Stinging Nettles Dept: The admittedly unscientific Canada Day survey seemed to find Canadians at their most tradition-loving and change-resistant. Or, if you prefer, at their most contented and immune to trendy provocation, according to Globe And Mail. Those B.C. spot prawns, donairs, stinging nettles and Lululemon togs didn’t stand a chance. David Suzuki made a compelling scientific and socio-political case for the wild blueberry but it still couldn’t come close to the inescapably iconic sugar maple. Hayley Wickenheiser argued both from the heart and from the stats that the 1980s Edmonton Oilers were Canada’s team. But ’72 Team Canada the name itself proclaims it couldn’t be dislodged from the podium they’ve owned since the Cold War was still hot. Rather touchingly, the voters by a wide margin preferred Ms. Wickenheiser’s own 2002 women’s Olympic team to her Gretzky-era childhood favourites and reassuring and familiar, to judge from the final results of this week’s /Facebook poll. National animal? The beaver, of course. National plant? The sugar maple. National team? The 1972 Team Canada squad, whose sweater was decorated with the national plant just to reinforce their claim to your vote. National item of clothing? The tuque, edging out the lumber jacket. National dish? A bit of a wild card: Poutine won in a romp, which may or may not just be another way of saying beer. Put maple syrup on the ballot, though, and all bets are off. As
reported in the news.
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