The day after the landmark CBC program announced the crowning of The Greatest Canadian (congratulations Tommy Douglas!), we also witness the passing of another great Canadian.
R.I.P. Pierre Berton.
FYI, here's the Top 10 finalists from the Greatest Canadian contest.
1 Tommy Douglas
2 Terry Fox
3 Pierre Elliott Trudeau
4 Sir Frederick Banting
5 David Suzuki
6 Lester B. Pearson
7 Don Cherry
8 Sir John A. Macdonald
9 Alexander Graham Bell
10 Wayne Gretzky
Perhaps Berton should have been one of the Top 10 finalists. Certainly would have gotten my vote over Don Cherry or Wayne Gretzky. I was kind of surprised Alexander Graham Bell finished so low. I mean, the inventor of the telephone, pioneer of air flight... not a bad resume.
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