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A: I think he was a good Canadian. Just on a
practical level I think he enjoyed living in Toronto
and teaching at the University of Toronto, and I
think that a lot of his examples and associations
were Canadian examples. I think particularly his
view of American television, through in a sense the
Buffalo filter, was very important to understand.
His understanding of the global village I’m sure
begins with crime reports from Tonawanda—he
got that kind of knight’s move distance from the
American media that all Canadians, or all thinking
Canadians automatically get or used to get when
they tuned in, and I think that’s actually a crucial
element.