Propagandhi frontman Chris Hannah has come in second on the online poll to determine the "Worst Canadian" run by The Beaver, the Canadian History Society's magazine. The winner (loser?) was charismatic and controversial Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In total the poll had over almost 15,000 votes cast. The magazine commented on the outcome:

When we asked our readers to weigh in with their choice for the Worst Canadian in history, we didn't expect Trudeau to top the list. But top it he did, beating out an obscure punk rocker by a couple hundred votes --- a result that perhaps speaks as much about the perils of online polling as it does about the love-hate relationship Canadians have had with this paradoxical prime minister, who could wear a flower in his lapel while giving critics the finger.

We call that the "Trudeau salute" by the way.

Hannah waged a campaign to top the list, and to his credit he did manage to beat out numerous other politicians, businessmen, a pair of notorious sexual predators and child murderers, and Celine Dion. You can see the top ten here.

The Winnipeg based Propagandhi most recently released Potemkin City Limits in 2005.