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👀🇨🇦“The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won't be allowed to travel with leader Pierre #Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming election, ending a decades-old tradition of reporters embedding with a prospective candidate to lead the country.” #Canada

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-reporters-campaign-trail-1.7487068

Conservatives won't allow reporters to travel with Poilievre during upcoming election | CBC News

The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won't be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming election, ending a decades-old tradition of reporters embedding with a prospective candidate to lead the country.

CBC
Mar 18, 2025 at 10:35pmWeb
Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@Snowshadow
Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025

2/ "The Liberals and NDP told media outlets they will allow journalists to travel with their leaders.

"Why does Poilievre's team feel like they need to hide him from the media and Canadians in the next federal election? He's the wrong choice at the wrong time," a Liberal Party spot told CBC News"

Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025

3/ "Poilievre has had a fractious relationship with some media outlets, including CBC News, and has denounced some of the journalists that make up the Parliamentary Press Gallery.

He has vowed to defund CBC, if elected."

Show threadOregon Wine WomanMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff
Interesting.
Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@NorCalWineLady Trumpy.
Show threadOregon Wine WomanMar 19, 2025
@GottaLaff
Ha!
Show threadLaffyMar 19, 2025
@NorCalWineLady But true. I'm terrified about it
Show threadJoe ❌👑Mar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff Seems he wants to remind everyone that he is Trump-lite.
Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@not2b I hope it's just "lite"
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff USA is I hope providing a cautionary example for us to stay away from.
Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@JoBlakely I hope Canada is paying attention, really paying attention, to who PP is
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff same.
Show thread@[email protected] has moved.Mar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff Unfortunately, many young Canadian men seem to really like him. @JoBlakely
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMar 18, 2025
@feisty_lemming @GottaLaff of course they do. And many are being groomed & recruited like an army. Like PP himself really.
Show threadStacey Cornelius 🇨🇦Mar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff I don't know if the CPC fully understands how many communities depend on CBC Radio. Not sure about TV, but radio is important.
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMar 18, 2025
@StaceyCornelius @GottaLaff it’s literally the only free tv entertainment available if you are poor and it’s got great content that is heavy on Canadian culture. You’d think it representing Canada so well he’d appreciate it, celebrate it. But he hates it *because* it’s full of diversity and representation.
Show threadStacey Cornelius 🇨🇦Mar 18, 2025
@JoBlakely I continue to be amazed at what they can accomplish in spite of their budget being cut, year after year.
Show threadStephen Rees Mar 18, 2025

@JoBlakely @StaceyCornelius @GottaLaff

There are also other public tv stations such as Knowledge Network in BC, TVO in Ontario which are also free, but depend on support by viewers - a lot like PBS in the US

Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMar 18, 2025
@StephenRees @StaceyCornelius @GottaLaff
I totally forgot about tvo. Used to be a fan of Steve Paikin. Will add that to my list. Will check out knowledge network too. Thank you so much!
Show threadStacey Cornelius 🇨🇦Mar 18, 2025
@JoBlakely Have you caught Saint-Pierre? I liked it a lot. I hope they can do a second season.
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMar 18, 2025
@StaceyCornelius
No. I am not a fan of crime dramas…but I know many are.
I loved Dinosaur though recently and the Best in miniature, and almost all the British shows, Catastrophe…
Going to watch Small Acheivable Goals next I think. Hope it’s good.
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMar 18, 2025
@StaceyCornelius Paul O’Grady’s For The Love Of Dogs got me through a good chunk of lockdown. What a balm.
Show threadStacey Cornelius 🇨🇦Mar 18, 2025
@JoBlakely Oh I haven't seen that one. I'm glad to have Bake Off back.
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceMar 18, 2025
@StaceyCornelius it’s so good. I love Escape to the chateau & the DIY one too. And I enjoyed both of Tiny Tempah’s shows extraordinary portraits and extraordinary extensions.
So many great shows really. Always able to find something I want to watch. Which is more than I can say for most of the big name platforms.
Show threadGordon J HoltslanderMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff It’s time for Poilievre to be called the political coward he is. “Conservatives will offer a party-controlled "feed" of Poilievre's announcements. -> If I don’t win, I’m taking my ball .. #cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservative-reporters-campaign-trail-1.7487068
Conservatives won't allow reporters to travel with Poilievre during upcoming election | CBC News

The Conservative national campaign director told media outlets Tuesday their journalists won't be allowed to travel with leader Pierre Poilievre on his campaign plane and bus during the upcoming election, ending a decades-old tradition of reporters embedding with a prospective candidate to lead the country.

CBC
Show threadEhay2kMar 19, 2025

@pinhman @GottaLaff

YES YES YES!! This is the way to defeat fascists: expose them as weak. Their followers believe the #fascist leaders are strong - it's their main attraction. Take that away, and they lose their power.

Show threadcaitpMar 19, 2025

@GottaLaff generous take: he's just such an uncharismatic dweeb that it's a tactical choice to keep eyes off him

more realistic take: he's got skellies in his closet and doesn't have the boastful charisma that certain people south of the border have which enables them to carry a cult of personality with strong support despite being an unqualified and likely compromised idiot

Show threadFenix🔥 Resistance Starts NOWMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff Sounds familiar
Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@Fenix Right?
Show threadEdgeMar 18, 2025

@GottaLaff

Jesus. Canada, aren't you paying attention down here?

Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@czarbucks I ask that every day
Show threadEdgeMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff 🙂 At least you can watch it up close (or at a distance, depending on how you look at it)
Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@czarbucks Sort of. I guess.
Show threadLiam EganMar 18, 2025

@GottaLaff

Give him what he wants - no coverage. This is trump-lite kind of stuff that doesn't work in a huge part of Canada. So, just don't cover him or report what he is doing.

#HowDoYouLikeThemApples
#PP
#NeverVoteConservative

Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@LiamEgan He's going to get local coverage.
Show threadsamiamsamMar 18, 2025

@GottaLaff

male fragility

white male fragility

Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@samiamsam Mark Carney is a white male. He's not fragile like PP is.
Show threadsamiamsamMar 18, 2025

@GottaLaff

true

i was referring to maple maga and US maga fragile white dudes

i should have clarified

Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@samiamsam Ahhh, indeed.
Show threadChristopher GriffithsMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff Poor little snowflake. Can’t stand potential scrutiny. In exchange, how about a media blackout on all of his events?
Show threadRadiojaneMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff He's such a coward.
Show threadLaffyMar 18, 2025
@Radiojane Fact check: True
Show threadGGMar 18, 2025

@GottaLaff "She [Jenni Byrne] said the Conservative party would "like to assure you that this campaign will be one of the most accessible and transparent campaigns in recent memory."

lol
Jenni is Canada's Karoline Leavitt

Show threadDaniel AJ SokolovMar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff In the #Yukon, the #Conservative Party excluded #journalists from witnessing the #election of their candidate. How can we #trust these people?
Show threadSergioMar 18, 2025
@newstik @GottaLaff Oh oh oh, i know the answer to this one, YOU CAN"T
Show threadGramshelper🇨🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦😷Mar 18, 2025
@GottaLaff they should just not cover his campaign.
Show threadJokerMar 19, 2025
@GottaLaff Is he shy or scared?
Show threadLaffyMar 19, 2025
@kleb He's Trumpy. Scared.