Once a wild and important night, Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner now a much more scripted evening, not as impactful

The press gallery dinner was once one of the most important nights in political Ottawa. Not anymore, say some veteran Hill reporters. But there is hope.

p. 18, main cutline: The Press Gallery Dinner, pictured June 19, 2023, at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. ’There is no doubt that in some ways [the event] has diminished in the last maybe decade or so,’ says Parliamentary Press Gallery president Mia Rabson. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

April 1, 2024

Once a raucous, marquee event, the annual Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner, which will be held on April 13 inside the beautiful Sir John A. Macdonald Building for the first time in its storied history, has morphed over generations into a more tame and scripted affair. It's...

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