The journalist and former editor-in-chief of Maclean’s Robert Lewis discusses his new book Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill (Dundurn, 2018), with Joseph Planta.

Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill by Robert Lewis (Dundurn, 2018). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Power, Prime Ministers and the Press

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

The veteran journalist Robert Lewis joins me now. He’s just written a new book, Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill. It is a remarkable history of the people who have covered Canada’s politicians. The Parliament Hill press gallery has covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections over the past 150 years, and through the archives and other books, as well as Mr. Lewis’s own interviews, we get a sense of the reporters who have watched government, some who got too close to power, as well as those who chronicled the moments in history that have shaped the country. I’ll ask Robert Lewis about his own time in journalism, as well as those he found the most fascinating as he wrote this book, some he knew well and was friends with. Robert Lewis was a parliamentary correspondent for twelve years, and was the editor-in-chief of Maclean’s for seven years. The website for more is at www.boblewis.ca. He lives in Toronto where he joins me from now. The book is published by Dundurn. It has recently been longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Bob Lewis; Mr. Lewis, good morning.

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