One of our forum/facebook members posted an excellent blog article here:
Puleen Patel Blog Archive Attention Rogers HTC Magic / Dream Users
Check @RogersMary's response in the comments section. She is parroting the line that Rogers can't offer the upgrade because HTC won't make it.
She either doesn't understand that we know 1.6 exists and it just has to be customized for Rogers (at Roger's request) or she is willfully playing the cover-up game and toeing the Rogers party line.
This web site:
http://techblips.dailyradar.com/story/rogers-htc-dream-and-magic-to-be-deprived-of-donut/ now shows up on page 1 of a google search for the terms "Rogers Magic"
Results for a search of "Rogers 1.6" are almost all us.
We have one result for this forum with the terms "Rogers Android"