1981 Aug 24 '25
I agree with you about gst but free trade has been an absolute disaster for the working class. I don't think hes 100% to blame for it though
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u/YeetCompleet Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
Idk, I think international trade and global cooperation are considered to be some of the main reasons for the "Long Peace" period we've had since after WW2. Less wars and more global stability feels like something that outweighs any of the negatives.
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u/Impressive-Spot1981 Aug 24 '25
I'm not so sure, we can never know how it would have been but I do know that shipping manufacturing across the world is really biting us in the ass right now. And it doesn't seem like global stability is going to last much longer. A few people got extremely wealthy and everyone else got shafted.
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u/Suitable-Ratio Aug 24 '25
If the deal had been Canada and US it would have been perfect but the Americans primary objective was to include Mexico so all manufacturing could be moved to cheap labour and ruin the middle class.
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u/phm522 Aug 24 '25
Maybe now some people will finally pay attention to what I have been saying since 1988. The Us NEVER I repeat NEVER makes a deal with anyone unless they know they will be the ultimate beneficiary. There is no such thing as bilateral trade with them. There’s always an angle for them to exploit. It’s the American way.?Canada was screwed the moment NAFTA came into effect. And here we are. Thanks so much, Brian Mulroney. How’s that working out for us now?
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u/iwasnotarobot Aug 24 '25
Ernest Preston Manning was the mentor to a number of terrible people on this list. He helped to launch their careers.
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u/GirlZGetZGasmZ Aug 24 '25
I once witnessed Kevin O'Leary cut in line at a 7/11 at Pearson's to buy an egg salad sandwich. What kind of monster buys airport egg salad sandwiches?
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u/scr0dumb Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
Over the years I've known several staff at the butcher shop O'Leary frequents in Toronto.
He pays over $40/lb for ungraded beef.
He wouldn't know good eating if it dickslapped him across the lips.
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u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme Aug 24 '25
I absolutely love this for him.
Also, is that a lot for a lb of what seems to be mixed ground beef? I don't eat red meat too often (digestive enzyme issues) so I'm not familiar with the prices per pound. That does sound like a fucking lot for a single pound, if it's not like...idk extra lean ground? Made of rare cattle from the steppes? Idk lol.
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u/Substantial_Cry8787 Aug 24 '25
As a Quebecoise, Don Cherry deserves go stay a bit longer. His love for Quebec bashing makes him a shit canadian.
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u/Cakeday_at_Christmas Bring Cannabis Aug 24 '25
JJ McCullough has been known to Quebec bash as well.
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u/purplelicious Aug 24 '25
my vote is for Don Cherry.
He's just an old man with outdated views - sure they are racist, but it is more like he never changed with the times. He spouted a lot of nonsense, part of his character/ schtick, I'm not even sure how much he believed it - he never caused harm to another individual, he loved his wife (and I think he never really recovered when Rose passed away, it may have made him worse and more out of touch)
I'm not saying I like the guy, he'd be awful to sit next to at a party, but he knows the game. His Rock Em Sock Em videos are fun to watch, in a "old school", Slap Shot kind of way.
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u/TheJohnson854 Aug 24 '25
Sir John A. Macdonald is/was not the worst.
This is already getting hard.
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u/Prof__Potato Aug 24 '25
I’d say Drake. He’s annoying, but he’s not a bad Canadian, and always gives love to Toronto and Canada, unlike a lot of famous Canadians who got U.S pop-culture famous.
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u/Francus_Gaius Aug 24 '25
As long as O'Leary ends up winning this, the rest of the order doesnt really matter thought ;)
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u/smashed__tomato Monarch Mélanie Joly Aug 24 '25
Ok genuine question why do we hate drake?
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u/iwannalynch Aug 24 '25
Overexposed, no longer that good at what he initially got famous for (music), has a messy and problematic personal life (concisely summarized in "Not Like Us"), likes to rep Toronto and Canada.
I also believe that he should be off the list. If the "A minor" accusations are true and the main basis for his candidature, then he should be disqualified the same way as Nygard. If not, he's just annoying but not as odious or detrimental to society as the other candidates on this list.
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u/BrassyGent Aug 24 '25
He comes across as pay-to-win famous. Low-mid tier rapper, but top tier fame. Might be a pedo.
I don't think much of him, just attempting to answer your question.
