Dear independent journalists, I’m thrilled to announce that I am resuming my presidency of the Independent Press Gallery of Canada. We founded this organization four years ago when it was clear that independent journalists and outlets were being excluded from the national conversation – and literally prevented from doing our jobs. In the last four years, … Read more
The Independent Press Gallery of Canada is shocked to see a working journalist arrested for assaulting a police officer in spite of video evidence showing no such thing. Rebel News journalist David Menzies was attempting to question Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on her way into a Richmond Hill event when he was arrested by … Read more
[Delivered to the leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition of Alberta by mail and email] April 19, 2023 Dear Rachel Notley, On Monday, April 17, security contractors hired by the Alberta NDP removed two journalists from your press conference: Keean Bexte from The Counter Signal and Alex Dhaliwal from Rebel News. At the same conference, … Read more
Regretfully, the Independent Press Gallery of Canada has had to cancel its planned Conservative leadership debate due to an insufficient number of candidates participating. Our goal in hosting this debate was to give candidates the opportunity to address the important issues facing Canadians that are overlooked, ignored or misconstrued by the legacy media and in … Read more
The Independent Press Gallery of Canada (IPG) will host a debate between Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidates on May 30, 2022. The debate will be held on Monday May 30th from 7pm to 9pm in the P.C. Ho Theatre at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, located at 5183 Sheppard Avenue East in … Read more
The Independent Press Gallery of Canada (IPG) was disturbed to learn that the Parliamentary Press Gallery (PPG) met secretly to discuss accrediting the propaganda arm of China’s genocidal government – the Xinhua News Agency. As first reported by the independent media outlet Blacklock’s Reporter, the federal gallery’s media directors discussed whether to give the communist … Read more
The Independent Press Gallery of Canada (IPG) has submitted its feedback to a Department of Canadian Heritage plan on regulating social media and harmful online content. In the submission, IPG President Candice Malcolm responded to a technical paper and discussion guide put forward by the federal Digital Citizen Initiative earlier this year. Malcolm outlined the … Read more
The Independent Press Gallery of Canada (IPG) condemns the arrest of Rebel News reporter David Menzies by Peel Regional Police in the strongest possible terms. On September 2, 2020, Menzies was questioned and detained by police while on a public sidewalk outside of the Brampton Earnscliffe Recreation Centre.Menzies was simply there to report on Mayor … Read more