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The timeline of the investigation into Boyle remains unclear. But court documents reported on by Postmedia show the charges relate to alleged crimes that occurred from Oct. 14 to Dec. 30 — from the time of his return to Canada to his release.

The Prime Minister’s Office initially declined to comment on the Boyle meeting when it was first revealed, citing privacy reasons. Following news of Boyle’s charges, they declined comment due to the case being before the courts.

“All I can say to this question is that we never comment on any matters relating to the Prime Minister’s security,” said Cameron Ahmad, manager of media relations for the PMO, in response to a question from the Sun about whether any form of security review was underway.

The whole question of how Boyle wound up in Trudeau’s office has left many wondering how security around the PM functions.

“In my day, there was a security official in [the Privy Council Office] who received the PM’s schedule,” says Norman Spector, who served as chief of staff to former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in the early 1990s. “He was ex-RCMP and would have brought something like that to my attention.”

Spector explained that during his time whoever coordinated the PM’s schedule was also tasked with checking with head of security concerning such matters.

But even if concerns about Boyle were brought to the attention of Trudeau and his top advisers, the PM can meet with whoever he chooses.

If there is a security review, Quiggin has an idea of how it should unfold: “The review needs to start with the PMO itself, to see if the PM or his Chief of Staff communicated to the RCMP the plan to meet with Boyle,” Quiggin says. “If they did communicate this and the RCMP was not aware of the investigation or did not check, then the review needs to look at lines of communication between the police forces of record. Both the safety and reputation of the government are at stake.”