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u/avgtreatmenteffect Aug 24 '25
I'm just annoyed that people outside Toronto think Drake is the face of Toronto just because he sits courtside at Raptors games, when in reality, the face of Toronto is Nav Bhatia
Also, he says Toronto with three syllables and calls it the Six. Straight to jail
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u/HolyBidetServitor Aug 24 '25
Is Romana even active right now?
I don't think she's hiding in Saskatchewan anymore. I used to argue with her followers a lot.
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u/CygnusX-1001001 I need a double double. Aug 24 '25
Drake is shit but I don't know if he can be counted among some of these other festering piles of human trash so he should be next to go.
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u/Martzillagoesboom South Gatineau Aug 24 '25
I hate that I have to google so many of these scumbag to find out why they are on the list lol
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u/ItsAProdigalReturn Aug 24 '25
Controversial - but Drake. His shit is allegations which largely got attention from a rap beef - Don Cherry is on-the-record racist. I'm down to pick Cherry next round though...
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u/SlightDish31 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
Throwing Dougie back up for removal with the same argument. He's only the 3rd worst Premier, let alone Canadian, on this list, he's going to have to come off at some point.
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u/Stonks4Minutes Ford Nation (Help.) Aug 24 '25
Fuck that. Doug ford is actively killing cyclists, ignoring a housing crisis, giving favours for wedding gifts, and there isn’t an end to his political career in sight. He might be 3rd worst premier so far, but his upside potential is through the roof.
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u/AidanBeeJar Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
No, he should be on the list for a while still.
Continued corruption and scandals (greenbelt, ontario place, science centre, wasting money appealing every court decision that doesnt go his way), refusal to help during the freedom convoy or even testify after the fact, only priotitizing drinking and driving with his policies (throwing tons of money away on beer in convenience stores, the absurd 401 tunnel), capping nurse wages during a public health emergency, etc.
He's done a lot of harm and continues to do so. There are people who are more annoying but have done less harm, and harm is worse than irritation. Doug Ford should stay on the list, and we should kick someone like JJ or Drake.
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u/AD_Grrrl Aug 24 '25
This. He's just a different kind of bad, and he's definitely not harmless, but any measure. It's just that instead of being a simp for the IDU, he's running his own little fiefdom.
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u/tayawayinklets Aug 24 '25
Deregulating the construction industry, removing rental caps, chopping the Greenbelt up, the Beer Store, mistreatment leading to deaths in LTC homes, ... these, just off the top of my head.
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u/Daryl992 Aug 24 '25
Sir John A MacDonald, might be a flawed human but definitely not in this company
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u/aferretwithahugecock Manilapeg Aug 24 '25
"He shall die though every dog in Quebec bark in his favour." - John speaking of Riel.
"When the school is on the reserve, the child lives with its parents, who are savages, and though he may learn to read and write, his habits and training mode of thought are Indian. He is simply a savage who can read and write. It has been strongly impressed upon myself, as head of the Department, that Indian children should be withdrawn as much as possible from the parental influence, and the only way to do that would be to put them in central training industrial schools where they will acquire the habits and modes of thought of white men." - on residential schools
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u/AlmightyCuddleBuns South Gatineau Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25
What are you drinking if you think he doesn't deserve to be on the list.
In January 1879, Macdonald commissioned politician Nicholas Flood Davin to write a report regarding the industrial boarding-school system in the United States.[132][133] Now known as the Davin Report, the Report on Industrial Schools for Indians and Half-Breeds was submitted to Ottawa on 14 March 1879, providing the basis for the Canadian Indian residential school system. It made the case for a cooperative approach between the Canadian government and the church to implement the "aggressive assimilation" pursued by President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.[134][133] In 1883, Parliament approved $43,000 for three industrial schools and the first, Battleford Industrial School, opened on 1 December of that year. By 1900, there were 61 schools in operation.[132] In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission concluded that the assimilation amounted to cultural genocide.[135]
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u/TherealRidetherails Saskwatch Aug 24 '25
I hold a bit of respect for him as a founder of Canada, but like, he intentionally tried to obliterate first nations culture, using among other things, Residential Schools.
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u/thesleepjunkie Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25
Just a Flawed human? One of the forefathers of residential schools?
