Maybe that's how Canada produces people like Terry Fox?

Other notables are David Suzuki (scientist, activist, broadcaster), Margaret Laurence (author), Glenn Gould (classical pianist), Rick Hansen (athlete), Wayne Gretsky (The Great One), Pierre Elliot Trudeau (oh fuddle-duddle!), Dr Frederick Banting (discoverer of insulin), Gordon Lightfoot, Karen Kain (prima ballerina), and Dr Henry Morgantaler (but let's not get TOO violent over it).

I like to remember Elijah Harper too - the Cree-Ojibway MP who (temporarily) waylaid Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's plans to destroy Canada by silently holding up an eagle feather in the Manitoba legislature, refusing to ratify the Meech Lake Accord in the early 90's