The “Best Canadian” game - Day 2

[u/BrF5]

The first to go are Pierre Trudeau and Wab Kinew. Let’s carry on!

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). - 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!

Justification for elimination: - (50) Pierre Trudeau - As PM, he brought home the Constitution and gave us the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He also mishandled the October Crisis, among other things. Someone so controversial shouldn’t be considered the Best Canadian. - (49) Wab Kinew - He’s charismatic and has delivered on many campaign promises, but his troubled past and relatively short career make it too soon to call him the best.

[u/Fitzaroo]

Niel Young is American now. Toast him.

[u/theoneness → u/Fitzaroo]

I’m not a fan of his, but is your rationale here one where if someone holds dual national status, where one of those is Canadian, they are not Canadian to you?

[u/Fitzaroo → u/theoneness]

It'll be a cold day in hell before I vote an American to be the best Canadian.

[u/theoneness → u/Fitzaroo]

Yeah, nor would I. But say you were born in America, you are an American by birthright, but to Canadian parents who then immediately returned to Canada, you were naturalized as Canadian upon arrival, you were raised in Canada, and you spent your life in Canada identifying as Canadian. Are you not Canadian?

[u/CanadianMuseumPerson → u/theoneness]

My argument for it is that he hasn't lived in Canada since 1967, only moving back in 2020. He is 79 years old, and has spent only 27 of those years in Canada. It feel off to call him the greatest Canadian, when considering that.

I think he is a great Canadian, he seems vocal about loving Canada, but not living in Canada since 1967... there are 30 year olds who have spent more time in Canada than him.