It also is a significant aid to keeping everyone honest...

The Canadians know that and are smart enough to have someone else also take a look and pull best ideas from both. We, on the other hand...

The efficiencies of consolidation and centralization are known, what is often ignored is the adverse impact of those moves on effectiveness. Two minds / approaches are always better than one; three even mo' betta...

There's another aspect aside from effectiveness. Put another way, you can always have your best gunners do the shooting or the best guy on point -- but no one else will learn much or become good at what they do and your bench will not be very deep.

All that has been known for centuries; "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" is not new and is practiced in most of the world; only the insane American predilections for one size fits all, one size does all, "whatever the boss wants" and "always show your good side" ignore that logic.

You're not likely to see any US countermeasures. We prefer those who totally support what the Boss wants, no matter how inane or even criminal -- as your example proves...