Mind over matter politics

The pols don't mind because Cochrane, Rosie, and the rest don't matter

Canadian editors after reading Jenni Byrne’s email about election campaign coverage. (not exactly as illustrated)

Herbert Carter, the stuffy editor of the New York Inquirer when Charlie Kane bought it, was not half as indignant as the editors and writers in newsrooms in Ottawa and Toronto when Jenni Byrne told them that the Conservatives would not be dragging the Ottawa press gallery around on the leader’s tour this election.

This column on Election 2025 links an episode before the campaign with more recent developments. It’s a subscribers-only feature. Click the link to get access to the rest of this column and the full archive.