Seven young Native Canadian men have finished a 1, 600km (1, 000-mile) trek to the Canadian capital in protest against living conditions on reserves.

BBC: Seven Native Canadians finish arduous protest trek

But Mr. Blaney, assistant director at the nonprofit Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Center, says a native Canadian variety deserves to be on the note instead.

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"There are many investors out there who will take a gamble, figure I'll pull a monkey out of my hat again, " says Eugene, 43, a Canadian native with a Bahamian passport.

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According to that proclamation, Sheardown, a Windsor native, was shot down while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.

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In 2010, Iran-born Hiva Alizadeh, India-born Misbahuddin Ahmed and Montreal native Khurram Sher were arrested on charges of conspiring to facilitate terrorism in Canada and against Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.

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