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PMO staffer Alex Robinson, left, and Parliamentary security stand outside the Conservative Caucus room after barring entry to Parliamentary Gallery reporters for a speech by the Prime Minister in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 16, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp surrounded by members of the media, Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 7, 1970. Sharp went on national television to call on kidnappers of British diplomat James Cross to name a negotiator to discuss with the federal government the early release of the victim. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg
Members of the media watch a television monitor on Parliament Hill as Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces that parliament will be prorogued in Ottawa, Thursday, Dec.4, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
