By Sarah Lazarovic

Why wasn’t Dan Ackroyd CBC’s ‘Greatest Canadian?’ The network’s exercise in garish anointment (rightly) gave us Tommy Douglas as Prime Time star for the evening, but Dan’s got the charisma and the c.v. too! Gawker‘s Scoop gives us the lowdown on Ackroyd’s rampant America-hating, and just in time for the commander-in-chief’s visit to Dan’s home turf too. All this Krankery is, in TOist’s opinion, perfect pr for Ackroyd’s cranky new film, though Ms. Scoop doesn’t think so. Dan’s in the finest form we’ve seen since The Great Outdoors.