In many ways, Pierre Poilievre’s relationship with Ottawa’s Parliamentary Press Gallery is a tired tale, ripped straight from the dog-eared Conservative playbook which demands that Ottawa reporters be treated as enemies.
Liberals and New Democrats also occasionally borrow from that playbook, but the Conservative belief that anyone who asks them a tough question in an Ottawa media availability is an elitist, biased agent of liberalism is deeply-ingrained.
Because it’s true.
