Terry Fox tops torch choices
VANCOUVER, B.C. – A new survey suggests cancer crusader Terry Fox garners more support than living heroes for a spot in the 2010 Olympic torch relay.
The Ipsos survey, done for torch relay sponsor RBC, suggests 44 per cent of Canadians would like to hand the Olympic flame off to Fox. The next most popular choice was Wayne Gretzky.
The online survey asked more than 1,000 people to pick from a list of 24 the person they’d most like to pass the Olympic flame to.
Of the top 15, eight are dead, including former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Oscar Peterson, Tommy Douglas and Rene Levesque.
Living Canadians on the list included Celine Dion, Gordie Howe and former Olympian Nancy Greene.
Twelve thousand people will have the chance to carry the 2010 torch, about half of them members of the public selected through contests run by RBC and Coca-Cola. The Ipsos survey has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.
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