To look out over the sea of faces rejoicing in the Toronto Raptors run to an NBA championship in May and June was to see a crowd truly representative of Canada.
Multiracial, multi-ethnic, young and old — it ran the gamut from coast to coast.
Toronto’s Empire Club, an organization more than a century old with a “history of lending our stage to people who do these historic things to help build our country” according to its current president, noticed as well.
And when it came time to name the group’s first Nation Builder of the Year winner, the decision wasn’t hard at all.