Women on the money: Your picks for female faces on Canadian currency
CBC News | Posted: January 15, 2016 10:00 AM | Last Updated: January 15, 2016
Social media responds to Bill Morneau's call to put 'iconic' Canadian women on banknotes
There isn't a Canadian woman on our currency and Finance Minister Bill Morneau says it's about time the country corrected that oversight.
"The Bank of Canada regularly does consultations on the people and the pictures that are on our banknotes," Morneau said Wednesday while speaking to reporters in Toronto.
"I can say that I would be strongly supportive of a recommendation from the Bank of Canada to put an iconic woman or women on the banknote."
The Bank of Canada says it wants to reflect the diversity of our country — but they won't make any changes to the current series of polymer notes until the next major redesign around 2019. "It is what it is today," Stephen Poloz, the governor of the bank, said in 2013 when asked about making a change.
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CBC News crowd-sourced social media to see which Canadian women our readers would like to see on our money. There were a few, well, interesting choices.
Do you have other suggestions? Use #showherthemoney to add your voice.