Contrarian reader Michael Colborne points out that NDP leader Tom Mulcair's boycott of CBC Radio's English service, if that's what it was, ended tonight with an interview on As It Happens. He sounds like a guy who can take on Harper successfully. To do that, he'd be wise to avoid peevish boycotts in future (and that's advice from someone who'd love to see him succeed)....

Contrarian reader PC responds to our annoyance at our future king's mispronunciation of the name of Canada's 10th province: I am more troubled by the many Canadians west of the Atlantic Provinces who use the same mispronunciation, including Carol Off on As It Happens just a few nights ago.  How can someone who works for the CBC, where every national program announcement finishes with "half an hour later in ...