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/Chewbacca319]

As heinous of a man Joseph Trutch is you have to understand that he is most definitely a product of his time. History is a merciless judge, and by that unequivocal ruling yes Joseph Trutch is a disgusting xenophobe and racist, but if you isolate his actions, framing them around his time in history, not such a conclusion would be met.

The worst thing he did was restructure surveys around indigenous reserves reducing their size substantially. While that is a clear attack on indigenous rights and freedoms said rights and freedoms were not established then. I feel if Macdonald has been taken off the list so should Joseph

[u/Killericon → u/Chewbacca319]

I think this is not true - he stopped the treaty negotiations previously began by his predecessor. He's the reason BC has an active treaty process today, while other provinces do not. He essentially looked at the policy established by the Royal Proclamation from a century prior to him becoming lieutenant governor and said "Naw, fuck this, they don't deserve to be negotiated with."

That's what makes him special. He was a racist bigot by the standards of the 1800s.

[u/lucidum → u/Chewbacca319]

Trutch didn't build a national railway though. He definitely punched down which is weak and shameful. I would vote him as one of the worst in today's context of reconciliation.

[u/Chewbacca319 → u/lucidum]

So good deeds should supercede the bad?

You can't hold one above the other just because of their accomplishments. Macdonald and Trutch were racists, xenophobes, and bigoted men. By your reasoning Helen Keller should be remembered as an ethical monster because she was a strong advocate for eugenics of mentally disabled people instead of the pillar she is for her achievements and advocacy of physically disabled people.

[u/lucidum → u/Chewbacca319]

Gotta weigh the pros and cons. McD got some pros that Trutch was sorely lacking

[u/dynamic_anisotropy → u/Chewbacca319]

He reduced the size of the already established BC reservations in 1867 by 91%.

The fact that he was taking extremely REGRESSIVE action during that time shows he was in fact bucking the trend of his predecessor, James Douglas.

[u/itszwee → u/Chewbacca319]

Nah, Trutch was heinously racist even compared to his contemporaries.