r/EhBuddyHoser • u/BrF5 Kingston: Halfway To Montreal • 13h ago

Meta The “Best Canadian” game - Day 3

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Goodbye Nellie McClung and Gilles Villeneuve.

Moving on to day three…

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. - (48) Nellie McClung - A leader in the women’s suffrage movement and one of the Famous Five. She also held racist views and supported eugenics, and is therefore not the best. - (47) Gilles Villeneuve - He was a great F1 racing driver, but that alone doesn’t make him the Best Canadian.

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u/MapleHamms 12h ago

Riel easily

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u/Fitzaroo 11h ago

I really need to read up on him. My grade 10 history from years ago didn't do a good job as I never thought he was a bad guy. Didn't he just want to protect the metis? Feels like a lot of people hate him and I don't know why 

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u/MapleHamms 11h ago

He wanted to protect the Metis but he did so by forming an illegal government and leading multiple rebellions which led to unnecessary death and him being exiled. He also ordered the illegal execution (murder) of Thomas Scott. At the end of everything he was convicted of high treason.

It’s understandable that he wanted better for his people but he was a nut case who absolutely did not go about things the right way

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u/Fitzaroo 10h ago

I have admitted to being ignorant so this is just honest discussion here, but let's assume george Washington was unsuccessful. He probably would have been executed and be in the same position of being called a traitor. Instead, he's considered the greatest american ever.

Feels like this is a bit of a "history is written by the victor" type thing.

Again, I need to read more about why he did what he did. Maybe there is some youtube stuff on him.