The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has taken every possible opportunity in recent weeks to report on the impending marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, a subject that doesn't affect Canadians in any significant way and most Canadians don't really care about.
Canada's state media apparatus has always been somewhat out of touch with what Canadians are interested in, but their recent obsession with British Royalty has been particularly uninteresting. Lately I've started changing the channel over to CTV whenever the a "Royal Engagement" segment comes on.
The above graphic was meant to illustrate the convoluted and mostly meaningless way that the wedding is relevant to Canadians, but I'm not sure I really got the message across.
I did come across one interesting story on the CBC website while I was researching this post. Apparently, some British parliamentarians are considering amending succession laws so that a daughter born to William and Kate would have a place in the line of succession. If Britain made this change and Canada didn't, then Canada could technically recognize a different person as "King of Canada" while his older sister would be "Queen of Britain." Hilarious.
what time is cbc starting the coverage of the wedding
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