Carney benches Trudeau’s ‘Hallmark card’ mandate letter format, opts for broad priority list for all ministers

Carney benches Trudeau’s ‘Hallmark card’ mandate letter format, opts for broad priority list for all ministers

Prime Minister Mark Carney's public across-cabinet missive is short and broad, outlining only seven priorities for all 28 ministers, and departing from his predecessor's lengthy directions to each minister.

Is Carney's lack of cabinet mandate letters a problem?

Read: 3 minThe 45th Parliament is now in session, but the priorities of each cabinet minister still remain largely unknown. On May 21, Prime Minister Mark Carney released a single mandate letter that set out seven priorities for the whole government.But Carney has not released mandate letters for individual ministers setting out their specific responsibilities.The lack of individual mandate letters has some political experts worried about the im…