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Well there is nothing wrong with acknowledging this country's history and
origins.
I think we have all studies Canadian history. As I recall it begins with the
Discovery of North America.
Why basically up until 1776 there is little difference between Canadian
history and American History.
Not only is Canada's history common with America's history, ad the History
of the Americas, but it also has a common history with most European
nations, most significantly with England and France.

So there are famous "Canadians", who were not Canadian at all, but very
significant in Canadain history. Such as a Cabot or a Champlain, a Lord
Simcoe, and the like. And if someone was born elsewhere but is a Canadian
citizen, such as a Donovan Bailey, or  Ben Johnston, or Mats Sundin, or a
Vince Carter, you deny people voting for their Canadian icons, even if they
ain't Canadian.
It's not unreasonable or outlandish. Especially when you can nominate your
neighbour!

"Basilic" <Basilic@no.thanks> wrote in message news:4086e0e9$1_1@aeinews....
> I guess a lot of you hockey fans saw this commercial.
>
> The CBC has a contest where you, Joe/Jane Public, gets to nominate who the
> Greatest Canadian is/was. After you nominate, they tally the votes and
pick
> a winner.
>
> Nothing wrong so far....but,
>
> on their web site, www.cbc.ca/greatest , they offer a list of people to
> choose from. No, you don't have to choose one of these, you could, in
fact,
> choose whomever you like, could be your neighbour.
>
> Now, going through this list I saw that they have listed non Canadians,
> i.e.. Bell, Cartier, Champlain, Cunard (only made it to the C's). This is
> quite deceiving, whereas some people could get the idea that these non
> Canadians were actually Canadian, funny as it sounds.
>
> That's the rotten CBC for you. I've complained to them stating that they
> should rename the contest, to something like "The most influential person
> towards Canada" or modify the list to contain true Canadians (born here or
> immigrated and became naturalized). We'll see if they do anything. IMO I
> don't think so because the CBC are decievers and are quite BIASED.
>
> Having vented, go Suzuki go.
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