Poilievre's 'adversarial' media strategy 'concerning' for democracy, but unlikely to change as long as it keeps working: Hill observers, bychelseanash cdnpoli (subs)
New Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre only took two questions from reporters at his first media availability as leader on Sept. 14, but only did so after Global News reporter David Akin interrupted his statement to ask why he planned to take no questions—something Akin later apologized for having done.
New Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s strategy to avoid taking questions from traditional media and make adversaries out of legacy media journalists makes him “impervious” to questions, which is “corrosive” and “concerning” for democracy, observers say.Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper.