The Worst Canadian Ever

by Jordan Yerman | May 3, 2007 at 12:16 pm

466 views | 0 Recommendations | 0 comments

We all hear about how nice the Canadians are, how laid back, what with their generic medicines and demi-legalized weed and tasty, tasty beer. Well, the Canadians are sick of all this brilliant PR, and they want to show off their nasty side.

The Beaver is hosting an online survey to name the worst Canadian of all time.

Canada’s History Magazine is inviting Canadians to name what they consider to be the “worst Canadian” in the country’s past.

It’s all part of an online promotion launched this week by the magazine—the flagship publication of the National History Society—for its August-September issue, according to a release.

In the issue, 10 prominent Canadian writers and historians will state their case for their choice of the worst character from the seamier side of Canadian life.

But the magazine also wants readers and the general public to register their own votes at www.thebeaver.ca so it can check “expert analysis” against public opinion.

The full results will be published in the magazine—available on newsstands Aug. 2.