When Governing from the Centre by Donald Savoie was published in 1999, positing that power had begun consolidating in the Prime Minister’s Office in the mid 1990s, I argued with Savoie that the evolution of this phenomenon was important, but it was not new. Rather, I noted, it could be traced back to Trudeau père and the advent of a centralizing PMO that had the likes of Marc…
Mel Cappe
Mel Cappe is professor in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto and was the 18th clerk of the Privy Council, secretary to cabinet and head of the Public Service of Canada.