[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Two points here in response to your comments on 'immigrant names':

First, it is not rubbish to notice what is a self evident fact. I've been a long time listener of the CBC (which has some surprisingly good content if you filter out that which focuses on the honuorable folk music/culture Montreal-busker-homeless people). Their choice in staff that speak to the public is almost universally either without any accent, but a very "foriegn" sounding name, or with an obvious accent which suggests an ethnic or linguistic origin. To suggest a corporation does not set and mantain it's public image through it's choice of staff is ridiculous. The CBC, by policy, wishes to be seen in a certain way and they hire accordingly. Whether you like or argree with this image is a separate question. (don't you ever watch the news from your least favourite source just to rant at their obvious bias in the other direction? Is your favourite source lilly white without bias?)

Second, your response, very close to a charge of racism, is what keeps political correctness alive. Blatant racist comments are disgusting. We fought and won a war against them. But to call 'racism' when someone touches on something you disagree with, or to stop people from making observations (however distasteful), feeds a narrow mindedness that prevents any valid discussion or disagreement. I'm firmly on the side of allowing all discussion and letting public opinion...fairly...decide.

Klambie: the architect for the new Canadian War musem was a Japanese-Canadian who was interned by the Canadian government during the war. If this didn't matter, and was not meant to make a point, why would the CWM make note of it?

Bruce