I covered the Liberals’ Laurier Club appreciation night, and didn’t even get to keep the lanyard

One year in, the Liberal Party's media protocols around fundraisers and donor appreciation events still aren't very transparent, writes Emily Haws.

This picture is from the 2017 Liberal Laurier Club appreciation event, but it essentially looked the same this year. Media were allowed into the main room for approximately 30 minutes of an entire evening. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY EMILY HAWS

June 25, 2018

So there I was—a new(ish) Hill reporter, standing around with five or six other photographers and cameramen on June 18 at the War Museum at the Liberal Party's Laurier Club Summer Reception and Garden Party. The massive orange media sign—which I’m told is standard procedure, although it was ab...

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