
There is really only one name that comes to mind when you think of Canadian QBs: Russ Jackson. Jackson, born in Hamilton, played 12 years for the Ottawa Rough Riders, from 1958-1969. Jackson's list of accomplishments is staggering:
- Four Most Outstanding Canadian awards (1959, 1963, 1966, 1969)
- Three Most Outstanding Player awards (1963, 1966, 1969)
- Three Grey Cups (1960, 1968, 1969)
- One Grey Cup MVP (1969)
- One Lou Marsh Award (1969)
- Three CFL All Star selections (1966, 1968, 1969)
- Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1973)
- Named the 8th Greatest Player in CFL History (2006)

The way that I would alter the rules is to allow each team to carry a Canadian at the QB position without that player's salary counting against the cap, as well as exempting the player from other roster requirements. This would be a way to develop Canadian QBs in a professional system without hindering the teams.
There is already talk of allowing a training-camp exemption to allow the teams to carry a Canadian QB into training camp without him counting against the roster limits. The league has yet to announce anything, but with the Argos signing Brannagan and the Ti-Cats adding Erik Glavic to their negotiation list, it looks like the wheels are in motion.

Hopefully one day we will see a Canadian consistently taking snaps and leading a team to a Grey Cup. We have Canadians starting at every other position; it's long overdue that we saw a Canadian starting, and starring, at QB for a CFL franchise.
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