Canadians have handed the Harper government a Top 10 list of the country’s greatest heroes, featuring some of the Conservative party’s greatest adversaries, past and present.
The list, compiled from online consultations in the run-up to Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, includes Pierre Trudeau, Jack Layton, David Suzuki and Lester B. Pearson.
About 12,000 Canadians participated in the online exercise, which began Dec. 11 and closed last month.
A five-part digital form included the question: Which Canadians have inspired you the most over the last 150 years?
The Canadian Heritage Department extracted a Top 10 list for an April 29 briefing note for the minister, Shelly Glover.
Only one clearly identifiable Conservative appears: Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, in eighth place.
The list was topped by former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau, followed by marathon-of-hope runner Terry Fox; NDP leader Tommy Douglas; former Liberal prime minister Lester B. Pearson; astronaut Chris Hadfield; environmental activist David Suzuki; NDP leader Jack Layton; Sir. John A.; hockey legend Wayne Gretzky; and Romeo Dallaire, the soldier and Liberal senator who recently announced his resignation.
The consultation also asked which of Canada’s accomplishments of the last 150 years “make you most proud to be a Canadian?”
Medicare topped that list, followed by peacekeeping, then the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms at No. 3.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/harper-government-poll-for-canadas-150th-birthday-cites-liberal-ndp-icons/article19173575/
The list, compiled from online consultations in the run-up to Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, includes Pierre Trudeau, Jack Layton, David Suzuki and Lester B. Pearson.
About 12,000 Canadians participated in the online exercise, which began Dec. 11 and closed last month.
A five-part digital form included the question: Which Canadians have inspired you the most over the last 150 years?
The Canadian Heritage Department extracted a Top 10 list for an April 29 briefing note for the minister, Shelly Glover.
Only one clearly identifiable Conservative appears: Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, in eighth place.
The list was topped by former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau, followed by marathon-of-hope runner Terry Fox; NDP leader Tommy Douglas; former Liberal prime minister Lester B. Pearson; astronaut Chris Hadfield; environmental activist David Suzuki; NDP leader Jack Layton; Sir. John A.; hockey legend Wayne Gretzky; and Romeo Dallaire, the soldier and Liberal senator who recently announced his resignation.
The consultation also asked which of Canada’s accomplishments of the last 150 years “make you most proud to be a Canadian?”
Medicare topped that list, followed by peacekeeping, then the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms at No. 3.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/harper-government-poll-for-canadas-150th-birthday-cites-liberal-ndp-icons/article19173575/
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