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A double shot of Poilievre at the 2025 Press Gallery Dinner

The ‘real’ Conservative leader finally shows up, New Democrat Don Davies dubbed comedy king, Hélène Buzzetti wins the 2025 Charles Lynch Award, and Shared Bylines splits $5,000.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre roasts and toasts the Parliamentary Press Gallery for keeping all of those pesky 'anonymous sources' employed while attending his first PPG gala dinner as party leader in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building ballroom on Nov. 29.Screenshot courtesy of X

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BY STUART BENSON

December 1, 2025

After skipping the annual Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner for the past three years, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made up for at least one of those absences by attending twice last weekend alongside hundreds of parliamentarians, diplomats, and asso...

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