Dear gentle blog reader,
The new Canadian $20 bill is bit out-of-the-ordinary: Naked women + memorial that looks like the 9/11 Twin Towers in NYC + the Queen of England.
Here’s more on the story:
The part of the memorial apparently causing some Canadians to blush is a depiction of some of the most senior figures, a group of women — sans clothes — known as the chorus. One person said the naked woman is going to “offend someone.” …
The bank hired a research firm to hold focus groups with Canadians to get their opinion on the new currency. They found that not only did most Canadians not know of the Vimy Memorial’s existence, but that some of those surveyed said the monument reminded them of New York’s World Trade Center that was attacked and destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, according to an internal report cited in a CTV article. …
Here’s the rest of the article:New Canadian $20 Bill Too Provocative for Some
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