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Originally Posted by someone123
Some thought experiments:
Canada annexes the Turks and Caicos islands and in a fit of imperial exuberance adopts many of their symbols on our money. We get a brown pelican on our $20 bill, etc. Are the Turks and Caicos suddenly on the "most Canadian" list because of this redefinition?
Canada annexes Greenland. Newfoundland is no longer at a geographical/cultural extremum. Does SSP start listing the "least Canadian" places as Windsor ON and Nuuk, with St. John's dropping off of the list?
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Good points but I suppose that this was not a direct answer to my post?
As for the Bluenose on the dime, it's been there for close to 100 years I think. And Nova Scotia was one of the four original provinces in Confederation.
So I wouldn't say the Bluenose on a coin is something perfunctory that is just there to prove a point.