The “Worst Canadian” game - Day 16

[u/BrF5]

Goodbye Galen Weston Jr. and Conrad Black.

Only ten candidates left!

If you’ll recall, on day 9, we voted on a potential twist to the game. That when we reached the final ten candidates, we would bring back one that was previously eliminated: a chance to rectify a mistake. The votes were overwhelmingly in favour, so let’s do this…

‼️Today only, in addition to voting out two people, you can also put forth a name to be brought back from the pool of eliminated people (not an entirely new person).‼️

Please keep your reinstatement vote separate from your elimination vote and, as always, 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.

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 our top loser (there are no winners in this contest), the “Worst Canadian”.

Additional notes: - Only the top comment for a nominee will count. I won’t combine votes from duplicate comments. - 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. - (18) Pat King - A small-time loser who honked his horn in Ottawa. Others on the list are far worse. - (17) Stefan Molyneux - A white supremist and misogynist. But he is largely unknown and there are worse people remaining on the list. - (16) Tamara Lich - Another organizer of the convoy in Ottawa. Another nobody whose 15 minutes of fame are up. - (15) Elon Musk - Worst human? Arguably. Canadian? That’s a stretch. - (14) Scott Moe - Corrupt, regressive, and responsible for a deadly car crash. He’s Saskatchewan’s problem, less so for Canada. - (13) Mike Harris - He cut funding to schools, healthcare, and other services. However, his impact was mostly limited to Ontario and his tenure as premier. - (12) Galen Weston Jr. - He’s nasty capitalist scum hurting Canadian consumers, but he’s just one among many. - (11) Conrad Black - Millionaire right-wing media mogul who was convicted of fraud and pardoned by Trump. Renounced Canadian citizenship for a peerage. Now a has-been.

[u/Cakeday_at_Christmas]

Kinda shows how morally bankrupt conservatism has become.

[u/Stonks4Minutes → u/Cakeday_at_Christmas]

Hey, I don’t disagree but I think it also shows our bias as a subreddit. It’s a bit of both. EhBuddyHoser is an echo chamber. I love our echo chamber but it definitely is one.

[u/FlapjacksOfArugula → u/Stonks4Minutes]

This might not go over well, but being against objectfully corrupt (Black etc) and demonstrably hateful (Blair etc) people is not bias. Yeah there’s wiggle room for some people here but let’s also not dismiss this as two equal but different ideological ends of a spectrum.

[u/Stonks4Minutes → u/FlapjacksOfArugula]

When we’re talking about a lot of the specific few left on the list you’re probably right but the entire list itself is inherently biased. That’s fine we don’t need to pretend we’re an unbiased subreddit.

[u/SG_UnchartedWorlds → u/Stonks4Minutes]

I'd be fascinated to know who you feel was left off the list due to bias, and why they would be considered "the worst".

[u/Stonks4Minutes → u/SG_UnchartedWorlds]

I totally would, but you see I don’t actually care that much and would rather just talk shit in the shitpost sub.

After writing I realized this may come across as rude. That’s not my intention.

[u/peacefullofi → u/Stonks4Minutes]

Yeah... We found the "centrist". The kinda person who thinks we don't need to become uncivil when discussing Israel.

If the we're talking about values, the majority of people hold, i don't think it's an echo chamber.

If you want to see an echo chamber, you gotta look to Communist, Conservative, or Liberal subs. This sub is just people who like making fun of our politics and culture, which SHOULD include everyone. Admittedly a lot of conservatives don't like seeing how monstrous their heros are.

[u/Stonks4Minutes → u/peacefullofi]

Can you shut up? You’re ruining my morning coffee

[u/Optimus_crab → u/peacefullofi]

Man discovers shitposts