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  • Don Cherry for Prime Minister?

    Simon Black | January 5th 2007 | 1 | Culture

    I admit to cheering (almost crying) when Tommy Douglas was announced as our Greatest Canadian on the popular CBC show. Hey, it’s gloomy times for the Left, and we take any victory we can get, no matter how small. Yet my celebrations were cut short when host Wendy Mesley conveyed the bad news: Don Cherry ranked seventh in the contest, just pipping Sir John A. and Alexander Graham Bell. I’ve always thought that the Rock’em Sock’em videos make a great contribution to nation-building, but surely they don’t surpass Confederation or the telephone?

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  • What Was at Stake in the CBC Lockout?

    Leslie Hughes | November 3rd 2005 | 1 | Culture

    According to mainstream media, that’s how most Canadians felt about the silenced voice of their public broadcaster.

    Citing the influential pollster Decima, the most repeated message of the CBC lockout was that only ten per cent of Canadians were inconvenienced by the absence of CBC radio and TV.

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Linda McQuaig, columnist and author

Canadian Dimension is a haven for those who have had their fill of corporate groupthink. Tough, thought-provoking and unwilling to bow to the latest media fad, this is one publication you won’t find at your dentist’s office.

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