Forget Blame Canada, the song should be changed to Blame the Leafs.

According to the Canadian Press, CBC shows that were cancelled this week – including “MVP,” “Intelligence,” and “jPod” – were told if the Leafs did not make the playoffs, the shows would not be renewed due to lack of revenue from advertising dollars.

“It’s just another good reason to hate the Leafs,” Mary Young Leckie, creator of “MVP,” told CP.

Leckie said she was told by the CBC in February if the Leafs did not make the playoffs, the CBC would face $10-million in cuts to arts and entertainment programming.

“Maybe the on-air product was not very good,” Peddie said yesterday. “Maybe they shouldn’t be blaming us. As for the other shows, you should ask the CBC,” Richard Peddie, president of the Maple Leafs’ parent company, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, told the Toronto Sun.

A CBC spokesperson maintains the shows were cancelled due to their audience, not because the Leafs will most likely not be making the playoffs for the third straight year.






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