Canada AM
February 25, 2008
Monday 25 February 2008 on CTV

No Country For Old Men took home multiple Oscars, but Canadians were shut out of the 80th Academy Awards; members of Parliament return to the House of Commons today and will debate extending Canada's role in Afghanistan; Karlheinz Schreiber will be back before the House ethics committee today,...

Ben proposed to his girlfriend, fashion stylist Jessica Brownstein, on December 28, 2007, while the two were eating lunch at Nick's deli in Montreal. (edit) Ben Mulroney hosted the 'Me To We' conference held in Toronto on weekend of October 19 - 21, 2007. This conference was initiated by the Kielburger brothers (Craig and Marc) who started 'Free the Children', a non-profit organization. (edit) On May 9, 2007, Ben participated in McHappy Day, working the drive-thru window at the McCowan & Finch McDonald's in Toronto, to help various charities. (edit) In November, 2006, Ben was voted the Number 1 TV Entertainment Reporter in the Toronto Sun's 13th Annual Readers' Choice Awards. (edit) On October 21, 2006, Ben left for Malawi on a UNICEF Field Trip to document how that foundation is assisting in building schools, furthering education and helping with AIDS education. (edit)

(about his role on "Canadian Idol")
Ben: This show is first and foremost about the singers, and then about the judges, and maybe if we're lucky after that, and we have time, it should be about the host. (edit) (on his "boy-next-door" good looks)
Ben: I am accessible, but I didn't live next door. I lived next door to the French embassy, so when [the press] say that, it's a compliment. It means I'm slightly more grounded than they expected.that means I was raised well, and I don't take myself to seriously, and I shouldn't. (edit) (on conducting "Red Carpet" interviews)
Ben: You get a plot of land the size of postage stamp and you’ve got to have useless information in your head. You have to know how to cut a star short [during a conversation] because there’s a bigger one next to them. It’s all a blur the next day, so you hope that the bosses like it. (edit) (on his son's fame)
Brian Mulroney: I went out to lunch with a colleague today and I was inundated on the street. It was like an election campaign, except I'm no longer Prime Minister Mulroney. I'm now Ben's father, and that pleases me no end. (edit) (on using his family name to get ahead)
Ben: Of course the name gives me an edge. And anyone who says that's wrong is an idiot. Everyone uses the edges they're given. If they don't want to use their edge then fine, I'll use mine to get ahead of them. (edit)

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