DFAIT-CIDA merger has led to a foreign ministry dominated by development staff

Ex-CIDA folks have the advantage when it comes to promotion because they typically have more experience than their trade or foreign policy counterparts in managing staff and large budgets.

The Lester B. Pearson Building, once home to the foreign ministry alone, now houses foreign policy, international development, and trade staff working together under a combined ministry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

February 21, 2018

It is always enjoyable to stay in touch with former foreign ministry colleagues in my "retryment.” Like “Godwin's Law” of the internet, or any discussion of United States politics that leads to Donald Trump, it is inevitable when two or more former employees from the Department Now Known As Gl...

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