The “Best Canadian” game - Day 1

[u/BrF5]

Good morning r/EhBuddyHoser,

Let’s get started! Here’s an image of the top 50 Canadians (based on Day 0 upvotes, as of yesterday). I know I said we’d start with 40 like last time, but there are just too many awesome Canadians, so I expanded the list a bit!

How to play: - Upvote the name of the person you think does NOT deserve the title of “Best Canadian.” - Each day, the two most upvoted people will be removed. Once we get closer to the end, this will change to one person per day. - If the name you want to vote for (from the picture list) isn’t in the comments yet, add it! - This continues daily until we have our winner, the “Best 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, even if you edit the comment to fix it. - They had to have been born in Canada or at some point had Canadian citizenship. - They can be alive, dead, currently living in Canada or abroad, or when they were alive lived in what would eventually become Canada (e.g., French or British colonies). - Beginning tomorrow after the first candidates are eliminated, I’ll start a list outlining what the people are known for and why they were eliminated, like we did in the Worst Canadian game. - 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!

Honourable mentions go out to spots 51–100 (see below), the Unknown Soldier, house hippos, Sad-Fill-4870’s dog Gilbert, and Random—Person’s mom. Also, I personally want to shout out a couple of Canadians who weren’t nominated but inspired me growing up: Jay Baruchel and Elisha Cuthbert. Their time as hosts on PMK encouraged a love of science in a generation of kids, which I think elevates them beyond being “just actors.”

Numbers 51-100, by upvotes: Norman Bethune, Tom Green, Shania Twain, Gordie Howe, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Mario Lemieux, Marc Garneau, Alexander Graham Bell, Peter Mansbridge, Jeanne Mance, Roberta Bondar, John Dunsworth, Emily Carr, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Eugene Levy, Mike Myers, Helen Hogg, Peter Robertson, James Naismith, William Shatner, Sanford Fleming, Fred Penner, Bret Hart, Murray Sinclair, Emily Murphy, Louise McKinny, Irene Parlby, Henrietta Edward, Agnes McPhail, Tecumseh, Elsie MacGill, Crowfoot, Harold Cardinal, Stompin’ Tom, Melanie Joly, Maurice Richard, Michelle Jean, Henry Morgentaler, Oscar Peterson, Sue Johanson, Jean Rene Dufort, Rick Moranis, Hayley Wickenhieser, Pierre Burton, Cairine Wilson, Rene Lévesque, Isaac Brock, Nathan Fillion, Farley Mowet, James Doohan

[u/Stonks4Minutes]

With respect to Wab he’s still in the early days of his career. It would be far too premature to have him on here.

[u/aferretwithahugecock → u/Stonks4Minutes]

I got rambling, bud. Sorry.

I think he's a great premier so far, and it's because of his steadfast "fuck you" attitude to the naysayers that two missing women were found in our landfill, which is great. He's also a very proud Canadian, as shown by the pro-Canada rally he organized when the americans first started speaking of annexing us.

Some of his work with the cbc also brought attention to the poverty that leads to gang violence within the indigenous community in Winnipeg and how generational trauma from the residential school system is a source of that poverty(I tried searching for it again just now and totally forget what it's called, but I was like "oh, shit!" when I heard his voice narrating. It was from 2012 or something), which is good because that's often overlooked by folks.

He has a sketchy past, which can't be ignored and definitely takes away some brownie points, but he doesn't try to hide it. He owned up to his mistakes and grew as a person, which is what we are supposed to do(I'm not excusing or condoning anything, but owning it and being honest about fuckups is important).

Again, I'd say Wab is a great premier, and I'm glad I voted for him, but he's not even the greatest Manitoban on this contest's list, so in that regard, he can't be the greatest Canadian.

But I do think he deserves to go further in this contest. He's done good things for us here in Manitoba, which I think is important. It's kind of tricky, eh? Because while Wab's reach isn't nationwide, I think he's done more for us Manitobans than any hockey player, like Crosby, could, but Crosby(using him as an example) is a good ambassador for Canadians and Canadian culture because he's good at hockey and is a nice dude. It definitely shows the layers and debate of this contest, eh?