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Canadian Celebrities ...
« on: July 01, 2008, 05:11:31 am »
Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1919 - 2000)

Prime Minister of Canada
   - brought us the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
   - implemented 'official bilingualism'
   - "The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation"

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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2008, 05:18:13 am »
Tommy Douglas (1909 - 1986)

Father of medicare in Canada
Greatest Canadian (#1)

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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2008, 05:36:29 am »
Hery Burr (1885 - 1941)

singer / prolific recording artist during the first decades of the 1900's
   - I Wonder Who's Kisser Her Now (1909)
   - Beautiful Ohio (1919) - became official state song
   - My Buddy (1922)
   - Are You Lonesome Tonight (1927)

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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2008, 05:48:39 am »
Wayne Gretsky (1961 - )

Athlete - Hockey player (the Great One)

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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2008, 07:22:50 am »
Anne Murray (1945 - )

recording artist (singer)
   - You Needed Me
   - Snowbird

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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2008, 07:28:17 am »
Steve Nash (1974 - )

Athlete - Basketball -
   - NBA Most Valuable Player: 2005, 2006
   - Canadian athlete of the year 2005
   - Canadian male athlete of the year 2002, 2005, 2006
   - NBA award for outstanding citizenship and community service 2007



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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2008, 07:32:10 am »
David Suzuki (1936 - )

Enviromental activist

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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2008, 07:39:37 am »
I am Canadian!

Hey,
I am not a lumber jack or a fur trader,
and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled,
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzie from Canada although I am certain they're really really nice, uh.
I have a Prime Minister not a president.
I speak English and French, not American,
and I pronounce it about, not a boot.


I can proudly sew my country's flag on my back pack,
I believe in peace keeping not policing, diversity not assimilation,
and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.
A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch.
And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed.
Canada is the second largest landmass,
the first nation of hockey,
and the best part of North America,
my name is Roland,
and I AM CANADIAN.


Thank You.
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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2008, 08:02:41 am »


Peter Jennings

My favorite news anchor

I still miss him being on the news, I really felt I could trust him.

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Re: Canadians ...
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2008, 08:07:30 am »
Mary Pickford (1892 - 1979)

Actress (America's sweetheart)
   - co-founder of United Artists

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