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Community => Politics and Government => Topic started by: dpareja on June 15, 2014, 05:14:33 pm

Title: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
Post by: dpareja on June 15, 2014, 05:14:33 pm
...Canadians respond with a list including some of the Conservatives' biggest adversaries.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/top-10-canadian-heroes-list-includes-pierre-trudeau-jack-layton-1.2676398

In order: Pierre Trudeau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau), Terry Fox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Fox), Tommy Douglas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Douglas), Lester B. Pearson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_B._Pearson), Chris Hadfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hadfield), David Suzuki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Suzuki), Jack Layton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Layton)*, Sir John A. MacDonald (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Macdonald), Wayne Gretzky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky), and Roméo Dallaire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A9o_Dallaire).

Excuse me while I laugh really, really hard.

*Fun fact about Layton: Here's the front page of The Globe and Mail (arguably one of Canada's newspapers of record) announcing his death:

(http://www.thestoryboard.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CAN_TGAM.jpg)

Notice anything missing?
Title: Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 15, 2014, 05:42:20 pm
His name appears to be missing?
Title: Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
Post by: dpareja on June 15, 2014, 05:47:52 pm
Quote from: Magus Silveresti on June 15, 2014, 05:42:20 pm
His name appears to be missing?

Sure... but I think that's deliberate.
Title: Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 15, 2014, 06:36:52 pm
I don't see the outline of his head either.
Title: Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
Post by: Barbarella on June 15, 2014, 07:15:47 pm
Read about Layton, what a cool guy!
Title: Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
Post by: dpareja on June 15, 2014, 07:50:50 pm
Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on June 15, 2014, 06:36:52 pm
I don't see the outline of his head either.

Stylistic choice by the illustrator.

Quote from: SpukiKitty on June 15, 2014, 07:15:47 pm
Read about Layton, what a cool guy!

He was. It was a shame his final election campaign was a pyrrhic victory.
Title: Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 16, 2014, 08:12:21 am
I just knew Gretzky would be on the list, how could you say no to a mullet like this?
(http://i.imgur.com/AVnLzYk.jpg)