Prime Ministerial communications director Andrew MacDougall wraps up what has likely been a surprisingly busy parliamentary off-week with a background briefing on his boss's trip to South America, which will see the PM jet off for Peru on Tuesday.
It's worth noting that, due to that pre-existing travel commitment, the PM will not be in his seat in the House when the Commons gets back to business on Tuesday, but will instead leave the task of fielding the inevitable flurry of queries on the recently revealed financial arrangement between his chief of staff and the senator he personally selected to represent Prince Edward Island in the Upper House to one of his cabinet colleagues.
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