Why are people surprised??? This is all aligned to the Diversity & Inclusion megaplan to reduce everything to an equal and common 'average' denominator. This is the same thing as diversity hiring practices in the workplace - hiring for diversity not competency. So it should apply equally for everything else. We shouldn't be surprised that our society now demands we average out the diversity of our literature. Why go for the best when you can have the most diverse! Shakespeare doesn't represent the diversity of this nation. Yes arguably he is the best candidate for some of the best literature ever written but so what? He is a white male. And he's dead. None of these parameters clearly define the diverse reality of our Nation. It's time to accurately depict the true nature of our country... it's time we average down our collective Canadian intellect. Let other Nations lead, we are fully vested in our mediocrity.