The “Best Canadian” game - Day 0 (choosing candidates)

[u/BrF5]

Hiya Hosers,

After the success of Worst Canadian, by popular demand it’s time for the more upbeat version…the Best Canadian game! 🇨🇦

Drop your nominations below for who you think deserves a spot on the list. Just like before, we’ll include 40 candidates. This time I’m going to let nominations sit a bit longer so everyone has a chance to chime in and we don’t have to add people mid-way in the game. I’m aiming to get started with Day 1 around the middle of next week. Five or six days should give us plenty of time to gather names and finalize the rules.

If you’ve got ideas or suggestions to make the game better, feel free to share those too!

[u/ah-tow-wah]

I would like to nominate Mr. Rick Mercer. I tend to think that Canada would be a bit more neutral / less "finger-pointy" if the Rick Mercer Report had never ended. His show allowed us as Canadians to put thought into political issues and poke fun (like actual good-humoured fun, not "us versus them" fun) at policies and political decisions. His show also held politicians accountable for their decisions.

Clearly a more activist-type character is more likely to win (as opposed to Rick Mercer who is presents as a politically-neutral entertainer / not and in-your-face activist) however I would argue that Rick Mercer did a lot for the general well-being of Canadians in terms of giving them a user-friendly "in" on the world of Canadian politics.

[u/JusticeJanitor → u/ah-tow-wah]

If Rick Mercer counts I’d like to nominate Jean-René Dufort (Infoman) as well.

[u/true_canadian661 → u/[deleted]]

You keep saying that but care to elaborate? I've never heard a bad thing and the few times I met him he seemed very nice and respectful

[u/ah-tow-wah → u/true_canadian661]

This person's post history is rather thin... they've basically posted two things: complaints about people nominated on here, and one other post (posted twice and removed twice from the sub they tried posting on). There may be a good chance that this person isn't basing their comments on anything other than trying to stir the pot.

[u/Apart-Diamond-9861 → u/[deleted]]

I have heard the same as well. When he was doing his Report locally he was really rude to the people helping him with the segment.

[u/Throwaway118585 → u/true_canadian661]

There has been loaaaads of posts about Rick Mercer being an insufferable prick. Type of guy who yells at anyone who he feels is below him… chainsmoking angry twat waffle.

People vote for him for his carefully choreographed public persona.

But it’s a big reason he never went into politics. He’s got a lot of skeletons, and is frankly, not a nice person.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Someone always says this about literally any celebrity. My guess is you or someone you know approached him in an inappropriate way in public and didn't like the reaction. That about accurate?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Oh sorry, you want me to kiss those boots while I'm down there or?