Political ties, not diplomatic bona fides needed for next Canadian envoy in D.C., says former ambassador

‘From a U.S. perspective, the relationship between the ambassador and the prime minister has to be extremely close,’ says Michael Kergin.

The Canadian embassy in Washington D.C., is located on iconic Pennsylvania Avenue—a stone’s throw away from Capitol Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Neil Moss

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BY NEIL MOSS

December 4, 2019

To manage Canada's most important relationship, the country's next envoy in Washington, D.C. should be one who has the ear of the prime minister, and not a career diplomat, say politicos. Since David MacNaughton left the post as Canada's top diplomat in the United States at the end of August, top t...

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