Canada91裸聊视频檚 Walk of Fame adds environmentalist David Suzuki, sprinter Donovan Bailey, and actress Anna Paquin to its ranks tonight with a splashy gala.

The annual bash will also posthumously induct civil-rights pioneer Viola Desmond, business leader Ted Rogers, and country crooner Stompin91裸聊视频� Tom Connors.

Suzuki says he91裸聊视频檒l be thinking of his late parents as he accepts the honour, which recognizes his efforts to champion the environment while making science accessible to average Canadians.

The 81-year-old says the issues facing the planet are as urgent as ever, and he urges Canadians to embrace sustainable living.

This year91裸聊视频檚 gala is expected to be broadcast next year, but a spokesman says no date has yet been set.

Global will air a one-hour retrospective special Dec. 3, hosted by 91裸聊视频淲ill & Grace91裸聊视频� star Eric McCormack.

91裸聊视频淚 wish my mom and dad were here. They were Canadian born-and-raised all their lives and yet when (the Second World War) came they lost all rights of citizenship and were shipped out of Vancouver and kept in camps for three years,91裸聊视频� says Suzuki, whose family later moved to Ontario.

91裸聊视频淚 wish they were alive to see what Canada has become in that time.91裸聊视频�

Suzuki is an outspoken activist for numerous causes including his Vancouver-based research and advocacy group, the David Suzuki Foundation. But the longtime host of CBC-TV91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭he Nature of Things91裸聊视频� says he91裸聊视频檚 proudest of making science appealing and accessible to average people.

91裸聊视频淚 tried to make it as popular as possible,91裸聊视频� he says.

91裸聊视频淢y father was my biggest fan but also my biggest critic and he watched all the stuff I did and he would call me and say, 91裸聊视频楲ook, I91裸聊视频檓 your father, I love you, but I have to tell you I didn91裸聊视频檛 understand that at all and if I can91裸聊视频檛 understand it, how do you expect Joe Blow to understand? You91裸聊视频檝e got to do better.91裸聊视频� I always think of my father when I91裸聊视频檓 looking at that camera.91裸聊视频�

Suzuki says the current state of the environment is 91裸聊视频渧ery sad and depressing.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淔or over 40 years, the leading scientists have been telling us we91裸聊视频檙e heading on a dangerous path, we91裸聊视频檝e got to change direction. But now, politics and economics interfere and we91裸聊视频檙e not paying attention to what was the survival strategy of our species, which was foresight. Now we say, 91裸聊视频楴o, no, no, we can91裸聊视频檛 afford that, it91裸聊视频檒l cost too much,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� says Suzuki.

91裸聊视频淲e don91裸聊视频檛 have much time and we can91裸聊视频檛 wait for everybody to buy an electric car and take public transit. We91裸聊视频檝e all got to do those things but we also need politicians to make big decisions now.91裸聊视频�

This year91裸聊视频檚 Canada91裸聊视频檚 Walk of Fame additions bring the number of inductees to 173.

The Canadian Press

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