2016年年度新闻人物出炉 这回是名摇滚歌手
继评出2016年加拿大年度新闻之后,加通社又选出今年的年度新闻人物(Newsmaker of the Year)。你猜可能又是那个小杜吧,既然小杜今年刚刚上台一年,在国内支持率一直居高不下,在外也是人见人爱,风头无俩。但这回你猜错了,今年的新闻人物是52岁的Gord Downie(下图),加拿大著名摇滚乐队(Tragically Hip)的主唱兼歌曲作家。
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这名歌手在乐队30年之久,他在今年5月宣布,称自己确诊患上脑癌,消息震动加拿大。他说从去年12月确诊以来,尽管经历巨大痛苦,他仍然努力与癌症搏斗。
今年8月,他带病坚持与乐队一起参加夏季巡演。在巡演的最后一个晚上,他在这场全国直播的电视音乐会上宣布为原住民歌唱,呼吁政府和社会各界关注原住民的境况。
就在本月初,在魁北克加蒂诺(Gatineau)举行的原住民议会特别大会上,Gord Downie被原住民封为“在星星之间行走的人”("Man Who Walks Among the Stars")。
小杜鲁多得票第二高
加拿大总理杜鲁多获得27%的选票,名列第二位;而发生山火灾害的阿省默堡(Fort McMurray)的消防局长阿兰(Darby Allen)和巴西里约奥运会四枚奖牌得主、多伦多16岁美少女Penny Oleksiak 则并列第三,各获12%的选票。
纵观加通社70年来评选年度新闻人物的历史,政治人物尤其加拿大总理被选中的次数最多,其中最高记录由小杜老爸皮埃尔-杜鲁多(Pierre Trudeau)创下:不仅当选11次,而且在1968-75年连续8年当选,还在1999年当选20世纪新闻人物(Canadian Newsmaker of the 20th Century)。
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(1973年8月,老总理大人用手斜跨着小杜鲁多,从总理办公大楼前公园里走过,公园里的卫兵对他们行礼。)
另外一名足以和老杜鲁多相提并论的政治人物应该是皮尔逊(Lester Pearson)。咱们移民可能不知道他是何许人也,但你应该知道皮尔逊国际机场吧?多伦多的这个机场就是以他的名字命名的。皮尔逊曾经9次被评为年度新闻人物,其中在1950-53年、1955-56年、1963-64年三次至少有两年连续获奖,其中前两个连续是以外交家身份获奖,后一个连续则是以政治家身份(总理)获奖。此外,皮尔逊还因在化解苏伊士运河危机中的贡献而获得1957年诺贝尔和平奖,成为唯一获此崇高荣誉的加拿大人。
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其实,年度新闻人物并非全是政治家、社会名人或“好人”,臭名昭著的坏蛋也能入选:其中最为华人熟悉的如杀害中国留学生林俊的凶手马格诺达(Luka Rocco Magnotta)是2012年新闻人物;涉嫌残忍奸杀女军官和民妇的前空军上校威廉姆斯(Russell Williams)为2010年度新闻人物...
附:加拿大70年来各年新闻人物一览
2016: Gord Downie, musician
2015: Justin Trudeau, politician
2014: Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, slain soldiers
2013: Rob Ford, politician
2012: Luka Rocco Magnotta, killer
2011: Jack Layton, politician
2010: Russell Williams, sex killer
2009: Stephen Harper, politician
2008: Stephen Harper, politician
2007: The Mounties
2006: The Canadian Soldier
2005: John Gomery, Quebec judge
2004: Paul Martin, politician
2003: Paul Martin, politician
2002: Jean Chretien, politician
2001: Stockwell Day, politician
2000: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1999: Pierre Trudeau, politician (named Canadian Newsmaker of the 20th Century)
1998: Jean Chretien, politician
1997: Sheldon Kennedy, hockey player
1996: Donovan Bailey, sprinter
1995: Lucien Bouchard, politician
1994: Jacques Parizeau, politician
1993: Kim Campbell, politician
1992: The Constitution
1991: Brian Mulroney, politician
1990: Elijah Harper, politician
1989: Michael Wilson, politician
1988: Ben Johnson, sprinter
1987: Rick Hansen, cross-country wheelchair athlete
1986: Rick Hansen, cross-country wheelchair athlete
1985: Steve Fonyo, cross-country runner
1984: Brian Mulroney, politician
1983: Brian Mulroney, politician
1982: Wayne Gretzky, hockey player
1981: Terry Fox, cross-country runner
1980: Terry Fox, cross-country runner
1979: Joe Clark, politician
1978: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1977: Rene Levesque, politician
1976: Rene Levesque, politician
1975: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1974: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1973: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1972: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1971: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1970: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1969: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1968: Pierre Trudeau, politician
1967: Lester Pearson, politician
1966: John Diefenbaker, politician
1965: Lucien Rivard, drug smuggler
1964: Lester Pearson, politician
1963: Lester Pearson, politician
1962: Real Caouette, politician
1961: James Coyne, Bank of Canada governor
1960: John Diefenbaker, politician
1959: John Diefenbaker, Joey Smallwood, politicians
1958: John Diefenbaker, politician
1957: John Diefenbaker, politician
1956: Lester Pearson, diplomat
1955: Lester Pearson, diplomat
1954: Marilyn Bell, marathon swimmer
1953: Lester Pearson, diplomat
1952: Lester Pearson, diplomat
1951: Lester Pearson, diplomat
1950: Lester Pearson, diplomat
1949: Louis St. Laurent, politician
1948: Mackenzie King, politician
1947: Barbara Ann Scott, figure skater
1946: Igor Gouzenko, Soviet embassy cipher clerk
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