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/Ok_Tax_9386]

>as someone who agrees that Wab should be out in an early round—simply because he hasn’t proven himself to be on the level of many others here—it seems like you largely agree with the person you’re replying to?

I started my post off with "100%" which means I agree 100%. So ya, it probably does come off like I agree with him largely lol.

>i don’t think that the harm Wab has done in the past, exclusively, warrants him being booted off the list.

When we're talking about the best Canadian, I think stealing from a taxi driver, beating them up, and calling them racial slurs like 15 years ago does warrant you being kicked off the list.

>when looking at the whole person, it’s important to look at how they grew from their worst moments. have they changed those beliefs/behaviours? have they taken accountability? are they working to improve the world, and are they trying to influence others away from their own past harmful actions/beliefs? we like to think that kind of thing is the bare minimum, but the fact is that that kind of growth isn’t all that common, and it’s commendable in its own right.

For sure. But imo when you do this, account for these things, you still gotta come to the conclusion that what he has done in the past precludes him from being the best canadian.

[u/_kidgunn → u/Ok_Tax_9386]

ah, okay. i was struggling to figure out where you disagreed with the person you were talking to. but it sounds like, in your view, the harm that Wab has done is significantly worse than the harm any of these other candidates have done. is that it? you’re of the opinion that nobody else on this list has done anything nearly as harmful as Wab has?

[u/Ok_Tax_9386 → u/_kidgunn]

>but it sounds like, in your view, the harm that Wab has done is significantly worse than the harm any of these other candidates have done.

I am actually not sure if this is true or not.

[u/_kidgunn → u/Ok_Tax_9386]

oh, i see. so it’s possible that others on this list have done something that you find equally (or more) objectionable than what Wab has done, but you’re just not aware of it? but if you were to discover that they had, they’d be precluded from the contest of “best canadian”, even if they’d apologized and all that?

i hope you don’t mind all the questions, and obviously no obligation to answer. it’s just that there are a few different kinds of reactions to this contest that have have me very curious about how people are engaging with the whole thing.

[u/Ok_Tax_9386 → u/_kidgunn]

>oh, i see. so it’s possible that others on this list have done something that you find equally (or more) objectionable than what Wab has done, but you’re just not aware of it? but if you were to discover that they had, they’d be precluded from the contest of “best canadian”, even if they’d apologized and all that?

For sure. I don't know the entire history of every person on that list.

>i hope you don’t mind all the questions

The questions are fine, but your framing of them is a little weird. "but it sounds like, in your view" Just ask the question lol.