More than 130 Canadian ambassadors set to fly home next week to get marching orders from new government

It wouldn’t be surprising if the PM sits down with the diplomats when they return June 9-10, says one former ambassador.

Justin Trudeau speaks to former protocol chief Robert Collette, second from right, and foreign diplomats at a reception marking the European Union's 40th anniversary of diplomatic presence in Canada on Feb 18.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHELSEA NASH

June 1, 2016

More than 130 Canadian ambassadors posted abroad are set to return to the foreign ministry headquarters next week for a two-day high-level meeting to get marching orders from the new Liberal government, the first such event in "many years," according to the ministry.

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