{"id":663421,"date":"2026-05-12T01:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663421\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:23:08","slug":"robert-fife-one-of-canadas-best-known-political-journalists-is-retiring-ask-him-your-questions-about-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663421\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Fife, one of Canada\u2019s best-known political journalists, is retiring. Ask him your questions about his career"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dave Chan\/The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n

The Q&A will happen in the comment section of this article. Click here to leave a question<\/a>. If you\u2019re an app user, click on the comments icon on the top right of your screen.You can also submit a question for Robert Fife by sending an e-mail to audience@globeandmail.com, or fill out the submission box at the bottom of this article.To read our responses, bookmark this page and tune back in on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Robert Fife<\/a>, Ottawa Bureau Chief at The Globe and Mail, is retiring at the end of this month.<\/p>\n

Mr. Fife has run the Ottawa bureau for the past decade, and also served as parliamentary bureau chief for CTV National News, as well as the National Post. Along the way, the 71 year old has mentored scores of younger reporters, encouraging all of them to pursue public-service journalism and to hold decision-makers to account.<\/p>\n

Some of Mr. Fife\u2019s most consequential political stories included his reporting on the SNC-Lavalin affair<\/a> under the Trudeau government, which led to the resignation of cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, as well as his reporting on allegations of foreign interference, including on claims China attempted to influence the 2021 federal election<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, May 14 at 11 a.m., Mr. Fife will answer reader questions about everything from his storied career to the investigations he\u2019s worked on to what the future holds for political journalism in Canada. Submit your questions for him in the box below.<\/p>\n

Ask your questions for Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife<\/p>\n

Robert Fife, Ottawa Bureau Chief at The Globe and Mail, is retiring at the end of this month. On Thursday, May 14 at 11 a.m., Fife will answer reader questions about his storied career, the investigations he\u2019s worked on and what the future holds for political journalism in Canada. Leave your question in the form below, or send an e-mail to audience@globeandmail.com<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Dave Chan\/The Globe and Mail The Q&A will happen in the comment section…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[14323,244790,1397,10456,10457,9335,49,48,44,2922],"class_list":["post-663421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ac-community","tag-ac-qa","tag-appwebview","tag-aud-growth","tag-aud-headline","tag-aud-url","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-noastack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}