Peter Howell

Fred Moffatt Dept: The Literary Review of Canada recently asked readers to respond with short essays to the question: Does labelling something Canadian an idea or, say, a cultural product mean it is doomed to fail? Finalists, including the writer, were invited to appear April 13 at the inaugural Spur Festival in a panel, hosted by Star film critic Peter Howell, titled Strictly Canadian = Doomed to Fail? , according to The Star. When I was a kid, my parents owned one true Canadian innovation: a Canadian General Electric kettle, model K42. Developed by industrial designer Fred Moffatt, the K42 was a fixture in Canadian households throughout the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Moffatt got the idea for the domed shape from a soldier who used the casing of a broken car headlight to boil water and (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.