# Good heavens, we got a new $5 and nobody told me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516 "2002-03-28T05:02:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/1 "2002-03-28T05:02:51Z")
Just found out that the Bank of Canada unveiled a new [$5 bill,](http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/D,C/20020327/wfivelaunch?hub=homeBN&tf=tgam%252Frealtime%252Ffullstory.html&cf=tgam/realtime/config-neutral&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&slug=wfivelaunch&date=20020327&archive=RTGAM&site=Front&ad_page_name=breakingnews) in the same series as the new $10 that came out last year. It features winter sports and an excerpt from Roch Carrier’s _The Hockey Sweater_. I found this out quite by accident while visiting the Bank’s website, and I’m very annoyed nobody told me this sooner. Hmph. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/2 "2002-03-28T05:19:34Z")
AND you’re running for public office? (your middle initial wouldn’t be ‘W’, would it?) ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/3 "2002-03-28T05:47:51Z")
I just heard this on the radio and it was sort of news to me. Of course, I had heard that they were thinking about a new $5 **coin** , but nothing much more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/4 "2002-03-28T13:26:33Z")
Well considering they only unveiled it yesterday you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself. I have to say I like it a lot, and I can’t wait to see what the other ones will look like. ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/5 "2002-03-28T13:28:04Z")
It was in the paper here…made front page even ( that’s how exciting our city is! 😉 ) I only happen to even see the paper because I took my daughter to McD’s for breakfast and the guy inline ahead of us had a paper with him…and there it was. I’m glad it wasn’t a $5 coin! My purse is heavy enough with all my regular junk, toonies and loonies. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/6 "2002-03-28T13:32:48Z")
Shouldn’t you go to Tim’s or Wendy’s for breakfast not McDonald’s…traitor 😉 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/7 "2002-03-28T13:34:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by happyheathen \* > \*\*AND you’re running for public office? > > (your middle initial wouldn’t be ‘W’, would it?) \*\* Hey, at least I know who the prime minister of Canada is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/8 "2002-03-28T13:42:44Z")
I have yet to run into it. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/9 "2002-03-28T13:47:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\* > > Hey, at least I know who the prime minister of Canada is. 😃 \*\* Black Jack Chirac? Or was that France? I always get those two countries confused. :: d&r ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/10 "2002-03-28T13:54:34Z")
What, you didn’t notice the new ten-spot when it came out a few months ago? Don’t they tip you well at the gay strip club 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/11 "2002-03-28T14:06:53Z")
Yay. It’s got “The Hockey Sweater” on it. Anyone else remember the animated short with that story? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/12 "2002-03-29T04:05:30Z")
Any Canadopers want to send me one? I’ll trade you your choice of State Quarter! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/13 "2002-03-29T04:20:03Z")
I was a bit surprised when I saw the article in the paper as well. After work I went to the bank and traded a twenty for four of them… all shiny and new. Then I went and bought a hamburger… I suspect that they are going to be taken up more rapidly than the new tens, because the five-dollar note takes a hell of a lot of beating and wears out more quickly than the ten… But now I can say to people from other countries: _our_ money has our national sport\* on it. What does yours have? 😃 \*Okay, I know the _official_ national sport of Canada is lacrosse. But I am not an official. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/14 "2002-03-29T04:37:44Z")
Feynn got one yesterday when he went to the Legends of Hockey thingie. It’s currently his prized possession, but I had to point out that in a few months, he’ll be swimming in them. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/15 "2002-03-29T04:58:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \* > \*\*Any Canadopers want to send me one? I’ll trade you your choice of State Quarter! 😃 \*\* The way the loonie’s going, that might be a fair rate of exchange soon 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/16 "2002-03-29T05:13:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sunspace \* > \*\*\ > > \*Okay, I know the _official_ national sport of Canada is lacrosse. But I am not an official. 🙂 \*\* Actually, both Lacrosse and Hockey are national sports of Canada - we have two! > [@](#): > > [National Sports of Canada Act, S.C. 1994, c. 16](http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/N-16.7/80540.html) > > _An Act to recognize hockey and lacrosse as the national sports of Canada_ > > [Assented to 12th May, 1994] > > Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: > > SHORT TITLE > > _Short Title_ > > 1. This Act may be cited as the National Sports of Canada Act. > > NATIONAL SPORTS OF CANADA > > _Hockey and lacrosse to be national sports_ > > 1. The game commonly known as ice hockey is hereby recognized and declared to be the national **winter** sport of Canada and the game commonly known as lacrosse is hereby recognized and declared to be the national **summer** sport of Canada. There you go - is that an astute political compromise, or what? **Matt,** are you taking notes on how it’s done? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/17 "2002-03-29T09:07:50Z")
That’s really interesting, **Northern Piper**. Speaking of astute political compromise, take a new ten and a new five, put them side by side, and compare the order in which French and English are used in the various locations of the notes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/18 "2002-03-29T15:03:44Z")
Dammit! I didn’t know either. I feel so out of the loop. ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-heavens-we-got-a-new-5-and-nobody-told-me/100516/19 "2002-03-29T15:30:11Z")
Hey, congratulations on the new money! You’ll find that these are easier to carry around than pelts and whale jerky. ::d & r:: Zap!