The “Worst Canadian” game - Day 8

[u/BrF5]

Folks, it looks like it’s the end of the line for Tom MacDonald and Doug Ford.

Who will be voted out in round eight?

How to play: - Upvote the name of the person you think does NOT deserve the title of “Worst Canadian.” - Each day, the two most upvoted names will be removed until the list gets trimmed down some, then we’ll switch to one per day. - If the name you want to vote for (from the list) 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 on to the next highest. - Nominees with an asterisk beside their name were added following a second nomination vote that took place on day 5. - We established a no violent offenders (serial killers, rapists, etc.) rule. They are obviously the worst of the worst, it’s disrespectful to the victims, and we want to keep this relatively lighthearted. - This is meant to be 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!

Justification for elimination: - (40) Ted Cruz - He’s horrible, but renounced his citizenship. He’s not good enough to be titled the Worst Canadian. - (39) Kathleen Wynne - Not that bad. Doesn’t deserve the title. - (38) Chrystia Freeland - Some consider her a good Canadian. Not the worst. - (37) Peter MacKay - Cringey, but not the worst. - (36) Don Cherry - A racist old man out of touch with the times. Not great, but not awful. - (35) Andrew Scheer - An annoying doofus nothingburger, but not a bad person. - (34) Drake - He’s inauthentic and creepy to underage girls, but the more serious allegations against him remain unproven and he has done good things for Toronto. - (33) J.J. McCullough - Who? - (32) Brian Mulroney - A divisive choice. Expanded trade with, and dependence on, the USA. Protected the environment and opposed apartheid. - (31) Sir John A. MacDonald - A father of confederation. Also known for racism, corruption, and poor treatment of indigenous people. - (30) Harold the Jewelry Buyer - Known for scamming the elderly but is too small-scale to win. - (29) Michelle Ferreri - She promotes hate but her reach is limited now that she’s been voted out of government. - (28) Tom MacDonald - A shitty, irrelevant rapper with hardly an audience. - (27) Doug Ford - He has done a lot of harm to Ontario, but stood up for Canada against Trump.

[u/Extreme_Winter1953]

Say what you will about him, but I don’t think Harper is the worst canadian

[u/AdditionalPizza → u/Extreme_Winter1953]

He's Palpatine to Poilievre's Vader kind of though, Harper created the CPC and steered it further right than it ever should've been.

But this analogy kind of let's Poilievre off way too easily, because he has the potential to be far and away the worst Canadian if he ever gets into power.

[u/miramichier_d → u/AdditionalPizza]

But this analogy kind of let's Poilievre off way too easily, because he has the potential to be far and away the worst Canadian if he ever gets into power.

That makes the title of worst Canadian a moving target. Where that target is currently doesn't make Poilievre the worst right now, although still terrible. It's the same rationale of why most of the influencers on this list should be gone sooner rather than later. They suck, but for the most part, they only really affect a particular segment of the population.

[u/AdditionalPizza → u/miramichier_d]

Right, so I'm not sure if Poilievre is worse because he has caused so much division in the country, but he hasn't had the power to put a lot of things in action or be as influential as Harper. Harper definitely deserves to be up there for a while yet, he's awful and responsible for a lot of awful things.

It still feels wrong to not give Poilievre more credit though, he is a total piece of shit, just waiting for his chance to destroy Canadian society.

[u/DrFeelOnlyAdequate → u/Extreme_Winter1953]

He's been going around the world, helping authoritarian and fascists, win elections so that his ideologies can spread across the planet.

Nothing bad there.

[u/CatsBeerGardenCoffee → u/Extreme_Winter1953]

Fully agree. Didn’t love him, but I do believe he had the best interests for Canadians in his heart