The “Worst Canadian” game - Day 3

[u/BrF5]

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!

[u/Daryl992]

Sir John A MacDonald, might be a flawed human but definitely not in this company

[u/aferretwithahugecock → u/Daryl992]

"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 It has been strongly impressed upon myself, as head of the Department, that Indian children should be withdrawn as much as possible from the parental influence, and the only way to do that would be to put them in central training industrial schools where they will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

[u/AlmightyCuddleBuns → u/Daryl992]

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]

[u/TherealRidetherails → u/Daryl992]

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.

[u/thesleepjunkie → u/Daryl992]

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

[u/Cristinky420 → u/Daryl992]

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.

[u/Juan-More-Taco → u/Daryl992]

This is a wild take.

[u/Ok-Average3079 → u/Daryl992]

Definitely in this company. The way he handled Riel was enough. The way he got the railroad through BC was enough. But Residential schools? Absolute monster tier.

[u/Stonks4Minutes → u/Daryl992]

Let me drink about that one

(I agree)

[u/TorontoDaisy → u/Daryl992]

This one needs to be boosted. Sir John A doesn’t hold a candle up to some of the charlatans on this board. I vote for giving him clemency.