Liberals are blocking journalists from asking Trudeau questions

[Anonymous]

Trudeau has dodged any questioning in this election campaign.



By Candace Malcolm of Sun News Media



What is Justin Trudeau afraid of? For over a week now, the Liberal campaign has gone to ridiculous lengths to try to keep a journalist away from Trudeau and to prevent him from asking tough questions.



The journalist, popular broadcaster Andrew Lawton, now works for True North, a public policy and digital journalism organization I founded, as a journalism fellow. We crowd-funded enough money to pay for a seat on the Liberal media bus, and I sent Lawton on assignment to cover Trudeau on the campaign.



To our surprise, the Liberals blocked Lawton from getting on the media bus and stopped him from entering campaign events with Trudeau.



After Lawton was blocked from entering a second event, the Liberals told us that only "accredited" journalists may join the media bus. They referred us to the Parliamentary Press Gallery (PPG) to get accredited, but the PPG told us they have no jurisdiction over election campaigns — and that they only provide accreditation to Ottawa-area journalists from Ottawa-based media outlets.



Why were foreign media, regional outlets and even student bloggers being let into Liberal events without credentials from the PPG, but not a veteran journalist now with True North?



Could it have something to do with our editorial position, which leans to the right and is critical of Trudeau's government?



Despite the ban, Lawton continued to cover Trudeau on the campaign by booking his own travel and following the Liberal bus to its various events across Canada.



Time and time again, however, the Liberals blocked him from entering the venue — saying he wasn't accredited and wasn't allowed in.



On two separate occasions, the Liberals sent in the police to detain our journalist and prevent him from asking tough questions.



The second time, Lawton got ejected from a public event at a public university — despite the fact he had RSVP'D and received a wristband to enter the venue.



In Canada, our prime minister apparently sends the cops to block journalists he doesn't like. Because it's 2019?



After an uproar on social media, a Liberal campaign boss called Lawton to apologize. But she told him the Liberals would continue to block him from entering campaign events.



Back in 2015 when Trudeau was running for Prime Minister, he made a big deal about the fact that Liberal campaign events were open to everyone — even those who disagreed with him.



This was in contrast to Conservative leader and thenprime minister Stephen Harper who reportedly removed a person from a campaign event because they were not a supporter of the party.



Back then, the mainstream media cared about openness and transparency from party leaders.



This time around, most members of the mainstream media have turned their nose at Lawton and True North. There's been no solidarity for the banned journalist.



Just days before the 2015 election, Trudeau scolded some of his own Liberal supporters for booing journalists during a Liberal rally.



"Hey! We have respect for journalists in this country," Trudeau said to the hecklers behind him. "They ask tough questions and they're supposed to."



As recently as November 2018, Trudeau sung the praises of a free press.



"One of the institutions that is most under stress right now is a free-thinking, independent, rigorous, robust, respected media," said Trudeau, weeks before his government announced a $595-million government bailout for legacy media outlets.



Rather than bribing journalists with taxpayer money, Trudeau could support free-thinking and independent journalists like Lawton and True North by respecting the freedom of the press and our rights as Canadians to access our democratic system.



We shouldn't need to remind Trudeau about this — it's written right into the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

[Anonymous]

I think he's afraid people will ask him about firing strong women who disagree with him, the SNC-Lavalin scandal, repeated racial mockery, running deficits, and the cost of his carbon tax on working families..



Maybe if they promise to only ask for selfies, Justin will accommodate journalists.

[Bricktop]

Unbelievable.



If this happened here, the public outrage would be volcanic.

[Anonymous]

Unbelievable.



If this happened here, the public outrage would be volcanic.

He gets away with things previous prime ministers would have been crucified for.

[Bricktop]

How the hell does he get away with it???

[Anonymous]

How the hell does he get away with it???

Libtard media, including the state owned CBC love him.



Trudeau's platform includes a 27 billion dollar deficit next year. The Liberal platform doesn't include costing for major campaign promises like a national pharmacare program, giving a guaranteed income to new parents that don't qualify for employment insurance and providing flood insurance to people living on flood plains.

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-embarks-of-spendapalooza-to-win-over-voters">https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnis ... ver-voters">https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-embarks-of-spendapalooza-to-win-over-voters

[Anonymous]

How the hell does he get away with it???

Libtard media, including the state owned CBC love him.



Trudeau's platform includes a 27 billion dollar deficit next year. The Liberal platform doesn't include costing for major campaign promises like a national pharmacare program, giving a guaranteed income to new parents that don't qualify for employment insurance and providing flood insurance to people living on flood plains.

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-embarks-of-spendapalooza-to-win-over-voters">https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnis ... ver-voters">https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-embarks-of-spendapalooza-to-win-over-voters

What happened to budgets balancing themselves.

[Gaon]

Justin Trudeau would be incarcerated if he was pm of Israel.

[Anonymous]

How the hell does he get away with it???

He  doesn't even want to participate in leaders debates.

[Anonymous]

How the hell does he get away with it???

He  doesn't even want to participate in leaders debates.

He is a corrupt pathological liar and as phony as a three dollar bill, but the polls show he will be reelected.

[Berry Sweet]

How the hell does he get away with it???

He  doesn't even want to participate in leaders debates.

Seriously? Im behind on the politics, but ive been waiting for these to be aired since the time is coming close.  I see nothing about the elections online.  I won't be voting for the turd.

[Anonymous]

How the hell does he get away with it???

He  doesn't even want to participate in leaders debates.

Seriously? Im behind on the politics, but ive been waiting for these to be aired since the time is coming close.  I see nothing about the elections online.  I won't be voting for the turd.

Nothing seems to stick to Justin..



I watched a Q and A with Andrew Scheer on CBC and a person asked him a loaded question if his party was racist..



Justin Trudeau has insulted minorities many times and they ask Andrew Scheer to prove he's not a racist..



That's CBC for you.

[sasquatch]

How the hell does he get away with it???

Because establishment media is in love with the tinpot dictator to the point they even doxxed the guy who broke the original brownface story.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michael-adamson-blackface-time-statement-1.5300195">https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michae ... -1.5300195">https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/michael-adamson-blackface-time-statement-1.5300195



Hell, Toronto star went SJW rage and posted a higher quality video of trudeau blackface just to prove it was toucans on his shirt and not bananas, but promptly pulled the video when they realized they fucked up. that video was snagged and still online now.



I think that media bus hiting trudeau's plane was a premonition, because that seems to be how it has been going for trudeau. His numbers are falling the more the turd speaks.

[Anonymous]

Are Justin Trudeau's poll numbers falling?



That's not what I'm reading.

[Anonymous]

Some old guy in Quebec told Jagmeet Singh to take off his turban if he wants to be taken seriously in Quebec.