A big, crazy, torrent

One of the reactions to the Canadian Prime Minister’s decision to prorogue, or suspend, Parliament while he “recalibrates” the government’s strategy has been the formation of a Facebook group – Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament – that has grown in just a couple of weeks to more than 100,000 members.  100K very active, very chatty members.
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CBC: “We’re great and we’re going to prove it”

Was I the only that found the CBC’s January 22nd news release a little weird? According to the release, the CBC has undertaken its own study to “examine the depth and breadth of its coverage . . . [and] gauge Canadians’ expectations of the public broadcaster’s news services.”
And this is news?
Let’s be clear: I’m all for [...]

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