The Crazy Rants of Samantha BurnsMy Canadian-ness Article For Today: Monday Edition
Here's a list of 135 great Canadians: 135 reasons why it's great to be Canadian.
Some of my favourites on the list include...
PAMELA ANDERSON - 'cause Canada's sexy, too
DAN AYKROYD - US and Canada come together with the awesome twosome: The Blues Brothers
JOHN CANDY - 'cause everyone loves candy
JIM CARREY - representing the funny bone in Canada
CHIEF DAN GEORGE - made some awesome "Indian" movies and some commendable political moves as a First Nations chief.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - *Bring* *bring* get the phone will ya?
GENERAL ROMEO DALLAIRE: The commander of the United Nations' peacekeeping force in Rwanda, Dallaire tried to prevent the massacre of as many as 800,000 people, but his warnings were ignored.
NELLIE McCLUNG: Suffragist, helped women get the vote.
There's just too many to list here, so go there if you'd like to read more of my favourites. There are many, many others not on that list, but I think should be on it. Again, too many to name here.
Comments
My last name is Canada does that count for making the list? I'm thinking not since I'm not actually Canadian. Oh well.
Posted by: CC Rider | November 28, 2005 08:01 PM
CC Rider - but I'm sure you hold a special place in our hearts at least.
Posted by: Sam | November 29, 2005 07:38 AM
I don't know that Canada can take credit for Alexander Graham Bell. The guy was born in Scotland in 1847 and didn't move to Canada until 1870 when he was already 23. He then quickly moved to Boston the following year.
I call shenanigans.
Posted by: Dangerous Dan | November 29, 2005 09:50 PM