Updated mandate letters allow Grits to showcase pandemic fight without being attacked for abandoning promises, say politicos

The new mandate letters add new priorities to the instructions given to cabinet ministers in the 2019 mandate letters.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau started to publicly release mandate letters in 2015 to promote greater transparency in government.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

January 20, 2021

With the release of updated mandate letters, the federal government has positioned itself as confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, yet not shying away from past commitments that could lead to opposition attack. After months of waiting, the Liberals released supplementary mandate letters on Jan. 15 for...

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