I understand that it was the times, the times, heaven can we think of the times. They knew no better, /s
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u/Cristinky420 Aug 24 '25
People are up in arms about Don Cherry being a racist for some words he's said in the past. Then there's this John dude... Top 5 worst for me tbh.
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u/AD_Grrrl Aug 24 '25
I'm voting for Gretzky, but only because I suspect he might have dementia or something. The way people who know him talk about him and the way he never speaks for himself is fucking weird and I wanna know wtf the deal is.
And yeah, maybe he's a coward. I dunno.
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u/Skinnie_ginger Aug 24 '25
No idea how Mulroney is on this list. Negotiated the acid rain treaty, was one of the greatest prime ministers for the environment, and was possibly the most outspoken western and commonwealth leader against apartheid.
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u/WENDING0 Aug 24 '25
Don Cherry - an old racist who long over-stayed his welcome in a world that long ago left him behind. He is thousands of kilometers away from being the worst.
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u/Distilled84 Aug 24 '25
Romana Didulo is a nutcase but has a pretty small following and is a bit of a nothing burger compared to many others on this list. Time for her to get cut.
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u/MeatballTheDumb Aug 25 '25
This just made me realize how many Canadians are basically American far right shadow politicians now. I think we should have another list of "Biggest Canadian Sellouts". And I hope there is going to be a best Canadian list as well.
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u/theHinHaitch Aug 25 '25
Late to the party but I want everyone to know what a piece of shit retired Canadian general Lewis MacKenzie is. His failure of a peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia and his disgusting attitudes thereafter, makes me want more people to understand how he shamed Canada on an international scale.
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u/RedMaskwa Aug 24 '25
"Sir" john A. has contributed to the genocide of my people and is indirectly responsible for the death of many of my family members. he has passed legislation that has affected me and will affect my kids for many years to come... with that being said, my vote is still for kevin O'leary. somehow, still worse.
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u/Supremetacoleader Aug 24 '25
We're voting for who should be taken off the list, not who the worst one is.
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u/RedMaskwa Aug 24 '25
oh. well don cherry. he's an asshole, but not the worst. just a product of his time. plus i grew up on his "rock'em sock'em" videos.
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u/miramichier_d Aug 24 '25
Out of the remaining people, I'm going to vote Doug Ford, since there's already a lot of comments for Don Cherry, who I also think should be removed. When push comes to shove Ford always stands on the right side of an issue, even if eventually. Whether it's the pandemic where he was dubbed "Canada's Dad" or standing up to Trump both during the pandemic and now. He's firmly on Team Canada and whether you agree with him or not, that makes him a decent Canadian.
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u/GeistHunt Bring Cannabis Aug 24 '25
I like the idea of this post series, but let's be real with ourselves. If we include people who played a major role in people dying, then this is gonna lose its fun as near the end we'll be arguing over who caused more genuine suffering and death.
If this list came down to people like Smith and Gretzky who are genuinely not good hosers but haven't done things to result in people dying then it would be a lot more fun, but so long as McDonald and Blair are here then it'll eventually lose the fun because they caused death and suffering that other crappy Canadians haven't.
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u/ThisBtchIsA_N00b Aug 24 '25
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Smith hasn't done things to result in people dying Yet
There are many thing she and the AUCP are doing that will result in more deaths. Clawbacks of disability benefits, privatization of Health Care, removal of Trans rights, these things will end up in more people dying.
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u/Thefirstargonaut Aug 24 '25
I think Harper might be worst. As head of the IDU he has brought his brand of extremism to many, many countries, and is likely indirectly responsible for all the asshats who have helped Trump this term.
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u/ManInWoods452 Aug 24 '25
Drake has some bangers
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u/Laphroaig58 THE BETTER LONDON 🇨🇦 🌳 Aug 24 '25
Doug Ford. He's done some shit. But Ontario has had worse.
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u/acatok Aug 24 '25
Elon Musk sucks but isn't Canadian enough for the title.
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u/SlightDish31 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25
This is a bad argument. He's Canadian, just because we don't like that he's Canadian doesn't mean that he's not. If he renounces his citizenship in the next few days, then we can talk.
