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How did VW avoid criminal charges in Canada over its emissions cheating?

Stephen Maher: Environmentalists want to know why Canada dragged its feet for years, and why the PMO met with the company

Why the Trudeau PMO needs to butt out of the Bank of Canada’s business

Officials in the PMO reportedly aren’t happy that interest rates are rising. Bill Morneau needs to forcefully signal his confidence in the Bank of Canada, now.

Why the salaries of staffers in the Prime Minister’s Office matter

PMO staffer salaries always come down to politics. But the talk around Trudeau’s staffers’ pay has the potential to cause a problem.

An acquittal for Duffy, an obliteration for Stephen Harper’s PMO

In setting Mike Duffy free, the judge used his incendiary decision to rebuke Harper’s inner circle—and give Canadians a lesson in the justice system

How could Nigel Wright’s Duffy emails be ignored? Like this.

An average day at the PMO? That’s 500 to 600 e-mails. Stephen Harper’s ex-communications director explains the reality of top staffers’ inboxes

There is an iPod tax after all

A CBSA lawyer warned the government was ‘perpetuating a fraud’ with its denial

The problem with the PMO

Harper’s real issue is his own office, writes Peter White, and no cabinet shuffle will fix the problem

What the PM said about what the PMO knew about what Nigel Wright did

Who was aware of the deal between Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy?

Does Jim Flaherty deserve a ‘pass’ in the cabinet shuffle?

Stephen Gordon, Kevin Milligan and Mike Moffatt grade the minister

Harper’s inner circle

Photograph reveals a rare glimpse of the PM’s advisers

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The trouble with Huawei

After seeming not particularly concerned five months ago about Huawei’s dealing with Canadian firms, the Prime Minister is now maybe concerned about the possibility of the Chinese telecommunications company dealing with the federal government.