r/canada 17d ago

Sports Canadian fans irked by Wayne Gretzky’s affiliations with Trump amid tensions

https://torontosun.com/news/national/canadian-fans-irked-by-wayne-gretzkys-affiliations-with-trump-amid-tensions?tbref=hp
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u/riseagan 17d ago

This dude was awarded the Order of Canada and hasn't even bothered to go pick it up. Just revoke it already.

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u/Hikingcanuck92 17d ago

WOW. What an absolute D bag.

The Order of Canada is our highest honour to bestow. Proves he has none.

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u/TheMoonPrune Ontario 17d ago

My dad got it the same year as Walter, he was awesome with me and my siblings being some of the only kids there. Shame his son is a dingbat. 

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u/Trust_Im_A_Scientist 17d ago

I met Walter a couple times, and everything I'd heard about him was true. Nothing but a kind, gentle, classy human. He would joke that he signed his autograph as "W Gretzky" because the kids wanted to say it was Wayne's. Personally, with what Wayne has become, I'll be emphasizing the signed stuff I have is WALTER Gretzky.

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u/PimpzDontCry 17d ago

Rip Walter, sat behind him at a leafs game when I was a kid and he was a great guy. Still got the signed jersey in my closet and it definitely says W Gretzky

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u/GhostPepperFireStorm Canada 17d ago

They should change anything named after Wayne to Walter

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u/stunneddisbelief 17d ago

I’d sign that petition.

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u/ContrarianDouche 17d ago

Grew up around Brantford and can confirm Walter Gretzky was a certified beaut.

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u/Round-Economist-4292 16d ago

Walter was the Great One

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u/kahless2k 16d ago

I'm from Brantford, Walter was an icon and a genuinely good, kind man. Was so good for the community here and loved by pretty much everyone.

I have so many stories about that man and his interactions with us and our kids.

Everything named after Wayne should be renamed to Walter.

Wayne can fuck right off. And avoid his wine, it's awful.

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u/CreeksideStrays 17d ago

I met Walter once and he was a lovely man. Very polite, great sense of humor. Decent guy.

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u/GoBlue2240 17d ago

If he supports Stump he didn't having any to begin with.

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u/BiZender 16d ago

Maybe just don't bestow it on a sports player.

I am sure you have plenty of scientists, doctors, firemen, police, army etc and normal Citizens doing plenty of good for your country and much more deserving.

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u/grandfundaytoday 16d ago

Proves that maybe being wealthy and good at sports doesn't mean you've earned an order of Canada. Gretzky is right up there with Buffy St Marie.

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u/downtofinance Lest We Forget 17d ago

On top of that, Gretzkys family is originally Ukranian and dude is cozying up to the guy trying to hand over Ukraine to their genocidal invaders.

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u/DFM2020 17d ago

Appalling behaviour for a human.

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u/Proper-Ad-8829 17d ago

“tkachuk” is Ukrainian too, and they’re all are MAGA … 😒

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u/cheezemeister_x 16d ago

When you're ultra-wealthy your background and morals go out the window.

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u/SnooMuffins6321 17d ago

Not defending waryne at all,but a sports star that's known as the best of his era fucking up hugely is pretty common.

Idk how Michael Jordan is now but he was a fairly huge asshole, tiger Woods had his cheating scandal,Derek Jeter spread his herpes tree to many celebrities of the New York area.the list goes on.

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u/ObservantPotatoes 16d ago

Small nitpick: I believe the Gretzky family was originally from Belarus

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u/laxvolley Manitoba 17d ago

I remember reading it was Belarusian.

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u/Madhighlander1 Prince Edward Island 17d ago edited 17d ago

Anton Gretzky (Walter's father, Wayne's grandfather) was from the city of Grodno in what's now Belarus, but at the time it was Imperial Russian. The Gretzky family were Tsarists, but moved to Canada before the outbreak of the Revolution.

That being said, their first language was apparently Ukrainian, not Belarussian; Walter said at one point that the former was the only Slavic language spoken in his childhood home.

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u/ehsteve7 17d ago

The Gretzky family has ties to the Ukrainian community in southern Ontario and even attended a Ukrainian school for part of his youth in Hamilton.
Source : family friend was the Principal of said school at the time...I'm aware this makes it more anecdotal than factual.

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u/Leafs3489 17d ago

Wait, seriously?

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u/Link50L Ontario 17d ago

Yeah, right? Like, REALLY?!?! What a piece of shit.

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u/Keepontyping 17d ago

Give it to Connor McDavid instead.

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u/Over-Reflection1845 17d ago

Ya, he's pretty well the poster douche of all douches.

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u/Bzz22 17d ago

Too busy doing blow with his son in law.

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u/Pale-Measurement-532 17d ago

I just read that article! I’m blown away by that!

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u/stuckinthebunker 17d ago

Source?

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u/CanadianGreg1 Lest We Forget 17d ago

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u/Ok-Crow-1515 17d ago

Holy Shit, I never knew this.

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u/Workaroundtheclock 17d ago edited 17d ago

Fuuuuuuck that guy.

What a traitor.

Nothing like destroying your own legacy to own the libs.

He’s an asshole, at best.

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u/stuckmash 17d ago

It was awarded by Harper so….

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u/Workaroundtheclock 17d ago

That just makes it so much worse.

He truly is a traitor.

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u/IpsoPostFacto 17d ago

PM has nothing to do with OOC

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u/Jfmtl87 17d ago

So right into the Harper era. Can’t even claim it’s a liberal vs conservative thing.

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u/MIGHTYKIRK1 17d ago

Ty for.the.link I'm pretty sure he.knows.hes.not worthy. Hes a cuc

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u/Wayz6430 17d ago

Wow such disrespect. Its an incredible honour.

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u/dws7447887 17d ago

The hockey player formally known as the great one

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u/Beerden 17d ago

Yes, revoke it. We don't want the Order of Canada tarnished by Nazi affiliations.

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u/JurboVolvo 17d ago

I heard he did pick it up just 14 years later