ABSTRACT
On the weekend of October 20-21, more concerts ensued in the United States: The Concert for New York City, United We Stand , and Country Freedom Concert brought together millions of viewers in an attempt to raise funds, bind together again a wounded — and still bleeding — American community. That same weekend, on the other side of the 49th parallel, millions of Canadians were watching Music Without Borders: Live, a benefit concert held in Toronto, Ontario. Unlike the earlier concerts that raised money for American victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this concert was held as a benefit for Afghani refugees. Pegley argues alongside Miller and other scholars of Canadian television that this is part of the reluctance of Canadians to worship celebrity: Canadians have never been very comfortable elevating our popular celebrities, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), in particular, has repeatedly refused to create a star system to compete with the United States.
