Nearly three years ago, the Bank of Canada announced a plan to remove from the $5 bill the face of Sir Wilfrid Laurier — the only French-Canadian prime minister on a banknote — and replace him with someone else from the country’s past.
But the effort to swap out one of the most consequential leaders in the country’s history for a less well-known figure from a diverse shortlist of eight possible candidates has since stalled.
The Bank of Canada, the independent central bank, started the consultation process that produced the short list. Under law, the federal finance minister makes the final call on who appears on Canada’s hard
