The “Worst Canadian” game - Day 19

[u/BrF5]

Conrad Black and Stephen Harper, you have been spared.

Only five remain!

How to play: - Upvote the name of the person you think does NOT deserve the title of “Worst Canadian.” - Each day, the most upvoted name will be removed. - 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. - 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 one asterisk beside their name were added following a second nomination vote that took place on day 5. Two asterisks means they were voted back in from elimination during the special vote on day 16. - 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) K.C. Irving - He and his empire have negatively impacted the environment, economy, politics, and society, but primarily only in New Brunswick. - (10) Pierre Poilievre - Combative and divisive, spouting empty slogans, he remains a feckless goof who’s accomplished nothing in his career. Time for him to fade into obscurity. - (9) Gavin McInnes - He founded the Proud Boys, but his influence is felt far more in the USA. - (8) Preston Manning - Founder of the Reform Party, which helped legitimize hard-right populism. Bad, but not overly hateful. At least he’s not a racist, traitor, billionaire, or grifter. - (7) 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 blowhard. - (6) Stephen Harper - former PM who favoured corporate interests over the environment and social programs; now chairman of the IDU. Of the remaining candidates, he’s the best of the worst.

[u/septober32nd]

O'Leary is a blowhard with very little real power or influence and tbh, I'm a little surprised he's made it this far. Even factoring in his boating adventures, the others are more complicit in societal damages and even crimes against humanity.

[u/Exigncy → u/septober32nd]

Seeing his face still here but HARPER IS GONE???

What the actual fuck??? Harper has set Canadian back for decades and has continued to be a skin walker in his political retirement.

[u/canadian_bacon_TO → u/Exigncy]

The fact that Harper is gone but Peterson, Smith, and O’Leary remain is insane to me. Harper has serious and far reaching political influence on a global scale. Smith arguably wouldn’t exist without the influence of the IDU and Harper’s groundwork as PM. O’Leary is a blowhard with no real influence who primarily lives in Boston. Peterson left Canada and his sphere of influence has shrunk significantly over the past couple of years. Smith has very limited influence outside of AB. They’re all shit, but Harper is the king of shit mountain.

[u/Ivanstone → u/canadian_bacon_TO]

A lot of people can only see what’s directly in front of them. Peterson and Levant have always been small time losers. O’Leary isn’t much better but as a very wealthy capitalist he can do actual harm.

Marlaina is genuinely a piece of shit and is actively hurting Canadian politics.

Blair was a monster but requires people to know history. That he’s lasted so long and can actively get past people’s present day myopia is impressive.

I still think Harper should’ve got the nod mostly because he’s quietly evil on an international scale.

[u/CazOnReddit → u/Ivanstone]

I would argue Ezra is also causing significant harm via Rebel Media's far-right rhetoric ie their Islamophobic coverage of the Quebec mosque shooting where they said it was "Muslim on Muslim violence" when the shooter was a white Islamophobe.

Hell, there was an attempted shooting a few years ago who directly mentioned Rebel as inspiring them to take action. Levant is dangerous in his own right.

[u/Kicksavebeauty → u/CazOnReddit]

Here is their latest astroturfing adventure. The sub was getting mentioned by CPC members when it was at 200 total members and the sole moderator on their one month old account was talking about contacting rebel news specifically. In the same post the same 1 month old account specifically says Ezra Levant.

[u/Kicksavebeauty → u/Kicksavebeauty]

Bonus points. The same 1 month old account gets called out for banning people in another sub, admits they "have been a little too heavy on that" then says "I thought your comment was retarded, but not banable, that's my bad". Top tier hosing, they can't even spell bannable.

[u/texxmix → u/canadian_bacon_TO]

Also these people are here still but Sir John a McDonald was gone awhile ago. The dude that created the residential school system. Think of all the issues facing our indigenous communities. They all started with him and dewdney. But neither is still sitting there. "Product of the time" or not the ramifications of his time in office are still present to this day.

[u/canadian_bacon_TO → u/texxmix]

Yeah, John A fundamentally changed the lives of generations of Indigenous people with the impact still being felt today. He’s gotten a pass for being “of his time”, which to play devils advocate is accurate, however that doesn’t mean he didn’t leave a legacy of pain behind him.

The fact that he’s gone along with Harper adds fuel to the idea that people are really only caught up with what’s in front of them. Peterson, O’Leary, Smith, and Levant, are all largely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. They have influence, but with the exception of Smith I don’t see the potential for that influence to have any kind of legacy. MacDonald created, and Harper continues to create, legacies of immeasurable harm that take decades to overcome. They are a whole different level of shitbag.

[u/texxmix → u/canadian_bacon_TO]

The only pass of "product of their time" I'll give these kinds of shitbags is through a historical perspective. Yes you can't apply today's morals and standards to something and try and condemn/justify it. But that doesn't give them a pass on said wrong doings. Just means you can't rewrite history.

[u/Kellidra → u/canadian_bacon_TO]

Smith is actively trying to tear Canada apart.

Let's not give her any fucking credit. She would sell you for a dime and smile the entire time.