‘We look like amateur hour’: ex-diplomats, opposition decry Stéphane Dion’s dual appointment

One ex-Canadian ambassador to the EU says it's 'more than a full-time job,' on its own. The government declined to respond to criticisms.

Stéphane Dion, the former foreign minister, is set to be the 'senior Canadian diplomat' in Europe, splitting his time as ambassador between both Brussels and Berlin. United Nations photograph by Elma Okic

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BY CHELSEA NASH

February 22, 2017

Former Canadian diplomats and the official opposition Conservatives are critical of the government’s decision to appoint former foreign minister Stéphane Dion as ambassador to both the European Union and Germany. “We look like amateur hour,” Jeremy Kinsman wrot...

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