Either his office and the Clerk of the Privy Council did know what was going on and did not tell the Prime Minister, which is a problem, or the Prime Minister's Office did not know what was going on, and that is an even bigger problem.
Soit que son Cabinet et le greffier du Conseil privé savaient ce qui se passait et ne le lui ont pas dit, ce qui pose un problème, soit que le cabinet du premier ministre ne savait pas ce qui se passait, et c'est encore plus grave.