PCO killed ‘Shoe Store Project’ last fall due to cost, access concerns, says PCO

After the Prime Minister's surprise visit to the press theatre on Oct. 3, some speculated that Stephen Harper was trying to charm the press gallery in advance of a potential fall election

The Privy Council Office advised the Prime Minister's Office last year not to proceed with a new, government-controlled media centre, and dropped the plan in the fall of 2006, the Privy Council Office said last week.

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