The Globe and Mail: What is the biggest trend you’ve seen in politics over the course of your career in journalism?
Fife: There are fewer reporters covering national politics than when I started working on Parliament Hill in 1978. The demise of newspapers, weak access to information laws, excessive government secrecy and the substitution of talking points for facts has made our role much more challenging.
Excessive secrecy and the increasing concentration of power in the PMO and the demise of the cabinet system are deeply worrying…