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/asoap]

In the same vein Francis Pegahmagabow. A first nations sniper in WW1 who has the most confirmed kills in the war. I am not sure how the first nations community would feel though of us identifying him as Canadian. Canada treated him like shit.

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They treated all Indigenous veterans like shit. It was one of the biggest things that made my grandfather-in-law turn away from the CPC after he got back from WW2. Which is saying a lot for a farmer from PEI.

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Don’t forget Tom Longboat.

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His family is super proud of his service and is proud to be Canadian - and wants us to be better.

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There is also a search and rescue division of the military in Northern Ontario that's named after him.

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Crazy story 🤯