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Christopher Dummitt: Don Cherry snub exposes Order of Canada's partisan, elitist bias

The hypocrisy of those who won’t accept him is obvious

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If membership in the Order of Canada were offered to Canadians who significantly shaped our national culture, Don Cherry would have received it long ago. But at aged 92, Don Cherry is still waiting.

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Love him or hate him — and there are plenty in both camps — Cherry was a fixture in the life of the nation for decades. He wasn’t just a hockey coach and commentator with extravagant suits and loudly voiced opinions; he was also a businessman and philanthropist, a supporter of hockey at all levels and an enthusiast for Canada’s military and its history.

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Cherry viewed conversation as something like a barroom brawl. There was “common sense,” which — lucky for him — he believed he possessed in abundance, and then there was what everyone else thought. There was his way, and there was the wrong way. We all know people like Don Cherry; they frustrate and delight in equal measure.

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