At some future point, historians will need to judge precisely when the free press died in Canada. And while historians are rarely able to identify the exact moment of an institution’s death, this past week is in with a strong shot.
Not that you’d know it. The much-vaunted “free press” certainly isn’t saying much about its own demise. The mighty Parliamentary Press Gallery, a not-infrequent thorn in my side when I was director of communications to Stephen Harper, has been quiet as a mouse. Strike that. The gallery is the dog that isn’t barking.
