Julie Meehan

The View From Here

The View From Here

Foreign correspondents in Canada have some kind words about us and some harsh ones

“Canada is essentially a stalker, stalking the United States, right?” ranted MSNBC host Tucker Carlson last December. “Canada has little pictures of us in its bedroom, right? Canada spends all of its time thinking about the United States, obsessing over the United States. It’s unrequited love between Canada and the United States. We, meanwhile, don’t […]

 Julie Meehan

A Constellation of Problems

A Constellation of Problems

Satellite radio may be the new frontier to programmers south of the border, but try telling that to the CRTC. Or Canadian content watchdogs. Or listeners, for that matter

I’m giggling to the Howard Stern Show on 92.9 JACK FM during my Tuesday morning drive to the School of Journalism at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto. It’s one of Stern’s last programs on the Buffalo station, just before he makes his much-publicized jump to Sirius Satellite Radio. That’s when Canadians living near the U.S. […]