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

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For starters, some say Canadian citizenship is strictly optional.

One Tweeter thought the Queen is more than enough woman for the Canadian currency.

Forget women on the money — let's talk about more money for women.

Another suggests this is a pointless exercise — let's opt for some trees.

Or a woman who made a career out of painting trees.

19th century Mohawk poetess Pauline Johnson is a contender.

The heroine of the War of 1812 — whose intelligence helped the British repel an American invasion — is a definite fan favourite.

Canada's first female astronaut is an obvious choice.

A lot of votes for Nellie McClung, a suffragette and pioneering first wave feminist, and other members of the Famous Five women who were involved in the persons case.

... but some have raised red flags about McClung's questionable racial remarks.

It's not only women from Canada's past who have made the cut.