The vast majority of Canadians want Terry Fox to adorn the new $5 bill, a new poll finds..The non-profit Angus Reid Institute found that among the eight final candidates, Terry Fox is named more than all others as the preferred new face, chosen by 57 per cent of Canadians.. Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-11.36.22-AMAngus Reid poll .After losing part of his right leg to cancer, Terry Fox campaigned to raise national awareness and funding for cancer research by running his Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada 42-km daily run, on his prosthetic leg..By February 1981, $24.7 million had been raised—or $1 for every Canadian..His run was interrupted just past the half-way point when the cancer reached his lungs, and ultimately took his life.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .Today, annual Terry Fox Runs are held all over the world to raise money for cancer research. In 2020, the Marathon of Hope marked its 40th anniversary..“Famed Indigenous soldier Binaaswi (Francis Pegahmagabow) is chosen by one-in-five (21 per cent), including one-quarter of residents in Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Atlantic Canada. Crowfoot (Isapo-muxika), an integral part of Treaty 7 negotiations in Alberta, is chosen by one-in-five (19 per cent) as well,” Angus Reid pollsters found..“Past Conservative voters are much more likely to prefer Terry Fox as their choice (three-quarters do so), while those who support other parties like candidates other than him.. Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-11.41.05-AMAngus Reid poll .“Residents in Quebec (34 per cent) and young women across the country (27 per cent) show considerable support for Robertine Barry, the first French-Canadian journalist and an advocate for women’s rights, as a candidate.”. Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-11.40.40-AMAngus Reid poll .More than three-in-five overall, and a majority in each region of the country, say it is a good idea to change the face of the five. But a significant segment, 37 per cent (including 57 per cent of past Conservative voters), disagree..Sir Wilfred Laurier, Canada’s seventh prime minister, has graced the nation’s sky blue five-dollar bank note for almost 50 years..Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is to make a decision early next year about who should adorn the new bill..Bios on all the finalists can be found here..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
The vast majority of Canadians want Terry Fox to adorn the new $5 bill, a new poll finds..The non-profit Angus Reid Institute found that among the eight final candidates, Terry Fox is named more than all others as the preferred new face, chosen by 57 per cent of Canadians.. Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-11.36.22-AMAngus Reid poll .After losing part of his right leg to cancer, Terry Fox campaigned to raise national awareness and funding for cancer research by running his Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada 42-km daily run, on his prosthetic leg..By February 1981, $24.7 million had been raised—or $1 for every Canadian..His run was interrupted just past the half-way point when the cancer reached his lungs, and ultimately took his life.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .Today, annual Terry Fox Runs are held all over the world to raise money for cancer research. In 2020, the Marathon of Hope marked its 40th anniversary..“Famed Indigenous soldier Binaaswi (Francis Pegahmagabow) is chosen by one-in-five (21 per cent), including one-quarter of residents in Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Atlantic Canada. Crowfoot (Isapo-muxika), an integral part of Treaty 7 negotiations in Alberta, is chosen by one-in-five (19 per cent) as well,” Angus Reid pollsters found..“Past Conservative voters are much more likely to prefer Terry Fox as their choice (three-quarters do so), while those who support other parties like candidates other than him.. Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-11.41.05-AMAngus Reid poll .“Residents in Quebec (34 per cent) and young women across the country (27 per cent) show considerable support for Robertine Barry, the first French-Canadian journalist and an advocate for women’s rights, as a candidate.”. Screen-Shot-2020-11-27-at-11.40.40-AMAngus Reid poll .More than three-in-five overall, and a majority in each region of the country, say it is a good idea to change the face of the five. But a significant segment, 37 per cent (including 57 per cent of past Conservative voters), disagree..Sir Wilfred Laurier, Canada’s seventh prime minister, has graced the nation’s sky blue five-dollar bank note for almost 50 years..Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is to make a decision early next year about who should adorn the new bill..Bios on all the finalists can be found here..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
