[ISL] "Canada Shortlists Green Gables Writer for Woman on Bank Note"

[rfmcdonald]

Bloomberg's Greg Quinn reports something I would be quite cool with.

“Anne of Green Gables” author Lucy Maud Montgomery is among 12 women who could be featured on a new Canadian bank note, the central bank said Friday.

The short list, which also includes artist Emily Carr and political leader Thérèse Casgrain, was narrowed from more than 26,000 public nominations that identified about 460 prominent women, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said in a statement Friday from Ottawa. The candidates will be narrowed to a list of between three and five, before Finance Minister Bill Morneau makes a final decision.

“I am very pleased with the tremendous response to this campaign from Canadians which shows just how much they care about who is represented on the bank notes in their wallets,” Poloz said. The new bank notes are due in 2018.