Cabinet committee agendas under tight control of PMO, PCO, say some

International Trade Minister David Emerson replaced Finance Minister Jim Flaherty as chair of the Economic Growth Cabinet Committee, which in effect makes Kevin Lynch the chair, says one insider

A near-absence of "table drops" at Cabinet committee meetings and the new membership of the Harper government's Cabinet committees are further signs of weakened power among ministers and control over the committee agendas by PMO and PCO, critics say.

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