Pettigrew on the outs?

This is a particularly upsetting story for me to read. It seems that Pierre Pettigrew, a man with whom I've held several enjoyable conversations, is in a lot of hot water with the PMO these days. There's suggestions that his actions in recent months have upset a lot of Martin's staffers and since the PM is such a micro-manager there have been maneuvers to take power away from Pettigrew and put it into the PMO again. Isn't this type of activity exactly what Martin vowed to eliminate in his efforts to reduce the "democratic deficit?" His strongest arguments against the Chretien regime was that the PMO was too powerful and stifling the work of MPs and some Cabinet members; now he's doing the exact same thing to a very good politician and a good man. You can bet your bottom dollar I'll be bringing up this issue next week in my Canadian politics seminar as evidence that Martin's six-point plan isn't being taken all that seriously by its drafter.