A thin white line

Earlier, we reported on the expanding size of the media no-go zone surrounding the government's caucus room. That expansion has made it difficult for press gallery members to interview MLAs on their way into caucus. And things could soon get even more difficult. Today, as he struggled to get by a scrum, clerk of the house George MacMinn was heard saying, "This has got to stop." As clerk, Mr. MacMinn is the legislature's senior non-partisan officer - advising the speaker and legislators on parliamentary procedures.