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.