NATIONAL-POST
Sign In
Home / News / Canada
Poilievre says Don Cherry
'embodies what it means to be a proud Canadian, backs Order of Canada nomination
MP Andrew Lawton announced Thursday he is nominating the 92-year-old sports commentator for the national accolade
By Chris Knight
Published Mar 05, 2026
Last updated 1 week ago
3 minute read
โข 152 Comments
Don Cherry is pictured at his Mississauga home on Feb. 4, 2026, the day before he turned 92. PHOTO BY JOE WARMINGTON /Postmedia
Fresh off the announcement that he has been named to the Order of Ontario, 92-year-old hockey commentator Don Cherry might soon have an even bigger feather in his cap - the Order of Canada.
Andrew Lawton, the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Elgin-St. Thomas-
London South, has announced that he is nominating Cherry for the national accolade.
APPOINT DON CHERRY TO
THE ORDER OF CANADA
Appoint Don Cherry to the Order of Canada
8 days ago
conservative.ca
๏ผ
NEWS
เธฟ CBC
Q
Sections v
Politics
Quebec Conservatives sour on
Don Cherry nomination as party pushes Order of Canada petition
Quebec lieutenant said appointing hockey pundit would be 'bad idea' given past remarks against francophones
CARASS
Michel Saba โข The Canadian Press โข
Posted: Mar 13, 2026 9:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
็ฎ๏ผ
Listen to this article
Estimated 5 minutes
Hockey commentator Don Cherry speaks to reporters at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto in February 2011. Cherry was fired from Hockey Night in Canada in 2019 for comments
CBC said were 'divisive, discriminatory and offensive.' (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press)
cbc.ca
'Popularity is not a criterion when it comes to honouring
Canadians,' said MP Luc Berthold, pictured on Dec. 1, 2025.
(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
"Many Quebecers who have accomplished extraordinary things, particularly in the regions, deserve this honour far more than this commentator," he said in a social media post in French.
"And their successes are not the result of controversial remarks. Popularity is not a criterion when it comes to honouring Canadians for their achievements."
Fellow Conservative Gรฉrard Deltell, MP for Louis-Saint-Laurent-Akiawenhrahk, said Friday that Cherry has made "unacceptable and contemptuous" remarks toward "francophones, among others."
#CPC MPs including #PierrePoilievre, are pushing #DonCherry for the #OrderOfCanada. A racist, misogynist loud mouthed bigot. This is the same playbook as the Trump regime giving Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Degrading these solemn awards by giving them to divisive bigoted bullies