Trudeau PMO tightening control over ministerial staffing, ‘identical’ to Harper approach, says ex-Liberal MP

Sources say it’s no accident that six current chiefs of staff used to work in the Prime Minister’s Office.

Several observers said it's natural for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in September, to be dispatching his trusted PMO advisers to ministers' offices to help those in need. Others suggested it raises the question whether the staffer acts as an agent of the PMO or is there to serve the minister.The HIll Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

October 25, 2017

The flow of staff from the Prime Minister’s Office to key posts in ministerial offices reveals an underperforming rookie cabinet, increasingly controlled by the PMO despite promises that a Liberal government would reverse Step...

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