Canad The Greatest Canadian

There are so many Canadians who are known to be the greatest Canadian, Terry Fox, Tommy Douglas, Pierre Trudeau, Dr. Frederick Banting, Dr. David Suzuki, Lester Pearson, Don Cherry, John A. Macdonald, Alexandra Graham Bell, and Wayne Gretzky. I believe that the greatest Canadians are Canadians who are loyal to their own country and the citizens living in the county. They do the best to make Canada better as a whole. Along with that, they do what is right for the country and don’t give up on it. I believe that the three greatest Canadians are Frederick Banting, Tommy Douglas, and Pierre Trudeau. I believe that they made the most significant changes in Canada. In my opinion, one of the greatest Canadian is Frederick Banting. He was

Tommy Douglas was one of the politicians who didn’t trust Hitler during the 1930’s; he thought that Hitler was a crazy person whose intention was to take over the world. In 1944, he came to power and became premier of Saskatchewan. Tommy was a different politician from the rest of them; if he wanted to achieve something, he'd set the goal to achieve it. He was very determined and kept his promises and always did what was best. He also made many changes while he was in power; he created free Medicare and brought it to Saskatchewan making it the first province in North America to have Medicare. He provided electricity and running water to the province of Saskatchewan. He has influenced the government of Canada to give all the Canadians free healthcare and bring minimum wage, old age pension and brought the 60 hour work week to 40 hours. Tommy was a great influence on the Canadian government; he had influenced them to provide free health care all over Canada. He also influenced the Canadian government to provide free textbooks, unemployment insurance, union rights, bill of rights, labour care, etc. Obstacles that Tommy had to overcome to bring Medicare to Saskatchewan were: the great depression, he had to prove himself, and he had to face all the other doctors who did not want Medicare. Lastly, Tommy Douglas was very caring, when the Winnipeg General Strike and the coal miners

Pierre Trudeau was the prime minister of Canada from 1964 to 1984; he was considered Canada’s most fun, and charismatic politician. Many young people loved Pierre Trudeau because he did what he needed to. Along with that, Pierre Trudeau as also loved because he passed the official languages act in 1969 which made Canada bilingual, meaning French and English were both the main languages now, he was the prime minister to bring Canadian constitution under control; he brought Canada independence from England and we got the charter of rights. Something was known as “Trudeau’s finest hour” which was speaking French and English together to make Québec stay in Canada. He was mainly the reason for stopping Quebec from separating in 1960's, 1980's and the early 1980's. He also passed the Wars Measures Act in 1970 to stop the October Crisis. Pierre Trudeau was to thank for changing the divorce law. He believed that to get a divorce you don’t need an acceptance from both people. As this law got passed he divorced his wife and started dating/ hanging out with movies stars, He also allowed sex marriages; let people, from other countries, immigrate to Canada. Pierre Trudeau passed a law against terrorists because why negotiate with them when they had already done their dirty work so why kill them and award them. In 1968 at the St. Jean Baptiste Day Prade, Pierre Trudeau was shot 5 times. I