GAC’s ability to perform essential duties, sustain foreign presence threatened by financial crunch: memo
As billions of dollars get invested in Canada’s defence, Ottawa’s other international apparatus is being left behind, say current and former diplomats.
Diplomats celebrate ASEAN Day
Peru hosts fiesta to mark its independence
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Former opposition envoy sees pathway for change in Venezuela
While the Conservatives have called for the recognition of opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as president-elect, the Liberal government has instead called for a release of the vote tallies.
Another round of consultations on Canada’s Africa ‘approach’ extends two-year wait for rethink
What was once a ‘strategy’ for African engagement and later a ‘framework,’ is now being billed as an ‘approach.’
Canada takes cautious approach to Venezuelan vote as U.S. backs Maduro’s opponent
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberal government to ‘do everything in its power’ to back the Venezuelan people.
Feds reject Senate call to create advisory committee overseeing foreign service reform
The federal government accepted 23 of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee’s 28 recommendations on modernizing Canada’s foreign service, taking ‘note’ of five.
Presidential ticket upheavals present murky prospects for 2026 review of North American trade deal
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris was one of 10 Senators to vote against CUSMA in 2020.
‘We’re nowhere near overcoming’ climate change issues, says Jamaican envoy in wake of Hurricane Beryl
Plus, Danish Ambassador Hanne Fugl Eskjær ends her posting.
GAC downgrades chief legal adviser role despite global focus on international law
The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee recommended in a 2023 report on foreign service modernization that GAC maintain its legal bureau, and that the legal adviser remain a senior official.
