‘Tedium and tiredness’ setting in on Trudeau’s daily press conferences, PM should consider cutting them down, say political players

'It might be sensible to consider a more intermittent or ad hoc process’ for making COVID-19-related announcements in the coming weeks and months, says pollster Frank Graves.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 29, 2020, has been holding almost daily press conferences about COVID-19 since mid-March. Now, some political insiders are saying that 'tedium and tiredness' is setting in for these daily media availabilities.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

June 8, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s almost daily press conferences were very valuable and useful in the early weeks of COVID-19, but he should now consider holding them only when he has something important to announce, or run the risk of overexposure. “There is the issue of overexposure, I don't th...

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