CBC Search Engine has waited for more than 6 months to get a chance to interview Jim Prentice about the new Copyright Bill he has proposed. He said he wasn’t willing to discuss the copyright bill until it had been proposed, but that he would come on Search Engine when it was introduced to the house. After six months of waiting, all he can promise is 10 minutes where he refuses to really answer any questions. In the end hangs up on Jesse Brown.
As most of the regular shows are on hiatus, they are filling slots with new shows. i’m not sure if some of these will become regulars but there are a few interesting possibilities like Revision Quest, Under The Covers and Alien Nation.
Writer, chef, culinary traveller (and vocal critic of vegetarianism) Anthony Bourdain squared off on this topic on Q this morning with author and vegetarian Jonathan Safran Foer.