Prime Minister won battle with Parliament Hill media: Sears

But CP, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, CBC, TVA and Le Devoir refuse to go on PMO's list in protest.

In a predictable but "unfortunate precedent," Prime Minister Stephen Harper has won the battle with the Parliamentary Press Gallery for control of news conferences, says Robin Sears, a close observer of federal politics and principal at Navigator Ltd., a strategic consulting firm.

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