The government’s ‘air traffic controller’: peeking behind the curtain of the PCO

It's an office you want to cycle through if you want to go places in the bureaucracy, say observers. The PCO's mandate is to organize the public service to help implement the government's agenda.
The Wellington Street building formerly known as the Langevin Block, pictured, is home of the Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council Office.
It's the department that never sleeps. The Privy Council Office could be described as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s department, and Clerk Michael Wernick as his deputy minister. One of the most important government bodies, it...

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