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Originally Posted by Grace, Too
Charlatan,
I admit, I'm not sure of the criteria. However, the greatest Canadian would not and should not be someone who was great, or acheived some great thing, and by the by he or she was Canadian. Like Suzuki. He's a scientist. What he did or who he was brought no glory or praise or adulation to the country of Canada. Suzuki was a great individual, maybe.
In my opinion the greatest Canadian should be someone who put Canada on the global stage. Someone who brought Canada into the fore. I argue that Suzuki did no such thing. Pearson did. Trudeau did. Heck, even Grapes does.
Pearson and Trudeau were fiercely patriotic and nationalistic. Is Suzuki? I agree that Bell and Banting were not, and as such I do not believe that they truly should be voted the greatest Canadians. I believe the greatest Canadian should have been an advocate of his country. A statesman.
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Wow... Cherry has done something that brings glory to Canada on the international stage? What, like the 5 people watching Hockey Night in Canada on the Satellite in the US?
I would argue that David Suzuki through his environmental advocacy (in Canada and around the world) and by extension his excellent series The Nature of Things (which is seen in over 50 countries around the world) has done a heck of a lot to bring Canada to the global stage.