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Father of medicare, first social democratic premier, Scottish born, Baptist minister
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Tommy Douglas
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Tried to run across Canada with an artifical leg, cancer activist, died of cancer
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Terry Fox
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PM in the 70s and 80s, gave the finger to protestors, dropped the f bomb in the house of commons, swam with Castro, ex-wife partied with the Rolling Stones, generally regarded as the best PM
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Pierre Elliot Trudeau
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Invented insulin, Nobel prize for medicine at 32,
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Frederick Banting
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"The Nature of Things", science broadcaster, environmentalist, spent time in a BC internment camp during WWII
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David Suzuki
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PM in the 60s, UN diplomat who created the idea of peacekeepers during the Suez Crisis, Toronto airport is named after him
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Lester B Pearson
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Minor league hockey player and coach, TV commentator, the John Madden of hockey broadcasting, rock'em sock'em videos
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Don Cherry
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First PM of Canada, not an American fast food chain - minor spelling difference
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Sir John A MacDonald
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Born in Scotland, died in the US, invented the telephone while in Canada.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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The Great One, hockey player with the most records, may be better known in the US for his daughter's twitter posts.
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Wayne Gretzky
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Metis rebel leader, founded Manitoba, hung after the North West Rebellion, had religious visions
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Louis Riel
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Founded L'Arche an international federation of group homes for the developmentally disabled, theologian, has an asteroid named after him, son of a Governor-General
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Jean Vanier
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Nationalist country singer, "The Hockey Song" "Sudbury Saturday Night" "Bud the Spud", plywood board
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Stompin Tom Connors
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Singer, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills and Nash, "Cinnamon Girl" "Heart of Gold" "Old Man" "Hey, Hey, My, My" "The Needle and the Damage Done" "Rocking in the Free World"
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Neil Young
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CBC radio, Morningside, writer and reporter
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Peter Gzowski
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UN commander, general, Hotel Rwanda
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Romeo Dallaire
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Leader of Ontario NDP, UN ambassador, special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
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Stephen Lewis
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Pop-country singer, "The Women in Me" "You're Still the One" "Man I Feel Like a Woman" "Up"
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Shania Twain
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Greatest hockey defenseman, Boston Bruins, bad knees ended his career, coached by #7
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Bobby Orr
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Canadian actor, comedian, "Wayne's World" "Austin Powers" "Shrek"
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Mike Myers
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