Soldier boy in WWI? Wrote a guide to sniping?
Alan Thicke.
George Chuvalo or Terry Fox are on top of my list.
So are Mulroney and Day. HAHA!
<cough cough> Mulroney? :eek: Great? Well, maybe, but only in a “had a great, but not necessarily good, effect on Canada” kinda way.
Terry Fox is a far greater Canadian than Brian Mulroney, IMHO.
Mr. Molsen
Mr. Labatt.
I don’ t think there is a Mr. Moosehead or he would have made the list, too.
Oh, please. If you want an author in the Top 10, you cannot rationally justify putting Saul ahead of Richler. Or Margaret Laurence. Or Stephen Leacock. Or Hugh MacLennan, who I inexplicably forgot. Or Margaret Atwood, or Farley Mowat, Marshall McLuhan, Robertson Davies… hell, I’m not sure Saul would make the Top 10 Canadian AUTHORS. Granted, he married the Governor-General. Woooo.
I like Saul’s books, especially “Voltaire’s Bastards,” but I like Dave Barry, too, and I wouldn’t claim Barry was a greater American author than Ernest Hemingway. I mean, honestly ask yourself this:
- Between Richler and Saul, who’s better known?
- Which author’s works better portray an aspect of Canadian life or history?
- Which author has had more influence on the field of Canadian literature?
- Which author’s works are likelier to be studied by Canadian high school students?
- Which was more critically acclaimed?
People will still read Richler’s work 50 years from now. I sincerely doubt Saul will be much remembered at all.
Upon further reflection I’ll adjust my list as such:
- MacDonald
- Trudeau
- Cartier
- Lord Beaverbrook
- Fleming
- Banting/Best
- Richler
- Currie
- Gretzky
I’m wondering if anyone wants to posit a full list, or dissent with mine.