There's currently an online petition that will bring lots of pride to Alberta. The petition wants a life-sized statue of Wolverine to be erected in the capital of the province: Edmonton. The Change.org petition wants the Alberta hero, who is a Marvel icon, to be placed in the capital city to inspire everyone. Here's what the petition says:

To: City Council/Mayor Don Iveson

Please consider the opinions of the citizens who have signed this petition towards the creation of a life sized Wolverine statue to be placed somewhere in this great city of Edmonton to be viewed by all who live here and visit, as Wolverine is a Canadian and Albertan symbol of strength, perseverance in the face of tragedy, and overall heroics.

Wolverine is truly a Canadian hero and up there with the likes of Wayne Gretzky, even though Wolverine is a bit of a fictional character. The petition states that maybe the statue should be placed in City Hall, Churchhill Grounds, or even the Alberta Legislature Grounds. Currently, the petition is at almost 1,600 signatures.

Edmonton resident, Justin Ching, said that "This is something Edmontonians deserve."

Resident Rob Wing had this insightful comment for those who may find this idea a bit silly: "Despite being a comic book character, the morals and traits portrayed by Wolverine identify who we are as Albertans... Honorable, strong and sometimes a little wild. I would be proud to be identified with this type of symbol."

This isn't the first time residents of a city have tried to pay tribute to a fictional icon. Back in 2011, there was a successfully backed Kickstarter campaign to put a statue of Robocop somewhere in Detroit Michigan.

What do you guys think of this news? Will you sign the petition?

Source: Change.org

Good for you Canada

That's pretty awesome! Looks like I better start packing my bags hahah.

Do it!

Neat.

Cool

Weird but cool.

Im so proud of Canada right now... Its wierd to feel feelings and stuff ...

Nice, Thor already has statues...

F**K YEAH BUD!

DO IT!!!!

I hope it looks like the Korean Spider-Man statue.

Does Wolverine actually go to Canada anymore..? Might as well put one in New York, that's where the X-Mansion is right? :P

Lot of statues will be put in USA after this one.

no

I know Logan was Canadian, but is James Howlett? ( I hate I have to ask that...)

Which costume?

More statues for the God of Statues!

Sweet! There are other statues of fictional characters like Sherlock Holmes or Maigret, so please do this fine folks of Canada!

Yes!! Do it!!!

It would be extra cool if they modeled it after the memorial statue they will have at Avengers mansion/JGS.

As an Edmontonian I have to say hell no. There are more and better deserving albertans to be honoured.

But if they do erect one whyte ave would be the best bet.

Same guy.

I live near Edmonton. (Yes I live in Canada), so whenever I visit there, it would be cool to see a statue of him :)

They should've chosen Deadpool when he featured as "Captain Canada" in one of his forgotten adventures!

That being said- I'd love to see the Wolverine statue made real.

I support this.

Sounds awesome!

You're just salty you're not going to get a statue :D

Pretty sure Wolverine is from BC.

Shepard should get one in Edmonton too.

@crimsonlord53:

I too am an Edmontonian. I vote for a Bruce McChulloch statue instead!

@squares: I'm pretty sure you're going to want to read "Origins" again.

You can follow the progress of the effort to bring a Wolverine statue to Edmonton on twitter at @WolverineStatue .

What about no? I mean cmon...

@brianlabelle: Hah, no way am I reading that again.

You're right, however, I was wrong.

Although this is hilarious, I really don't think tax payer money should go towards a Wolverine statue :P

Awesome why not? Rocky has his own statue after all.

true

the moment where the gouverment looks wolverine up and sees all the killing he has done, which is soooo uncanadian

Not that weird. The Rocky statue has been sitting in Philadelphia since 1980.

Hell yes