This is an interesting exercise on the part of the CBC.. AND the "winning" name will have a TV show done about them !
Now in all seriousness, it‘s not possible to choose the "greatest" Canadian- the CBC hasn‘t defined what that means. This is in fact simply a "popularity" contest.
Still, if all military types got together and voted for one name, then a soldier might win, and boy would that surprise the heck out of the CBC, and might give a wake up jolt to the rest of the country too !
(you do actually have to make the effort to vote though and not just talk about who your choice is)-
Some votes have gone for the "unknown soldier" .. It‘s a noble choice, but it is also outside the rules and it WILL be rejected.
There are any number of valid choices..endless debate could be made about who the most deserving is.. but by then the "survey" will be over and Celine Dion or Gretzky will have won and we‘ll get another profile of Celine Dion‘s life, or Margaret Atwood, or Pierre Trudeau..or or ..
I choose Maj. D.V. Currie (Victoria Cross winner)-
Is he the GREATEST soldier? Absolutely impossible question - he‘s just one hero of so many..and again we could debate thisn endlessly and thats not the point.. The point is to get lotsa votes for a soldier to beat out politicians, pop stars, and millionaire "athletes".
Maj.DV Currie V.C. is a good choice and it would make for good TV ! A Canadian soldier ! - good promotion for the military and for the country-- a hero ! and, a soldier hero !
I say we all go the CBC site and the 1-800 phone number and vote for him. Again, endless arguments can be made for one soldier or another..this isn‘t about a factual determination of who‘s the "greatest", its about trying to get a soldier-any deserving soldier- up to the top of the list and getting a show done about him - and therefore by extension, an important period in Canada‘s history when our Canadian military helped save the world‘s bacon!
I say we all vote for Maj DV Currie
CBC website to vote.
http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/
Currie site
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/citations/currie