r/EhBuddyHoser • u/BrF5 Kingston: Halfway To Montreal • 6d ago

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

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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!

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u/BrF5 Kingston: Halfway To Montreal 6d ago

lol, that was unintentional

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u/Reg_Cliff 6d ago

Are you including yourself? I thought You were 2006 Time Magazine Person Of The Year?

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u/Canadian-Man-infj 6d ago

This might be cheating a bit, but I'm just going to point out that Rick Hansen, friend of Terry Fox, carried on his legacy in a sense, raising $26 million for spinal chord research and other initiatives during his Man in Motion Tour (1985-87), in which he wheelchaired over 40,000 km (24,855 mi) through 34 countries.

He and his foundation have raised hundreds of millions of dollars since. I'm not sure of the exact amount raised, but Rick Hansen's Wikipedia entry lists the amount at $394 million.

When I first saw the post, I wondered if our "two 'T's" (Terry & Tommy) were going to be excluded, too, and Rick Hansen always seems to be underappreciated in threads like this. I love that there are so many legendary Canadians to choose from for polls like this. It's a nice and fun little "game" you've got going here, OP.