Diplomatic Circles

Innovation, trade links top of mind for new Swiss ambassador

‘We’ve taken each other for granted, maybe a little bit too much,’ says Salome Meyer, looking for more active bilateralism between Canada and Switzerland.

Switzerland Ambassador Salome Meyer has returned to Canada for a new adventure, after a three-month, cross-country trek in the early 1990s. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

March 6, 2019

More than two decades after Salome Meyer left Switzerland to hitchhike from Vancouver to Prince Edward Island, she’s back in North America for another adventure: as her country’s ambassador.

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