I personally like the Team Canada addition. It does three things: 1) gives teams an additional reason to want to win the Brier, 2) gives an assurance that there will be at least one well known team at the Brier, and 3) lets provinces like Alberta who are super strong to have a chance to have two representatives at the Brier. With Ferbey and Martin, it was almost impossible to come out of Alberta and I think it encouraged good curlers to curl in provinces where they had a better chance.
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