Rob Russo

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1,284 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · Dueling Videos -- Carney and Poilievre Take Their Battle To YouTube · 21 Apr 2026 podcast

And as a reporter, I'm not sure I like that.

It may be an effective method of communication, but I think that it's a way of going over the heads and around the people who are supposed to be asking pointed and pesky questions that he might not always like, and clearly he doesn't like at times.

And I think that those of us who are still scribblers and babblers and standing in the place of taxpayers should continue to petition for the right to ask those questions at times that are pointed, that are polite, but persistent.

And I think we need to make note of that.

I would say it could be better.

You're never going to hear someone like me complain that we have too much access to the PM.

And they certainly are mindful of overexposure.

But that's their problem and not mine.

I think he's probably accessible once or twice a week.

And as Althea says, we prefer backdrops.

Backdrops that he would prefer.

The trip that I was on to China, Qatar and Davos, there were two or three days when he was not available.

And I think there was some legitimate grumbling by reporters about that.

There might not be a preferred list in the way Stephen Harper used to do it, but it's in effect reporters agree among themselves that, OK, we only got 20 minutes.

So you didn't get a question this time.

So last time, so you're going to get one this time.

And because time is limited, often there is discussion about making sure that we cover all the bases and ask pertinent questions across a broad spectrum in a way that tries to give everybody a chance.

So there's not an overabundance or even an abundance of time sometimes to ask the Prime Minister's questions and reporters are mindful of that as well.

Oh, well, with Poiliev during the campaign, I went to one of his campaign stops and there was very, very little access in comparison, I would say.

He made sure the local reporter always got a question.

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