Celebrated columnist and boulevardier Allan Fotheringham called the "Just A Minute" trilogy the "best bathroom books" ever published. According to the peripatetic Mr. Fotheringham the chorus of Canadians exclaiming "I didn't know that" from behind closed doors can be heard from coast to coast.
Reportage on the just finished, July 2015, Pan-American Games in Toronto aside Canadians have rarely been noted as being bullish on Canada or blowing their own horns. Marsha Boulton's three books in this series feature historical vignettes of Canadian events, accomplishments, and people who should be famous but remain unknown to most Canadians. These “Canadian Minutes” first aired on CBC Radio.