Moving 140 staff from PCO to slay ‘two-headed monster’: LeBreton

Streamlining of PCO supports Prime Minister Harper's centralized and focused governing style, machinery of government expert says.

The government's decision to downsize the Privy Council Office by 140 staff will cut back the "incredible growth" in the powerful PCO and streamline what has become a "two-headed monster" between PCO and the bureaucracy, says Leader of the Government in the Senate Marjory LeBreton.

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