Social media responds to Bill Morneau's call to put 'iconic' Canadian women on banknotes
CBC News Posted: Jan 15, 2016 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 15, 2016 11:22 AM ET
There isn't a Canadian woman on our currency and Finance Minister Bill Morneau says it's about time the country corrected that oversight.
"The Bank of Canada regularly does consultations on the people and the pictures that are on our banknotes," Morneau said Wednesday while speaking to reporters in Toronto.
"I can say that I would be strongly supportive of a recommendation from the Bank of Canada to put an iconic woman or women on the banknote."
The Bank of Canada says it wants to reflect the diversity of our country — but they won't make any changes to the current series of polymer notes until the next major redesign around 2019. "It is what it is today," Stephen Poloz, the governor of the bank, said in 2013 when asked about making a change.
CBC News crowd-sourced social media to see which Canadian women our readers would like to see on our money. There were a few, well, interesting choices.
Do you have other suggestions? Use #showherthemoney to add your voice.
For starters, some say Canadian citizenship is strictly optional.
@CBCPolitics @Bill_Morneau Yoko Ono FTW!
— @AndreTheGeek
One Tweeter thought the Queen is more than enough woman for the Canadian currency.
@CBCPolitics @Bill_Morneau is the Queen not already...on the $20 or??????
— @goldcoastteens
Forget women on the money — let's talk about more money for women.
@jfgroves @CBCPolitics @Bill_Morneau As a woman I could care less....I'd just love to keep more of it.
— @TaylorCtaylor67
Another suggests this is a pointless exercise — let's opt for some trees.
@CBCPolitics How about nobody on our money, just beautiful maps of this vast land? Any person will be polarizing.
— @JesseEdwardsTO
Or a woman who made a career out of painting trees.
@CBCPolitics Emily Carr! #showherthemoney
— @ErinJG
@CBCPolitics The one and only Tekahionwake - Pauline Johnson. HANDS DOWN.
— @discerningreadr
The heroine of the War of 1812 — whose intelligence helped the British repel an American invasion — is a definite fan favourite.
@CBCPolitics @CBCOttawa @Bill_Morneau Let's start with Laura Secord and work out way up.
— @kerfluffer
.@CBCPolitics @Bill_Morneau How about @RobertaBondar? Such a great role model!
— @LetsFishSmarter
@CBCPolitics @Bill_Morneau Nellie McClung! #ShowHerTheMoney
— @RafiHoult
@CBCPolitics The Famous 5 #showherthemoney
— @cornell_kate
... but some have raised red flags about McClung's questionable racial remarks.
@CBCPolitics @Bill_Morneau Not nellie mclung eugenics, racist. Maybe laura secord, or bondar
— @1loriking
It's not only women from Canada's past who have made the cut.
@CBCPolitics Michelle Rempel
— @TheBoormaA
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