Wait a sec --
Yes - this "ideation project" isn't riveting, but...
yesterday on CBC radio they interviewed a woman who literally said "objects are important to us, even animals collect objects".  I'm not kidding (Radio 1, just after lunch).  So let's be clear: plenty of ho-hum material on CBC everyday.  

Q was never really an important show, so if he's doing bland stuff now I don't see that as some "descent" from some erstwhile greatness.   Poking holes in his current work just looks like opportunistic schadenfreude.