Don Cherry?!?! David Suzuki?!?!? I need an aspirin now. The rest of the list (or, numbers 11-100) is a mishmash of overvoted celebrities, including (dear Lord) Avril Lavigne, Pamela Anderson, Sarah ("Help Me, I Can't Stop Yearning") McLachlan, and William Shatner. Okay, Pamela Anderson makes the list when Northrop Fye does not (though I'm glad Misters Cohen and Richler found places on it)? One has to note, though, the irony of the man at #69: I'm sure Monsieur Levesque would be absolutely livid at being called a Canadian.
- Frederick Banting
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Don Cherry
- Tommy Douglas
- Terry Fox
Wayne Gretzky John A. Macdonald Lester B. Pearson David Suzuki Pierre Trudeau
In the end, I think it's pretty clear who will be Number One, even if it would make the current Prime Minister shout "fuddle-duddle" in frustration. That, too, would piss Monsieur Levesque right off. But I'm heartened to see Mike Pearson and Tommy Douglas on the list. Shows that the popular memory isn't as short as it so often seems.
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