Press gallery enthusiasts will know that the matter of who chooses which reporters will ask Stephen Harper questions during media availabilities has been a sensitive issue since he came to power. Should it be reporters shouting out at random? Or should the PM's communications staff pick and choose.

For the campaign, a compromise has been reached. Generally speaking, Stephen Harper will field eight questions each morning; four in English, four in French from the national media. Then two questions from local media.

It'll be run by the PM's people, who will rotate through every name on the list of the 20 reporters flying with the Prime Minister, one by one, then starting again at the top once the list is exhausted.

Thus each reporter gets a question every time their name comes up, in order. And for the 16 English reporters with Harper, that's one question every four days.

Who's smiling?

The dapper Daniel L'Heureux for one, of Radio-Canada — one of (conveniently for him) exactly four reporters from French media outlets onboard.

"I get a question every day!" he exclaimed, after doing the math.

— Paul Hunter