I'm gobsmacked by your last paragraph! There is no place in a "national" (self proclaimed) newspaper for an article examining the effect of homegrown literature on the world?! Seriously? Whether or not a lot of people are interested, there must be a place in the mainstream media for less popular culture. (BTW, the article includes popular novels such as Linwood Barclay's.)

Now, please do a word count of all the writings on the Blue Jays or the Leafs (pick one). Compare it to a word count of all the writing on Canadian literature in the same paper. This article does not even *begin* to address the imbalance.

When there is a daily literature section of the paper, come back and make your argument.