The Greatest Canadian

Officially launched on April 5, 2004, The Greatest Canadian was a project by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, to find who is the greatest ever Canadian. The project was inspired by the BBC series Great Britons.

Advocates

In broadcast order:

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• George Stroumboulopoulos, pop culture guru and commentator; for Tommy Douglas
• Deborah Grey, Former Reform Party of Canada MP from Alberta, motorcycle enthuasiast; for Wayne Gretzky
• Bret Hart, Former WWE and WCW wrestler; for Don Cherry
• Charlotte Gray, author, professor and historian; for Sir John A. Macdonald
• Sook-Yin Lee, actor, musician, writer, director and broadcaster, host of CBC Radio's "DNTO" (Definitely Not The Opera); for Terry Fox
• Mary Walsh, comedian; for Frederick Banting
• Paul Gross, actor; for Lester B. Pearson
• Evan Solomon, journalist, editor, author, anchor; for Alexander Graham Bell
• Melissa Auf der Maur, rock musician; for David Suzuki
• Rex Murphy, broadcaster; for Pierre Elliott Trudeau