The National Post editorial board has just announced the winner of the "Canada—in six words or less" contest.  Readers were asked to vote for Canada's new motto from among ten finalists.

The new unofficial Canadian motto is "Canada – a home for the world," sent in by Deborah Torenvliet of Ottawa. With a 39.8% share of the total online votes, the highly earnest entry took the title (plus Tim Hortons and Petro-Canada gift cards) hands down. Second place and a Chapters/Indigo gift card goes to "Endless possibilities squandered in political correctness," by Gary Valcour from Oshawa, Ont.

In addition to the other finalists, a long list of other "notable entries" appears at The Post's Full Comment blog today.  There must be close to a hundred of 'em.  Just over half way down appears a token entry from Canada's northern territories.

"We'll tolerate anything, except intolerance." Scott Gilbreath, Whitehorse, Yukon.

For the record, I submitted two other entries.

Canada: The UnAmerica

Canada: Land of the grilled cheese sandwich

I had one other that I didn't bother submitting.

Oh, Cana-Duh!

That last one is not original.  I saw it plastered on a telephone pole on University Way, Seattle, Washington, many years ago.  The motto appeared on a poster advertising a performance by a punk rock band (whose name escapes me).