Who are some Canadians who have impacted Canada in a significant way?

pierre elliott trudeau

law professor @ u de m 1960s, trudeau became sharp critic of contemporary québec nationalism , argued canadian federalism in english , french canada find new equality.
gained national attention introduction of divorce law reform , criminal code amendments liberalizing laws on abortion, homosexuality , public lotteries. established reputation defender of strong federal government against nationalist demands of québec.
dramatic event of trudeau's first government october crisis of 1970, precipitated kidnapping of british diplomat james cross , of québec cabinet minister pierre laporte terrorist front de libÉration du quÉbec (flq). in response, trudeau invoked war measures act, extraordinary powers of arrest, detention , censorship.
less dramatic, of lasting significance, official languages act, central feature of trudeau's new federalism. @ same time, began improve position of francophones in ottawa.
canadian encyclopedia
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ordinary guys smoky smith

"at point, group of ten german soldiers jumped off of tank , started running towards smith submachine guns blazing. smith opened on them awesome gangster-style tommy gun, killing 4 , sending rest of them running off b*tches. smith used brief respite return ditch , check on wounded buddy, before long jerrys returned – time little help. namely, tank , thirty guys.
ernest smith didn't give crap. boing-ed piat round damaged panther , sent full-throttle in reverse, , burned couple clips of smg ammo disperse german assault on insane one-man canadian wrecking ball of awesome."

bada$$ of week: ernest a. smith
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i have 1 example : terry fox
please answer if have more. thank you!

past or present.. , don't have explain!

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