It appears as though the CBC may not have anticipated the hacking of social networking when they utilized Facebook to ask Canadians to post their hopes for the future of the country. In this post launching the experiment "The Great Canadian Wish List", the following statement was made "My PERSONAL wish is that people will go a little crazy with this thing, a la John A. MacDonald. They’ll take this opportunity to make wishes that push the limits of our collective comfort zone." As of Wednesday the Globe and Mail reported the top 5 wishes as:
- Abolish Abortion in Canada
- I wish that Canada would remain pro-choice
- For a spiritual revival in our nation
- Restore the Traditional Definition of Marriage
- I wish tuition fees would be either lowered or eliminated
Definitely some hot topics here that may just push people to the limits of our collective comfort zones, but the problem is Facebook has experienced an issue keeping count of voting. Will we ever truly know the wishes of Canadians? I think that's what elections are all about!
