By: philfromhavelock
I was thinking Louis LaFontaine or Etienne Brule. But Dalliare and Richler! Most excellent.
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Maybe Tommy Douglas, then, who's muchly responsible for getting Medicare up and going.
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Agnes MacPhail. Not only did she win a seat in Parliament at a time when women weren't even allowed to vote, but she raised many important issues (i.e. the horrible conditions of the prisons) and...
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fff: It was only my way of poking fun at the attitude of those disillusioned citizens who decide not to vote, because "who cares, the Liberals are going to win anyway, so lets just spend our voting...
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In our nation where a vote for anyone but the Liberals is a vote thrown away... WTF? Explain, please. IMO, a vote for anyone but the libs is a vote for a balanced house. The last thing we need is a...
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What about Peter Gzowski? He was so good. I'll vote for Mr. Dressup, though.
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Alexander Graham Bell -- who made all of this Internet stuff possible in a round-about-sort-of-way by inventing the telephone. But wait ... was the telephone an American or Canadian invention. (Not the...
View ArticleBy: sleslie
About Mr. Talent's post: it looks like its in Canadianese. I think I can translate to American... Bearded Eunuch Canadian Tire Guy: I don't know what makes him a Eunuch. I personally like to think he...
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Romeo Dallaire. I'd vote for Trudeau as the greatest at spending the cash of future generations. It's very easy to be the most popular guy at the party when you show up with a truckload of beer....
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Seen the commercials, but have been trying not to give this too much thought. Eh whatever... Norman Bethune.
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The bearded eunuch (can eunuchs even have beards? Moot point, becuase that eunuch does) from the Canadian Tire commercials. That dude can fix anything. Or maybe it should be co-greatest Canadians and...
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The bearded eunuch (can eunuchs even have beards? Moot point, becuase that eunuch does) from the Canadian Tire commercials. That dude can fix anything. Or maybe it should be co-greatest Canadians and...
View ArticleBy: jacquilynne
I've opted for Terry Fox. He did something great, it provided a lasting legacy, and it was non-political in nature.
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my personal choices - trudeau, bethune, or dr. elizabeth bagshaw. out of still living canadians, can't say that anyone impresses me on that sort of scale.
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Wolverine! Yes! Best suggestion, XQUZYPHYR! Also, as a Canadian I am ashamed for not having thought of him earlier...
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filmgoerjuan: of the three, I'd say Trudeau is the most likely but I have to admit that I would not be at all surprised to see Gretzky win it, unfortunately.
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All I know is that the ads for this series are incredibly annoying. Neil Young? Shania Twain? Anyone voting for either of those two for the title of "Greatest Canadian" should be taken out and shot. We...
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Tim Horton. At least as far as name recognition south of the 49th parallel.
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Who's the Greatest Canadian? Time is running out and the voting kiosks will be closed by Sunday. Short notice, I know, but how else can we snatch the Greatest Canadian title from the clutches of The...
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