T.O.’s CityTV Shuts Down Speaker’s Corner

A Toronto TV station is pulling the plug on the city’s Speaker’s Corner, a street-corner video booth where, for the last 20 years, anyone could step in and rant on camera, with select commentaries airing on the channel. Everyone from Prime Minister Jean Chretien to the Barenaked Ladies (the band, not actual naked ladies) has utilized the corner’s unique public access.