Putting it together required Mercer to review 15 years worth of community visits and rants and again consider that age-old question of what it means to be Canadian. But it’s a fun night of standup and storytelling and clips.” I sometimes switch it up depending on where I am because certain stories resonate with certain communities because they might be stories about their communities for example. And I tell stories about different things that happen on the road, which is also the theme of the book. That’s been a bit of a pet project of mine for the last 15 years so I talk about that. But I also wanted to figure out what it means to be a Canadian.
“When I started, the mandate was to celebrate the country and I think we did that very well. “I covered the country in a way that most people have never had the opportunity to cover the country,” says Mercer, who received a lifetime achievement award at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards last week. Mercer disagreed and, after 15 years covering the country, he came to the realization that Canadians were living vicariously through his travels. Initially, some producers urged him to stick to the big cities as a way to punch up his viewership. (Patrick Doyle) Photo by Patrick Doyle / OTTĬanada: Coast to Coast to Coast is a result of Mercer’s 15 years on the road for his nationwide reports, where he travelled from big cities to small communities putting a spotlight on the quirks of our various regions. I find it hard when people seem to relish those kind of things instead of bemoaning the fact that that’s on the horizon.” Comedian Rick Mercer, recipient of a Lifetime Artistic Achievement award, poses for a photo after arriving on the red carpet at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on April 26, 2019. The federal election that is on the horizon, some people seem to relish in speculating that this could be the nastiest election in Canadian history. Your election was extremely vitriolic and the Ontario election was extremely vitriolic. It’s not a very pleasant world right now. I was paying attention to it at all times. I was up to my neck in that stuff at all times. When I had the show, I was fully immersed. “I don’t know if this is just me because I stepped outside the bubble, but I feel like the vitriol that is getting thrown around now is so intense that I honestly don’t miss bathing in that. “I’ve certainly enjoyed the break,” he says. On the other hand, the native Newfoundlander admits there are other times when he is more than happy to be out of the fray. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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