Question: Who was from Canada and was who The Shape I'm In was about?
Context: The LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium is a Canadian forum created through the joint effort of John Ralston Saul and the Dominion Institute.  Founded in 2000, the Symposium's purpose is to stimulate debate about the historical antecedents and future shape of the Canadian democracy.  Canada's existence and democratic foundation owes a great deal to the partnership of two 19th century political visionaries, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin, the first democratically elected Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada.  The Symposium's annual venue honours these two great political reformers. "The Shape I'm In" is a song by The Band, first released on their 1970 album "Stage Fright".  It was written by Robbie Robertson, who did little to disguise the fact that the song's sense of dread and dissolution was about Richard Manuel, the song's principal singer.  It became a regular feature in their concert repertoire, appearing on their live albums "Rock of Ages", "Before the Flood", and "The Last Waltz".  Author Neil Minturn described the song as "straightforward rock."  Along with "The Weight," it is one of the Band's songs most performed by other artists.  It has been recorded by Bo Diddley, The Good Brothers, The Mekons, The Pointer Sisters, She & Him, and Marty Stuart. The Mirage chocolate bar is a milk chocolate bar filled with bubbles of air, made by Nestlé and primarily sold in Canada.  It is a long chocolate bar with a trapezoidal shape, filled with bubbles.  It is often found in a yellow-white wrapper.  The chocolate bar is made by Nestlé Canada.  It is manufactured in a peanut-free facility.  The Mirage is in many ways similar to the Aero bar, also made by Nestlé.  However, the Mirage is quite a bit thicker than the Aero bar, and is not segmented or divided into pieces. Canada Place is a glass-and-steel office building in Edmonton, Alberta.  With a distinctive pink colour and stepped shape, the building is in downtown Edmonton, where it towers over the neighbouring Shaw Conference Centre and overlooks the North Saskatchewan River valley.  The building was built by the Government of Canada and is the main federal government offices for Edmonton and much of Western Canada. The Federal Identity Program (FIP) is the Government of Canada's corporate identity program.  The purpose of the FIP is to clearly identify each program and service of the government or the Government of Canada in general.  Managed by the Treasury Board Secretariat, this program, and the government's communication policy, help to shape the public image of the government.  In general, logos – or, in the parlance of the policy, visual identifiers – used by government departments other than those specified in the FIP must be approved by the Treasury Board. Face of Canada is an art exhibition displaying paintings of notable Canadians.  It was showcased on July 1, 2011 at Canada Place in Vancouver, displaying over 100 oil portraits of notable individuals, both past and present, that helped shape the nation. Eve Cone is a well-preserved black cinder cone on the Big Raven Plateau, British Columbia, Canada.  It is one of the 30 cinder cones on the flanks of the massive shield volcano of Mount Edziza that formed in the year 700, making it one of the most recent eruptions on the Big Raven Plateau and in Canada.  Eve Cone stands by itself in the middle of the Desolation Lava Field and its distinctive shape can be seen from a long distance.  Commonly photographed , Eve Cone is covered by light yellow pumice from a close by but unknown vent. Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a pianist, lead singer, and occasional drummer of the Band.  He was a member of the original band from 1967 to 1976 and the re-formed band from 1983 until his death. Highway Gothic (formally known as the FHWA Series fonts or the Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs) is a set of sans-serif typefaces developed by the United States Federal Highway Administration and used for road signage in the Americas, including the U.S., Canada, Ecuador, Venezuela and Chile, with Asian countries influenced by American signage practices include the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.  Variants, minor and major (but not the exact US font) are used in countries like Turkey, Mexico, Australia (AS1744 fonts), Spain, Netherlands, Brazil, New Zealand, and some signs in countries like India and Yemen, when written in English.  The typefaces were created to maximize legibility at a distance and at high speed.  Computer typeface versions known as Highway Gothic or Interstate (a separate font), which are for sale to the general public, include punctuation marks based on a rectangular shape.  However, on signage the official FHWA Series punctuation is based on a circular shape. Ross Lake National Recreation Area is a US National Recreation Area located in north central Washington just south of the Canada–US border.  It is the most accessible part of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex which also includes North Cascades National Park and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.  Ross Lake NRA follows the Skagit River corridor from the Canada–US border to the western foothills of the Cascades.  The NRA contains a portion of scenic Washington State Route 20, the North Cascades Highway, and includes three reservoirs: 12,000 acre Ross Lake, 910 acre Diablo Lake, and 210 acre Gorge Lake.  These reservoirs make up the Skagit Hydroelectric Project operated by Seattle City Light.  Nestled in the "American Alps" the Ross Lake NRA bisects the north and south units of North Cascades National Park.  The Shape of the National Recreation area, was designed to prevent the proposed High ross dam from flooding the national park.
Answer: Richard Manuel