From Bill Harris of Sun Media:

• Rick Mercer bears it all
  “Awww, is that ever cute! Just to be clear, we’re talking about the bear cubs that make a guest-starring appearance tonight on CBC’s The Rick Mercer Report, rather than Rick Mercer himself. But hey, Mercer has his cute moments, too.” Read more.

From Joel Rubinoff at the Toronto Star:

• Rick Mercer, Canada’s comedic institution
  “A 39-year-old comedy maverick whose weekly cross-country jaunts embrace the quirky and capricious on The Rick Mercer Report (8 o’clock tonight on CBC), the sharp-witted Newfoundland native is defiantly Canadian in all the right ways, a cross-border Conan O’Brien – crossed with Jon Stewart – who draws irreverent inspiration from the days when a scathing political barb could generate more heated reaction than all the mate-swapping reality bachelors in the world.” Read more.