Poilievre’s testy exchanges with Hill reporters ‘a tactic to appeal to a certain group,’ says veteran journalist McGregor, calling targeting of individuals ‘inappropriate’

Conservative pundit Yaroslav Baran says 'it is a legitimate policy perspective to say that if we want to protect the integrity of a free press, there's got to be a better business case then state subsidies to news organizations.'
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre likes to go after individual reporters on the Hill which plays well to his base.

When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre held a press appearance on Feb. 12 in the West Block foyer outside of Question Period, he got into a testy exchange with Canadian Press reporter Mickey Djuric. It's something which veteran freelance journalist Glen McGregor says is p...

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