I don't care who they select but I care about the selection criteria.

Called me old fashioned, but I think the news should be imparted by someone who is more than a pretty face with a nice voice. He/she should have the education, experience and knowledge of the news landscape over decades of writing or reporting on it that instills credibility.

Choosing an announcer based on how he called your flight number says more about the culture at CBC than it does about Mansbridge. 

Select a candidate who stands as a counterpoint to what the ratings chasing private media have on offer. I say that while watching a few minutes of the Morning show that replaced Canada AM. It has as much credibility as an episode of Charlie's Angels with an equal abundance of make-up and plastic thirty-something personalities consumed by their own inflated value to society.