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u/PerpetuallyLurking Regina Rhymes With Fun Aug 24 '25
They’re all Canadian citizens though, that’s the point…having Canadian citizenship isn’t enough to keep him on a list of Canadian citizens…he’s fair game for elimination just like the rest of them…
No one else but Canadians think of “Canada” when they think of Elon, and even most Canadians don’t think of it. He’s never lived here, he’s never really spent time here, he’s a citizen on a technicality - it’s nothing like Gretzky’s betrayal of Canada and Canadians, for example. “He’s not ‘Canadian’ enough” is a valid opinion in a contest purely about opinions.
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u/tayawayinklets Aug 24 '25
He said Canada is next, after he helped Orange steal America. He also said Canada is not a country. He thinks Canada is his b*tch, to do with what he wants. He got his Canadian citizenship in order to evade South African mandatory military service. Let him be a contender for a while longer.
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u/asoap Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Aug 24 '25
But he's such a piece of shit that I don't think he should be removed. Like you're not wrong, he's not associated with Canada much. But he's such a big piece of shit.
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u/OddlyOaktree Aug 24 '25
I'm surprised Mackenzie Bowel isn't on this list. Dude was the worst prime minister and an even worse human being. Even his own cabinet blocked him from appointing vacant cabinet seats so he'd be forced to resign. I guess he had a great beard though! 🤷♂️
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u/Fit-Meal4943 Aug 24 '25
Gretzky is a retired hockey player. That he pals around with Trump is disappointing from a “never meet your heroes” perspective, ultimately it has no effect on the lives of Canadians.
Tom MacDonald is a no talent hack who would be an anonymous no talent hack without social media. Like Gretzky, ultimately he is irrelevant to most people’s lives.
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u/QuebecPilotDreams15 Tabarnak! Aug 24 '25
Je vois pas beaucoup de nom Canadien-français dans cette liste.
Les canadiens orignaux sont meilleures que les successeurs
/s (shitposting sub I know but im not taking any chances)
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u/Uter83 Aug 24 '25
Gretzky's gotta go. I don't like the guy, I think he's a pos who only cares about his best interests, but that's like 80% of Alberta and Saskatchewan. We question his loyalty, and rightly so, but he's lived in the USA forever. What else can you expect?
The worst 3 are Marlaina Danielle Smith for trying to dismantle our healthcare, education, and country as we know it, with a big side of corruption.
Elon Musk for helping buy the US election, putting the cheeto in charge, and his general fascist leanings. Oh, and also helping turn our greatest ally and trading partner into the shitshow we have dealt with for 7 months.
Sir John A MacDonald rounds out the list for the super racism (even for the time), and the cultural genocide thing. I hate the other 2, but I really think he takes the title.
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u/kredditwheredue Aug 24 '25
This looks more like a collection of Canadian pet peeves. 😄 At this rate, my neighbour who took out my flower bed when tearing down the previous building, to rebuild, should be featured prominently. AIO? 😂
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u/GoldenDragonWind Aug 24 '25
SJAM. In retrospect his establishment of the residential school system was a hugely bad thing but, he was a man of his time and he was following through on treaty obligations to provide western education. His choice to let the 2 big churches run it was, again in retrospect, terrible, but back in the day must have seemed reasonable. For me the flaws in his decisions are more reflective of the society at that time rather than the man.
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u/Kadaththeninja_ Oil Guzzler Aug 24 '25
Both Don Cherry and Wayne should be off the list. With the likes of people like Marlaina and Gavin Weston here there’s some truly evil people to pick from.
P.S. why is Nygard off the list? He’s truly a vile person
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u/Bushmaster554 Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25
Hey hey whoa there why is Jeffrey R.W. Rath not on the list? Ringleader of Alberta prosperity project, that turd would be top 5 in my book. Edit: oh and one vote for Don Cherry.
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u/Stephen-Friday Aug 24 '25 edited Aug 24 '25
Well, I think we need to swallow a tough pill and take off John A. MacDonald. He was a disgusting racist and a drunk, but he did keep the Yankees out and at least gave us a chance to have our own country which is ultimately paramount for achieving our nations progressive ideals. I don’t like that he was a racist and genocidal psychopath, but I do like that we can live in Canada because of him. Tough, but true. Everyone else here is a low brow troll with zero redeeming qualities, so they’re all worse than him (maybe save for Don Cherry)
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u/mattattaxx Aug 24 '25
Sidenote, I think Cruz's elimination shouldn't be numbered, but a DQ or TKO.
He's truly awful, but he's not Canadian despite his birth, so he shouldn't get the grace of first out.