In one exchange, a senior staffer from the Prime Minister’s Office wrote an email that shared advice from the Privy Council Office that said the government could be held accountable for announcements about billions of dollars in public spending if it provided too many details. The email was forwarded to one of Trudeau’s speech writers and his director of communications.
In public statements made the following day, Trudeau talked about the government’s efforts to secure personal protective and medical supplies, such as masks, ventilators, syringes and face shields, but he did not mention the $4-billion in spending discussed privately in the emails by his staffers and the Privy Council Office.
Trudeau has also spoken publicly about the importance of transparency and accountability with respect to COVID-19 spending. During a press conference at Rideau Cottage on March 27, 2020, he said it was important that Canadians knew “exactly” what the government was doing.
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