▁Time . ▁This ▁selection ▁is ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Press ' ▁separate ▁selection ▁of ▁a ▁Canadian ▁New sm aker ▁of ▁the ▁Year , ▁or ▁with ▁Time ' s ▁overall ▁Person ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁ ▁Time ''' s ▁practice ▁of ▁selecting ▁a ▁Canadian ▁New sm aker ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁ ▁Column ist ▁Robert ▁Ful ford ▁has ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁the ▁point ▁was ▁to ▁try ▁" gest uring ▁polit ely ▁to ▁Canadian ▁readers ". ▁In ▁early ▁years , ▁the ▁selection ▁received ▁a ▁short ▁article ▁within ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁other ▁international ▁new sm akers . ▁ ▁Thus , ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁new sm aker ▁was ▁found ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁" Head lin ers : ▁Canada " ▁and ▁in ▁subsequent ▁years ▁phr ases ▁like ▁" O thers ▁Who ▁Sh aped ▁ 1 9 9 7 ", ▁" O thers ▁Who ▁Sh aped ▁ 1 9 9 9 ", ▁and ▁" New sm akers ▁ 2 0 0 0 " ▁were ▁used . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁the ▁selection ▁has ▁been ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁full er ▁article , ▁and ▁inter views ▁with ▁the ▁subjects ▁have ▁also ▁appeared ▁( for ▁example , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁but ▁not ▁ 2 0 0 3 ). ▁ ▁Still , ▁the ▁press ▁has ▁noted ▁that ▁even ▁with ▁the ▁Canadian ▁edition ▁of ▁Time , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Person ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁Canadian ▁New