50 Greatest Canadians of All Time

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Watched the "Greatest Canadians" countdown on CBC earlier tonight. Was a bit long, only recognized about 1/4 of all the nominees. Bored so am gonna retype the list here, starting from the bottom so it gets more dramatic, lol. The top 10 can be decided by people across Canada...somewhere, on some site. Meh.

50. RICK MERCER
49. WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE KING
48. BILLY BISHOP
47. JOHN DIEFENBAKER
46. LEONARD COHEN
45. JEAN CHRETIEN
44. MARY MAXWELL
43. SIR WILFRID LAURIER
42. SIR SANDFORD FLEMING
41. JOHN CANDY
40. AVRIL LAVIGNE
39. BRET HART
38. MARIO LEMIEUX
37. TECUMSEH
36. ERNIE COOMBS
35. LAURA SECORD
34. HAL ANDERSON
33. GORDON LIGHTFOOT
32. MICHAEL J. FOX
31. PIERRE BERTON
30. RICK HANSEN
29. JIM CARREY
28. SIR ISAAC BROCK
27. CELINE DION
26. DR. NORMAN BETHUNE
25. NELLIE MCCLUNG
24. SIR ARTHUR CURRIE
23. MAURICE RICHARD
22. HAROLD A. ROGERS
21. "THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER" (Canadian soldiers who sacrificed themselves in WWI and WWII)
20. MIKE MYERS
19. BOBBY ORR
18. SHANIA TWAIN
17. STEPHEN LEWIS
16. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ROMEO DALLAIRE
15. PETER GZOWSKI
14. NEIL YOUNG
13. STOMPIN' TOM CONNORS
12. JEAN VANIER
11. LOUIS RIEL
Top 10 Nominee: FREDERICK BANTING
Top 10 Nominee: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
Top 10 Nominee: DON CHERRY
Top 10 Nominee: TOM DOUGLAS
Top 10 Nominee: TERRY FOX
Top 10 Nominee: WAYNE GRETZKY
Top 10 Nominee: SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD
Top 10 Nominee: LESTER B. PEARSON
Top 10 Nominee: DR. DAVID SUZUKI
Top 10 Nominee: PIERRE ELLIOT TRUDEAU