[world] sharp practice in high places in canada

I love this one, not so much for the shenanigans it uncovers, which appear to be the same the world over but for the way Daniel Leblanc, of the Globe and Mail [Toronto] writes it up:

When two-high ranking federal advisers left Ottawa for London in June, the stated purpose was to learn about British experiments in public-private partnerships. But the outcome was far less clear-cut, leaving officials scrambling for damage control.

“A number of London people who are important to Canada were not at all pleased,” a federal source said ... read more and comment here.