Western Standard - April 10, 2026


CBC reporter erupts after being denied question at Poilievre presser


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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

137.22287

Word count

196

Sentence count

16


Summary

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I was first in line to ask a question, and you intentionally refused to let me ask my question. I don t understand why you would do that. I was just polite, and I was respectful. Why is that a problem?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Did you intentionally refuse to take my question?
00:00:04.000 Yes, you did.
00:00:05.000 Did anybody see that?
00:00:07.000 We all saw that.
00:00:08.000 You intentionally refused to take my question.
00:00:11.000 You don't even know what my question was.
00:00:13.000 Was that a direction from Mr. Polyev or was that your own?
00:00:18.000 No, there's clearly a direction.
00:00:20.000 You refused to let me ask a question because I work for the CDC.
00:00:24.000 Why is that?
00:00:26.000 Then why didn't you let me ask my question?
00:00:28.000 I was first in line, I kept telling you I'd like to ask a question, and you intentionally went around me.
00:00:36.000 Maybe you can tell me why you would not ask a question.
00:00:40.000 Are you picking and choosing which outlets are allowed to ask a question?
00:00:48.000 I lined up, I followed your rules, and then I asked you if I could ask a question.
00:00:52.000 I was just polite, and I was respectful, and I had a very respectful question, and I don't understand, I am shocked.
00:01:11.400 Thank you, thank you.
00:01:14.100 I'm so frustrated. This has never happened to me.
00:01:18.700 I didn't want to talk to you. I wanted to ask the leader of the Conservative Party a question.