The debate over Canada joining Eurovision is missing the bigger story

On Canada's national day of 1 July, they were announced as the debut country for Eurovision 2027. The announcement, of course, drew plenty of debate about whether they should be in the Contest. However, in that discussion, very few have been talking about how the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) rewrote its own rulebook to make it happen. Just days before confirming Canada as a Eurovision participant, it approved new membership rules and admitted CBC/Radio-Canada as a Full Member. So the...