Reflections from the Writers' Room: "He Rode a Blais-sing Saddle!"

By DENIS MCGRATH

(Notes on a Very Silly CRTC Dustup)Did you hear the one where a six-figure-earning chair of the CRTC hijacked his own hearing to go after some guy who hurt his feelings on “The Twitter?”In the world of content creation it wasn’t the most important twist to come out of the group license renewal hearing last week, but it sure was the most surprising.Here’s what happened at the end of the Writers Guild of Canada executive director Maureen Parker’s thoroughly-researched presentation to CRTC chair Jean-Pierre Blais, on November 30:THE CHAIRPERSON: Ms. Parker, we’ve known each other for a while. And, you...