{"id":53485,"date":"2020-02-03T14:46:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T21:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=53485"},"modified":"2020-02-03T14:46:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T21:46:13","slug":"students-put-in-their-five-cents-on-who-should-be-on-the-new-5-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2020\/02\/03\/students-put-in-their-five-cents-on-who-should-be-on-the-new-5-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Students put in their five cents on who should be on the new $5 bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five alive: <\/strong>Vicky Deschesnes enjoys her lunch at SAIT on Jan. 17. Deschesnes, a civil engineering student, said she would like to see someone who had an impact on the technology or science fields in Canada appear on the $5 bill. (Photo by Brennan Black\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T<\/span>erry Fox?<\/p>\n

B<\/span>anting and Best?<\/p>\n

Or someone else who has made an impact on Canadian society?<\/p>\n

Calgary post-secondary students have been thinking about who they would like to see pictured on the new $5 bill currently being designed.<\/p>\n

Speculation as to who should be on the new bill has been building since the Bank of Canada announced<\/a> it would be holding public consultations about whose face should grace the new note.<\/p>\n

The bank has given Canadians until March 11 to comment on the new note.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to look at the bill and be proud of what I see,\u201d said Vicky Deschesnes, a civil engineering student at SAIT.<\/p>\n

Deschesnes said it would be cool to see somebody who made a technological or scientific impact on Canada, and she suggested the former astronaut, Governor-General Julie Payette for the honour, who unfortunately doesn’t qualify as she is still very much alive.<\/p>\n

Candidates for the face of the bill must be citizens or naturalized Canadians who have been dead for at least 25 years. No fictional characters need apply.<\/p>\n

Shayla Ramsay and Ayden Christensen, two medical radiologic technology students at SAIT, said they would like to see someone from the medical field be represented on the bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the guys who discovered how to make insulin would be a great choice,\u201d said Ramsay, referring to Canadian researchers Fredrick Banting and Charles Best, who pioneered the development of the drug for the treatment of diabetes.<\/p>\n

Ramsay said the currency is used to show people who have had an impact on Canada, so Canadians should take note of it.<\/p>\n

Christensen said a Canadian who greatly affected, or advocated for the medical field would be awesome, and she said Terry Fox would be an ideal candidate.<\/p>\n

Fox has been frequently mentioned<\/a> as being a good choice for the bill.<\/p>\n

Maddy O\u2019Toole, a broadcasting student at Mount Royal University, said Fox would be a great pick for the bill because he is a timeless figure in Canadian history.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis energy is still very present in Canada,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole said painter Emily Carr would be another excellent choice, as it would be nice to see another woman be featured on Canadian currency.<\/p>\n

Civil rights activist Viola Desmond is the only woman other than the Queen to appear on Canadian currency.<\/p>\n

Not everyone was interested in who should be on the fiver, however.<\/p>\n

Some students said they didn’t care who ends up on the bill, as they were just going to spend it anyways.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day I\u2019m still going to spend the five bucks, even if Justin Bieber is on it,\u201d said Nicolas Gee, a SAIT student.<\/p>\n

Gee said he would much rather see a Canadian value, such as multiculturalism, be represented on the bill rather than a figure from history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m apprehensive about figureheads,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

All of the students agreed that they would prefer anyone but another politician.<\/p>\n

Throughout its history, Canadian currency has featured the faces of politicians, with Wilfred Laurier being pictured on the current $5 bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sick of seeing politicians on the money,\u201d said O\u2019Toole.<\/p>\n

Deschesnes said politics these days is too divisive, so putting a political figure on the bill would lead to some people not liking who was on it.<\/p>\n

Christensen said politicians come and go, and their faces would be better printed in textbooks than on the currency.<\/p>\n

The students were divided about whether, printing a new bill was important.<\/p>\n

Deschesnes said she mostly uses debit or credit cards to pay for things, so seeing a new bill would be more of a novelty for her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s worth the cost of changing it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

According to the Retail Council of Canada<\/a>, only 15 per cent of Canadians regularly pay for items with cash.<\/p>\n

Kobe Coristine, a business administration student at SAIT, said his grandparents are the only people he knows who still pay for everything with cash.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day I\u2019m still going to spend the five bucks, even if Justin Bieber is on it. – Nicolas Gee<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite the declining interest in cash, some students said it was still important to care about the currency.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Toole said Canadians are not the only ones who use the currency, as tourists use it all the time, and Canadian money is internationally known.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur money is just really unique. It\u2019s colourful and it\u2019s durable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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