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Re: CBC "The Greatest Canadian" contest - bullshit

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From: gman99
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:55
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> 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.

Cartier could be considered Canadian...so could Champlain. I beleive Cunard
was Canadian...Bell is the only one you noted who wasn't...but are you sure
he never obtained citizenship ?
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Subject: Re: CBC "The Greatest Canadian" contest - bullshit
From: nospam@bogusemail.com (gman99)
Date: 22 Apr 2004 10:55:10 GMT
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