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Eyewear is very glad to celebrate Canada Day in London .  Apparently, there will be hockey and rock and roll music in Trafalgar Square all day.   Blue Rodeo , who I first saw at the McGill Ballroom a quarter-century ago, take the stage at half-nine tonight.  Meanwhile, the young newly-wed Royals are in Canada itself - that brash young nation, filled with natural resources (not least of which are its rugged optimistic and fair-minded people).  Storm clouds hover over the Rockies, though, and peril not even the Mounties can arrest lurks, in the news that the CBC mandate is up for review, and that venerable corporation, Canada's BBC, may be slashed ruthlessly by  Conservatives, twirling their mustachios.

Here's a list, partially courtesy of Wikipedia - that excellent source of always accurate data - of ten famous Canadian-born people , who "made it" in the UK. There are apparently 69,000 Canadian-born people currently residing in Britain. Oh, and Ricky Gervais has a Canadian father! The Office, eh? has less of a ring to it. Admittedly, it's a bit weak as a power list, but it does include several millionaires, pop stars, tennis pros, poets, and a prime minister. 1. Baron Beaverbrook 2. Nicole and Natalie Appleton 3. Conrad Black 4. Owen Hargreaves 5. Lionel Blair 6. Hans Snook 7. Andrew Bonar Law 8. Ian Iqbal Rashid 9. David Wevill 10. Greg Rusedski Eyewear welcomes other names to add to the list.