‘This is a big deal for us,’ talks continue over plans for Hill media security screening

New press gallery president Tonda MacCharles says part of her motivation to take on the job was to tackle the challenge of the proposed security screening for reporters.

Parliamentary Press Gallery president Tonda MacCharles, a reporter with The Toronto Star, says she was motivated to take on the job in light of the House of Commons' plans to introduce a security-screening process for new reporters on the Hill, which has raised concerns among gallery members. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 27, 2017

Talks are ongoing between the Parliamentary Press Gallery and House of Commons officials and concerns remain over a proposed security-screening process for new reporters. “We’re still in a fact-finding and a discussion stage,” said Tonda MacCharles, the new president of the Parliamentary Pres...

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