OTTAWA — With ministers due to present their proposals for a 15 per cent spending review, deciding where to cut carries inescapable “political consequences,” according to the staff of Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin. Article content

A rare glimpse into the internal deliberations was offered to National Post — when one of her staff accidentally added a reporter to a group chat. Article content

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“Who let her in??!” one of the staffers wrote, to which another reacted with “ha ha.”

The conversation took place last Thursday, exactly one week before the Aug. 28 deadline, when ministers were due to present their plans for achieving a 15 per cent spending reduction, starting with a 7.5 per cent cut next fiscal year. An additional 2.5 per cent reduction

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