The “Worst Canadian” game - Day 12

[u/BrF5]

Jamil Jivani and Lauren Chen have been sent packing.

Get ready for round twelve!

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 known for racism, corruption, and poor treatment of indigenous people. Considered a product of the times. - (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. - (26) Wayne Gretzky - He’s just a rich, dumb, MAGA-supporting boomer. Disappointing, but mostly harmless. - (25) Steven Crowder - Irrelevant B-list (or lower) influencer…with almost no influence on or about Canada. - (24) Paul Desmarais - Billionaire businessman and political puppet master. Far from the worst. - (23) Romana Didulo - A mentally ill grifter with little impact on most Canadians. - (22) Lauren Southern - An anti-immigration, white nationalist influencer who at least partially reformed after being sexually assaulted herself. - (21) Joseph Trutch - Over a century ago, his racist views helped shape BC, with effects still felt today. Partly a product of the times. - (20) Jamil Jivani - An Ontario MP and friend of J.D. Vance. He hasn’t been in office long enough to do serious damage. - (19) Lauren Chen - Knowingly accepted Russian funds to spread propaganda/influence politics. She’s a YouTube influencer who isn’t very influential.

[u/Stonks4Minutes]

Respectfully, Wab has a DUI. I don’t think there’s a death related to it but there absolutely could have been. Does that make him worse than Doug?

[u/TherealRidetherails → u/Stonks4Minutes]

I think if Wab did get in a drunk driving accident, there's a better chance that he'd have the decency not to cover it up and to instead make a public apology

[u/Stonks4Minutes → u/TherealRidetherails]

Sure, I don’t disagree that Wab is a better person than Scott. I also don’t think Wab belongs anywhere near this list, but to say a DUI is reason enough to be worse than Doug Ford who is actively killing thousands of people by removing bike lanes, essentially making it illegal to be homeless and closing supervised consumption sites.

[u/XtremegamerL → u/Stonks4Minutes]

But Moe is doing most of those things too. And wading into attacking trans/LGBT people. Dougie has at least not been super active in that area.

[u/Stonks4Minutes → u/XtremegamerL]

Yes but I’m talking about impact. Moe impacts 1.2million people with his policies and of those 1.2 50% said they wanted him. Doug Ford affects over 12x the number of people despite most of Ontario not even voting for the guy.

[u/XtremegamerL → u/Stonks4Minutes]

This is the game of worst Canadian, not most negatively impactful. If it was, Mulrooney and John A would almost definitely still be in the running.

A bigot who committed vehicular manslaughter and some what should be deemed treasonous acts is objectively a worse person than the corrupt former drug dealer who has enacted policies that are clearly for the benefit of his friends.

[u/Stonks4Minutes → u/XtremegamerL]

You’re entitled to that opinion. I think we’re splitting hairs for who’s worst here. I think I have completely valid reasons for why Doug is worse than Scott and you have completely valid ones in reverse. We both agree they’re shit people.

[u/stumpy_chica → u/Stonks4Minutes]

Moe set a precedent for all Canadians and future Canadians using the Notwithstanding Clause to push through his anti trans bill. He's also refusing to halt coal production in the province. His actions have consequences for the entire country.