Viola Desmond is the only one on the list I feel is deserving of the honour.
We had women suffrage loonies, that takes away from Saint-Jean.
Elsie MacGill was good at what she did but from what I understand she had no real "firsts". She just had "Firsts as a woman".
Bobie Rosenfeld was an athlete. She did not transcend her sport nor did she do anything with her minor fame. I shouldn't have to look up what the person who is going to be on our money is famous for.
The Canadian Encyclopedia lists Pauline Johnson as one of the most notable entertainers of the late 19th century. I fell that is a wee bit of an exaggeration. The government does so much to honor and help the natives as it is. They west coast natives had a whole $20 bill back a few year ago to show off their contributions to Canada.
Viola Desmond was a civil right activist and an innovator. Those two things are what Canada is known for. Plus she is from the east coast. A geographical region of Canada often overlooked. As a Cape Breton University Alum I can also appreciate that connection too.
Finally Desmond will look great on our notes. Easily the prettiest of them all.
None of the above . Not one person in a thousand on the street has a clue as to who any of these " Substantive Canadians" were. Take all persons off our worthless " Beaver Buck" and put scenes or monuments only . Solves the problem quite nicely. We should have a common North American currency anyways ifwe have NAFTA , would certainly level the playing field. The results of Brexit and the recent election our neighbour to the South just held should be fair warning to all the progressive elitists of the western world. The average citizen has had quite enough of this touchy-feely inclusiveness, progressive , politically correct nonsense.
I understand monarchs, and substantial figures who were influential in forming our country into what it is today - but this is kinda bogus in my mind; This is; "Oh, we should put more women on our money, because there are too many nasty men." Well all of our coinage, and one of our bills has a female on it... the Queen.
EDIT: Oh! there was a coin recently struck with one woman on each side too!!
If anything, and on a pure technicality, would n't that mean we should be evening out the number of men and women on our circulating currency? I mean if this is all about fair-sies...
However, Neil deGrasse Tyson has a wonderful perspective on currency and how it can be used to educate, inform, and influence others, in this example in the realm of science and mathematics.
Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a seminar at the University of Manitoba a few years ago and I took a half day off from work just to attend, along with a few of my co-workers.
Edit: Neil did acknowledge Canada's contribution to science on the back of our currency (the 5 dollar bill's Canada Arm) and was impressed by it.
Considering that viewpoints of what's right and wrong continually evolve as times change, sadly rather than communicate that fact, it's literally impossible that anyone well known in the past be chosen in today's politically correct times.
What a joke doesn't even cover this. Someone not one in a Million Canadians has any clue about. Duly convicted of Tax evasion under laws in place at the time. Was such a Fantastic Canadian she finished out her life in a foreign country namely the US. She replaces either Sir Robert Borden under whom Canada became a nation in World War 1 .... see Vimy Ridge. Or Replaces Mckenzie King one of Canada's true statesmen who guided us through World War 2. Bring on 2019 .Surely the elitism and political correctness in western democracies knows no bounds.
CBC just spoke about all the other countries in the world that already have women on their banknotes, more or less referencing them as being progressive and ahead of the curve, and Canada is just playing catch up.
They mentioned Syria firstly, Syria, yes Syria, who has a female Syrian queen on 1 of their banknotes.
Hey doesn't Canada have our Queen on our 20$ and every single coin, but lets not mention that.
Wasn't the the queen on all paper issues for decades, but let's not mention that.
I'm all for changing banknote designs, but the way this is being pushed is purely political and wrongheaded IMO.
I hope that didn't some across as a rant, but it is odd. I don't care really one way or the other, just reporting on the way it's being reported on by the state media.
Political Correctness run amuck. John A, McDonald was the most important figure in Canadian History since he led the way to Confederation. Why did they remove him and not Laurier or McDonald? Is it a political move to get rid of a Conservative on a bill?
Although I am not against having women on our bills, I think this whole exercise was just a poor excuse of an exercise to try to make us all "feel better" about how "progressive" we've become. How else does one explain why nobody has heard of these finalists or know anything about them until now (except for Lucy Maud Montgomery)?
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