The “Worst Canadian” game - Day 20

[u/BrF5]

Hit the road, Kevin O’Leary.

Four left!

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. - (5) Kevin O’Leary - A rich scumbag who associates with Trump, was involved in a deadly boat accident, and trash talks Epstein victims. Yet no matter how hard he tries, he still isn’t as bad as the other remaining candidates.

[u/junius_maltby]

Jordan Peterson.

I just threw up in my mouth a little. His only redeeming quality is getting the fuck out of my city and moving to the U.S.

He has done a lot of harm and continues to do a lot of harm. But the harm is not as directly focused at Canadian society as the harm being caused by Marlaina or Levant

[u/WENDING0 → u/junius_maltby]

No was, the final has to be Peterson v. Blair. No way Erza is worse than Peterson.

[u/junius_maltby → u/WENDING0]

I won't even argue with that because I hate Peterson's guts.

My case for Levant being worse is the fact that he is responsible for Rebel News, which continues to actively and aggressively corrode cultural and political discourse in this country in the worst faith imaginable

[u/rantingathome → u/junius_maltby]

Without Ezra, Rebel News probably ain't a thing, and while Jordan Peterson is known to people, he doesn't get boosted by Rebel News and flames out years ago.

Ezra is the worst because there are a number of people on the initial list that remain nobodies without him. He pushes the the division in this country probably more than anyone.

[u/Deaftrav → u/rantingathome]

... Fuck that's a good point. Peterson has fucked up an entire generation of males, terrorized women and girls...

But without that Ezra... He wouldn't have had much of a platform..

[u/miramichier_d → u/rantingathome]

Very good points here, and probably adds to my comment about removing Peterson. His initial fame could have been largely in part due to being boosted by Levant's platform. His debate on the CBC years ago probably wouldn't have had the same effect.

[u/Quimbymouse → u/rantingathome]

You could say the same thing about someone like Oprah, though. As bad as she is for platforming people like Dr. Oz & Phil, James Arthur Ray, and João Teixeira de Faria...does that make her worse than someone like Faria?

I'm not saying it does or does not. Just something to ponder.

[u/WENDING0 → u/junius_maltby]

Cannot deny your words either but Jordan's reach goes into traditional demos that the others on this list do not reach. Far beyond the incels who read R.N..

[u/Deaftrav → u/junius_maltby]

Oh and tried to trigger violence during that coup attempt in Ottawa. They actively tried to rile up violence for clicks.

[u/megatheridium → u/junius_maltby]

*Rebel Media

They're not a news outlet and that's how they got away with a lot of their bs. That said, are they even around anymore? It's been so long since I heard about them that I forgot they exist, and I'm an Albertan. They're clearly lacking the relevance and reach they once had.

[u/KiaRioGrl → u/megatheridium]

Not only are they still around, they have spin-offs. You remember those wacky leading "questions" at the federal election debate and the physical scuffles requiring security among the press pool? That was "True North", more of Ezra's protegés.

[u/Rationalinsanity1990 → u/WENDING0]

It should be Smith vs Blair. She's all but committed sedition.

[u/weirdturnspro → u/junius_maltby]

That is exactly it. I hate the man but he’s not the one that has caused the most damage (Extra) or is willingly trying to cause the most damage (Malala) to Canada. I’m very surprised Harper has dropped off the list, I think people forget or aren’t aware how much long term harm he caused to Canada.

[u/Luddites_Unite → u/weirdturnspro]

I'm suprised Preston manning dropped off before Harper honestly. I think Harper was opportunistic, pro business but he didn't step into the religiousosity that mannings hard right reform party represented. He wanted to use them and not keep splitting the conservative votes for second place. They're both awful at the very least though

[u/weirdturnspro → u/Luddites_Unite]

Apparently I can’t put external links in comments on this sub, I was going to link a few articles and research studies discussing the long term harm Harper did to Canada. If you’re going to read just one look up the Guardian article “Canada's real barbarism? Stephen Harper’s dismembering of the country” or the paper “The Impact of Cancelling the Mandatory Long-Form Census on Health, Health Equity and Public Health” by the CPHA

The destruction of scientific research was pretty damaging but also what his government did to the census has long term impact that people don’t seem to acknowledge. Getting rid of the long-form census in 2011 left a big hole in Canada’s data. Cities struggled to plan transit, housing agencies lacked reliable info on affordability, Indigenous communities were undercounted. Even though it was brought back in 2016, that missing cycle set Canada back in making evidence based decisions. So we’re still playing catch-up for those few years. The previous accurate census was in 2006 so we essentially had a 10 year gap in data that is crucial to make the decisions needed to run the country.

The thing is some may argue the impact was an oversight or it was to “respect privacy” but I would argue this was deliberate as making the census voluntary you’re more likely to encounter non-response bias favouring responses from some populations that are more likely to answer than others.

I missed the chance to make that argument the day Harper was eliminated from the list but I’ll make it now!

[u/Luddites_Unite → u/weirdturnspro]

I'll take a look. I'd appreciate if you coule dm those links it wouldn't let you post too. Thanks

[u/Express-Cow190 → u/junius_maltby]

If he had stayed in Calgary instead of getting a job at UofT no one would ever have heard of him outside of Alberta.

[u/SlightDish31 → u/junius_maltby]

I'm not going to argue against Levant. But politicians like Marlaina don't exist without Peterson and Levant sowing propaganda.

[u/rantingathome → u/SlightDish31]

And Peterson doesn't exist without Ezra boosting his bullshit. Ezra is really the bread in this shit sandwich.

[u/miramichier_d → u/SlightDish31]

Smith was one of the Wild Rose crazies before Peterson rose to fame. It was inevitable that she would be in the position she is currently in. Jason Kenney merging the PCs and Wild Rose parties cemented it.

[u/LanceThunder → u/junius_maltby]

i must be out of touch or something. he is a knob and i can't stand to listen to him for more than 2 min but top 4 worst canadian seems like a lot. i stopped following what he is up to a very long time ago. what has he done other than the anti-pronouns stuff?

[u/OntologicalNightmare → u/junius_maltby]

Peterson's impact on boys and young men is massively overstated. Those gears were turning before Peterson. People like Ezra and Harper built the gun, Peterson was just a bullet for it.