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。

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)。

(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，公园里的护卫对他们行礼。)

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。

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