a forum of thoughts and rants on what canada is (or isn't) from the inside and out. http://www.canadiancontent.ca/ Bill Casselman is a veteran of print, radio and television, working for the CBC (radio & TV), Maclean's, the Vancouver Courier, among others. He's been a writer, editor, and broadcaster in various capacities. And a sometime actor. As Bill notes, "The curriculum of my vitae zigzags in a most uncool pattern." Over the past decade he's turned books on language into a cottage industry, with various texts on Canadian sayings finding a wide audience. Bill began the interview with a warning: "I give terse answers. So you'll need lots questions." He's either a liar or thankfully doesn't know the meaning of terse. Bill currently lives in Ontario, when he's not in Italy. http://www.canadiancontent.ca/interviews/091604casselman.html "I began our conversation by saying that I was a little intimidated to be asking him questions. He responded "Oh you mean because I am in the business." No, I felt like saying, because you're bloody Pierre Berton who has probably asked every question and heard every response..." http://www.canadiancontent.ca/articles/072304berton.html "Cynicism is easy. Optimism is hard. Some people have it throughout their lives. Because Barbara E. Mercer has it she showed her Canadian Icons series of portraits at the Florence Biennale (Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea) last December at age 70..." http://www.canadiancontent.ca/articles/072304mercer.html review of the book http://www.canadiancontent.ca/books/050104stoneboat.html review of the book http://www.canadiancontent.ca/books/050104bronte.html review of the film http://www.canadiancontent.ca/film/050104parking.html