Press “Attitude” Typical: PM

Conservatives should expect “attitude” from a hostile press, then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney warned cabinet in 1985. Secret minutes obtained through Access To Information disclose cabinet members were instructed to “think carefully before speaking” and tape every interaction with reporters: “Have a press aide with a tape recorder to produce transcripts of everything Ministers say.”

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