Diplomatic Circles

Finnish envoy stresses collaboration on Arctic, innovation

Finland's new ambassador to Canada talks CETA, hockey, and baby boxes.

Finnish Ambassador Vesa Lehtonen worked as a journalist and history and civics teacher prior to joining his country's foreign ministry in 1995.The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

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BY CHELSEA NASH

November 23, 2016

Vesa Lehtonen, the newly arrived Finnish ambassador to Canada, says Canada and Finland’s shared interests and commonalities—such as the Arctic, resource development, and a focus on the environment, not to mention hockey—provide a "very pleasant" sta...

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