 Peter Mansbridge. (MICHAEL PEAKE/QMI Agency)
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OTTAWA - The mystery of Peter Mansbridge's chair has been solved.
Mansbridge, the chief anchor for CBC Television's The National news program, used to sit to deliver the news, but a set redesign in the fall of 2009 has changed that forever. Now Mansbridge stands to deliver the news.
The change caused much consternation among fans of The National and had many asking, “What happened to Peter's chair?”
A QMI Agency query to CBC asking the whereabouts of the chair didn't turn up the answers many had hoped for. An official e-mail from the state broadcaster said that chairs were not itemized because they are usually of low value.
The story generated much discussion online, especially on social media tool Twitter, the place where the mystery was finally solved.
“Investigation reveals chair was donated for a silent auction in January
2011,” tweeted CBC's Leslie Stojsic, who produces the At Issue Panel and Mansbridge One on One.
Stojsic later tweeted that Mansbridge's chair will be auctioned off early next year to support general-interest magazine The Walrus, which is published out of Toronto.
