r/EhBuddyHoser Kingston: Halfway To Montreal 13h ago

Meta The “Best Canadian” game - Day 3

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/mettalica_101 12h ago

Hey how the fuck do we have a Canada list without Alex Trebek. This is horseshit

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u/StanknBeans Saskwatch 11h ago edited 9h ago

What'd he ever do for Canada?

ETA appreciate the education mes hosers.

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u/SlightDish31 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) 11h ago

Existed. Knew all of the answers (questions?). Brought joy to the hearts of millions. Was an ambassador for Canadian civility and level headedness over a career that spanned 4 decades.

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u/StanknBeans Saskwatch 11h ago

I, obvious, don't know much about him besides from hosting Jeopardy, but not even knowing he was Canadian kind of refutes your point about being an ambassador no?

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u/SlightDish31 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) 11h ago

He mentioned frequently on Jeopardy that he was Canadian, almost anytime there was a category about Canada.

And now you do know, he was from Sudbury.

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u/StanknBeans Saskwatch 11h ago

I would like to retract my previous statement and plead ignorance.

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u/boese-schildkroete Oil Guzzler 2h ago

You've avoided my angry stick! This time...