PM’s tight control on government ‘weird’ strategy, say some experts

But government’s communications strategy has potential to damage the government’s support if seen as dictatorial or unable to cope well with criticism.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s stage-managed and "weird" communications control over his Cabinet may be a symptom of the "it’s communications stupid" syndrome, in which the government views its mistakes as communications failures as opposed to public policy failures, say political ...

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