caption: Chief of staff <PERSON>, left, and principal secretary <PERSON> look on as Prime Minister <PERSON> delivers his opening remarks during the Meeting of First Ministers in Ottawa on Dec. 9, 2016. <PERSON> did not follow through on a pledge to loosen the Prime Minister's Office's grip on the function of government, and he may well have reason to regret that now, <PERSON> writes.
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