harper won't face the media

What’s Stephen Harper Got to Hide?
January 21, 2006
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Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is refusing to do formal question and answer periods with the media.

Mr. Harper has joined his candidates in hiding from the media as explained by Carolyn Dunn of the CBC this morning.

“Unfortunately we're not going to be able to ask Stephen Harper any questions directly today because there is no media availability on his campaign today. And what we're being told is that we may or may not get an informal scrum on the plane…which we don't expect to fly until tomorrow so you'll get a lot of his messaging through his speeches like the one we just heard, but not a big likelihood of questions going to him in these last couple of days of the campaign.”

Mr. Harper’s spokesperson, Carolyn Stewart Olsen, said Harper no longer has time for formal question-and-answer periods.

THE FACTS

Faced with daily revelations of his extreme conservative agenda, Mr. Harper is refusing to meet with the media in a bid to avoid further exposure of his radical right-wing policies.

Mr. Harper has spent the week muzzling the socially conservative views of his candidates and has now taken the final step of muzzling himself.

This, despite the Conservative leader having vowed an open and accountable government will be one of his priorities if he becomes Prime Minister.

Canadians should ask themselves, is this a sign of things to come?