My Account

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Open channel? GAC to launch diplomat dissent line

Few details about Global Affairs Canada's plan and how the channel would work have been shared with the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, says the union's president.

News
BY NEIL MOSS
December 4, 2024

News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 4, 2024

FOLLOW THE HILL TIMES:

LICENSING

PODCAST

ALERTS

LICENSING

PODCAST

ALERTS

Want to make sure your whole office has the full Hill Times experience?

We have team plans available for companies, organizations, classes, Parliament Hill offices and more. Fill out this form and find out if your team is eligible for a discount.

More News

As fourth province signs on, Families Minister Sudds defends school food program

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Grits’ ad-buy boost briefly overtakes Tories, but strategists say ‘spray-and-pray’ tactics will need recalibrating

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Liberal to independent: Jane Cordy looks back on 24 years in the Senate

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

‘I think it’ll take a little while to actually slow down,’ says the recently retired senator.

Liberal to independent: Jane Cordy looks back on 24 years in the Senate

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

‘I think it’ll take a little while to actually slow down,’ says the recently retired senator.

As Trump threatens 25 per cent tariffs, revived Canada-U.S. Cabinet Committee meets weekly

Some Liberal MPs upset with Trudeau for not consulting caucus or cabinet before announcing two-month GST holiday and $250 cheques

House Finance Committee receives more than 800 briefs ahead of 2025 budget

Feds need to be accountable as Canadian diplomats’ health-care woes persist: union head

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

House Foreign Affairs Committee offers no advice to reverse foreign service ‘atrophy’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Defence over diplomacy spotlighted in Liberal budget, with modest initial spending on foreign service reform

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

‘Absolutely the wrong direction’: feds respond to calls for more money for foreign ministry with budget cuts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Feds need to be accountable as Canadian diplomats’ health-care woes persist: union head

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

'We’re kind of at a loss of how to get the government to accept this responsibility,' says PAFSO president Pamela Isfeld.

Feds need to be accountable as Canadian diplomats’ health-care woes persist: union head

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

'We’re kind of at a loss of how to get the government to accept this responsibility,' says PAFSO president Pamela Isfeld.

House Foreign Affairs Committee offers no advice to reverse foreign service ‘atrophy’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

A Senate committee previously presented 29 recommendations to the government to fix Canada's diplomatic capacity.

House Foreign Affairs Committee offers no advice to reverse foreign service ‘atrophy’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

A Senate committee previously presented 29 recommendations to the government to fix Canada's diplomatic capacity.

‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

'We needed the Liberals to come forward with some leadership, and I don’t see that in this budget,' says NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson.

‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

'We needed the Liberals to come forward with some leadership, and I don’t see that in this budget,' says NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson.

Defence over diplomacy spotlighted in Liberal budget, with modest initial spending on foreign service reform

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The government’s spending plan will add $664.4-million exclusively to GAC, while billions more have been allocated for the Canadian Forces over the next 20 years.

Defence over diplomacy spotlighted in Liberal budget, with modest initial spending on foreign service reform

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The government’s spending plan will add $664.4-million exclusively to GAC, while billions more have been allocated for the Canadian Forces over the next 20 years.

‘Absolutely the wrong direction’: feds respond to calls for more money for foreign ministry with budget cuts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Global Affairs Canada will be subject to three fiscal years of mounting cuts of $118-million in 2024-25, $179-million in 2025-26, and $243-million in 2026-27, according to the latest main estimates.

‘Absolutely the wrong direction’: feds respond to calls for more money for foreign ministry with budget cuts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Global Affairs Canada will be subject to three fiscal years of mounting cuts of $118-million in 2024-25, $179-million in 2025-26, and $243-million in 2026-27, according to the latest main estimates.

Open channel? GAC to launch diplomat dissent line

Few details about Global Affairs Canada's plan and how the channel would work have been shared with the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, says the union's president.

Get The Foreign Policy Newsletter

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8