Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General, the Ethics Commissioner, the Chief Electoral Officer, the Privacy and Information Commissioner and others are independent officers. This should be an easy concept to grasp. Demanding that they vet their work through PCO is an attack on their independence.
The Auditor General said yesterday, “My communications strategies aren't going to PCO”. It appears we have a standoff.
Does the Prime Minister of Canada really want to pick a fight with the Auditor General of Canada?